Indigenous Peoples Day Arizona: 5th Annual “Going Full Circle” Celebration Overcoming the obstacles of 2020, the organizers of Indigenous People’s Day in Arizona were able to hold a virtual event with musicians, speakers, youth empowerment, art demonstrations, a virtual day of movement, and a virtual movie screening. The celebration of the Indigenous People remains vital…
Not An Alternative:We Refuse to Die Campaign Not An Alternative specializes in cultural organizing, community engagement, and narrative-changing strategies that address environmental and social challenges and help build a more just society. In 2014, they created The Natural History Museum as a touring program that creates collaborations with Indigenous and other community-rooted groups to build…
Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD): Gary Advocates for Responsible Development (GARD) promotes economic development in the City of Gary that prioritizes environmental justice, community health, and protection of our neighborhoods and natural resources. In 2021 GARD began raising environmental justice and technical concerns about the proposed Centerpoint plant (trash to fuel refinery). The organization…
Rise St. James:Protecting St. James from New Petrochemical Plants Founded by Sharon Lavigne, a retired special needs teacher and winner of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize, Rise St. James is a grassroots organization based in St. James, Louisiana. Sharon has dedicated herself to keeping multibillion dollar chemical plants out of her community. We’re so proud…
Unbottle and Protect Chaffee County Water:Colorado Longtime ally in Story of Stuff’s Troubled Waters coalition that is campaigning to reclaim public water sources from corporate water bottlers, and a previous Grassroots Grantee. Unbottle and Protect is currently engaged in active campaigning around a Chaffee County water site, and the grant is to offset some of…
Summer has begun, and so have the heat waves. Did you know that the cool beverage bottle you reach for when it gets too hot is a major contributor to climate change? We’re not talking about the product – we’re talking about the packaging. The beverage industry sells more than 580 billion PET plastic bottles…
YES on Plastic Reduction and Reuse Bills New York has an exciting opportunity to pass 2 groundbreaking bills on reducing plastic pollution and boosting reusables. These bills reduce packaging waste, tackle litter, save taxpayer money, create good green jobs, hold corporations accountable and more. The Bigger Better Bottle Bill would: The Packaging Reduction and Recycling…
Over the course of two months, Story of Stuff worked with its global community of Changemakers to crowdsource Coca-Cola commercials, ads and imagery displaying the company’s products. Coca-Cola is one of the world’s biggest advertisers spending $4 billion every year to advertise its products and is known as one of the world’s most recognized brands.…
Let’s Pass a Better Bottle Bill, with Reuse The state of Massachusetts is currently considering climate and plastics legislation, including modernizing its Bottle Bill. These updates would reduce confusion and make recycling more effective. The failings of the existing bottle bill are visible: littered nips and bottles are a common sight. We’re calling on Massachusetts…
California We need a California Reusable Beverage Container Act, which would lead to 2.9 billion fewer plastic bottles produced and 32 million fewer bottles and cans littered every year. Imagine, for example, 25% of bottled water and soda being sold in packaging that gets returned, washed, refilled and reused. Ways to Take Action 1. Send…
