Annie Leonard to Speak at SUNY Fredonia

2011 Sustainability Series at SUNY Fredonia

Keynote Speaker: Annie Leonard

The Story of Stuff - How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing Our Planet, Our Communities and Our Health - and A Vision for Change

• When: March 8th @ 7:00 pm

• Where: SUNY Fredonia, King Concert Hall (Map )

• Cost: $5 with student ID, $15 general admissions (tickets can be purchased Online Here - enter the codeword EDUCATE and pay only $10, not $15)

Annie Leonard is the founder of the Story of Stuff film series, several 20-minute videos that explain some of the world’s most significant environmental dilemmas using easy, down-to-earth language that gets the message across to people of all ages, backgrounds and education levels. She was named one of the “Five Most Important Environmental Movement Leaders” by the Washington Examiner in 2010.

Since her initial film’s launch in 2007 — which to date has generated more than 12 million online viewers — Leonard has leveraged it into a project (www.storyofstuff.com) and a 2010 book of the same title (made from 100 percent recycled and compostable materials, of course). She has become one of the nation’s foremost authorities on the topic of consumer behavior and its impact on the environment, appearing in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Huffington Post, Wired and Fast Company magazines, and on Comedy Central’s “Colbert Report,” among other major media outlets.

Check out Annie Leonard and her Story of Stuff on the Colbert Report:

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An earlier blog post about Sustainability and the Story of Stuff is here.