Out of the Mouths of the Babes
By Donella Meadows
–June 9, 1988–
Given what’s at stake, the world’s people can be grateful for a summit at which superpower leaders practice politeness with one another, even if no other progress is made. But as the recent summit was taking place, I happened to pick up a small journal called “Nuclear Concerns and Humankind”, which reminded me that we who [...]
A Negabarrel Saved is a Barrel Earned
By Donella Meadows
–June 2, 1988–
Amory Lovins shuttles around the world carrying a small suitcase that contains, he says, the equivalent of 200 large power plants plus all the oil that runs through the trans-Alaska pipeline.
What it really contains is energy-saving lightbulbs, motors, showerheads, and other devices. They help Amory get across the most basic points about energy, namely:
1). No one [...]
Why Choosing a President can Change a Nation
By Donella Meadows
–May 26, 1988–
How can the simple change of one leader make much difference to a huge nation? Here we are, 240 million of us, toiling along, fairly constant in our daily activities and our many beliefs. We produce the goods, pay the taxes, educate the kids, clean up the messes. WE are the nation. WE don’t change. How [...]
Dear Folks: May 22, 1988
Dear Folks, There are two times of year here that so overwhelm the senses and emotions that they are simply indescribable. They are the times of rapid change and natural glory, the beginning of October and the middle of May.
A month ago when I last wrote you there was a little green on the pastures and the daffodils were in bloom, [...]
Alaska Oil vs. Alaska Wildlife: Many Voices
By Donella Meadows
–May 19, 1988–
“The North Slope is a flat, crummy place. Only for oil would anyone want to go there,” says an official of the Arco Oil & Gas Company.
The May issue of Audubon shows picture after glorious picture from that “flat, crummy place” — muskox, tundra swan, Arctic fox, snowy owl, brilliant wildflowers, braided rivers, and magnificent mountains, [...]
