Friday, August 03, 2012

Sustainability Champion: Donella Meadows

09:00 | Posted by Geneviève | | Edit Post
Donella Meadows was a scientist, author, teacher, farmer, and systems analyst. She is most known for her work as lead author on the book called Limits to Growth, which covered the vast topic of sustainability and was considered revolutionary for its time. She was also the winner of a MacArthur Foundation award and was a Pulitzer Prize-nominee for her newspaper column. 

 Unfortunately, Meadows passed away in 2001 before she was able to complete the last book she was working on called Thinking in Systems. Meadows also wrote or co-wrote Harvesting One Hundredfold: Key Concepts and Case Studies in Environmental Education, The Global Citizen, Toward Global Equilibrium, Beyond the Limits, Limits to Growth: The 30 Year Update, The Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World, Groping in the Dark: The First Decade of Global Modelling, and The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions.

Meadows’ work reminds us of the importance of living in harmony with nature as well as the importance of living in harmony with one another. She was a true champion of sustainability and one of my personal heroes. For anyone interested in leaning about the principles of sustainable development, her work is an excellent place to start. Happy reading!   
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