Bringing Justice and Sustainability
Available for speaking, writing and policy creation.
USING LEGAL POLICY
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Lisa Kaas Boyle is a Passionate Activist for Environmental and Social Justice using Legal Policy, Writing, Speech and Film to Create a More Sustainable and Just Civilization.
Available for speaking, writing and policy creation.
JD, Cum Laude
Tulane University Law School, 1990
BA Vanderbilt University,
Double Major English/Art History,
Varsity Cross Country 1986
Creating Sustainablity
Career Experience
Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story,
Executive Producer
Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office,
Deputy District Attorney
Heal the Bay,
Legal Policy Director
Plastic Pollution Coalition,
Co-Founder
5 Gyres,
Legal Policy Director
WeTap,
Advisor
Specialties
Solutions for a Better World
policy creation
Speaker
writer
Projects
Press & Articles
Tulane University Law School
Law alumna: More drinking fountains, fewer plastic bottles
Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy
Public Drinking Water Policy on Tap at a Fountain Near You
Vanderbilt University
Message in a Bottle: Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle—and Refuse
Tulane University Law School
Alumna’s Eco-passion Leads
to Microbeads Ban
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story
Executive Producer
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Interview Expert
Planet Experts
Plastic Pollution is Rising, But So Are We!
Tulane University Law School
Law alumna and activist behind plastic straw ban in California
Speaking Appearances
Food Sleuth Radio Show
Host and Registered Dietitian Melinda Hemmelgarn interviews Lisa Kaas Boyle on Health Hazards of Plastic Pollution and Fossil Fuels
Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds Radio Show
Plastic Bottles are Poison to Birds and Humans
Plastic Health Summit
Plastic Soup Foundation
Amsterdam talk on Policy to Prevent Petrochemical Poisoning
Rio Earth Summit
Huffington Post
From California to Copacabana: Global Call to Stop Plastic Pollution Presented at Rio Earth Summit
Rio Earth Summit
Huffington Post
Finding Hope Down in the Dump:
A Visit with Tiao Carlos dos Santos, Champion of Rio Garbage Pickers
Center for Disease Control
Huffington Post
Plastic Pollution: A Social Justice Perspective
TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Huffington Post
Videos Document Plastic Pollution Crisis and Solutions
Select Panels Produced
United Nations
Huffington Post
Kyra Sedgwick Leads Global Call to End Plastic Pollution at United Nations
Blue Ocean Film Festival
Jeremy Irons Appearance with his film Trashed
Blue Ocean Film Festival
Lisa Kaas Boyle with Pam Longobardi and Sir Jeremy Irons at Dali Museum
The Blog
Explore Videos & Publications
Plastic Health Summit
2019 Amsterdam talk on Policy to Prevent Petrochemical Poisoning ...
Collection of Videos
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch - Lisa Boyle, Policy Solutions around the globe Rio Earth Summit 2012 Plastic Pollution Green With Tiffany Interview 2014 Microbeads Legislation The Surf Channel 2015...
Press Clippings
Vanderbilt University Profile Tulane University Law School Profile Planet Experts Profile Miami Herald The Guardian Lisa Kaas Boyle, an environmental attorney holding a bag that posed the question: “What would Dolly do?” – a reference to country music hall-of-famer...
Collection of Publications
Tulane Environmental Law Journal: Plastic Pollution I produced with Tulane Law School and 5 Gyres, the first environmental law journal on plastic pollution science plus policy solutions. Contributing Author: The 99%: How the Occupy Wall Street Movement is Changing...
Collection of Writings: Plastic Pollution Solutions
TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch Videos Document Plastic Pollution Crisis and Solutions Journey of the Plastic Microbeads: From Science to Legal Policy Brief From Bonnaroo: Tennessee Trash...
Collection of Writings: Styrene
LA Unified School District Bans Foam Lunch Trays: Superintendent Cites Environment and Health of Students California Is for Plovers, Not Polystyrene Chik-fil-A Full of It: Styrene is not Green...
Collection of Writings: Plastic Straws
http://www.planetexperts.com/last-plastic-straw-legislation-can-stop-plastic-pollution/...
Collection of Writings: Tap Water
http://www.planetexperts.com/water-life-safe-sustainable-public-water-age-trump/ http://www.planetexperts.com/american-drinking-fountain-force-awakens/...