Three weeks ago I joined more than three hundred thousand people at the People’s Climate March in NYC. As we anxiously waited to start marching, a wave of silence spread from person to person up 60 blocks from the front of the crowd. Our thoughts went out to people from the Andes, arctic regions, and island nations who already have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘systems thinking’
Putting the New Economy in Context
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: October 7th, 2014
Three weeks ago I joined more than three hundred thousand people at the People’s Climate March in NYC. As we anxiously waited to start marching, a wave of silence spread from person to person up 60 blocks from the front of the crowd. Our thoughts went out to people from the Andes, arctic regions, and island nations who already have [...]
Food Sovereignty: Solutions are as Interconnected as Problems
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: July 1st, 2014
“People are not hungry in this rich country because there is too little food or money or organization. They are hungry because food, money, and organizations are not used for the purpose of once-and-for-all ending hunger. What is lacking is public commitment, or as some call it, political will.”
–Donella Meadows, 1986, Hands Across White River Junction
Kylie gleaning carrots with Willing [...]
A Genuine Talk on Progress and the GPI
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: March 11th, 2014
“When we hear that the Gross National Product has grown, instead of cheering, we should ask exactly what has grown, for whom, at what cost, and at whose expense. Even better, we should work to develop indicators of national progress that reflect more accurately our real value and our real welfare.” —Donella Meadows, 1988
Elizabeth Courtney, author of Greening Vermont, takes [...]
Entrepreneurship Hothouse: Embedding Values into Business and Business into Values
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: June 26th, 2013
By Pamela Paquin
The Institute’s Hothouse last week put into sharp focus our goal of embedding values into business and business into values.
Our intention was to deliver actionable advice and an experience in real time of how to apply it. Put simply, the event included these steps:
Research – research your system and see what’s actually needed, who your clients are, and what [...]
Systems Thinking Camp for Adults and Children
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: June 10th, 2013
By Sarah Parkinson
Camp Snowball immerses adults and children alike in the valuable tools of systems thinking and sustainability education.
Here at the Donella Meadows Institute, thinking systemically is one of the pillars of our work. Systems thinking helps us to identify problems, develop solutions, and build a tight, highly functioning team. It’s a skill that’s useful in a variety of situations, especially in [...]
