The Story of Stuff Project

The Story of Stuff Project consists of a Community of 750,000 change makers worldwide, working to build a more healthy and just planet. Together, the change makers believe it's possible to create a society based on better not more, sharing not selfishness, community not division. The Story of Stuff Project invites everyone to be inspired by and share their movies, participate in their study programs, and take part in their campaigns on the issues you care about. The objective of the Story of Stuff Project is to inform everyone that we all have a problem with Stuff. We use too much, too much of it is toxic and we don't share it very well and this is not the way things have to be. The project aims to encourage everyone that together, we can build a society based on better not more, sharing not selfishness, community not division. - Helping millions around the world understand and talk about the Story of Stuff, through a collaborative pursuit of Solutions with the nearly 500,000 worldwide members of our Community. - Creation of online movies: The Story of Bottled Water, The Story of Cosmetics and The Story of Electronics, The Story of Citizens United v. FEC, The Story of Broke and The Story of Change. - Creation of podcasts featuring interviews with changemakers, entrepreneurs, scientists and regular citizens who are growing solutions in their communities. - Development of teaching/learning tools for teachers, faith leaders and anyone interested in learning more about how we make, use and throw away Stuff through a diverse set of curricula and resources for all ages. - In 2014, launch of the first, Community-generated and fuelled campaigns to reduce plastic pollution, grow the sharing economy and end political corruption. In late 2014, Community members will have access to an innovative online Boot Camp aimed at helping them strengthen and flex their citizen muscles. Some of the project's results include: - 45 million online views of their nine animated short movies. - More than 30,000 downloads of their high-school level curriculum entitled “Buy, Use, Toss?” - Publication of a best selling book, The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard. - Front-page coverage in leading newspapers such as the New York Times, USA Today and Los Angeles Times. - The Story of Stuff Community has also supported hundreds of environmental campaigns and projects with their time, energy and money. Most recently, the Story of Stuff Project succeeded in passing a ban on single use plastic shopping bags in our home state of California. The Story of Stuff Project has helped millions around the world understand and talk about the Story of Stuff, it has now begun a collaborative pursuit of Solutions with the nearly 500,000 worldwide members of its Community. In 2014, the Story of Stuff Project launched their first, Community-generated and fuelled campaigns to reduce plastic pollution, grow the sharing economy and end political corruption. In late 2014, the Story of Stuff project began offering Community members an innovative online Boot Camp aimed at helping them strengthen and flex their citizen muscles. For more information, visit: The Story of Stuff Project Website: http://storyofstuff.org/. Send an Email to info@storyofstuff.org. Call Tel: 15108831055 Mailing address: 1442 A Walnut Street, #272, Berkeley, CA 94709, United States. Renee Shade, Operations Director, can be reached via email at renee@storyofstuff.org. Michael O'Heaney, Executive Director, can be reached via email at michael@storyofstuff.org.