written by Annie Leonard
published by Free Press
ISBN: 143912566X
This book should be renamed "The Book That Makes You
Never Want To Buy Anything New Ever Again."
The Story Of Stuff was a 20-minute video that popped up on
the web a few years ago (2007) explaining our cycle of consumption and the
problems with it. It also offered a few suggestions of how to deal with the
problem that arose. The book came out in 2009 and went in a bit more in depth
as to how Stuff is extracted, produced, distributed, consumed, and disposed of.
Leonard adds many stories how things she witnessed and fought for in the effort
to make Stuff more sustainable and cutting down on toxins made along the way.
This book makes me question lots of things that I have been
doing, which is good. We need to stop every now and again and question whether
what we are doing is right. I have boycotted Wal-Mart for some time and now I
can add Disney to that list. It is sad to know all of these things are
happening but knowing them is the only way we are going to stop them.
I can't recommend this book highly enough.
5 out of 5
As an added bonus the movie is embedded below. After watching
it you can go to http://www.storyofstuff.org/
to see what you can do to help:
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