Doug Tompkins: Eco-Warrior in Patagonia. By Dan McDougall, Guardian (UK), February 16, 2009. "Doug Tompkins made a fortune 'selling people countless things they didn't need'. Now he's spending it saving the planet... The tycoon turned environmentalist has declared war on industrialists, whalers, and Greenpeace... The story of how Doug and his wife, Kris McDivitt Tompkins, arrived in Patagonia started out simply enough, but it has quickly become one of the most enduring controversies in modern South American history. Once fashion moguls behind three of the high street's most famous brands - Esprit, The North Face and Patagonia - the couple are now mounting the world's largest private conservation effort, buying vast stretches of wilderness in Chile and Argentina to protect it from development."
2009-02-17
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