97 Quotes by Donella Meadows

It's a fair guess that at the rate we're destroying habitat, especially but not exclusively in the tropics, we're pushing to extinction about one species every hour. That doesn't count the species whose populations are being reduced so greatly that diversity within the population is essentially gone.

We have witnessed Chernobyl, Bhopal, Challenger, Seveso, Amoco Cadiz, Three Mile Island and have still not wakened from our fantasy that large organizations can carry out complex technologies on a huge scale with total perfection.

The actions of my government are not bearable. They devastate our natural resources and deprive our people. The politicians speak piously while practicing greed and divisiveness; they care nothing for the nation. I want to do more than withdraw my support. I want to tar and feather them.

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

Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.

I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.

Growth is a stupid goal. So, by the way, is no-growth.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

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 a distant headquarters, undercuts local manufacturers, and risks layoffs without warning.