Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
We choose the national park idea because it's really the highest form of protection for landscapes that exists under current law, especially… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
Conservation is not without its critics and opposition. There are a lot of special interests that don't want to see land set… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
National parks are the best expression of social equity that there is. It's like paying our rent for living on the planet. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
It doesn't seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
The byproduct of the main thrust to protect the biodiversity of a given place is that you get especially young people out to the… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
I tell myself to hurry up, that I have to do everything before death catches me. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
If you're not willing to take the political heat, then you shouldn't get into the game of land conservation, especially on a large scale. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
I don't have a cell phone because I know how horrible it is. Using your cell phone is like putting your head in a… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
Resource efficiency is the wrong metric. We should use nature as the measure, using nature's wisdom as a template for our economic systems. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
Despite my great disappointment in American foreign policy, I am very proud of the American tradition of wild land conservation. It is the best… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
For those of us (those that have the desire to explore the world unknown) that grew up going out into the wilds of the… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
Fashion is one of the most intellectually vacuous industries. We had to manufacture desires to get people to buy our products. We were selling… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
As we get sucked more and more into the technosphere, we become less and less capable of understanding it because it becomes a technological… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
There's no doubt whatsoever that there's no future in capitalism. It's probably no more than 500 years old, and it's demonstrating over and over… — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share
