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Annie Leonard

Annie Leonard
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Annie Leonard

Annie Leonard is an expert in international sustainability and environmental health issues and has written for a range of publications. She has worked for the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production & Consumption, Health Care Without Harm, and Essential Action and Greenpeace International. In 2008, Annie was named one of Time magazine’s Heroes of the Environment. Annie currently resides in California with her daughter.

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Chapter 1 from The Story of Stuff
Mar 17, 2011
The Story of Stuff will be released on February 22, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Feb 22, 2011
The Story of Stuff is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 22, 2011
The Story of Stuff will be released on March 09, 2010 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Mar 09, 2010
The Story of Stuff is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Mar 09, 2010
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The Story of Stuff
Feb 26, 2010
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Review Seeker, April 9, 2013
...environmental thought leader David Orr; freshwater expert Sandra Postel, ecological economics pioneer Herman Daly, The Story of Stuffauthor Annie Leonard, science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson,and others----sets out to answer the question, Is...
Guardian.co.uk, October 10, 2012
...food and crops grown with the aid of sewage sludge from being included in the organic certification standard. Annie Leonard, co-director of the Story of Stuff Project, spoke of how there needs to be a move away from consumer action to citizen action,...
DownToEarthNW.com, October 6, 2012
...Annie Leonard, author of “The Story of Stuff” project, will speak as part of the Historic Preservation Conference. She will relate her work on consumerism and our throw-away mentality to preservation...
PR-USA.net, September 7, 2012
...now and how we can get out benefiting the planet, creating jobs and saving homeowners money," said Annie Leonard, creator of the film and book "The Story of Stuff"...
Yahoo! Finance, September 4, 2012
...and how we can get out – benefiting the planet, creating jobs and saving homeowners money," said Annie Leonard, creator of the film and book "The Story of Stuff". For more information and a video of Danny Kennedy presenting the book, visit...
Yahoo! Canada, September 4, 2012
...and how we can get out – benefiting the planet, creating jobs and saving homeowners money," said Annie Leonard, creator of the film and book "The Story of Stuff". For more information and a video of Danny Kennedy presenting the book, visit...
TickerTech.com, September 4, 2012
...now and how we can get out benefiting the planet, creating jobs and saving homeowners money," said Annie Leonard, creator of the film and book "The Story of Stuff". For more information and a video of Danny Kennedy presenting the book, visit...
MSN Canada, January 13, 2013
...or a new printer?) Instead of mindless buying and chucking, people should have greater reverence for stuff, believes Annie Leonard, founder of The Story of Stuff Project, a consumer awareness campaign promoting sensible gadget consumption. In Leonard's...
MSN Canada, January 6, 2013
...or a new printer?) Instead of mindless buying and chucking, people should have greater reverence for stuff, believes Annie Leonard, founder of The Story of Stuff Project, a consumer awareness campaign promoting sensible gadget consumption. In Leonard's...
Associated Content, January 1, 2013
...consoles and not stay attached to old games and hardware they love. This is the sort of thing Annie Leonard of the Story of Stuff project talks about. How to find a backwards-compatible PS3 Having said that, there are a few models of noisier,...
Justmeans, December 31, 2012
...  You see this reflected in our voices of Sustainability 2012 where we feature the animated stories of Annie Leonard, the photography of Lisa Kristine, the inspiring words of Mayan elder Flordemayo, and add a reminder of the upcoming 1 Billion Rising...
Care2, December 29, 2012
...is a system that consists of 5 levels, that of Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, and Disposal. According to Annie Leonard in her book The Story of Stuff, this type of linear system cannot sustain itself in a finite hot!!!| add comment...
PC World India, December 28, 2012
...or a new printer?) Instead of mindless buying and chucking, people should have greater reverence for stuff, believes Annie Leonard, founder of The Story of Stuff Project, a consumer awareness campaign promoting sensible gadget consumption. In Leonard's...
Computerworld Norge, December 28, 2012
...the trash. (See related: ) Instead of mindless buying and chucking, people should have greater reverence for stuff, believes Annie Leonard, founder of The , a consumer awareness campaign promoting sensible gadget consumption. In Leonard's 2010 , she...