By Donella Meadows
–May 28, 1987–
Why were 37 young men killed on the USS Stark as it patrolled the Persian Gulf?
Because an Iraqi fighter plane fired an Exocet missile at their ship. Why did it do that?
We’ll probably never know.
Why was the Stark there in the first place?
It was protecting the sea lanes from interference, so oil-carrying ships could sail in [...]
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The mission of the Donella Meadows Project is to preserve Donella (Dana) H. Meadows’s legacy as an inspiring leader, scholar, writer, and teacher; to manage the intellectual property rights related to Dana’s published work; to provide and maintain a comprehensive and easily accessible archive of her work online, including articles, columns, and letters; to develop new resources and programs that apply her ideas to current issues and make them available to an ever-larger network of students, practitioners, and leaders in social change. Read More
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