The Story of Stuff
0posted 24th October, 2011 under Food for Thought,Inspirational Femmes.
It’s Monday! And I know how tempting it is to stray from your 183 emails sitting patiently in your inbox…facebook, email, Perez Hilton….Oh the procrastination possibilities.
In acknowledging our weakness for delaying reality (ergo hard work) I bring you, ‘The Story of Stuff’….
I’m sure a few of you have heard of this project and the amazing woman behind it, Annie Leonard, a quirky health renegade if there ever was one. Her series of brilliant animations regarding consumption are mind boggling beyond the ‘water cooler’ talk inducing. Annie’s mission is to encourage us to consume…less. Hard to grasp when apparent happiness nowadays comes from consuming….the more you got the better you feel. In fact I would quite happily suggest that our pursuit for stuff is what is making us so damn depressed and upset.
Ok, so enough of my rant. If you haven’t seen this ‘stuff’ I encourage you to delineate from work procedures to watch one of her clips (my FAV is the cosmetics one)…failing that, leave work, at least once, on time this week…she’s in Australia, and the tickets are cheap!
Details for her talks are as follows:
Friday, October 28th
Time: 6.00 PM for 6.30 PM
Location: Footbridge Theatre, The Holme Building, Science Road, The University of Sydney
Cost: $10 Donation at the Door
RSVP here!
Hosted by Greens MP, Cate Faehrmann
Saturday, October 29th
Time: 11.00 AM for 11.30 AM to 2.00 PM
Location: Chapel by the Sea – 95 Roscoe Street, Bondi Beach
Cost: $25 (includes local, organic brunch and a lucky door prize!)
RSVP to Beatrice Ludwig at bea.ludwig@yahoo.com by 27 October 2011.
Hosted by Transition Bondi
Saturday, October 29th
Time: 5.00 PM to 7.00 PM
Location: Reverse Garbage, Taylor Square, 1 -5 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
RSVP to Sophie Alstergren, sophiea@tec.org.au
Hosted by Reverse Garbage and Total Environment Centre
Wednesday, October 26th
Time: 6.00 PM for 7.00 PM
Location: Mullum Civic Hall – Dalley Street, Mullumbimby
Cost: $10/12 at the Door, food and drink available
RSVP to info@ntn.org.au
Hosted by the National Toxics Network
See you there. x
