Annie Leonard

• Vote, Darn It!
  09-27-2012
  We’ve got billionaires writing huge checks to shadowy campaign groups, and a wholesale effort to disenfranchise poor voters and voters of color—but we’ve also got a lot of great candidates…
• If You Can’t Beat ‘Em … Buy ‘Em
  09-10-2012
  The shocking sums that big businesses and wealthy individuals spend to sway elections and manipulate legislation is the chief obstacle between the dirty, unhealthy, unjust mess our country is in and the clean, safe and fair society the vast majority of us want…
• The Story of Change
  07-17-2012
  We made The Story of Change to inspire our viewers, community members and others to step out of the consumer mindset and into our full power as citizens to build a better future…
• Flexing Our Citizen Muscles
  07-03-2012
  Today, in honor of that call, we’re releasing a new podcast featuring interviews with a group of leading change-makers—from Van Jones to Charlotte Brody to Ralph Nader—talking about what it means to be a citizen…
• Big Change Requires a Big Idea
  06-21-2012
  In my upcoming movie, The Story of Change, I talk about how deep, lasting social change always starts with a group of people committed to a Big Idea for how things could be better…
• Fix It, Don’t Nix It
  06-06-2012
  Fix It, Don’t Nix It’ is the creed of a growing movement to ditch the disposable mindset and make repair ‘the fourth R’ in Reduce, Reuse and Recycle…
• Support Public Water Works!
  03-22-2012
  Water systems in the United States are underfunded by $23 billion annually, a shortfall that threatens to squander the strategic investments made by previous generations in our quality of life and public health…
• The Good Stuff—One Cool Kid
  02-24-2012
  We hear it every day from people who are concerned about what’s happening to the environment: “What can I do? I’m just one person!”…
• The Good Stuff
  01-31-2012
  Ready for some inspiration? Last summer, we wrote asking for story ideas for our new podcast series. True to form, this community answered the call, nominating dozens of individuals…
• You Are Not Alone
  11-22-2011
  I’m back in California today preparing for Thanksgiving with family and friends after a week on the road. Revisionist history aside, Thanksgiving is a great holiday—an opportunity in the midst of our hectic year-end hustle and bustle…
• The Story of Broke Helps Build a Better Future
  11-08-2011
  On Nov. 8, the new Story of Stuff Project movie—The Story of Broke: Why There’s Still Plenty of Money to Build a Better Future—was released…

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