A review by eandrews80
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard

4.0

In the past few years, I've read a handful of books on the environmental crisis, and this one might be my favorite. It's an understatement to say that our planet is in trouble, and while sugar coating the truth helps no one, many authors take a fatalistic tone that will turn off even the most open-minded reader. Leonard, on the other hand, makes a point to identify hopeful trends and solid solutions. She also has the ability to explain extremely complex systems and processes, which is vitally important in this field. Most importantly, the book made me take a good, hard look at how I use -- and discard -- the Stuff in my daily life.