The State of the World as Revealed by a Month of Mail
By Donella Meadows
–May 12, 1988–
Normally I can handle the glut of paper I find in my mailbox each day. Computer-generated stuff gets chucked out unopened. The rest I scan at lightning speed. Some I set aside to read carefully — interesting, timely reports, sent by friends and organizations who help keep me in touch with the world. They sometimes send [...]
Singapore Leads the Good Life Under a Benevolent Dictator
By Donella Meadows
–May 5, 1988–
Singapore has achieved the American dream, but not in the American way. It is a prosperous, clean city, with imposing skyscrapers and glittering shopping centers. The multinational corporations of the world are welcome here; you can buy any brand name you’ve ever heard of. The highways are lined with tropical flowers and crowded with BMWs. And [...]
Around the World in 24 Days
By Donella Meadows
–April 28, 1988–
Boston – Singapore – Bangkok – Bombay – Nairobi – Dar Es Salaam – Jeddah – Kassel – Zurich – Boston, all in 24 days. Only this wondrous age of technology makes such a trip possible; only this crazy age of relentless time pressure makes me undertake it.
Workshops and meetings are suspended like pearls on a [...]
Dear Folks: April 26, 1988
Dear Folks, I should be writing a column right now, but what I feel like doing is writing to you, spilling out all the experiences and feelings and thoughts I’ve stored up over the last 3 weeks.
I got back last night, delighted to discover, swooping into the Lebanon airport, that while I was gone the snow disappeared, the ponds turned from [...]
Land Trusts Provide a New Tool for Growth Control
By Donella Meadows
–April 21, 1988–
There is a land trust explosion in the United States. More than 500 private land trusts have appeared over the past 20 years. They are a new addition to a community’s bag of tools that guide growth to express the community’s values rather than just the private developer’s.
Most people learn about land trusts when they are [...]
