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Yvon Chouinard

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resourc

Yvon Chouinard

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The current form of capitalism, which requires constant economic expansion, is responsible for harming the environment. Since this system is unlikely to change soon, the author chooses to collaborate with businesses to encourage them to use natural resources more responsibly.

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.