The story of stuff : How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change (Record no. 296035)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781439125663
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.4 LEO-S
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Personal name Annie Leonard
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The story of stuff : How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Free Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2010
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxxiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note A word about words -- Extraction -- Production -- Distribution -- Consumption -- Disposal -- Writing the new story -- Examples of promising policies, reforms, and laws -- Recommended individual actions -- Sample letter to PVC retailers, manufacturers, and lobbyists -- How we made this book.
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Summary, etc. A classic expos 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.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Acquisitiveness -- Moral and ethical aspects. Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects. Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects.
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Ariane Conrad
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 17/12/2015   306.4 LEO-S DCB1813 17/12/2015 19/07/2019 Book