What Shall We Do With Our Differences?
By Donella Meadows
–June 20, 1996–
A newspaper article the other day explained why the European Community is sure to fall apart. The Europeans, it said, are just too different from each other ever to get along.
To prove the point, the author repeated that hoary joke about heaven and hell. In heaven the police are British, the mechanics are German, the cooks [...]
Gardening Brings Out the Truth
By Donella Meadows
–June 13, 1996–
Something about gardening gets me thinking about politics. Maybe it’s the bending over with the blood running to my head. Maybe making a tiny piece of the world beautiful gets me wishing the whole world could be beautiful. Maybe it’s sunstroke.
Anyway, as I was in front of the house the other day putting in marigolds, I [...]
Keeping Up With the Politicians Via Internet
By Donella Meadows
–June 6, 1996–
There’s what they say in political campaigns and then there’s what they do. How does a busy voter ever sort out the difference?
In a proper democracy we wouldn’t have to. Politicians would not be able to buy the public airwaves to propagandize us. We would learn about their actions from an independent press, just the facts, [...]
The Sperm of New York Men Is Not the Issue
By Donella Meadows
–May 30, 1996–
It’s fascinating to watch the reaction to “Our Stolen Future,” the book about endocrine disruptors, which is rapidly coming to be known as the book about sperm.
If you’ve heard of “Our Stolen Future” at all, you’ve likely heard that it blames modern chemicals for the declining sperm count of human males. You may have heard denials [...]
Dear Folks: May 26, 1996
Dear Folks, It’s lilac time on Foundation Farm! The air smells of lilac — inside because of the bouquets, outside because they’re blooming everywhere. We have a big old-fashioned light purple one by the back door, and some white ones by the barn, and some new-fangled double ones and red-purple ones in the perennial garden out front. Put them together in [...]
