Join us for a special evening with Rick Ridgeway. The revered mountaineer and conservationist will share insights from his memoir 'Life Lived Wild', chronicling a shift from someone fascinated by wild places to someone dedicated to saving them.
Followed by a discussion, 'Lessons from the edge...' of the map and at the pinnacle of performance, featuring Ridgeway, alongside activist Jenny Weber, and adventurer/scientist Tim Jarvis AM.
Keynote presentation, ‘Life Lived Wild, into the future’ by mountaineer and conservationist Rick Ridgeway.
Panel discussion ‘Lessons from the edge of the map and at the pinnacle of performance’, featuring Rick, Tim Jarvis AM and Jenny Weber, moderated by Chris Ord.
Doors Open: 6:00pm
Event Start: 6:30pm
This is a ticketed event hosted at ACMI Cinemas in Federation Square, Melbourne. Please use the link above to purchase your tickets. 100% of ticket sales will be donated to our charity partners – Friends of the Earth Melbourne, Wildlife of the Central Highlands, Environmental Justice Australia, and Friends of the Leadbeater’s Possum.
Wheelchair friendly and all ages are welcome.
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This event will take place on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. Patagonia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of this land and sea Country. We pay our respect to their elders, past, present and future.
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·First and foremost, we ask that you stay home if you've been experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.
· Masks are highly encouraged while not eating or drinking.
· Social distancing is encouraged whenever possible.
· Sanitising stations will be provided.
By the time he was thirty, Rick had gone on more adventures than most people do in an entire lifetime. Called “the real Indiana Jones” by Rolling Stone magazine, Ridgeway doesn't shy away from unknown territory. In fact, he seeks it.
Ridgeway is recognised as one of the world’s foremost mountaineers. He was part of the 1978 team that were the first Americans to summit K2, the world's second-highest mountain, and he has climbed new routes and explored little-known regions on six continents. Ridgeway is also an environmentalist, writer, photographer, filmmaker, and businessman.
For fifteen years beginning in 2005, he oversaw environmental affairs at Patagonia. Before joining Patagonia, he was owner/president of Adventure Photo & Film, a leading stock photo and film agency. He has authored six books and dozens of magazine articles and produced or directed many documentary films. He was honoured by National Geographic with their Lifetime Achievement in Adventure Award and was awarded the Lowell Thomas Award by the Explorers’ Club. Ridgeway serves on the boards of Tompkins Conservation and the Turtle Conservancy. He lives in Ojai, California.
As an Earth activist, Jenny has spent more than two decades on the frontlines of forest action, coordinating hundreds of non-violent direct actions.
For the past nine years, she has been the campaigns manager at the Bob Brown Foundation (BBF) – an environmental organisation led by Australia’s most high profile and defiant environmentalist, Bob Brown. Starting with just Bob Brown and CEO Steven Chaffer, Jenny has helped build the organisation into a relentless action-oriented team of 19 staff and hundreds of volunteers. She has played a pivotal role in its diverse environmental campaigns, including calling for takayna/Tarkine protected as a World Heritage Area and returned to Aboriginal ownership. In this she’s supported everything from blockades (the last running over 112 days!) to scientific surveys, international initiatives like the Big Canopy Campout, and worked closely with athletes for the annual ultra trail marathon.
Prior to her role with BBF, the tireless activist founded Huon Valley Environment Centre and started in environmental conservation as a volunteer and staff member with The Wilderness Society. Jenny has a Bachelor’s of Sociology from the University of Wollongong, during which time she also she volunteered on campaigns to protect Hinchinbrook, Jabiluka and the south-east forests of New South Wales. The inaugural Bob Brown Foundation’s Environmentalist of the Year Award (2012) recipient, today Jenny resides with her partner and two teenagers in Tasmania.
Tim’s childhood love of the outdoors has led to a career as an environmental scientist and leading expeditions to some of the world’s most remote places. With more than 30 years of experience in both disciplines, Tim has a wealth of knowledge about what it takes to lead teams to perform at the highest level.
He supports and works with organisations including charities WWF, FFI and the Australian Geographic Society, advises on technological and social solutions to sustainability issues for a range of corporate organisations including Australia’s largest insurance broker Steadfast and BGIS Property Group, and is Vitality Ambassador for global health insurance company AIA.
Tim holds Master's degrees in environmental science and environmental law. He was conferred a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to environment, community, and exploration in the 2010 Australian honours list and was voted Conservationist of the Year in 2016 by the Australian Geographic Society.
Photo: Miles Rowland
