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Annie Leonard

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First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Why Environmental "Hypocrisy" Is Irrelevant and Inevitable

© Coal Is StupidWhen Coal Is Stupid activists blockaded a coal shipment in New England, some commenters immediately leveled accusations of hypocrisy based on the tenuous notion that these environmentalists' own reliance on fossil fuels meant that their ... [Published Treehugger - May 17 2013]

Entities: Hypocrisy, Coal, Fossil Fuel

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Green Tip of the Week: Read Labels Before Buying Products

The following tip comes courtesy the Go Green Galloway Task Force for Sustainability:Chemical exposure is ubiquitous in our culture. You probably already purchase products that are BPA-free. Now try to reduce your body’s chemical burden simply by reading ... [Published Galloway Patch - May 17 2013]

Entities: Annie Leonard, Cosmetics, Parabens

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Ralph Nader: Seeking Sustainability

"Sustainability," the late Ray Anderson--founder and chairman of Interface Inc. --once told the New York Times , "doesn't cost, it pays." After his "conversion experience" on the harmful effects his modular carpet business had on the environment, Anderson ... [Published Huffington Post - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sustainability, Ralph Nader, Ray Anderson, Environment

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

April 2013 Roundup: Social Change, DIY Science, and Too Much Stuff

While we may have shed our “Best of the Alternative Press” tagline, Utne.com is still all about envisioning and realizing alternatives—whether that’s a different kind of politics or a new way to collaborate on a DIY science project. With that mind, here ... [Published Utne Reader Online - May 04 2013]

Entities: Emma Goldman, Howard Zinn, Jay Walljasper, Annie Leonard

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Northwest College

Story of Stuff

Powell - When you buy something then throw it away, where does it go? The Yellowstone Business Coalition and Northwest College in Powell says the answer is alarming. They're sponsoring a live simulcast across Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to discuss "The ... [Published KULR 8 - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Northwest College, Simulcast, Annie Leonard, Environment, Recycling

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

University of Massachusetts Amherst

UMass celebrates 150 years this week

Kumble Subbaswamy will be sworn in as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts’ Amherst campus Saturday, capping a weeklong celebration of the university’s 150th anniversary.The 11 a.m. ceremony at the Mullins Center is the centerpiece event of Alumni ... [Published Amherst Bulletin - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Agriculture, Annie Leonard, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Macy's Inc

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

University of California Berkeley

Why Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Annie Leonard's Backyard Commune

By Annie LeonardWhen my daughter was in second grade , a friend invited her to come skiing at Lake Tahoe. She begged me to go, but not being a skiier myself, I didn’t even know what stuff she needed. So that night I sent an email out to the other families ... [Published Good Magazine - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Annie Leonard, Robert Putnam, University of California Berkeley, lubricant, Graduate School

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Annie Leonard addresses students on Earth Day

An Earth Day packed full of activities on campus came to a close Monday night, with a keynote address from filmmaker and environmental activist Annie Leonard.Leonard, whose film “The Story of Stuff” has reached over 20 million views and has led to an ... [Published Daily Collegian - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Annie Leonard, Earth Day, Toxin, Environment

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Sánchez: Bacolod waterworld

THE slogan “Hindi ka nag-iisa” on the Aquino assassination that roused and rallied the Filipino people against the Marcos dictatorship seems appropriate on this one.Hindi kami nag-iisa when the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) deprives us of potable ... [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Annie Leonard, Alijis (Philippines), Villamonte (Philippines), Subdivision

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Be the change

The ice caps are still melting, greenhouse gases are still climbing, and crazy, extreme weather is still ravaging too many parts of the planet. Truth is, this is our 5 am wake-up call from Gaia, baby. All that fuel is firing up our collective will for ... [Published NOW: Toronto - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Simran Sethi, Rob Stewart, Annie Leonard, Tony Robbins

