
The Story of Stuff
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Narrated by:
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Annie Leonard
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By:
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Annie Leonard
How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change
We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world's population, were consuming 30 percent of the world's resources and creating 30 percent of the worlds waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets!
This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 million times by people around the world. In her sweeping, groundbreaking book of the same name, Leonard tracks the life of the Stuff we use every day where our cotton T-shirts, laptop computers, and aluminum cans come from, how they are produced, distributed, and consumed, and where they go when we throw them out. Like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, The Story of Stuffis a landmark book that will change the way people think and the way they live.
Leonard's message is startlingly clear: we have too much Stuff, and too much of it is toxic. Outlining the five stages of our consumption-driven economy from extraction through production, distribution, consumption, and disposal, she vividly illuminates its frightening repercussions. Visiting garbage dumps and factories around the world, Leonard reveals the true story behind our possessions why it's cheaper to replace a broken TV than to fix it; how the promotion of "perceived obsolescence" encourages us to toss out everything from shoes to cell phones while they're still in perfect shape; and how factory workers in Haiti, mine workers in Congo, and everyone who lives and works within this system pay for our cheap goods with their health, safety, and quality of life. Meanwhile we, as consumers, are compromising our health and well-being, whether it's through neurotoxins in our pillows or lead leaching into our kids food from their lunch boxes and all this Stuff isn't even making us happier!
©2010 Annie Leonard (P)2010 Simon & SchusterListeners also enjoyed...




















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What made the experience of listening to The Story of Stuff the most enjoyable?
Reading The Story of Stuff made me feel like I was living in another world. I do not educate myself to the harmful tradgic events surround me. I carelessly live my life unaware of the damage I could be causing my mind or body. Change is difficult but I am seriously working on some issues.What did you like best about this story?
The whole book was an adventure in awareness, growth and society.Which character – as performed by Annie Leonard – was your favorite?
No one character comes to mind. All references were worthwhile.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes! I may not have wanted to listen to this book but it was one that I needed to listen too.Any additional comments?
How do we educate other about the abuses going on in our society and in third world countries.A Must Read Book
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Important book
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Life changing.
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It’s the 2020’s now and still terribly true
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an excellent entry point
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Really enjoyed it!
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Insane about climate change
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A wonderful eye opening book everyone should read!
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Everyone Should Read This!
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