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The New American Scarcity
By Donella Medows
April 7, 1988
We can’t afford to keep the post offices open full time. We can’t fix the roads or educate our children properly. Whenever a political candidate proposes to fight drugs or shelter the homeless, the other candidates respond in a chorus, “But where are you going to get the money?”, as if money has suddenly become scarce.
In [...]
Freedman Speaks Out Against Evil
By Donella Meadows
–March 31, 1988–
Nothing tests a community’s dedication to democracy and freedom more than the presence of a loud minority that sows hatred and dissension in the name of democracy and freedom. Dartmouth College has been blessed or cursed with such a group for the past eight years; the college has earned a national reputation as the home of [...]
Freedom Stories, Freedom Songs
By Donella Meadows
–March 24, 1988–
Hundreds of women paraded down the streets of Johannesberg, South Africa, a few weeks ago, singing freedom songs to protest their government’s suppression of political opposition parties.
Though it was peaceful, the demonstration was illegal. The songs the women sang were illegal. The attempts of reporters and cameramen to record the event were illegal. When the police [...]
Earth Care Paper — Doing Well and Doing Good
By Donella Meadows
–March 17, 1988–
I like to collect stories of planet-conscious businesses, companies that run their affairs in ways that sustain the earth’s resources. There are more such stories than you might think, and they are more than mere curiosities. They are glimpses into the future. They show that there are still products and profits to be made after we [...]
The Academics Meet the Army to Plan Century 21
By Donella Meadows
–March 10, 1988–
When I was invited to a weekend workshop to help the U.S. Army think through its 30-year plan, I almost didn’t go. I live a peaceful, academic existence, and I had built up a set of prejudices about the Army of the sort that come from knowing absolutely nothing about it. I avoid things military. I [...]
