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Consumer Power Reforms Chicken Factories – But Not Enough
by Donella Meadows
— September 28, 2000 —
According to the rules of the World Trade Organization, governments cannot block the import of a product on the basis of how it is produced. So what if a rainforest has been cut down or a stream polluted or an animal tortured or workers paid pitiful wages? That’s the concern of the producing country, [...]
The Death Tax Does Not Deserve To Die
by Donella Meadows
— September 21, 2000 —
Last month the Republican Congress nearly managed to wipe out the inheritance tax — which Republicans call the “death tax,” as if it were a severance tax on departures, rather than an income tax on inheritors.
I have never been able to understand why, if we’re going to tax income at all, we should consider [...]
An Environmentalist Encounters An Environmental Law
by Donella Meadows
— September 14, 2000 —
Now that I’ve suffered under one firsthand, I can understand why people hate environmental laws.
On a map of our farm filed away at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is a fateful dot. It stands for an endangered Siberian Chive, observed by someone decades ago. This dot popped up when we applied under Vermont’s [...]
Let’s Stop Racing Each Other And Go For Bear Instead
by Donella Meadows
— September 7, 2000 —
I’ve heard the joke about the bear before, and so, probably, have you. Two guys are sitting outside their tent in a forest campsite when they see a huge angry bear charging toward them. One starts lacing up his running shoes. The other says, “Are you crazy? You’ll never outrun that bear!” The first [...]
There’s “Survivor” and then There’s Real Survival
by Donella Meadows
— August 31, 2000 —
Linda Harrar is an independent filmmaker, based in Boston but usually traveling the world producing documentaries for NOVA and other PBS programs. Through the lens of the camera, she sees a lot. In the editing room she sees it over and over. It sinks in deep.
So she had a strong reaction to the CBS [...]
