Things Are Getting Worse at a Slower Rate
by Donella Meadows
— June 29, 2000 —
In the spirit of celebrating every success, but only to the extent the success deserves, I would like to celebrate something that is kind of hard to describe. The rate at which things are getting worse is slowing down. We’re not going downhill as fast as we once were. The fever is high, but [...]
Dear Folks: June 25, 2000
Dear Folks,
Warm, breezy summer afternoon, clouds coming up, severe thunderstorm warning. That’ll be par for the course; it has rained nearly every day this month, wonderful for the veggies, disaster for the hay.
Farmers are never satisfied. Dear God, dear Universe, dear Weathermaker, it would be so simple. Four days of bright, warm, breezy sunshine followed by an overnight inch of [...]
How’s a Green Group to Survive Without Junk Mail?
by Donella Meadows
— June 22, 2000 —
It’s so hard to do right in a world that expects you, rewards you, encourages you to do wrong.
As when the Sierra Club, fighting off a Disney mountain development, discovered that it owned shares in Disney.
As when environmentalists jet to global climate change conferences, emitting greenhouse gases all the way.
As when green groups send [...]
The Good is the Enemy of the Perfect
by Donella Meadows
— June 15, 2000 —
Wow! Did I ever infuriate my liberal friends when I said I would vote for Ralph Nader!
They’ve been hammering me with earnest lectures about how every vote for Nader will help get Bush elected, and how an elected Bush will devastate the environment, enrich the rich, hand the country to the oil companies, appoint [...]
Three Companies Say ‘Oops’ In Different Ways
by Donella Meadows
— June 8, 2000 —
Three stories have hit the news lately concerning three corporations that have done — or may have done — serious environmental harm. They are coping with the situation in very different ways. Taken together, the stories suggest an odd combination of hope and cynicism. There are signs of honesty, good will, real learning. But [...]
