Posts Tagged ‘Annie Leonard’

The Story of Cap and Trade

01.12.10

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Did you take the time to watch The Story of Stuff video? If not, take some time out of your day and check it out! Next, watch the The Story of Cap & Trade. Why is this important? Our global climate is in trouble not only due to our consumption as individuals but also due to big corporations and industries controlling regulations of carbon emissions through something they call “Cap & Trade”. What exactly is Cap & Trade you might ask? Well, if you are asking that question you should fill in where you are missing out by following this short film to start answering some basic questions.

The following information is from The Story of Stuff website:

“The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Host Annie Leonard introduces the energy traders and Wall Street financiers at the heart of this scheme and reveals the “devils in the details” in current cap and trade proposals: free permits to big polluters, fake offsets and distraction from what’s really required to tackle the climate crisis. If you’ve heard about cap and trade, but aren’t sure how it works (or who benefits), this is the film is for you”.

Watch The Story of Cap & Trade Now. Updated: You will also be able to view The Story of Cap & Trade featured and debated on Democracy Now.

March 22, 2010, 7:30PM- See Annie Leonard Live at Powell’s Books.

The Story of Stuff: How Things Work

01.07.10

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The following Information is provided from The Story of Stuff website:

“From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever”.

March 22, 2010, 7:30PM- See Annie Leonard Live at Powell’s Books.

The Film

“The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute film that takes viewers on a provocative and eye-opening tour of the real costs of our consumer driven culture—from resource extraction to iPod incineration.

Annie Leonard, an activist who has spent the past 10 years traveling the globe fighting environmental threats, narrates the Story of Stuff, delivering a rapid-fire, often humorous and always engaging story about “all our stuff—where it comes from and where it goes when we throw it away.”

Leonard examines the real costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal, and she isolates the moment in history where she says the trend of consumption mania began. The Story of Stuff examines how economic policies of the post-World War II era ushered in notions of “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence” —and how these notions are still driving much of the U.S. and global economies today. Leonard’s inspiration for the film began as a personal musing over the question, “Where does all the stuff we buy come from, and where does it go when we throw it out?” She traveled the world in pursuit of the answer to this seemingly innocent question, and what she found along the way were some very guilty participants and their unfortunate victims.

Written by Leonard, the film was produced by Free Range Studios, the makers of other highly popular web-based films such as “The Meatrix” and “Grocery Store Wars.” Funding for the project came from The Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption and Tides Foundation”.

For more information visit The Story of Stuff. Watch it Now!