What lights up my life is the opportunity to share my environmental experience and knowledge in a way that’s going to inspire and compel people to take action for themselves, their communities, and our global community. Below are major speaking engagements - from conferences, podcasts, film festivals and documentaries. Not listed is the hundreds of presentations and trainings conducted for schools, businesses, organizations, among other endeavours.
“Lilly Woodbury: That’s How Surfrider Rolls”, Permastoked Podcast, August 2021
“Lilly Woodbury with Surfrider Pacific Rim”, Impact Podcast, 2021
“Protecting Our Oceans with Lilly Woodbury”, Leaders of Transformation Podcast, February 2021
“Zoom In & Out With Lilly Woodbury To Better Understand Our Interconnected Health, Economy And Terrestrial Ecosystems” ReJenerate Podcast, January 2021
“Effecting Environmental Change with a Positive Message”, Science360 Podcast, September 2020
“Protecting our oceans, social purpose businesses & leading a sustainable future“, The Social Impactors Podcast, April 2020
Episode 16: “Meet Lilly Woodbury, Environmentalist, Writer and Chapter Manager at Surfrider Pacific Rim”, The Ocean Riders Podcast, 2018
September 29th, “Shifting to a Circular Economy: Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act” presentation at the Recycling Council of Alberta’s annual waste reduction conference, September 2021
Plenary on marine debris and plastic pollution policy, Coast Waste Management Association Annual Conference, October 2021
“Nurturing a reciprocal relationship with the ocean”, CaNOE Ocean Literacy Conference, August 2021
“Materializing a Circular Economy”, IMPACT Sustainability Travel and Tourism Conference, January 2020
Fireside Chat on Sustainability with Candice Batista, Green Living Show, March 2020
“Surfrider Pacific Rim & Making Waves of Transformation”, Tourism Vancouver Island AGM, October 2019
“Rising Above Plastics”, Canada’s Oceans: Beyond 2020, Royal Ontario Museum, 2018
Host & Speaker, Surfrider Canada Conference, 2018-present
Organizer, curator and host of the Surfrider Short Film Festival, 2017- present
“Campaigning for a Progressive World” Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Theatre, August 2022
“West Coast Action on Plastics”. Chamber of Ucluelet AGM, February 2021
“Towards a Regenerative Tourism Sector”, Destination BC staff event, April 2021
“Creating an Ocean Renaissance: Rising Above Plastics”, Pacific Rim Whale Festival, March 2021
“Intersectional Environmental Communications for System Change” Thompson Rivers University, Marketing Class, February 2021
“Creating an Ocean Renaissance: Rising Above Plastics”
World Whale Day Festival, Yukon Arts Centre, February 2021
“The Advantages and Limitations of Mindful Consumerism: Through a Social Justice Lens” Mindful Consumerism Consortium, The Ocean is Female, September 2020
“Intersectional environmentalism and creating systemic change”, Daydream Surf Retreat, The Ocean is Female
Stewards of the Sea, Tourism Vancouver Island documentary, August 2020
Cleaning remote shorelines and circular economy solutions, Plastic Oceans Canada documentary, November 2020
Radio guest on over 25 shows for Surfrider Foundation Canada, visit canada.surfrider.org/news for all links.