I am available for speaking engagements covering the following topics:
- Plastic-Free Living
- Plastic Pollution
- Plastic and Coastal Policy
I have an engineering background and over ten years of advocacy and outreach experience. In other words, I can convey deeply technical information to any audience. Below are two examples of previous speaking events.
For more information, please contact me.
Workday: Reduce Your Plastic Footprint
The Green Team at Workday Headquarters invited me to give a talk on plastic-free living after the screening of the Straws film.
Icebreaker Microplastics Panel
The Microplastics Panel featured Ben Lecomte of the Vortex swim and was sponsored by Icebreaker. Ben swam 300 nautical miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to raise awareness around plastic pollution.
Other panelist include Kathryn Kellogg of Going Zero Waste and ultra marathon runner, Anna Frost.
Videos:
Articles:
Google’s 2021 Year in Search – Kicking Plastic
Podcasts:
The Ethical Consumer Podcast: Ocean Protection through Plastic-Free Living w/ Olivia for the Ocean #29
Surfrider Protect & Enjoy Podcast:
I have a recurring segment on the Protect & Enjoy podcast called “Simple Swaps”. Here are all the episodes I’ve contributed to:
- Sustainable Surf with Timber Surf
- #SurfriderHillDay2022
- Santa Barbara Chapter Fights Exxon Proposal, Cloud Formation, and the Smell of Fresh Tortillas
- Atmospheric rivers, desal update, plastic free groceries and mindful musings!
- Into the Deep with Assembly member Luz Rivas and PhD Candidate Olivia Pereira
- MPA Decadal Review! Plus, show the ocean some love this Valentines Day
- Meet Surfrider’s new Environmental Director, Zach Plopper! Plus, plastic free snacks, ban cigarette butts and how we’re connected by dust!
- I’m Just a (Surfrider) Bill – Capitol Update
- Victory! The West Basin Ocean Desalination Plant is terminated! Plus, audit your trash this year and our weekly factoids are back!
- Interview with Donne Brownsey, Chair of the California Coastal Commission
- Support the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary! Plus, Olivia‘s plastic free holiday gift guide!
- Shifting Baselines – Coastal Armoring in California, New Research on Whale Entanglements, and Giving the Gift of Experience
- The King Tides are coming! Plus common foods that contain micro plastics and what is an Ichthyosaur?
- Ocean and surf safety with “The Core Project.” Plus, plastic free food storage!
- Big victories, how to have a plastic free Halloween, and a gory factoid
- Oil Spill updates, plastic pollution bills pass, and swap your plastic chewing gum!
- Welcome to Season 3! Plastic pollution bills still alive, South OC Chapter Profile, sustainable fashion, and your factoid of the week!
- Emergency preparedness, the voice of the future, and how rivers pollute our oceans
- Plastic policy, simple swap back to school edition, sewage spill and more!
- Wine barrels in the sea, 2020 Beach Cleanup Report, plastic-free deodorant, dead zones and more!
- ‘Work of Art’ or Evidence of Sea Life Destruction? Also, a Farewell from Jen
- Not All Doom and Gloom (Despite Everything) + Welcome to Plastic-Free July!
- 90: International Surfing Day 2021: The Beach Belongs to Everyone!
- California’s Beaches Need You!
- 87: A Coast-Sized Hole in the Governor’s Budget
- Give Your Mother What She Wants! (HINT: Not Plastic!) Plus More Legislation and What the Heck is a Gas Seep?
- 83: Coast-Destroying Projects, Ocean-Saving Advice
- 81: Congressman Jared Huffman on plastic pollution, climate solutions and the uselessness of despair
- 80: A Good News Episode! Plus A Call to Help the Tolowa Dee-Ni’ Regain Ancestral Land
- 78: Fishable, Swimmable, Drinkable, plus Join Us at the Capitol(s)
- 77: How to Cultivate a Plastic-Free Smile, Plus Wins and Losses Across the State
- 75: Potent Atmospheric Rivers and Progress at Long Last
- 73: A Cheer for Democracy, plus the Most Effective Plastic Swap Ever
- 72: Another Californian Beach Doomed? Plus, Roly Polies Killing Fish, Wrapping Your Gifts Sustainably and Sweet Holiday Membership Swag
- 71: How Radioactive is Our Ocean, A Surf Report Gone Awry, Simple T-Day Swaps and Probing the Unknown
- 69: Our Plan for the Biden-Harris Administration, Swapping Out Your Plastics, What’s With the Wild Weather?
- 68: Plastic! Swap it out, phase it out
- 66: Indigenous Peoples Day, Cities and Seawalls, A Tortilla Recipe! and Mussels in Trouble
- 64: Gov. Newsom Orders Shift From Fossil Fuels, Olivia Offers A Simple Swap Away From Plastic, Katie On Trading Weeds For Kelp
- 35: Albatrosses, the New Ocean Police? Plus How to De-Plastic Your Beauty Routine with Olivia Angus
- 10: How Much Plastic Do You Eat Per Week? More Than You Think! Plus How to Consume Less of It
Blog Posts:
Surfrider Foundation Activist Spotlight: Olivia Angus of the San Francisco Chapter
Conscious by Chloe: A Complete List of the World’s Best Zero Waste Bloggers
Interviews:
The Climate Mama: How to Get Your City to Ban Plastics