Our team spent last Wednesday in a studio shooting our next movie — The Story of Change.
I’m more excited to share this movie with you than any of the six we’ve made since releasing the original Story of Stuff because it explains how we can make big change together by exercising our citizen muscles….
Last week was National Screen Free Week, an opportunity for children and their families, schools, and communities to turn off screens . . . and turn on life. Sponsored by The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, the week is a fun and innovative way to improve children’s well being by drawing attention to the amount of time the average kid spends in front of televisions, video games, and other electronic distractions.
As Rebecca Hains, a childrens media expert and Christian Science Monitor blogger, pointed out, it’s also a chance to reset often deeply engrained media habits….
posted by Not a city renowned for it a robust and engaged political community, seeing this video made me proud to be from LA.
I’m a total sucker for videos of people using their bodies to make shapes and words for aerial photography. Never gets old.
Check it out:
If you’re feeling particularly inspired, check out Resolutions Week and get involved with people all across the country who are getting together this summer to take a stand against the disastrous Citizens United decision.
Hat tip to Good Magazine for the post.
posted by In early March, over 40 members of the Story of Stuff community gathered online to talk with a dynamic group of movers and shakers about getting their money out of nasty mega banks and holding them to a higher standard. With folks on the line from The New Bottom Line, Green America, New York Communities for Change, the Responsible Endowment Coalition, and PACT, we chatted with representatives from schools, churches, community organizations who have made the switch and are investing their money in a better future and healthier planet….
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If you think corporations have too much power in our democracy (or yours), we need you to keep reading….
posted by If so, please visit and sign up with Corporate Accountability International’s campaign to keep our public water systems healthy and appropriately funded!
Take action today and support World Water Day. Thanks for all you do!…
Have you ever hit the point of feeling completely overwhelmed?
Last week I spoke with five separate people who have been personally affected by cancer. Then last night I opened the National Geographic to unwind and learned that black rhinos are being poached to the point of extinction, mostly for their horns’ use in medicinal powders, including a “cure” for cancer.
Then there’s fracking in Appalachia, lifeless rivers in China, elections poisoned by dirty energy dollars, and as Annie said in a recent interview (LILIPOH, Winter 2012, pp. 15-20), “Many scientists say we have less than 10 years to take serious action on the climate if we want life to continue on this planet as we know it. “
Whoa.
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What can one person do? A lot! Just ask Cole! At just 8-years old, he organized his schoolmates to take on KFC.
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For holidays tainted by commercialism, Valentine’s Day gives Christmas a run for the money – big money. …
posted by Over at The Story of Stuff shop, we get all sorts of fabulous, fun, and inspiring emails. We love it not only because we like hearing from you, but also because it calls to our immediate attention just how many of us there are taking on these issues.
Your emails, blog and FB comments, often serve as sparkly, internet reminders that all across the globe there are tons of people hard at work to make this world more healthy, sustainable, and just. Yay!
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Hello SOSers,
The past couple of days, all over the social media universe, I’ve seen a lot of posts expressing strong emotions towards what’s happening with Komen, Planned Parenthood and, of course, our favorite reoccurring
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