Annie Leonard, the activist behind the short film/flash animation “The Story of Stuff,” comes to Elon University for an April 22 evening lecture on the costs associated with the nation’s consumer-driven culture. Leonard’s appearance in McKinnon Hall, which is free and open to the public, coincides with Earth Day 2010.
Leonard has spent 10 years traveling the globe fighting environmental threats. She narrates the film with a rapid, often humorous and always engaging story about “all our stuff - where it comes from and where it goes when we throw it away.”
Leonard examines the real costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal, and she isolates the moment in history where she says the trend of consumption mania began. "The Story of Stuff" examines how economic policies of the post-World War II era ushered in notions of “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence” and how these notions are still driving much of the U.S. and global economies today.
The talk begins at 7:30 p.m. To watch the flash animation, visit Leonard’s web site www.storyofstuff.com.
Newly admitted BFA students, Marlee Belmonte and Mark Capozzola, will be hosting an opening reception for their installation "Discourse" in the Trollinger House (Arts and Letters Community) Friday 4/16 at 4pm-5:30pm. Please come and explore the piece as well as ask questions and enjoy some refreshments. Hope to see you there, and if you cannot make the reception but would still like to see the work, feel free to email Mark at mcapazzola@elon.edu and they can arrange another showing.
