Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
I call the transformed world toward which we can move ‘sustainable,’ by which I mean a great deal more than a world… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Mesarovic and Pestel are critical of the Forrester-Meadows world view, which is that of a homogeneous system with a fully predetermined evolution… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
World fertility surveys indicate that anywhere from one third to one half of the babies born in the Third World would not… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
The human world is a long way from meeting the needs of the present, and it is borrowing massively from the future… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
The world is a complex, interconnected, finite, ecological - social - psychological - economic system. We treat it as if it were… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Both the United States and the world economy have already reached - and surpassed - their sustainable physical limits. Ground water is… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent. — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Why is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Before they got vengeful, conservatives had some useful points to make about welfare. Government 'help' is too often guilt-assuaging gesture. It creates layers of… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus. — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us to discover that we already know what to do. — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made. — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Some call-in moderators are neutral and courteous. Then there's Rush Limbaugh, who is funny and pompous and a scapegoater and hatemonger. His popularity could… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
Smart development builds on a region's own skills, resources and local businesses. Dumb growth invites a big corporation in, surrenders control and profits to… — Donella Meadows Copy Share Image
