The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health...

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Annie Leonard

The Story of Stuff

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ISBN: 9781849010382

How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a...

Annie Leonard

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English

Constable
20 October 2005

Society & Social Sciences; Popular culture; Consumerism; Conservation of the environment

How our obsession with 'stuff' is trashing the planet

Annie Leonard, creator of the internet film sensation 'The Story of Stuff', viewed over 6 million times, offers an astonishing, galvanizing book that tells the story of all the 'stuff' we use every day - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away.

Our out-of-control consumption habits are killing the planet and threatening our health, but Annie provides hope that change is within reach. Like An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff will be an instant classic.

By: Annie Leonard
Imprint: Constable
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 342g
ISBN: 9781849010382
ISBN 10: 1849010382
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 20 October 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental-health issues. Over the past 20 years, during her work for organisations such as Greenpeace, she has established a sterling reputation for her scholarship about and activism against waste-trafficking. With The Story of Stuff her charisma, her infectious curiosity, and her riveting message have extended her reputation far beyond environmentalists to average people of all stripes: she captivates audiences of schoolchildren and congressional sub-committees alike.

Reviews for The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change

A potentially important book that brings a great many facts and arguments into a single volume. - Irish Examiner The book may be recycled, but Leonard's passion is new and refreshing. - Geographical Taking us into 'the dark heart of American consumerism' in an amusing and trenchant way. - Guardian