A Nuclear Power Plant Out of the Old World Order
By Donella Meadows
–March 24, 1994–
On March 10 the Export-Import Bank of the United States pledged $317 million of loan guarantees — backed up by your taxes and mine — to complete two nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic. It did so over the protests of the Austrian government, 32 members of our own Congress, and many Czech citizens, including [...]
Dear Folks: March 20, 1994
Dear Folks,
TRIPLETS!!! Born on the hour of the equinox! What a way to start the lambing season!
The lambs are not due for two more days. I turned Wally in with the girls on October 23, and it’s a 150-day gestation period. The ewes that are in heat when the ram arrives usually pop precisely 150 days later. The others all [...]
L.A.–A Joke, A Basket Case, or a Leader Toward Sustainability?
By Donella Meadows
–March 17, 1994–
It will come as no surprise to the people of Southern California that L.A.-bashing is a favorite sport of anyone who lives north of Santa Barbara or east of the San Bernardino Mountains. We non-Angelenos love L.A. jokes. We call the place Lalaland. Here in the Northeast, even under three feet of snow, even when it’s [...]
Turtles, Eagles, Whales, Love, and Power
By Donella Meadows
–March 10, 1994–
“Why I Am An Environmentalist,” was the title of a paper handed in by one of my students — the kind of title that makes my heart sink. There may not be a whole lot of folks out there waiting breathlessly to hear why you’re an environmentalist, I told him. That’s true, he said, but you [...]
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff and Trust Your Common Sense
By Donella Meadows
–March 3, 1994–
Out there in readerland some folks live at an amazingly high level of environmental consciousness. For example, here’s part of a letter I got recently from a concerned Vermonter named Gretchen.
“I live on a steep hillside that no one wants to mow, and I’m using sheep to keep the land open. They fertilize the land as [...]
