Annie Leonard
| Annie Leonard | |
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| Born | 1964 Seattle, Washington |
| Occupation | Activist, filmmaker |
| Education | BA, Barnard College, MA, Cornell University |
| Genres | Consumerism |
| Notable work(s) | The history of stuffs |
| Children | One daughter, Dewi |
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www.storyofstuff.com |
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Annie Leonard (born 1964) is an American proponent of sustainability and critic of excessive consumerism.[1] She is most known for her animated film The Story of Stuff about the life-cycle of material goods.
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[edit] Biography
Annie Leonard was born in Seattle, Washington, where she also grew up. She graduated from the Lakeside School, and has an undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a graduate degree from Cornell University in city and regional planning.[2] She has a daughter named Dewi, born in 1999. As of November 2009, she lived in the Bay Area with her daughter.
Leonard is best known as the creator and narrator of the animated documentary about the life-cycle of material goods, The Story of Stuff (2007). The documentary began as an hour-long talk and was made into a condensed film version based on popular demand. She also published a book version of the film, released on March 9, 2010 by Free Press of Simon & Schuster.[3][4] The UK edition of the book was published by Constable & Robinson on May 27, 2010. The German edition was published on March 12 by Econ Verlag.
After The Story of Stuff, she created The Story of Cap and Trade in 2009, which is on the topic of emissions trading, as well as, in 2010, The Story of Bottled Water,[5] The Story of Cosmetics and The Story of Electronics. In March 1, 2011, Leonard released "The Story of Citizens United v. FEC".
In addition to her work on the Story of Stuff documentary, Leonard is also co-creator and coordinator of GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives)[6] and serves on the boards of International Forum on Globalization (IFG)[1] and the Environmental Health Fund [2]. She previously held positions with Health Care Without Harm, Essential Information and Greenpeace International, and was coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption.[1] In 1992 she testified in front of the US Congress on the topic of international waste trafficking.[2]
[edit] Criticism
Lee Doren, a lawyer formerly employed by the libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute as their "Communication Coordinator", has critiqued several of Leonard's videos with videos of his own in which Doren superimposes comments, focusing mostly on his issues with sources and term usage and with graphics superimposed over Leonard's original videos. CNN and Fox News have subsequently reported on Doren's criticism.[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Terrence McNally (January 10, 2008). "Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness". AlterNet. http://www.alternet.org/story/72568/.
- ^ a b "Annie Leonard's bio". Archived from the original on January 20, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080120071857/http://www.storyofstuff.com/anniesbio.html. Retrieved January 22, 2008.
- ^ "Book release date announcement". http://storyofstuff.org/dvd.html#book. Retrieved October 13, 2009.
- ^ "Annie Leonard Google Profile". http://www.google.com/profiles/storyofstuff. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
- ^ "Annie Leonard's "Story of Bottled Water" Should Make Fiji Nervous". http://www.fastcompany.com/1593405/annie-leonards-story-of-bottled-water-should-make-fiji-nervous. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
- ^ "Zero Waste: A New Vision review". https://secure.bioneers.org/node/645. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
- ^ "Lee Doren on Lou Dobbs Discussing the Story of Stuff". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTJdpbUYhY&feature=player_embedded. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Lee Doren on Glenn Beck Talks about The Story of Stuff". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEkpVXv0SYs&feature=player_embedded. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Story of Bottled Water
- Story of Cap and Trade
- Story of Stuff
- Story of Cosmetics
- Story of Electronics
- The Story of Citizens United v. FEC
- Annie Leonard interviewed on Conversations from Penn State
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