A biography for Douglas Tompkinshasn’t been written yet.
“If you just hold your cell phone for 30 seconds and think backwards through its production, you have the entire techno-industrial culture wrapped up there. You can't have that device without everything that goes with it.”
“I'm a social justice supporter, but there is no social justice on a dead planet.”
“Once we establish an architectural style in each park, we stick with it religiously and comprehensively so that it comes out as a gestalt.”
“Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.”
“National Parks are the gold standard for conservation.”
“I don't want to see anything natural get hurt.”