All Tied Up in Environmental Snits
By Donella Meadows
–February 24, 1994–
A few weeks ago a bill giving the Environmental Protection Agency cabinet-level status came before Congress. The House, in a fit of pique, refused to consider it unless amendments could be added weakening the EPA’s powers.
In a similar rambunctious mood, Republicans in Vermont’s Senate have blocked appointments to the Environmental Board that administers the state’s land-use [...]
Dear Folks: February 20, 1994
Dear Folks,
WOW! It’s PLUS FIFTY out! The snow is still piled high, but it’s MELTING! It’s dripping off the roof and trickling down the driveway and sounding like tiny streams running everywhere. The SUN is shining! We in this valley, who can barely remember a day above zero, who automatically pull on three layers before venturing outside, who thought the [...]
Greening the White House is a Big Job
By Donella Meadows
–February 17, 1994–
“Before I ask you to do the best you can in your house,” said President Clinton last Earth Day, “I ought to make sure I’m doing the best I can in my house. We’re going to identify what it takes to make the White House a model for efficiency and waste reduction. Then we’re going to [...]
Need the Coming Anarchy Come?
By Donella Meadows
–February 10, 1994–
It is unacceptable to be terminally pessimistic in public. The media like to picture a bright future of global trade and information superhighways, and that’s what many of us want to hear. But Robert D. Kaplan, a reporter who travels by bus and bush-taxi in the seamier parts of the world, cannot contain his pessimism. He [...]
A Farewell Address by the World Bank’s Most Outrageous Economist
By Donella Meadows
–February 3, 1994–
Six years ago, when the World Bank hired Herman Daly, those who knew his work were amazed. Daly is, depending on your point of view, either the most dangerous economist in the world, or the most visionary. For years he taught economics at Louisiana State and quietly wrote articles that stood much of economics on its [...]
