Kristen Bounds

Bridging her background in journalism, creative writing and digital marketing with a passion for the natural world, Kristen has used her communications skills to advocate for the protection of the environment and the mitigation of climate change in a number of different capacities for the better part of the past decade.

Kristen’s love for trees and forests began early, having grown up in Syilx Territory, where she and her sisters and cousins would play among the Ponderosa pines that scatter the dry, grassland hills of the Okanagan Valley. She then grew an appreciation for the planet’s diverse ecosystems while travelling around and living in various countries around the world. Marvelling at the giant Kauri forests of New Zealand, northern Thailand’s sprawling banyan groves, and the beauty of Australia’s magnificent yet endangered coral reefs, it was in these places where she realized that the effects of pollution, climate change, and resource extraction are inescapable.

So, when she moved to Vancouver Island to pursue a degree in creative writing, Kristen immediately developed an affinity for the coastal, temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest and would use any excuse she could to write and talk about protecting these incredible ecosystems.

As the new communications coordinator for Ancient Forest Alliance, Kristen is extremely excited to apply her skills at a local level to ancient forest conservation full time. When she’s not copywriting, Kristen can be found wandering the beaches of southwestern Vancouver Island, thrifting, attempting to turn her brown thumb green in her garden, or tending to the unreads on her bookshelf.