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Description edit
We have a problem with Stuff. With just 5 percent of the world’s population, we’re consuming 30 percent of the world’s resources and creating 30 percent of the world’s waste. If everyone consumed at U.S. rates, we would need three to five planets! This alarming fact drove Annie Leonard to... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Haiti
- India
- Europe
- China
- Washington
- California
- Philadelphia
- South Africa
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- D.c.
- Germany
- Berkeley
- Bhopal
- Australia
- Latin America
- Amazon
- Stuff
- Canada
- San Francisco
- Dhaka
- Brazil
- Seattle
- Congo
- Nigeria
- New York City
- Port-au-prince
- Appalachia
- Netherlands
- Massachusetts
- Ecuador
- Enfamil
- New Jersey
- Roseville
- Patagonia
- North America
- Ogoniland
First Sentence edit
Growing up in the green and luscious city of Seattle during the 1970s was idyllic, but the real joy came in the summertime, when my family and I piled our camping gear into our station wagon and headed for the stunning North Cascades mountains.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
A Word About Words
Key to Recurring Graphics
Chapter 1: Extraction
Chapter 2: Production
Chapter 3: Distribution
Chapter 4: Consumption
Chapter 5: Disposal
Epilogue: Writing the New Story
Appendix 1: Examples of Promising Policies, Reforms, and Laws
Appendix 2: Recommended Individual Actions
Appendix 3: Sample Letter to PVC Retailers, Manufacturers, and Lobbyists
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
How We Made This Book
Index
About the Authors
Glossary edit
- environmental racism: the placement of the most toxic facilities in communities of color, zoning and other practices or policies that result in disproportionate burdens being placed on communites of color, and the exclusion of people from these communities from environmental planning and decision making.
- greige goods: partially prepped and assembled pieces produced overseas in the lowest-wage factories
Authors & Contributors edit
- Annie Leonard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439125663
Page Count: 352
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
ISBN: 978-1439125663
Page Count: 352
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: GN 406 .L46 2010
- Dewey: 306.4
Subjects edit
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- The Story of Stuff Project: Home of the Story of Stuff. You can watch The Story of Stuff video as well as the Stories of Bottled Water, Cap and Trade, and Electronics. There are also heaps of useful links and resources, downloads, the Story of Stuff blog, interviews and groups.
- Story of Stuff International site: The Story of Stuff video with subtitles in 12 different languages and counting. Also has the translated scripts for download.
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