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Only the Rich and Powerful are Allowed to Endanger Species
By Donella Meadows
–September 25, 1996–
Endangered plants and animals contribute neither hard nor soft money to political campaigns. People who care about nature are more numerous but less focused than people who want to log, mine, dam, drain, spray, pave or otherwise impose their will upon the few remaining patches of undisturbed nature. So you can imagine what the latest rewrite [...]
Waiting for the Frost
By Donella Meadows
–September 19, 1996–
The sun rises in a new place every morning now. Its first beam hits the garden at a southerly angle. It’s equinox time, and Old Sol is distancing himself quickly, every day lower in the sky. Since June we’ve lost four hours of light; we’ll lose another four by December.
This brief moment between summer and autumn [...]
Hitler Needed a Chamberlain, Milosevic Needed a Bush and a Clinton
By Donella Meadows
–September 12, 1996–
At our behest, under our supervision, the Bosnians go to the polls this weekend, or fear to go because they are refugees far from their homes, or refuse to go because the one option they want is not on the ballot — a Bosnia where people of different religions live together in peace.
We don’t believe they [...]
We Don’t Need Corporations to Fund Our National Parks
By Donella Meadows
–September 5, 1996–
Most Americans haven’t heard of the government’s plan to commercialize the national parks. I’ve run into only a few who have, and they are furious. Some of their outrage is based on a misunderstanding of the plan, which, as currently envisioned, is no big deal. But if these folks are typical, clearing up the misunderstanding doesn’t [...]
Labor Day is a Time to Tell the Truth About Jobs
By Donella Meadows
–August 29, 1996–
For some reason we still celebrate Labor Day, though corporations are downsizing, labor unions are losing membership, and the stock market rises when people get fired. Those of us who still have jobs, or want to, wonder whether anyone in charge cares about labor any more.
“Of course we care,” our leaders say, and indeed they talk [...]
