Changemaker Annie Leonard: Consumption, Books & Bottled Water

Since Annie Leonard first blasted onto the cyber-scene with The Story of Stuff, a short video about consumerism and consumption that has been viewed millions of times and is alternately ballyhooed and booed in school districts, she has become a media favorite (whether to praise or pan her).

Director of The Story of Stuff Project, Annie has been involved with environmental health and social justice issues for more than 20 years, and has spent the last decade exploring the "materials economy" worldwide.

Because of some of her new projects (and the continued popularity of The Story of Stuff, she's been in the news a lot lately, from the Colbert Report, to Newsweek, to interviews on Grist and Fake Plastic Fish.

What has she been up to? Annie has turned the short video into a longer book (by the same title) that offers more details about the whole extraction-production-distribution-consumption-disposal process, as well as stories and examples of positive action and hope.

Additionally, next week Annie lends her voice and views to the topic of bottled water. A new video, The Story of Bottled Water, debuts on World Water Day.

Something we talk about frequently at the Institute for Humane Education is the concept of ordinary heroes -- people passionate about an issue or problem who have taken positive action and helped create a more compassionate, just, sustainable world. Annie Leonard is definitely a good example of an ordinary hero.

~ Marsha

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