Ben is a person. Jerry is a person. Ben and Jerry’s? Not a person…
Check out this charming video from Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben and Jerry’s Homemade Inc.
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posted by On Tuesday, March 1st, the Story of Stuff Project took out a full-page ad in the Wisconsin State Journal with the banner headline: “Governor, Mr. Koch is holding for you on Line 3.”
The ad includes a graphic still from our new movie – The Story of Citizens United v FEC — as well as the URL for the movie site: www.storyofcitizensunited.org….
posted by Two weeks from today, we’ll be releasing our first movie of 2011-The Story of Citizens United v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works When People are in Charge.
Here’s a sneak peek….
posted by We are thrilled to announce that our friends at WGBH’s Loop Scoops have just launched a whole new set of lessons plans to accompany their Stuff-focused, kid-friendly videos. Targeted at grades 1-4, the Loop Scoops lessons plans and videos encourage kids to think more deeply and creatively about the Stuff in their lives and its connection to the environment.
Available to download for free on Teachers Domain, these media-rich lessons can work as stand alone units or can be bundled together in series.
And now we need your help!…
posted by 2010 has been an amazing year for our Project and this community: over 3 million visitors to our site, 100,000 new friends on Facebook, over 20,000 of downloads of our schools and faith curricula, numerous big time media hits and a bestselling book, to name a few highlights.
After a year like that, you kind of hesitate to expect a holiday present. I mean, how much better can it possibly get?
A lot better.
Last month, a friend called to tell us Fox News’ Glenn Beck was back on the attack against The Story of Stuff Project.
After a year of just about non-stop jabs-you know, our indoctrination of children, corruption of religious teachings, nefarious partnership with PBS Kids-we weren’t sure what to expect next.
Then, Glenn Beck did something surprising: he pledged to get rid of half of his Stuff.
That’s right, our message is so common sense, so compassionate, and soright that even Glenn Beck-America’s #1 fearmonger-seems to agree with us.
On November 15th program, Beck described a conversation the previous weekend with his wife. “We talked about it, and we decided we do have too much Stuff, too much clutter in our life, so we’re downsizing. We have a goal to cut our Stuff in half. That’s a pretty big deal.”
Sure is, Glenn! He even gave us a shout-out, saying “somebody should call Annie Leonard and get this on the Story of Stuff!”
Not bad, huh?
Now comes the hard work: in 2011, we hope to work closely with you to take The Story of Stuff Project to the next level.
We’ve got three new movies in the works, an organizing program we’ll launch after we’ve sought and received your input, and even more programs for schools, houses of worship, businesses and community organizations.
So as the year draws to an end, please consider joining Glenn Beck in endorsing a life with less Stuff by making a year-end contribution to our Project.
Thank you for everything you do—for your community and ours.
Happy Holidays and New Year,
Annie Leonard
P.S. If you’re not sure who Glenn Beck is (lucky you) or could care less what he thinks, you can feel good about investing in our Project for a more basic reason: we are doing really important work, for very little money, and we are having a major impact!
P.P.S. We’re happy to send acknowledgement letters as holiday gifts when you make a contribution in someone’s name. Just email info@storyofstuff.org.
posted by As posted on Huffington Post.
When I turned on my computer today, I had 7 emails from vendors announcing special low prices – Black Friday deals – available all week. The biggest discounts advertised were on electronics,which wasn’t a surprise since November is considered “electronics buying month” within the retail industry. I waded through the Black Friday junk mail, tapping away at my delete button, to find the one email I sought: the message from my neighbor with the menu, schedule and guest list for this Thursday’s Thanksgiving gathering.
Now, revisionist history aside, Thanksgiving is a great holiday. It is two full days during which most people in the U.S. are liberated from work and school. It comes at a time when the days are getting shorter, trees have lost their leaves, and we’re pulling the sweaters out from the back of our overstuffed closets. It’s the perfect time to cozy up and nest with friends and family. In the midst of our hectic year-end bustle, we get to spend two days pausing, recharging, looking into the faces of loved ones rather than into our computer screens. And, of course, remembering those who can’t be with us.
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posted by Excerpt:
“…Ms. Leonard’s equally brilliant new cartoon video specifically targets e-waste. She describes the familiar cycle of buying a new gadget that rapidly becomes outdated, requiring you to buy a new gadget (easy, if you have the money) and dispose of the old one (as we’ve said, really hard). Most all of these wonderful electronic items — and they are wonderful, I confess, as I write on my much-loved MacBook Pro — contain heavy metals, toxic chemicals and flame retardants.
Ms. Leonard’s proposed solution is encapsulated in a slogan: “Make ‘Em Safe. Make ‘Em Last. Take ‘Em Back.” It’s easy to see that any 9-year-old could also take this message to heart…”
posted by Visit storyofelectronics.org on NOVEMBER 9 and watch The Story of Electronics!
Watch the teaser, spread the word, tweet it, FB-like it! 
posted by …And enough what? Stuff? Health? Credit Card Debt? Friends?
You may have heard about a book called Your Money or Your Life, originally published in 1992 and updated last year. If you haven’t read it, I recommend you check it out. The book became a huge hit and resonated with hundreds of thousands of readers who felt buried under debt and stuff, while lacking time for friends, leisure, and fun. It helped start a national discussion about enough by asking how much is enough of anything and how do we know when we’re there.
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The trail of trash: from curbside to dump, how our landfills are overflowing with garbage that should be reused or recycled, and the hidden damage all our waste is doing to the planet; Roundtable discussion that analyzes the U.S. Senate Race between Patty Murray and Dino Rossi.
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