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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 microwave every day. Douglas Tompkins Read Quote
I know all of the antiques stores in Buenos Aires. I’ve been in every one of them, picking things out. Douglas Tompkins Read Quote
If you want to destroy the planet, you can kiss social justice goodbye. The earth comes first. Douglas Tompkins Read Quote
We need to pay our dues to live on this earth; we need to pay the rent, and I’m doing that with the work we are carrying out here in Patagonia. Douglas Tompkins Read Quote
