Kristine McDivitt Tompkins on Feb 12, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

“Whoever you are, wherever your interest lies, whatever you’ve fallen in love with, get out of bed every morning and do something. Act, step into the fray – fight for a human society in balance with the natural world.” – Kristine McDivitt Tompkins

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins is an American conservationist, the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation and former CEO of Patagonia. For three decades, she has preserved wild beauty and biodiversity by creating national parks, restoring wildlife, inspiring activism and fostering economic vitality as a result of conservation. Tompkins has protected nearly 15 million acres of parklands in Chile and Argentina, has created or expanded 15 national parks, including two marine parks, and is working to restore dozens of endangered or locally extinct species including the jaguar and the red-and-green macaw. The recipient of numerous honors, Tompkins was the first conservationist to be awarded the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy.

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