David Tilman Quotations

We are trying to better understand what the implications are, ... We believe many things society does right now made perfect sense when there were many fewer people consuming much less than they do now.

We're piecing it together one brick at a time, ... We need to get more bricks.

Humans have now become the dominant force controlling the ecosystems of the world, ... And we don't know what the implications are.

It was built on the assumption that eight to 12 people would be there, ... Now, during the season, 120 are out there on a typical day. We're lucky a lot of the work is outside. The building is now totally inadequate. It can't even meet basic needs.

What if someone builds a house next to us, and they don't want us burning? ... We can't stop the house from being built, but they want to stop us from burning.