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The Story Big Plastic Does Not Want You To See

The Plastic Bag Diet We are in a plastic crisis. Plastic pollution is everywhere we look, smothering our oceans and poisoning communities around the world. Meanwhile, Big Plastic only plans to expand production. We need to chart a different course. This is a story about a plot to trash the planet and the global movement rising up to stop it. It's not that plastic waste in our world is mismanaged; it's that there is so much plastic being produced that it's unmanageable. Solutions start ...[READ MORE]

A Tale of Two Cities – Documentary By The Story Of Stuff

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 A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of citizens from two very different Michigan communities—picturesque, small town Evart and gritty, industrial Flint— that have found their futures inextricably linked by a threat to the one thing that all life requires: water. In our third short documentary, we explore the growing threat of water privatization and what happens when government runs a critical function, like providing clean drinking water, as if it were a business. Go ...[READ MORE]

Annie Leonard's New Video – "The Story of Solutions"

The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal. In the current 'Game of More', we're told to cheer a growing economy -- more roads, more malls, more Stuff! -- even though our health indicators are worsening, income inequality is growing and polar icecaps are melting. But what if we changed the point of the game? What if the goal of our economy wasn't more, but better -- better health, ...[READ MORE]

America's National Wonder: Plastic!?

America's National Wonder: Plastic!? Bottled water corporations are using our parks as a billboard and concession stand for a product that is anything but environmentally friendly. Tell the U.S. National Park Service to tell the bottled water industry to take a hike! By selling and promoting bottled water in our national parks, the bottled water industry is attempting to paint its eco-unfriendly product green. Coca-Cola and other bottled water corporations are using our parks as a billboard and ...[READ MORE]