Unfortunately, today's budget falls short. Cut support for training programs for pediatricians and other hospital staff who reach out to families and help them receive needed health coverage at a time when 10.8 million children lack health coverage. In Memoriam Donnella Meadows Donnella H. Meadows, environmental scientist and writer, died recently at the age of 59. Best known as the lead author of the 1972 book The Limits To Growth which explored global trends in the population, economy, and environment, Meadows taught ethics, journalism, and environmental studies at Dartmouth College. She founded the Sustainability Institute, which combines research in global systems with practical demonstrations of sustainable living, and established and lived at an eco-village in Vermont known as Cobb Hill, where she carried out her passion for caring for all of the planet's systems.
All mothers have their breaking points.
Mother Earth does not soften hers with patience or forgiveness or sentimentality.