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Eco-Chic for the Eco-Freak
By Donella Meadows
–May 25, 1989–
A young environmentalist friend was telling me the other day that she can’t eat a tuna fish sandwich without being ragged by her compatriots. “Is that albacore?” they pry. “If not, why not?”
Eco-fashion has evolved. When I was a young activist, back around Earth Day 1970, we did not eat tuna at all. It was laced [...]
High Up Ozone Versus Low Down Ozone, and Outer Atmospheric Confusions
By Donella Meadows
–May 18, 1989–
A fat lady in apron and snow boots is out on her porch earnestly spraying an aerosol can out into space. The caption says, “Mrs. Alice Snood of East Icicle, Vermont, is doing what she can to get rid of the silly ozone layer. She says a global warming trend would be a darn good idear [...]
When We’re Ready for Fusion Energy, It’s Ready for Us
By Donella Meadows
–May 4, 1989–
If the chemists at the University of Utah have indeed achieved nuclear fusion in a bottle on a tabletop, their discovery could open a new age in human history.
The economy could run on deuterium, a component of seawater that is vastly abundant. It is available to poor countries as well as rich ones. We could cool [...]
Small Miracles in the Philippines
By Donella Meadows
–April 27, 1989–
One could interpret the recent shooting of an American serviceman near Manila as one more example of how things are falling apart in the Philippines. The guerillas of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) have not been brought under control. There isn’t yet a land reform worthy of the name. Most of the population is still desperately [...]
A Decade Lost, When There Isn’t a Decade to Lose
By Donella Meadows
–April 20, 1989–
It has been possible to accept, temporarily, the grinding poverty of Third World nations because we think of those nations as developing, following in our footsteps, just a bit behind.
It has been possible to contemplate without despair the rapid expansion of Third World populations, in the belief that as they get richer they will stop growing [...]
