In January, I shared a link to a video clip made by some high school students in Global Issues class at a Woodside Priory School. Here it is: http://youtube.com/watch?v=JYsXbpY4vBM
In the film, the students ask for more specific guidance on how to get involved. Soon after I saw the film, I met the kids in person and we spent a Sunday afternoon discussing both my hesitation to list off some simple recipe for change and also lots of action ideas and strategies for real solutions.
So, check this out: another high school group – from the School of Natural Resources at Mendocino High – made their own video response to Woodside Priory Students:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqbCHuqLCs&watch_response
In this fabulous short film, these students show a range of actions that they took from the individual to school to community level to promote sustainability and put the question right back to the Woodside kids to figure out what they are going to do to help turn things around.
And while you’re at, here’s one more link to a Story of Stuff-inspired film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAuSNYV-tM
Jonathan Yasuda emailed me the link. He told me he watched The Story of Stuff, turned off his computer and went right to work composing this song on STUFF. Clarence volunteered to produce and direct the music video and we now have the first Story of Stuff music video. Thanks Jonathan and Clarence!!
I only learned of each of these clips above because someone sent me the link, so if you know of any other Story of Stuff responses or inspired projects, please let me know.
Thanks,
Annie
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April 24th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Hi,
Just wanted to say THANK YOU for making this video. With the help of some friends, we translated and dubbed it into Spanish and put it on youtube. The quality is a little bit less – I’m not a professional video editor.
Right now the 3rd part is ready for viewing, i’m uploading the other two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47OV3U0Azjw
April 28th, 2008 at 8:05 am
It’s great those students are able to spend all that time monitoring streams, planting trees, and making videos, but where does the money to do that come from? How does a school district gain the ability to provide such a program?
Mendocino is a small coastal town in Northern California where the current average home value is over $700,000 according to city-data.com.
Does anyone know how one gets involved in making this sort of education available to all students?
May 8th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Annie, You are right — changing the system is too complicated to answer in “10 easy steps” But kids do need guidance and suggestions — easy or not.
Here’s one not-so-easy suggestion: They might consider majoring in biological/ecological engineering It’s a terrific field, that teaches how to invent sustainable ways of extracting and manufacturing and disposing, as well as conserving and restoring damaged ecosystems. Here’s one example: http://bee.oregonstate.edu/
May 17th, 2008 at 9:26 am
By the way, I’ve been looking over your website and love it. However, your video is inaccessible to me because I am deaf. Is there any chance of having a captioned version made available? Or even a transcript somewhere would be great.
Thanks…
June 1st, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Greetings!
I truly enjoyed your work on “The Story of Stuff” and will most certainly be passing it around. My partner and I at Green Living Project are focusing on tell the stories about what can be done and what people are doing. We just got back from our first expedition in Africa so check out the beginnings and we should talk.
cheers!
John
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
I made a Story of Stuff inspired video myself too…….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIRGC8FM94o
???? (kaimono) means shopping in Japanese
It would be great if the Story of Stuff video could be subtitled in Japanese !!!
June 28th, 2008 at 6:11 am
Thanks Annie, you´re film has made it via Poland to Germany and has made me cry! Where is this world heading? Grettings from Berlin!
July 8th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Hi,
I’m Ana Carolina from Brazil. I wonder if you are interested in making a portuguese subtitles dvd, so me and my friends could screen it at our school.
We really want to spread the film, but unfortunately not everybody speaks English around here.
I’ve seen a subtitled version in youtube already, and it would be great if you could turn it into a dvd.
Thanks for the inspiring film!
July 25th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Hi Annie,
I would love to use this video with a public of french people. could you tell me if you have already or will translate it soon ?
thanks and bravo !
isabelle
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Hello Annie, I would like to know why you don’t explain the other side. The people that HAVE to work at the landfills. Less garbage, and they loose their jobs. You critize the government, corporations, and industries for not giving all the facts, but you are not either. You sound so one sided, like a propoganda (the reason I watched this was for school, and I don’t like that you are using propoganda) you can use progoganda, but ONLY if you have said ALL the facts. Please get back to me. THank you.
Anastasia.
October 19th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I posted last night, but my comments are not on here. They showed up last night but now they are gone. What is the problem?
November 20th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
The approach of Ms. Leonard to the extremely complex topic of modern economy seems totally useless.
The level of analysis suppose that targeted auditorium is the low educated one, but in the modern society this sort of population (”masses”) has zero influence in the decision making, because it is manipulated by the big money vie mass media.
January 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
The “logic of the resignation” is our big enemy. Ms Annie Leonard know this, and your nice movie help us to making networks of information, sociality and solidary actions.
The “massmedia” are enough sick persons of useless consumerism due to the system. Hes will be healed thanks to the solidarity of the popular masses, main and generating victims of the rent of the capitalist system, and especially, the rural communities will be who will provide us of the biggest and deeper wisdom on the Life and the Man’s harmonic relationship with the Nature.
Story of Stuff is a critical propositiva. The result of a life dedicated to diagnose the world and to contribute possible solutions.
The hope in movement is the reverse of the logic of the resignation.
Very sincerely.
(Sorry my english…)
Ramón Navarro
Activist from Civic Assemblies –
La Rioja – Argentina
May 13th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
This is very inspiring! I will stop buying so many things, i sure hope the earth will last for many more years!
May 25th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
me intereso mucho reciclar y ahora voy a ordenar la basura de mi casa para separarla y asi poder teciclar y ayudar a un mundo mejor
August 24th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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October 28th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I think this movie is a little biased. I agree with most of it, but some of the information isn’t all accurate.