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Why Bother With Organic Flowers?
By Donella Meadows
–November 11, 1999–
Thank goodness for the agribusiness folks. The more they mess about with transplanted genes and toxic chemicals and irradiation, the better the market for local, fresh, organic, un-messed-about-with foods. When it comes to things we’re going to put into our mouths, things that are literally going to become us, we consumers are cautious, and rightly so.
But [...]
Poverty is Real, and it is Not OK
By Donella Meadows
–November 4, 1999 —
Almost thirty years ago I returned from a long stay in India with my mind, body, and senses full of dust and color, peace and violence, holiness and crassness, all the contradictions of a land so different from my own.
I thought I would remember always the faces of the villagers. I was pained by the [...]
A Question for Al Gore
By Donella Meadows
–October 28, 1999–
If you live in New Hampshire in the months before a presidential primary, you can’t help but get engulfed. Big politicians roll into small towns. TV trucks with satellite dishes squat in the few parking places. Self-absorbed people in suits pace village greens, shouting into cell phones. All this week, as Dartmouth College geared up for [...]
Americans are the World’s Guinea Pigs for Bioengineered Foods
By Donella Meadows
–October 21, 1999–
News about genetically engineered crops breaks so fast that it’s hard to keep up. For those who look upon biotech foods with suspicion, most of the latest news is surprisingly good. The companies who splice strange genes into our corn and potatoes and soybeans are pushing their products so recklessly that they are alarming not only [...]
What Happens When You Believe the Prophets of Doom?
by Donella Meadows
— October 14, 1999 —
Of all the tragic characters in Greek myths, the one who gives me the most shivers is Cassandra. The god Apollo gave her a wonderful gift — the ability to foretell the future — then followed it up with a terrible curse — no one would ever believe her. I can just imagine Cassandra, [...]
