I have been a big fan of Annie Leonard for quite some time now. Ever since I saw her internet movie on “The Story of Stuff” I have changed the way I shop. So, when I had the chance to review The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change I couldn’t wait to sink my teeth into this book. The information is massive. I will have to read this again to wrap my head around all of this information. It is such a powerful book. I would call this a must read for any college student about to go out into the world. If we want to make a differeance we need ti start here.
Check out her video here:
If the video intrigues you the information is in full within chapters 1-5, which include Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, and Disposal. The Story of Stuff truly is a life changing book. The best part is that the book not only talks about the problems, but how to take action and work to solve them. I don’t think you can read this book without changing aleast one thing in your life. I know I’ve changed a few and plan to do more.
About the Author:
Annie Leonard is the author and host of our very own The Story of Stuff. She is author of The Story of Stuff, the book, published by Free Press of Simon and Schuster on March 9, 2010.
Annie has spent nearly two decades investigating and organizing on environmental health and justice issues. She has traveled to 40 countries, visiting literally hundreds of factories where our stuff is made and dumps where our stuff is dumped. Witnessing first hand the horrendous impacts of both over- and under- consumption around the world, Annie is fiercely dedicated to reclaiming and transforming our industrial and economic systems so they serve, rather than undermine, ecological sustainability and social equity.
Annie is currently the Director of The Story of Stuff Project. Prior to this, most recently, Annie coordinated the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, a funder collaborative seeking to address the hidden environmental and social impacts of current systems of making, using and throwing away all the stuff of daily life.
She has also worked with GAIA (Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives), Health Care Without Harm, Essential Action and Greenpeace International.
Annie is currently on the boards of International Forum for Globalization and GAIA and has previously served on the Boards of the Grassroots Recycling Network, the Environmental Health Fund, Global Greengrants India and Greenpeace India. She did her undergraduate studies at Barnard College, Columbia University and graduate work in City and Regional Planning at Cornell, both in New York. She is currently based in the Bay Area, California.
Disclosure: I received this book for free in order to review. The thoughts are all my own!
Adrienne says
My favorite line from George Carlin "One man's stuff is another man's sh*t"
Uncle Wally says
She went to Cornell… she must be a genius!
ConnieFoggles says
I'd love to get a copy of this book. Some people may find this dull, but I think it's genius!
connie says
I'm going to have to check this out at the library! Thanks!
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