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| Story of Stuff Wins 2008 SXSW Web Award |
Austin, Texas
The Story of Stuff (www.storyofstuff.com), a fast-paced, fact-filled tour of our consumer-driven culture, was named the best educational website by a panel of judges at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference Sunday night. The SXSW web awards âu20acu0153uncover the best new sitesâu20ac among âu20acu0153hundreds and hundredsâu20ac of submissions from âu20acu0153innovative web designers and developers from across the globe.âu20ac The Story of Stuff takes visitors on a provocative 20-minute tour from resource extraction to iPod incineration, exposing the real costs of our cultureâu20acu2122s use-it and lose-it approach to stuff. The filmâu20acu2122s writer and narrator, Annie Leonard , is an activist who, after asking âu20acu0153Where does all the stuff we buy come from, and where does it go when we throw it out?âu20ac has spent the past 10 years traveling the globe to answer her question. The film was produced by Free Range Studios , the makers of other highly popular web-based films such as âu20acu0153The Meatrix âu20ac and âu20acu0153Grocery Store Wars ." Funding for the project came from the Sustainability Funders (The Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption) and Tides Foundation. For more information and to see the film, visit www.storyofstuff.com.
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