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Population, Poverty, And Planet Earth
Population is the issue no one wants to touch, yet the answer to the problem is as close as our own hearts
By Donella H. Meadows
–Spring 1992–
Week after week, Donella H. (Dana) Meadows has been brightening op-ed pages around the country with her penetrating, inspiring, yet folksy newspaper column, “The Global Citizen.” (A collection of her columns under the same title [...]
The Question Of Leadership: A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us discover that we already know what to do
By Donella H. Meadows
–Fall/Winter 1991–
In case you’ve given up looking, you’ll be happy to know that there is a newspaper column that goes beyond the cynical bickering that passes for political criticism. Since 1985 Donella H. Meadows – known to many as the coauthor of The Limits to Growth, to some as an adjunct professor at Dartmouth in environmental studies, and to friends [...]
Four Not-So-Easy Things You Can Do To Save The Planet
By Donella H. Meadows
–Summer 1990–
It’s wonderful, the Earth Day burst of publications with lists of things we can do to save the planet. It’s great to see so much energy behind recycling, energy-efficient light-bulbs, and fundraisers for the rainforest .
Most of these efforts are easy. Some even pay off. It takes no more trouble to throw an aluminum can into [...]
Ashoka: Innovators For The Public
Program provides fellowships for more than 200 “public-service entrepreneurs” in Latin America and Asia
By Donella Meadows
–Late Winter 1990–
Every now and then the air in Mexico City gets so bad that flocks of migrating birds flying overhead rain down dead on the city.
A million children in Mexico City are permanently condemned to be slow learners because they have been poisoned by gasoline lead [...]
Harvesting One Hundredfold
On the whole, human beings are not managing this precious and productive planet very well. Many of the resources that sustain life and wealth are being overuses and abused. The basic needs of all people are not being met. The costs of the mismanagement in economic loss, environmental impoverishment, and human suffering are enormous. Yet the earth has more than enough [...]
