DR. ELIZABETH KAPU’UWAILANI LINDSEY

Bio

Dr. Elizabeth Kapuʻuwailani Lindsey is the first Polynesian Explorer and female Fellow in the history of the National Geographic Society.  A cultural anthropologist and award-winning filmmaker, Lindsey travels extensively as a conservationist of indigenous wisdom and as an advocate for social, environmental and cultural justice.  

Her keen insights and first-hand accounts from the world's most fragile regions are reshaping Western perspectives.  Her international speaking engagements at world-leading institutions and organizations are inspiring calls to action. 

Raised by Hawaiian elders, Lindsey has created scholarships in Hawaiʻi, Asia and India.  She has served as an advisor to global organizations, including the Tibet Fund for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama and with UN Ambassadors working on behalf of environmental refugees faced with the punishing realities of the climate crisis.