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    Move Your Money Resources

    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….

     
    posted by Allison Cook
    April 5, 2012
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    Taking That First Step

    Taking That First Step

    I recently heard a yoga teacher explain that the hardest pose in yoga is the one that gets you from your house to the yoga studio. Once you’re there, with a group, it’s a lot easier, and a lot more fun, to figure out what to do next….

     
    posted by Annie Leonard
    March 19, 2012
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    I Know You Can Relate

    I Know You Can Relate

    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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    posted by Naomi Sultana Young
    March 8, 2012
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    The Good Stuff — Episode 2: One Cool Kid

    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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    posted by C. M. Samala
    February 22, 2012
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    Allpanchikrayku: “For Our Earth”

    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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    posted by Allison Cook
    February 9, 2012
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    Concentrated Packaging

    On The Revolution, Annie showed Ty a package of household cleanser that was super concentrated. Super concentrated means less packaging. When we buy regular cleaners or detergents, the jug is mostly full of water. Instead, we can buy super concentrated, add our own water at home and just keep re-using the same bottle over and over….

     
    posted by C. M. Samala
    January 29, 2012
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    Not quite ready for compost worms…

    Not quite ready for compost worms…

    In January, Pennsylvania resident Karla Trotman spent a day in her home with our very own Annie Leonard for a taping of ABC daytime show The Revolution….

     
    posted by C. M. Samala
    January 27, 2012
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  • Podcasts //

    The Good Stuff — Episode 1: Take THAT, plastic bags!

    What do Northern California and Brownsville, Texas have in common? A lot more than you might think!

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    posted by C. M. Samala
    January 22, 2012
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    People Powered Democracy!

    People Powered Democracy!

    I use my radio as an alarm clock and since I don’t exactly bound out of bed in the morning, it often results in a bizarre half-dreams about Apple’s supply chains, the state of the Dow Jones and assorted sounds bites from the circus that is the GOP primary. This morning I awoke to an FM rallying cry to Occupy Congress….

     
    posted by Allison Cook
    January 17, 2012
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    Better than the Energizer Bunny

    When Annie created and launched The Story of Stuff in December of 2007, that was supposed to be it. One movie, one web page. But when that movie went viral, the response was undeniable. A chord was struck, a community was galvanized and The Story of Stuff Project was born!

    Now, four years, five staff, and seven movies later, we’re still going. But unlike the Energizer Bunny, we’re powered by you, not alkaline and mercury!…

     
    posted by C. M. Samala
    December 13, 2011
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