"Someday, Colombians who want land will have three choices: burn down the Amazon, do the same to the Choco, or move to the llanos. If we could figure out ways for people to exist in the most resource-starved region in the country, they can live anywhere."
..."Think of it. Gaviotas could be a living laboratory, a chance to plan our own tropical civilization from the ground up, instead of depending on models and technology developed for northern climates, like the Peace Corps wants to teach everybody. Something for the Third World, by the Third World. You know what I mean: When we import solutions from the United States or Europe we also import their problems."
Paolo Lugari dialogue with Sven Zethelius
Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, by Alan Weisman
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