Archive for the ‘Tributes to Dana’ Category
Donella Meadows Tribute
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: March 14th, 2001
By Peter Warshall
~Whole Earth – Spring 2001~
I loved so many sparkles and reflective facets of Dana. With each one revealed, she became a more delightful and mysterious person. I first understood her specialness at a meeting of business professionals. Their constricted hearts and state of denial seemed outrageous, painful?if not counter-productive. Dana leaned over. “Just tell them,” she said. I [...]
Dana Meadows’ Legacy for Sense of Place: Make Dartmouth the Best!
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 25th, 2001
By Jon Kohl
~Dartmouth Class of ’92~
I’ll never make the pilgrimage to Dartmouth I had planned last year. I’ll never have another chance for a mentoring dose of career advise from Donella Meadows. As she lied in a coma, all I could do from my Guatemalan apartment was blitz one last email to her idle account, one last email she will [...]
There’s a Hole in the Water
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 25th, 2001
By David Berry~
There’s a hole in the water. You can feel it.
It’s been said “To know how much difference you make in the world, put your finger in a bowl of water and look at the imprint you leave when you pull out your finger”.
There is a hole in the water. Dana withdrew her finger and we all feel a [...]
The Brightest Star in the Sky
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 25th, 2001
A Tribute to Donella H. Meadows by Alan AtKisson
~Keynote Speech, “The Festival of Faith”, First Presbyterian Church, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA, 25 February, 2001~
My purpose today is to introduce you to an idea, and the task is not a simple one. This idea has to do with how we relate past, present, and future. It has to do with [...]
Donella H. Meadows–An Appreciation
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 23rd, 2001
By Edward C. Wolf
Like clockwork, each Friday morning the first link I follow on Tidepool is the one to the latest “Global Citizen” column by Donella Meadows. There I’ve come to expect insight served up with grace, commentary that offers a gentle education about things that really count. I’m never disappointed.
Each month I have looked forward even more eagerly to a modest little newsletter that [...]
