{"id":196894,"date":"2024-07-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=196894"},"modified":"2024-07-23T22:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T05:49:50","slug":"establishing-national-parks-in-patagonia-with-kristine-tompkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/establishing-national-parks-in-patagonia-with-kristine-tompkins","title":{"rendered":"Establishing National Parks in Patagonia with Kristine Tompkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/ad960700-73ef-40f0-bf44-e2741ab47aff?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/establishing-national-parks-in-patagonia-with-kris-tompkins\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristine Tompkins is one of the world&#8217;s most successful conservationists. She&#8217;s the president and co-founder of Tompkins Conservation, which is a non-profit that purchases land in South America, largely in Patagonia to create national parks, boost regenerative economies, and bring back missing species through rewilding. Before dedicating her life to land preservation, Kris spent 25 years working for Patagonia, the company. She was one of the first employees and eventually served as CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Kristine:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kristine_tompkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tompkins Conservation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tompkinsconservation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tompkins_conservation\/\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/product\/patagonia-national-park-chile-paperback\/BK250.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Patagonia National Park: Chile\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/uncovering-climate-mysteries-with-lonnie-thompson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uncovering Climate Mysteries with Lonnie Thompson&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>&nbsp;and learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/gu\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GU Energy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Kristine Tompkins is one of the world&#8217;s most successful conservationists. 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