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

Author: Annie Leonard

Narrator: Annie Leonard

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/09/2010


Synopsis

A classic exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The Story of Stuff expands on the celebrated documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption on the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we use everyday, offering a galvanizing critique and steps for a changed planet.

The Story of Stuff was received with widespread enthusiasm in hardcover, by everyone from Stephen Colbert to Tavis Smiley to George Stephanopolous on Good Morning America, as well as far-reaching print and blog coverage. Uncovering and communicating a critically important idea—that there is an intentional system behind our patterns of consumption and disposal—Annie Leonard transforms how we think about our lives and our relationship to the planet.

From sneaking into factories and dumps around the world to visiting textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for cell phones in the Congo, Leonard, named one of Time magazine’s 100 environmental heroes of 2009, highlights each step of the materials economy and its actual effect on the earth and the people who live near sites like these.

With curiosity, compassion, and humor, Leonard shares concrete steps for taking action at the individual and political level that will bring about sustainability, community health, and economic justice. Embraced by teachers, parents, churches, community centers, activists, and everyday readers, The Story of Stuff will be a long-lived classic.

About Annie Leonard

Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues and has written for a range of publications. She has worked for the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production & Consumption, Health Care Without Harm, and Essential Action and Greenpeace International. In 2008, Annie was named one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Environment. Annie currently resides in California with her daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mikhaela on July 16, 2012

Ah, yes--THIS is the book I've been waiting to read forever--I wish this had been around when I had taken Juliet Schor's "Shop Til You Drop: Gender and Class in Consumer Culture" course back in college. A smart, clear activist breakdown of our toxic materials economy and the massive and devastating......more

Goodreads review by Melinda on September 28, 2020

I have to DNF this, cause otherwise I will not stop crying. EVERYONE should read this (as long as You can, I have to stop cause I’m getting very anxious and emotional, maybe it’s not the best period to listen to this audiobook for me). I’m already practicing minimalism and low waste for years, but I......more