At the May 19th 2016, Heroes & Leaders celebration of mentors in the Upper Valley, Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Director of Climate Interactive delivered a keynote speech focused on what she learned about mentoring from one of her mentors, long-time Upper Valley resident, Donella (Dana) Meadows. Elizabeth worked with her from 1995 until Donella’s death in 2001. We asked Elizabeth to share the list of six traits [...]
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Learning from Dana, a Mentor and Friend
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: August 1st, 2017
At the May 19th 2016, Heroes & Leaders celebration of mentors in the Upper Valley, Elizabeth Sawin, Co-Director of Climate Interactive delivered a keynote speech focused on what she learned about mentoring from one of her mentors, long-time Upper Valley resident, Donella (Dana) Meadows. Elizabeth worked with her from 1995 until Donella’s death in 2001. We asked Elizabeth to share the list of six traits [...]
1993 Nobel Conference: Gustavus Adolphus College
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: July 3rd, 2017
The best way to listen to this audio recording is to download it via this link.
According to the Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, “this presentation by Donella H. Meadows was given at the 1993 Nobel Conference on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College. The theme of the 29th annual conference was Nature Out of Balance: The New Ecology. Meadows was [...]
Video: Sustainable Systems Lecture
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: June 26th, 2017
Learning about sustainable systems from writings and video lectures of Donella (Dana) Meadows is greatly inspiring, uplifting, and enriching. On YouTube, there is video of Dana presenting a lecture on sustainable systems at the University of Michigan. I believe that this talk was a part of the University of Michigan’s Sustainability Lecture Series on March 18, 1999. The following is [...]
A Search for Authenticity & “The Good Life”
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 19th, 2016
The ‘American Dream’ and economy shift like tectonic plates, imperceptible until a collapse like 2008 creates both devastation and opportunity. As economic uncertainty and debt mounted, fewer college students saw the corporate ladder as promising. Since then, ‘dream jobs’ have become entrepreneurial, coming to life through the ‘poetry of science and the precision of art’, often times only fueled by [...]
Running with Ghosts – The Legacy of the Sacred in the Common
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: December 7th, 2015
I find renewal running through forest trails; feeling the memory of a landscape with every step, and changing course to accommodate past events. Tatlock loop, a short trail run on a ridge near my house, is shaped by its history. I find myself skirting around a little ditch that was dug out by spring flooding years ago, only to then [...]
