Two acclaimed films — The Story of Stuff and The Clean Bin Project — will be shown at the Caldwell-Lake George Public Library on Wednesday, October 4 at 6 pm, with a discussion to follow. This event will be the first film screening in a documentary film series sponsored by Zero Waste Warren County with support from the Touba Family Foundation. The event is free and open to all.
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, calling on us to create a more sustainable and just world. It promises to teach you something and make you laugh. It also might change the way you think about all the stuff in your life forever.
The Clean Bin Project is an award-winning, 76-minute documentary from Vancouver, Canada. In this film, a light-hearted competition to swear off consumerism is set against a darker examination of the environmental impacts of our throw-away society.
Zero Waste Warren County is a 4-year-old citizens' group dedicated to reducing the amount of waste we throw away in order to conserve natural resources and protect public health and air, land, and water. Zero Waste Warren County aims to move the region toward Zero Waste by encouraging people to change their consumption habits; by promoting the composting of food scraps and yard and garden debris; by facilitating reuse, repair, and deconstruction; by increasing the recycling of materials that can be safely and effectively recycled; and by replacing single-use disposable products with durable, reusable items.
For further information about the film series or Zero Waste Warren County, please visit www.zerowastewarrencounty.org. You may contact the film series organizers and the Zero Waste Group at zerowastewarrencounty@gmail.com or by calling Tracy at 518-692-8242 landline.