We met Dana previously & briefly in Module 1, under Pioneers & Thinkers  The Mother of Integral Permaculture Donella H. "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 Elgin, Illinois, USA - February 20, 2001, Hanover, New Hampshire) was a pioneering American environmental scientist, teacher and writer. She is best known as lead author of the influential book The Limits to Growth, which made headlines around the world. System AnalystSystems Analyst, Journalist, Writer, Teacher, Farmer Leading voice in the sustainability movement, Mac Arthur Fellow, Pew Scholar, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Honoree
Professor & FarmerDr. Donella H. Meadows (Ph.D. in biophysics, Harvard University), the founder of the Sustainability Institute, was a professor at Dartmouth College, a long-time organic farmer, a journalist, and a systems analyst. She was honored both as a Pew Scholar in Conservation and Environment and as a Mac Arthur Fellow.
WriterFor 16 years Donella wrote a weekly column called "The Global Citizen," commenting on world events from a systems point of view. It appeared in more than twenty newspapers, won second place in the 1985 Champion-Tuck national competition for outstanding journalism in the fields of business and economics, received the Walter C. Paine Science Education Award in 1990, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1991.
Donella was the author or co-author of nine books, including:
The Limits to Growth (1972) The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions (1983) The Global Citizen (1991) Beyond the Limits (1992) The Limits to Growth - the 30 Year Update (2004)
Limits to GrowthDonella Meadows is co-author of Limits to Growth, with Dennis Meadow (her husband), amongst others.This is a clip from the documentary "Earth Days (2009)" in which Dennis Meadows explains exponential growth, overshoot and collapse of society- from the 1972 study/book "The Limits to Growth" Visioning LectureA classic video.. the only one in youTube of Dana Meadows (so far..) See the Visioning page for why this is so important in designing anything effectively, and the Collective Visions page for the challenges ahead of us in terms of making truly permacultural mass-visioning even possible... at the International Society of Ecological Economics Conference in Costa Rica. ~ Courtesy of Griesinger Films Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 From the Squidoo page Welcome to my page honoring Donella "Dana" Meadows, founder of the Sustainability Institute(now the Donella Meadows Institute) and lead author of the books, 'Limits to Growth' and 'Beyond the Limits'. What is sustainability? It is like a three-legged stool. The Miniature Earth Projectinspired by Donella Meadows Donella Meadows was the original author of "The State of the Village Report", where the world was pictured as a village of 1,000 people. The following video by the Miniature Earth Project" was inspired by this report. powered by Youtube “opinionated columnist, perpetual fund-raiser, fanatic gardener, opera-lover, baker, farmer, teacher” A Beautiful, Poetic Writer One of Meadows' articles is my favorite of all time. It begins ... "Your paradigm is so intrinsic The Donella Meadows InstituteThe The Donella Meadows Institute was founded in 1996 to apply systems thinking and organizational learning to economic, environmental and social challenges. Beyond the LimitsRecommended Book by Donella Meadows  Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future by: Donella H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows Amazon Price: $39.96 (as of 03/02/2012) More Booksby or about Donella Meadows  Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by: Donella H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows Amazon Price: $14.21 (as of 03/02/2012) Usually ships in 1-2 business days  by: Donella H. Meadows Amazon Price: $11.74 (as of 03/02/2012) Usually ships in 1-2 business days  Toward Global Equilibrium: Collected Papers by: Donella M. Meadows Amazon Price: $48.84 (as of 03/02/2012) Usually ships in 1-2 business days  by: Donella Meadows, Donella H. Meadows Amazon Price: $43.97 (as of 03/02/2012) Usually ships in 24 hours Videos Inspired by Donella Meadows
642 ratings | 171,715 views curated content from YouTube The Earth Says: Rejoice! You have been born into a world of self-maintaining abundance and incredible beauty. Who's Blogging?... about Donella Meadows
Donella Meadows; Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress Donella Meadows’ Leverage Points :: Dan Lockton Dennis Meadows & Updates to "Limits to Growth"Economics & Limits to Growth (video title in YouTube): Dennis Meadows was Dana's husband & co-author of Limits to Growth, here he talks about the 30year-update, Part 2 Part 3 Learning to Live within Limits | Important Articles by Donella Meadows This is a public collection of the work of Donella (Dana) Meadows. Through her writing and speaking, Dana helped people understand global systems with long delays and complex feedbacks, while also inspiring many to think about individual choices in daily living.
Here you will find 15 years worth of essays published as the award winning weekly Global Citizen column.
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