Calculating Quote by Donella Meadows

“Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.”

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Social services, not wealth per se, seem to be the key to lower birth rates. The Chinese, although among the poorest peoples of the…

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You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.

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A good leader sets the right goals, gets things moving, and helps us to discover that we already know what to do.

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The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.

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Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no family in any circumstances in any State, is left without the essential needs for a decent and healthy existence. In too few nations, I might add, are the people aware of the progressive strides this…

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