25%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change
Annie Leonard
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change
Paperback. Here, for the first time, is a simple, single explanation for the major problems facing the world today. Environmental superstar Annie Leonard has already reached millions worldwide with her message about the way stuff is ruining our lives. It's time she reached you, too. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348. How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change. 400 pages. Tells the story of the 'stuff' we use everyday - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFT; RNK. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 20. Weight: 406.
How our obsession with 'stuff' is trashing the planet
Annie Leonard, creator of the internet film sensation 'The Story of Stuff', viewed over 6 million times, offers an astonishing, galvanizing book that tells the story of all the 'stuff' we use every day - where our bottled water, mobile phones and jeans come from, how they're made and distributed, and where they really go when we throw them away.
Our out-of-control consumption habits are killing the planet and threatening our health, but Annie provides hope that change is within reach. Like An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, The ... Read morewill be an instant classic.
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
358g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849010382
SKU
V9781849010382
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Annie Leonard
Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental-health issues. Over the past 20 years, during her work for organisations such as Greenpeace, she has established a sterling reputation for her scholarship about and activism against waste-trafficking. With The Story of Stuff her charisma, her infectious curiosity, and her riveting message have extended her reputation far beyond environmentalists to ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health - and a Vision for Change
A potentially important book that brings a great many facts and arguments into a single volume.
Irish Examiner
The book may be recycled, but Leonard's passion is new and refreshing.
Geographical
Taking us into 'the dark heart of American consumerism' in an amusing and trenchant way.
Guardian
Irish Examiner
The book may be recycled, but Leonard's passion is new and refreshing.
Geographical
Taking us into 'the dark heart of American consumerism' in an amusing and trenchant way.
Guardian