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True wilderness is where you keep it, and real wilderness experience cannot be a sedentary one you have to seek it out not seated, but afoot.

David R. Brower

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David R. Brower
Age: 88 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 1
Died: 2000
Died: November 5
Cinematographer
Environmentalist
Mountaineer
Ski Mountaineer
Berkeley
California
David Ross Brower
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Polite conservationists leave no mark save the scars upon the Earth that could have been prevented had they stood their ground.
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We may learn anew what compassion and beauty are, and pause to listen to the Earth's music.
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We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.
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Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead.
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People have alleged that I have inspired many young people over the years, but I say, it was just the opposite.
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Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.
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I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present.
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I believe in the rights of creatures other than man.
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What we are finding out now is that there are not only limits to growth but also to technology and that we cannot allow technology to go on without public consent.
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