Donella MeadowsThe grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.374Hope
Donella MeadowsNo one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems aren’t des… ▶332LoveThoughtTruth
Donella MeadowsWe don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or authoritarian. It could be a w… ▶346HumanityLifeThought
Donella MeadowsIn 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked336Reading
Donella MeadowsHow do we appreciate the good without letting it be the enemy of the perfect? How do we keep a step in the right direction from becoming a stopping point? How do we get beyond sha… ▶314Humor
Donella MeadowsDenmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.348Humor
Donella MeadowsA grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor294Time
Donella MeadowsGlaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park317Humor
Donella MeadowsWhy is our (US) government the only one in the civilized world with a stupid, short-term energy policy? Why do our elected officials consider a European or Japanese-type energy ta… ▶286PoliticsReflection
Donella MeadowsYou should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.242Truth
Donella MeadowsScientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.242Time
Donella MeadowsThe climate continues to deteriorate.3110Hope
Donella MeadowsI call the transformed world toward which we can move ‘sustainable,’ by which I mean a great deal more than a world that merely sustains itself unchanged. I mean a world that evol… ▶244Life
Donella MeadowsThere is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair.233Truth
Donella MeadowsWe can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them! ✨ Donella Meadows (2008). Thinking in Systems: A Primer, p.170, Chelsea Green Publishing279Thought
Donella MeadowsThe European nations take climate change very seriously.202Reading
Donella MeadowsI spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.191Time
Donella MeadowsYou may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.246Hope
Donella MeadowsA vision should be judged by the clarity of its values, not the clarity of its implementation path [in Mediated Modeling page 43]194Reading
Donella MeadowsCalculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. ✨ No Point in Waiting Around for Leadership. The Glob… ▶185Politics
Donella MeadowsGeorge W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman197Truth
Donella MeadowsIt is not OK in this culture to talk to friends about causes you believe in, much less to ask them to join in. It's OK to blast perfect strangers with crass messages every hour of… ▶2210Love
Donella MeadowsEveryone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts,… ▶132Truth
Donella MeadowsThere are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion. ✨ Donella Meadows (2008). Thinkin… ▶165Thought
Donella MeadowsWhat Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for … ▶199Sadness
Donella MeadowsA knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.178Sadness
Donella MeadowsThe scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth … ▶1310Truth