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

UMass celebrates 150th anniversary starting Monday with Earth Day event

UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy will be inaugurated April 27.AMHERST – While the University of Massachusetts will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of its founding as a land-grant institution with events all year, Founders Week festivities begin ... [Published MassLive - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Earth Day, Annie Leonard, Max Page, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University Of Massachusetts

First reported Apr 11 2013 - Updated Apr 11 2013 - 1 reports

Things to Do, April 12-19

Events on campus this week include sustainability expert/graduate student Annie Leonard with 'The Story of Stuff;' the annual Pao Bhangra show; films about bees and AIDS; the 22nd Cornell Jazz Festival and a climate readiness conference. ... [Published Cornell News Highlights - Apr 11 2013]

Entities: Annie Leonard, Sustainability, HIV/AIDS

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Why Environmental "Hypocrisy" Is Irrelevant and... [Published Treehugger - May 17 2013]
Green Tip of the Week: Read Labels Before Buyin... [Published Galloway Patch - May 17 2013]
Ralph Nader: Seeking Sustainability [Published Huffington Post - May 10 2013]
Be Zim’s ambassadors, First Lady tells intellig... [Published Zimbabwe Herald - May 07 2013]
April 2013 Roundup: Social Change, DIY Science,... [Published Utne Reader Online - May 04 2013]
Story of Stuff [Published KULR 8 - Apr 26 2013]
UMass celebrates 150 years this week [Published Amherst Bulletin - Apr 24 2013]
Why Good Fences Make Bad Neighbors: Annie Leona... [Published Good Magazine - Apr 23 2013]
Annie Leonard addresses students on Earth Day [Published Daily Collegian - Apr 23 2013]
Jen Soriano: A World without Landfills? [Published ZNet - Apr 22 2013]
Sánchez: Bacolod waterworld [Published Sun Star Network - Apr 18 2013]
Be the change [Published NOW: Toronto - Apr 18 2013]
UMass celebrates 150th anniversary starting Mon... [Published MassLive - Apr 17 2013]
Things to Do, April 12-19 [Published Cornell News Highlights - Apr 11 2013]
Not everyone likes the One Bin solution [Published Off the Kuff - Mar 14 2013]
Putting the public back in public interest desi... [Published TED Blog - Feb 25 2013]
Eco-Shopping is Not the Answer [Published Utne Reader Online - Jan 23 2013]
Three Voices of Sustainability and One Billion ... [Published theCSRfeed - Dec 31 2012]
On the 12th day of Christmas ... your gift will... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Dec 10 2012]
Story of Change – Video [Published Ecology Global Network - Dec 10 2012]

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Why Environmental "Hypocrisy" Is Irrelevant and... [Published Treehugger - May 17 2013] © Coal Is StupidWhen Coal Is Stupid activists blockaded a coal shipment in New England, some commenters immediately leveled accusations of hypocrisy based on the tenuous notion that these environmentalists' own reliance on fossil fuels meant that their ...
Things to Do, April 12-19 [Published Cornell News Highlights - Apr 11 2013] Events on campus this week include sustainability expert/graduate student Annie Leonard with 'The Story of Stuff;' the annual Pao Bhangra show; films about bees and AIDS; the 22nd Cornell Jazz Festival and a climate readiness conference. ...
Not everyone likes the One Bin solution [Published Off the Kuff - Mar 14 2013] From the inbox: Texas Campaign for the Environment vowed today to mobilize Houstonians against Mayor Annise Parker’s so-called “One Bin for All” proposal, saying that the scheme will take recycling away from the minority of residents who already ...
Putting the public back in public interest desi... [Published TED Blog - Feb 25 2013] The exhibit Public Interest Design gets set up at TED2013. Here, a look at Embrace Nest, an affordable alternative to an incubator, aimed to provide the 20 million low birth-weight and premature babies born each year with critical warmth. It was created ...
On the 12th day of Christmas ... your gift will... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Dec 10 2012] Every year we splurge on pointless, planet-trashing products, most of which are not wanted. Why not just bake them a cake? There's nothing they need, nothing they don't own already, nothing they even want. So you buy them a solar-powered waving queen; ...