In The Global Citizen Donella Meadows challenges us to view the world as an interconnected system for which we are all responsible. In this collection of the best of her environmental writings, she demonstrates her rare ability to discuss complex issues such as population and abortion, poverty and development, and solid waste disposal in a clear, concise, engaging way for a wide audience.
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Donella H. Meadows was a pioneering environmental scientist, author, teacher, and farmer widely considered ahead of her time. She was one of the world's foremost systems analysts and lead author of the influential Limits to Growth. She was Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College, the founder of the Sustainability Institute and co-founder of the International Network of Resource Information Centers.
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Inspiration from Meadows on depressing planetary facts,
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Some activists tend to preach or convey a self-righteous attitude in their approach to educating the public about the environment. Some state depressing facts that can make you feel helpless. Meadows simply states her expansive knowledge of the environment, her experiences in collecting the facts, and some very passionate stories to put it into perspective. Her book is a mind-opener and motivator.
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The late Donella Meadows was one of the greatest systemic thinkers of our times. This book is a collection of her extremely readable columns (short essays) on environmental topics. Global Citizen will not only inform you, but will also help you think about these things in a much more wholistic, interconnected, ecologically & socially complex way - and not only that, it will do it painlessly. Her generosity of spirit and sense of humor enliven even the driest of topics.
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- Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher on page 246, page 247, and Back Matter
- The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono on page 278, page 280, and Back Matter
- The Necessity of Empty Places by Paul Gruchow on page 223, and Back Matter
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn on page 7, and Back Matter
- Eleanor and Franklin (Signet) by Joseph P. Lash on page 251, and page 253
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- The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability by Paul Hawken in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- It's a Jungle Up There: More Tales from the Treetops by Margaret D. Lowman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Writer's Workshop: Crafting Paragraphs, Building Essays by Bob Brannan on page 263, and Back Matter
- Faith in Nature: Environmentalism as Religious Quest (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Thomas R. Dunlap in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Conservation Education and Outreach Techniques (Techniques in Ecology & Conservation) by Susan K. Jacobson on page 60, and Back Matter
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