Donella H. Meadows

Donella H. Meadows was an American environmental scientist, educator, and writer known for her work in systems science. She was the lead author of the 1972 book 'The Limits to Growth' and wrote 'Thinking In Systems: A Primer.' She held a PhD in biophysics from Harvard University and taught at Dartmouth College for 29 years. She was named a Pew Scholar in Conservation and Environment in 1991 and received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1994. In 1996 she founded the Sustainability Institute, later renamed the Academy for Systems Change.