People
with Purpose

Journeys With Purpose provides immersive Hosted Experiences with inspirational leaders, extraordinary “People With Purpose”. Our mission: to catalyse the celebration and advancement of nature conservation projects across the world by facilitating access to the world’s wildest corners during inspirational journeys of hope.

PARTNER PROJECT FOUNDERS

Paul Lister

Belize | The European Nature Trust

For the last 20+ years TENT has continued to support conservation and wildlife foundations across Scotland, Mediterranean and east European countries, whilst Alladale has been transformed into a pioneering Wilderness Reserve where nature restoration and green tourism are central to its mission.

For the past decade, Paul has spent many winter weeks exploring Belize and discovering its incredible nature and wonderful people. TENT’s remit now spans from the Atlantic to Belize, where the Unknown Belize film series has become the charity’s largest and most recent endeavor in the country.

Zainab Salbi & Rachel Rivera

Kenya | Daughters For Earth

At the age of 23, Zainab founded Women for Women International, a humanitarian organisation dedicated to women survivors of wars. Under her leadership (1993–2011), Women for Women International grew from helping 30 women upon its inception to helping more than 420,000 women and distributing more than 100 million dollars in aid. She has frequently been named as one of the women changing the world by leading publications ranging from Newsweek to The Guardian. Oprah Winfrey identified her as one of the women changing the world to People Magazine and President Bill Clinton identified her as one of the 21st-century heroes to Harper’s Bazaar.

Rachel Rivera is the Chief Operating Officer of Wild Lives Foundation, a nonprofit organisation launched by Jody Allen and focused on climate, marine and wildlife conservation, arts and culture and other philanthropic initiatives. She serves on the board of One Earth Philanthropy, an organisation dedicated to accelerate collective action to solve the climate crisis through groundbreaking science, inspiring media, & an innovative approach to climate philanthropy. Previously, Rachel worked directly with Jody Allen in her role as the trustee of the Paul G. Allen Trust and Chair of Vulcan Inc. on philanthropic initiatives.

Christoph & Barbara Promberger

Carpathia | Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Christoph and Barbara Promberger first came to Romania in 1993 as biologists working on a project to study and protect the large carnivores in the Carpathian forests. When this project ended in 2003, the couple were so encaptivated by the Carpathians’ incredible wilderness that they decided to stay in the region and set up Equus Silvania, an equestrian centre and small guest house near the national park.

After witnessing the devastating destruction of illegal logging on a hike through the forest in 2007, the Prombergers then started their passionate mission to protect and conserve the biodiversity of Europe’s last remaining virgin forest wilderness. By 2009, the Prombergers had founded Foundation Conservation Carpathia (FCC) together with a group of 12 philanthropists and conservationists.

Sofía Heinonen

Argentina | Fundación Rewilding Argentina

A lifelong activist, Sofía Heinonen led some of the first efforts to bring rewilding to South America more than 15 years ago with the restoration of the Iberá wetlands, the largest wetland ecosystem in Argentina, alongside Doug and Kristine Tompkins. As a biologist and leader, she has spent more than 30 years designing strategies for the creation of protected areas in Argentina, and leads the line in the continent’s most ambitious initiatives for reversing the species extinction crisis.

What she and her team have achieved, from the reintroduction of jaguar to the region following a 70 year disappearance to the creation of 7.6 million acres of national park across Argentina, is a remarkable achievement. Sofía has been recognised in BBC’s Most Influential Women of 2022.

Sean Gerrity

Montana | Great American Prairie

In 2001, Sean Gerrity joined conservation biologist, Dr. Curt Freese, to embark on a mission to assemble a 3.2-million-acre landscape and reintroduce all the wildlife species that once inhabited Montana’s northern Great Plains. It is an ambitious mission – to create the largest wildlife complex ever assembled in the continental United States.

Sean was born in Great Falls Montana and graduated from Montana State University. He lives with his wife Kayla in Bozeman Montana. Having co-founded Catalyst Consulting, a successful Silicon Valley business, he next turned his skills to creating a nature-based legacy on a monumental scale.

Sarah & Isabelle Tompkins

South Africa | Samara Karoo Reserve

Mother-daughter team, Sarah and Isabelle Tompkins, are dedicated to protecting the Great Karoo, South Africa, and reintroducing species to their 67,000 acres of restored and protected land, with an aim to expand this protected area to 3 million acres in the near futurel.

Originally from Johannesburg, Sarah and husband Mark Tompkins had known the Great Karoo as a desolate place that had lost all its wild beauty and abundant wildlife. In 1997, the Tompkins visited Monkey Valley farm and fell in love with its green and lush landscape following the recent rains. The couple decided to buy it, removed fencing and livestock and let the land recover for a few years before turning it into their rewilding passion project.

Today, over a quarter of a century later, Sarah runs the reserve with daughter Isabelle, who has inherited her parents’ drive to expand and protect the beautiful, semi-arid lands of the Great Karoo, holding the belief that humans should be “a part of nature, not apart from it”.

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People
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PARTNER PROJECT FOUNDERS

Paul Lister

Belize | The European Nature Trust

Zainab Salbi & Rachel Rivera

Kenya | Daughters For Earth

Christoph & Barbara Promberger

Carpathia | Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Sofía Heinonen

Argentina | Fundación Rewilding Argentina

Sean Gerrity

Montana | Great American Prairie

Sarah & Isabelle Tompkins

South Africa | Samara Karoo Reserve

Annabel

JP

Tristan

Daniel

Anne Marie

Dan

Cain

Sherri

Alistair

Rosalind

Derek

Hugh

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People with Purpose

PARTNER PROJECT FOUNDERS

Paul Lister

Belize | The European Nature Trust

Zainab Salbi & Rachel Rivera

Kenya | Daughters For Earth

Christoph & Barbara Promberger

Carpathia | Foundation Conservation Carpathia

Sofía Heinonen

Argentina | Fundación Rewilding Argentina

Sean Gerrity

Montana | Great American Prairie

Sarah & Isabelle Tompkins

South Africa | Samara Karoo Reserve

Annabel

JP

I had an absolute blast traversing the wilderness surrounding the Carpathian Mountains with a truly wonderful group of people. Thank you Journeys With Purpose for organising a wild adventure I'll remember for the rest of my days.

Tristan

Daniel

Journeys With Purpose provides unique bespoke experiences with great communication. This is our 2nd trip with JWP. We love the connections to the local community and our memories will last a lifetime.

Anne Marie

I have been lucky enough to visit conservation initiatives in many parts of the world - seeing the rewilding of the Iberá Wetlands first-hand through Journeys with Purpose has to rank as one of my most enjoyable and inspirational conservation experiences.

Dan

My trip with JWP was inspiring, moving, engaging, surprising, fun, challenging, uplifting and motivating. I’ve come away with new friends, business associates, insights, understanding and greater determination to help accelerate rewilding globally.

Cain

This was a fun, once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget. Again, thank you for your attention to detail and the superb service.

Sherri

Alistair

Rosalind

Journeys with Purpose open doors into fascinating worlds that other travel agencies seem hardly to know about.

Derek

The week spent in Romania with Barbara and Christophe was truly inspiring. They are an incredible couple and to have had the opportunity to get to know them and their vision thanks to Journeys with Purpose was the greatest privilege.

Hugh

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Our Mission

At a Glance: Fundación Rewilding Argentina

1,850,000

…acres (or 750,000 hectares) of land protected.

264,000,000

…metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent sequestered.

370,658

…acres donated for new parkland creation.

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People
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Travel is extraordinary.

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At a Glance: Fundación
Rewilding Argentina