I just realized at least what I was doing was making a lot of stuff that nobody needed and pushing a consumerist society. So I went to do something else. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
When they're growing up, if you tell kids God exists, they believe it. It's the same with the techno-cultural society. They believe in it - that it's the road to paradise, that there are no limits. — 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 Image
Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
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 Image
I tell myself to hurry up, that I have to do everything before death catches me. — Douglas Tompkins Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
