Bringing Justice and Sustainability
Available for speaking, writing and policy creation.
USING LEGAL POLICY
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
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 WorldSpeaker
writer
Projects
Press & Articles
Tulane University Law School
Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy
Vanderbilt University
Recycle—and Refuse
Tulane University Law School
to Microbeads Ban
Overload: America's Toxic Love Story
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Planet Experts
Tulane University Law School
Speaking Appearances
Sierra Club Marine Team presents: Plastics in the Oceans
Plastic Health Summit
Plastic Soup Foundation
2019 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
Blue Ocean Film Festival
The Blog
Explore Videos & Publications
Collection of Writings: The Problems with Plastics
http://www.planetexperts.com/top-4-myths-about-recycling-plastic/ Open Letter to Starbucks: Your “Green” Straws Make Mermaids Cry Plastic Pollution: A Social Justice Perspective The Great Disposable Plastic Spill Plastic And The Great Recycling Swindle Plastic Is Food...
Collection of Writings: Anti-Plastic Activism
Finding Hope Down in the Dump: A Visit with Tiao Carlos dos Santos, Champion of Rio Garbage Pickers http://www.planetexperts.com/join-california-kids-in-helping-our-oceans/ Californians Take Stand in the Sand for Plastic-Free Seas Kids at Beach Cry ‘Clean Me Up!’ From...
Collection of Writings: California Plastic Bag Ban
New Alliances in California Senate Put California Plastic Bag Ban Back on Track California to Legislators: Stop Bogging Down Bag Bill Los Angeles County Supervisors Make Plastic Bag History After State Legislators Fail to Regulate Youth Movement to Reduce Plastic...
Collection of Writings: L.A. River
Celebrating Our Namesake River: We’ve Come a Long Way L.A.! Paddle Into History in the First Los Angles River Boat Race Rock the Boat: Interview With L.A. River Activists Who Made History and a Movie Return of the L.A....
Collection of Writings: Climate Change / Fossil Fuels
Neil Young and Willie Nelson Protest Keystone Pipeline in American Heartland United Nations Secretary-General Challenges Hollywood to Sound the Alarm on Climate Change Branson Hears the Who? A Climate Change Poem With Thanks to Sir Richard Branson and the Great Dr....
Collection of Writings: Environment
Occupy the Environment Earth and the Balance of Powers: What the Citizens United Ruling Means for the Environment Brave New Consumerism: How to Get from More to Better Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know Blue Vision: Find Your Inner Fish Wet and Wild:...
Collection of Writings: Race in America
Hold Fast to King’s Dream City of Gold: What America’s Most Diverse City has to Lose if Trump Wins Historic March Against Police Brutality: Why You Should Have Been There An L.A. Story for the People of Ferguson Former Klansman, Leftover From Days of Institutionalized...
Collection of Writings: Economy
How to Invest in a Better World Corporate Personhood on Trial America, Inc.: How to Take the Country Back from Corporate...