"Social services, not wealth per se, seem to……" — Donella Meadows
"Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the world, have brought their fertility rate down to 2.4, partly by social coercion, but mostly by broadly available education, health care and family planning."
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Donella Meadows
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49 Quotes by Donella Meadows
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A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.
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No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any…
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How do we appreciate the good without letting it be the enemy of the perfect? How do we keep a…
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I call the transformed world toward which we can move ‘sustainable,’ by which I mean a great deal more than a…
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The European nations take climate change very seriously.
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The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there…
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You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.
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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor
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Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park
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