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(0)Annie Leonard
Author
Language
English
Description
For the first time, Leonard brings our many environmental and social issues under one umbrella-our problem with consumption. Brilliantly combining information about the economy, cultures, and the environment, Leonard describes the five stages of the materials economy-extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. She illuminates how our "growth at all costs" economy operates, visiting dumps and factories around the world, she reveals...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
xxxiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The director of The Story of Stuff Project tracks the life of the "stuff" we use every day, transforming how we think about our patterns of consumption. This book is based on the author's 2007 internet film, "The Story of stuff." "With just 5 percent of the world's population, [the U.S.] is consuming 30 percent of the world's resources and creating 30 percent of the world's waste."--Jacket.