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Thinking in Systems O THER B OOKS BY D ONELLA H. M EADOWS: Harvesting One Hundredfold: Key Concepts and Case Studies in Environmental Education (1989). The Global Citizen (1991). WITH DENNIS MEADOWS : Toward Global Equilibrium (1973). WITH DENNIS MEADOWS AND JØRGEN RANDERS : Beyond the Limits (1992). Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (2004). WITH DENNIS MEADOWS , JØRGEN RANDERS , AND WILLIAM W. BEHRENS III: The Limits to Growth (1972). WITH DENNIS MEADOWS , ET AL .: The Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World (1974). WITH J. RICHARDSON AND G. BRUCKMANN : Groping in the Dark: The First Decade of Global Modeling (1982). WITH J. ROBINSON : The Electronic Oracle: Computer Models and Social Decisions (1985). Thinking in Systems —— A Primer —— Donella H. Meadows Edited by Diana Wright, Sustainability Institute CHELSEA GREEN PUBLISHING WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT Copyright © 2008 by Sustainability Institute. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be transmitted or reproduced in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Project Manager: Emily Foote Developmental Editor: Joni Praded Cop......