The Story of Stuff Project/For today's show

Today we will record a great segment with the SF-based non profit, The Story of Stuff Project.  Go to their site and look at some of their movies.  Some excellent work that inspires through and action.

We'd like to see more balance from them in terms of working more closely with companies to bring positive change to the business world.  But, that is our job here at RN and we relish the challenge of bridging differences between non-profits and the companies that clearly have a heart for transformation:

Here's some base info on the group and guest:

About our Community

Our Story

We have a problem with Stuff:  we have too much of it, too much of it is toxic and we don’t share it very well. But that’s not the way things have to be.

That’s the challenge our founder Annie Leonard unpacked in her groundbreaking 2007 online documentary, The Story of Stuff, which unleashed a torrent of pent-up demand for honest conversation about our consumption-crazed culture. In the eight years since we released that first film, our nine award-winning animated movies have garnered more than 50 million online views around the world and encouraged viewers to support hundreds of environmental projects and campaigns with their time, energy and money.

Today, our San Francisco Bay Area-based team inspires and encourages the civic engagement of the more than one million members of our global Community. We invite you to be inspired by and share our movies, participate in our study programs, and take part in campaigns on the environmental and social issues you care about. Join us!

The Story of Stuff Project is:

Community-Minded

Our global, online Community of over 1 million Changemakers includes parents, community leaders, teachers and students, people of faith, entrepreneurs, scientists and others interested in creating a more healthy and just world. The interests and needs of our Community members deeply informs our work, and your passion and support enable our small team to have an outsized impact.

Solutions-Focused

We know all about the problems -- from climate change to income inequality to political corruption. Our movies and other media focus instead on the big, exciting innovations driving the environmental and social change we need, as well as the little things individuals and communities can do to make a difference. We call it ‘Growing Solutions’.

Action-Oriented

We believe that dramatically increasing civic participation -- not just refining our consumer choices -- is the key to unlocking the profound challenges we face. Our four-week Citizen Muscle Boot Camp program equips participants with the basic skills they need to organize and lead a local project. And our campaigns provide diverse, engaging opportunities for our Community members to get involved, from the global level down to where they live and work.

Natalie NavaProduct Manager, Catalog Choice

Changemaker Type: Networker

Natalie is helping end the flow of junk mail by managing Catalog Choice, a free online service that helps over 2 million users reduce paper waste. Prior to joining The Story of Stuff Project, Natalie worked on a variety of municipal and corporate waste management projects both in the US and abroad and most recently worked as the Marketing Manager of an NYC-based food marketing firm. Natalie has a Master’s in Environmental Management from Yale University