Archive for the ‘Favorite Dana Quotes’ Category

I could see myself with fully gray hair…

Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: October 26th, 1993

In 1993 Dana did a visioning exercise in which she envisioned herself 10 years later: “I could see myself with fully gray hair, looking vibrantly healthy. I was speaking in public. I was a constant presence in public discourse. I was calm and quiet, not flashy, not charismatic. My purpose was to insert into the discussion as much perspective, as broad [...]

… on a sustainable world

Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: October 19th, 1993

“I call the transformed world toward which we can move ‘sustainable,’ by which I mean a great deal more than a world that merely sustains itself unchanged. I mean a world that evolves, as life on earth has evolved for three billion years, toward ever greater diversity, elegance, beauty, self-awareness, interrelationship, and spiritual realization.” —“Beyond the Limits”, speech given in Spain, Fall 1993

We have within us the ability to wonder

Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: December 31st, 1992

“We have within us the ability to wonder, the intelligence to understand, and the love to care about that which we wonder at. I try to play to those abilities, within myself and within others, and in them I always find hope.” – Dana Meadows wrote of her work in an online forum in 1992

We do not need a computer model to tell us that…

Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: January 26th, 1982

“We do not need a computer model to tell us that: we must not destroy the system upon which our sustenance depends. poverty is wrong and preventable. the exploitation of one person or nation by another degrades both the exploited and the exploiter. it is better for individuals and nations to cooperate than to fight. the love we have for all humankind and for future [...]

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The mission of the Donella Meadows Project is to preserve Donella (Dana) H. Meadows’s legacy as an inspiring leader, scholar, writer, and teacher; to manage the intellectual property rights related to Dana’s published work; to provide and maintain a comprehensive and easily accessible archive of her work online, including articles, columns, and letters; to develop new resources and programs that apply her ideas to current issues and make them available to an ever-larger network of students, practitioners, and leaders in social change.  Read More

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