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“How 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 shades of insipid light green?”

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Donella Meadows
Donella Meadows

Donella Meadows was an American environmental writer and systems thinker, recognized for her significant contributions to the field of environmental sustainability and systems dynamics. She was a senior associate at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-founded the Sustainability Institute. Meadows is best known for her book 'The Limits to Growth', which she co-authored with Dennis Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William W. Behrens III. more

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