Posts Tagged ‘Donella Meadows’
Tribute to Dana Meadows
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: April 22nd, 2001
By John M. Richardson Jr.
~Professor of International Development, American University~
Global modelling has been described as a science, struggling with problems too large for the participants, but too important to ignore. Global modelers, however, were often seen as a fractious bunch of academics, more preoccupied with making each other wrong than addressing the threats faced by a vulerable human species, living [...]
Dana the Teacher — Unearthing our Visions and Driving us Nuts
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: April 22nd, 2001
By Andrew Jones
~Former Student and Current Sustainability Institute Staff~
My name is Drew Jones. I was a student of Dana’s here at Dartmouth back in the late 80s and now work at Sustainability Institute, the organization she founded three years ago. I want to tell you a story about Dana and share something she wrote about her students. Overall, I want to [...]
Tribute to Dana Meadows
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: April 22nd, 2001
By Priscilla Sears
~Professor, English Department, Dartmouth College~
I am Priscilla Sears from the English Department. Dana was my colleague, my friend, and often my sustainer. After the publication of Beyond the Limits Dana told me that the editors had insisted that she shorten the comments about love as a sina qua non of sustainability. She comments about love on the cover [...]
Tribute to Dana Meadows
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: April 22nd, 2001
By Vicki Smith
~Upper Valley Community Planner~
Greetings.
I work as a community planner, currently for the town of Hanover and live on a beautiful south facing hillside where Spring has arrived.
I was asked to talk about the early days of the Upper Valley Land Trust, a regional land trust, started here in the Upper Valley 15 years ago with Dana leading the [...]
Tribute to Dana Meadows
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: April 22nd, 2001
By James F. Hornig
~Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College~
This weekend there are memorial services like this being held in Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Seattle, and at least one in Europe. What a testimonial to the fact that one person can make a difference! And how appropriate that Dana’s memory is being honored on Earth Day! She loved the earth.
I first [...]
