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| The Story of Stuff Project DONATE ABOUT OUR STORY MEET THE TEAM MEET OUR FOUNDER MEET OUR BOARD JOBS FAQ MOVIES TAKE ACTION UNBOTTLE WATER STOP PLASTIC POLLUTION …MORE CAMPAIGNS STOP JUNK MAIL GRASSROOTS GRANTS HOST A SCREENING TELL US YOUR STORY JOIN US! RESOURCES THE GOOD STUFF NEWSLETTER CITIZEN MUSCLE BOOTCAMP CHANGEMAKER PERSONALITY QUIZ BOOK LEARNING TOOLS BLOG Our Story We have a problem with Stuff: we have too much of it, too much of it is toxic and we don’t share it very well. But that’s not the way things have to be. That’s the challenge our founder Annie Leonard unpacked in her groundbreaking 2007 online documentary, The Story of Stuff, which unleashed a torrent of pent-up demand for honest conversation about our consumption-crazed culture. In the eight years since we released that first film, our nine award-winning animated movies have garnered more than 50 million online views around the world and encouraged viewers to support hundreds of environmental projects and campaigns with their time, energy and money. Today, our San Francisco Bay Area-based team inspires and encourages the civic engagement of the more than one million members of our global Community. We invite you to be inspired by and share our movies, participate in our study programs, and take part in campaigns on the environmental and social issues you care about. Join us! The Story of Stuff Project is: Community-Minded Our global, online Community of over 1 million Changemakers includes parents, community leaders, teachers and students, people of faith, entrepreneurs, scientists and others interested in creating a more healthy and just world. The interests and needs of our Community members deeply informs our work, and your passion and support enable our small team to have an outsized impact. Solutions-Focused We know all about the problems -- from climate change to income inequality to political corruption. Our movies and other media focus instead on the big, exciting innovations driving the environmental and social change we need, as well as the little things individuals and communities can do to make a difference. We call it ‘Growing Solutions’. Action-Oriented We believe that dramatically increasing civic participation -- not just refining our consumer choices -- is the key to unlocking the profound challenges we face. Our four-week Citizen Muscle Boot Camp program equips participants with the basic skills they need to organize and lead a local project. And our campaigns provide diverse, engaging opportunities for our Community members to get involved, from the global level down to where they live and work. Meet the Team Brett Chamberlin Director of Community Engagement Elisa Ringholm Chief of Staff Jericho Apo Digital Strategist Marlena Reimer Development Manager Michael O’Heaney Executive Director Miguel Astudillo Digital Media Producer Sam Pearse Campaigns Manager Shilpi Chhotray Break Free From Plastic Senior Communications Officer Meet the Board Amir Talai Andre Carothers Annie Leonard Beverley Thorpe Jennifer Sokolove Ken Geiser Michael Silberman The Story of Stuff Project FAQ Contact Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions Jobs © 2018 Story of Stuff Project. Creative Commons License. Story of Stuff - YouTubeStory of Stuff - InstagramStory of Stuff - FacebookStory of Stuff - Twitter | |||||||||