Environmental and social activist Annie Leonard’s 20-minute online film, “The Story of Stuff,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Cole Hall at Bridgewater College.
The film, which presents an anti-production, anti-capitalist look at the life-cycle of goods and services, has generated over 6.5 million views in 200 countries and territories since its launch in December 2007.
Leonard has spent over two decades investigating and organizing environmental health and justice issues. Travelling to 40 countries, she has visited hundreds of factories and dumps where goods are made and disposed of.
Leonard is currently director of The Story of Stuff Project. Prior to this, she coordinated the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption. She has also worked with Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), Health Care Without Harm, Essential Action and Greenpeace International.
She serves on the boards of International Forum for Globalization and GAIA.
She did undergraduate studies at Bernard College, Columbia University and graduate work in city and regional planning at Cornell University.
The convocation is sponsored by the W. Harold Row Endowed Lecture Series and is open to the public at no charge.
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