In 1985, she began a weekly newspaper column, "The Global Citizen," commenting on world events from a systems point of view. The column was awarded second place in the 1985 Champion-Tuck national competition for outstanding journalism in the fields of business and economics. It also received the Walter C. Paine Science Education Award in 1990 and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1991. The column appeared in more than 20 papers every week for 15 years.

Donella Meadows was extraordinarily productive and inspiring, and her influence continues to be felt in many ways. She helped people understand global systems with long delays and complex feedbacks, while also inspiring many to think about individual choices in our daily living. Both of these themes are reflected in her Global Citizen columns -- engaging short essays filled with insights into how the world works now and how it might work better. These columns remain immensely useful in helping frame issues and understand the complexities of current human and natural systems.

That is why Sustainability Institute has established the Donella Meadows Archive which now provides public access to a collection of 15 years worth of Global Citizen columns. In the future the Archive will house other writings and speeches of Donella Meadows, plus teaching resources developed from her work.

To visit the Donella Meadows Archive, go to:

http://www.sustainer.org/dhm_archive/search.php

Reprinted with permission from the Sustainability Institute.