Karie has a transdisciplinary background in social science, business, government, ecological activism, and philosophy. She is a scholar activist at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) where she is researching the historical bioregional movement and is co-organizing the 11th Turtle Island Bioregional Congress happening in September, 2026.
She is the co-author of the forthcoming chapter, “Bioregions and Earth Law” in the 2nd edition of the legal textbook Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law—A Guide for Practitioners (Feb 2026).
Karie is also passionate about film as a powerful storytelling medium and was an Executive Director for the short documentary Last Stand: Saving the Elwha River’s Legacy Forests. Her latest film, The Future is Bioregional [ is about coming together and reconnecting with the places where we live