Donella “Dana” Meadows: A Personal Tribute
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 21st, 2001
By Seth J. Itzkan
~Futurist, Co-director World Future Society, Boston Chapter~
Yesterday we all lost a friend. Arguably the world’s greatest futurist and most responsible citizen, Donella “Dana” Meadows, lead author of the seminal work “The Limits to Growth” and the world’s greatest champion of systems thinking and sustainable development passed on at the untimely age of only 59. Next to Rachael [...]
Donella Meadows, 1941-2001
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 20th, 2001
By Jim Schley
~This eulogy for Dana appeared in Northern Woodlands magazine.~
On February 20, Donella (“Dana”) Meadows died of bacterial meningitis. For almost thirty years, Dana had taught environmental studies at Dartmouth College. I met her in an undergraduate course on Ethics and Environmental Policy, a class that was one of the watershed experiences of my life. No individual had greater [...]
If we believe that it’s effectively over…
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 2nd, 2001
“If we believe that it’s effectively over, that we are fatally flawed, that the most greedy and short-sighted among us will always be permitted to rule, that we can never constrain our consumption and destruction, that each of us is too small and helpless to do anything, that we should just give up and enjoy our SUVs while they last, [...]
Every five years…
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: February 2nd, 2001
“Every five years the world’s climatologists assess current knowledge about global warming. Their latest report was just released. It erases any doubt about where this warming is coming from and warns that we ain’t seen nothing yet. If we keep spewing out greenhouse gases according to pattern, we will see three to ten times more warning over the 21st century [...]
Dear Folks…
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: January 27th, 2001
“Dear Folks,
I’m starting this letter late Saturday afternoon, with the last, tragic act of Aida playing live from the Met on the radio…
Teaching, institute, community, farm. That’s the order in which we shall proceed here.
TEACHING. The course is environmental ethics… College students are so lively and curious, so cautiously idealistic, so ready to be ignited by any flame of truth. [...]
