A vintage exposé in company with An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Springtime, THE STORYPLOT of Stuff expands in the famous documentary exploring the threat of overconsumption in the environment, economy, and our health. Leonard examines the “stuff” we make use of everyday, supplying a galvanizing critique and actions for a changed planet.

THE STORYPLOT of Stuff was received with widespread enthusiasm in hardcover, by everyone from Stephen Colbert to Tavis Smiley to George Stephanopolous on HELLO America, about THE STORYPLOT of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the earth, Our Neighborhoods, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change aswell as far-reaching print and blog coverage. Uncovering and communicating a critically important idea-that there can be an intentional program behind our patterns of intake and disposal-Annie Leonard transforms how we think about our lives and our romantic relationship to the earth.

From sneaking into factories and dumps all over the world to going to textile workers in Haiti and children mining coltan for mobile phones in the Congo, Leonard, named one of Period magazine’s 100 environmental heroes of 2009, highlights each step of the components economy and its actual influence on the earth as well as the individuals who live near sites like these.

With curiosity, compassion, and humor, Leonard shares concrete steps when planning on taking action at the average person and political level that will result in sustainability, community health, and economic justice. Embraced by instructors, parents, churches, community centers, activists, and everyday readers, THE STORYPLOT of Stuff is a long-lived classic.