It's easy for us to blindly consume, when we don't see the effects it has on other places. The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life, it's so easy to make it complex. What's important is leading an examined life because most of the damage caused by humans is caused unintentionally, I think.- (Yvon) And in response to people saying,'You can't go back.' I say, 'Well what happens when you get to the edge of the cliff. Turn around and take a step forward." - (Doug) Do you take one step forward or do a 180° turn and take one step forward? Which way are you going? Which is progress?' The solution to many of the world's problems may be to turn around and to take a forward step. You can't just keep trying to make a flawed system work. - (Yvon)
A conversation between Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia) and Doug Tompkins (co-founder of The North Face)
