The History of The Limits to Growth
By Jørgen Stig Nørgård, John Peet, Kristín Vala Ragnarsdóttir
Introduction
A pioneering report, The Limits to Growth, published in 1972, marked a turning point in thinking about the environment, selling some 30 million copies in 30 languages.1 The two-year study behind the report took place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the request of the Club of Rome, an international group of distinguished business people, state [...]
Thirty Years Later the Idea of Limits to Growth Is More Important Than Ever
by Elizabeth Sawin
— September 2, 2004 —
Pick up the newspaper on any day and you are likely to find plenty of bad news about humanity’s impact on the Earth. From the global to the regional to the local, if you are feeling pessimistic you can find all sorts of “proof” that humanity is well on the way to self-destruction.
If you [...]
A Synopsis: Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
By Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows
The following piece is a short synopsis of Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. The full length book is available at Chelsea Green’s website.
A Synopsis: Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
The signs are everywhere around us:
Sea level has risen 10–20 cm since 1900. Most non-polar glaciers are retreating, and the extent and thickness [...]
Is the Future Our Choice or Our Fate?
By Donella Meadows
–April 19, 2001–
“COMPUTER PREDICTS WORLD COLLAPSE”
I was one of the team of people at MIT who wrote a book that created a worldwide burst of media foreboding. It began as a small report to the Club of Rome. Within a few months we were reading headlines like those above with complete astonishment.
We didn’t think we had written a [...]
George Washington and I Are Subjects of Groundless Rumors
By Donella Meadows
–June 22, 2012–
I’m using the space of a public column here to right a personal wrong, but bear with me. I also want to illustrate a common human quirk and work up to a vital lesson.
In the preface of his new book A Moment on the Earth, Gregg Easterbrook mentions a book I co-authored more than 20 years [...]
