Donella Meadows
Better known as Dana Meadows, she was born in March 1941 in Elgin (Illinois)
She studied Chemistry at Carleton College and, after earning her PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University in 1968, joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a researcher
At MIT, she helped develop the global computational model World3 for the Club of Rome, and laid the groundwork for the book Limits to Growth, which includes a study of long-term global trends in population, economy, and environment. This work sparked a global debate, which continues today, about the limits of our planet's capacity to support human economic expansion
In 1981, she founded the International Network of Resource Information Centers (INRIC), with two clear goals: to create a global process of collaborative mechanisms and to share information among academics, researchers, and activists in the sustainable development movement. She also created the Sustainability Institute, which combines research on global systems with practical demonstrations of sustainable living, including the development of "ecovillages" and organic farms
In 1990, she was awarded the Walter C. Paine Science Education Award, and posthumously in 2001, the John H. Chafee Excellence in the Environment Award. Additionally, her column "The Global Citizen," in which she discussed global issues from a systemic perspective weekly, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1991
Donella Meadows, whose influence on academic studies, government initiatives, and international treaties was widely recognized, died in February 2001 in Hanover (New Hampshire)
She studied Chemistry at Carleton College and, after earning her PhD in Biophysics at Harvard University in 1968, joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a researcher
At MIT, she helped develop the global computational model World3 for the Club of Rome, and laid the groundwork for the book Limits to Growth, which includes a study of long-term global trends in population, economy, and environment. This work sparked a global debate, which continues today, about the limits of our planet's capacity to support human economic expansion
In 1981, she founded the International Network of Resource Information Centers (INRIC), with two clear goals: to create a global process of collaborative mechanisms and to share information among academics, researchers, and activists in the sustainable development movement. She also created the Sustainability Institute, which combines research on global systems with practical demonstrations of sustainable living, including the development of "ecovillages" and organic farms
In 1990, she was awarded the Walter C. Paine Science Education Award, and posthumously in 2001, the John H. Chafee Excellence in the Environment Award. Additionally, her column "The Global Citizen," in which she discussed global issues from a systemic perspective weekly, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 1991
Donella Meadows, whose influence on academic studies, government initiatives, and international treaties was widely recognized, died in February 2001 in Hanover (New Hampshire)
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