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What Shall We Do About America?
By Donella Meadows
–February 12, 1987–
Peace groups all over the country have been asking “What shall we do about ‘Amerika’?”
“Amerika” is the TV miniseries, to be broadcast later this month, which depicts a Soviet takeover of the United States. Like most people in the peace groups, I have not seen the show, but I’ve heard rumors about it.
In “Amerika”, as I [...]
A Valentine for Karl
By Donella Meadows
–February 5, 1987–
I wonder if Karl Quist has ever had anything written about him in the papers before. I hope he won’t be too embarrassed when he reads this.
If you’re thinking that’s a lead-in to some dramatic story about an unsung hero, please reduce your expectations. Karl is an unsung hero, but not one bit dramatic. He’s a [...]
The Gift the Philippines Can Give the World
By Donella Meadows
–January 29, 1987–
Corazon Aquino’s determined face on Time’s cover as Woman of the Year reminded me of the face of another Filipino woman. Her name is Elsa Escano. To me the tribute to Cory is also a tribute to Elsa, and to the concept of leadership shared by these two women.
Elsa and Cory are both diminutive, calm women, [...]
Good Environmental News From All Over
By Donella Meadows
–January 15, 1987–
If you pay attention to the environmental news, you can easily get the impression that the waters and air and soils of the earth are deteriorating and that nobody’s doing much of anything about it.
You can also conclude that protecting the environment is a tough, expensive job. There’s a choice — a healthy environment or a [...]
A Neighborhood Controls Its Own Development
By Donella Meadows
–January 8, 1987–
A few days after Christmas, neighbors from 11 rural households in Lyme, New Hampshire, gathered at Hank and Freda Swan’s house for an easement-signing party.
Family by family, they put their names to 20 different documents, amendments to their deeds, limiting forever the number of lots that can be subdivided and houses that can be constructed on [...]
