Everyone wants to be liked and we're no different! We hope you like us for who we are and what we do, and we invite you to join our Facebook fans page. We also want to show you that love is a two way street with a giveaway of the new audiobook "Story of Stuff"!
Yes, we'll have a giveaway of this new audiobook (courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Simon audio) next Friday (April 2nd) on 4PM between all the fans that we'll have by then. So if you're already a fan, you're already in, but if you're not, please join the fans page and get a chance to win the Story of Stuff!
Last week we presented Annie Leonard's new audiobook The Story of Stuff. This great audiobook, released by Simon & Simon Audio, is as Juliet Schor described it: "an eye-opening, humorous, and highly readable account of how our seemingly innocuous lifestyles are part of a larger system of destruction and dysfunction."
We had a giveaway of a copy of this audiobook, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Simon audio. We asked you to to retweet this post on twitter with the hashtag #storyofstuff, and we got 45 retweets (a new record for this blog!). And we have a winner.
The winner is Derrick Maines, aka @enviralmentalst .Congrats, Derrick! We hope you will enjoy this great audiobook. Thank you also for all the rest of the participants!
Who doesn't know the Story of Stuff? More than 10 million people have seen so far this 20-minute animation of the consumerist society, narrated by Annie Leonard. But there's more!
This new audiobook is documenting the journey. The journey of stuff. Unlike the journey of Jeff Garlin in 'My Footprint', this journey is not funny. Sometimes it's even sad when you understand what we're doing to ourselves and the planet we're living on. But the fact that the truth hurts is no excuse to avoid it and listening to Annie Leonard, revealing the facts about the way we produce, consume and through away stuff is a good way to start facing reality and of course changing it.
It wasn't easy sometimes to listen to the Story of Stuff. When you see it animated in the film, the animation helps you cope with the facts, but without the animation all you're left with is just the facts. Still, Annie Leonard makes a good job in keeping the story interesting, especially by combining her fascinating stories from her own experiences around the globe, which helps you to identify with her and better understand the issues she is talking about.
If you thought the film was interesting, I believe you will find this audiobook as interesting if not more. It's definitely a part of the journey of stuff you don't want to miss.
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 create the Internet film sensation The Story of Stuff, which has been viewed over 10 million times. Now, in a landmark book in the tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, Leonard tracks the life of the Stuff we use every day—how it is produced, distributed, and consumed, and where it goes when we throw it out.
Leonard’s message is startlingly clear: we have too much Stuff, and too much of it is toxic. Outlining the five stages of our consumption-driven economy—from extraction through production, distribution, consumption, and disposal—she vividly illuminates its frightening repercussions. Leonard reveals the true story behind our possessions, and how we, as consumers, are compromising our health, safety, and quality of life. Meanwhile, all this Stuff isn’t even making us happier!
The drive for a “growth at all costs” economy fuels a system in crisis, but Annie Leonard shows us that this is not the way things have to be. Expansive, galvanizing, and sobering yet optimistic, The Story of Stuff transforms how we think about our lives and our relationship to the planet.
Hear an excerpt from the audiobook:
And don't miss Annie Leonard's hilarious talk with Stephen Colbert:
Disclosure: We received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher (Simon and Simon Audio).
GIVEAWAY ALERT!!
We're giving away a copy of this audiobook, courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Simon audio!
How you can win? Very simple. All you have to do is to retweet this post on twitter with the hashtag #storyofstuff at the end of your tweet. We will have a raffle on Friday, March 19, 5:00PM EST between all the readers that will retweet by then. The winner will be announced the following day.
This short video comes from the talented producers of "The Meatrix" and "Grocery Store Wars". It is an interesting short movie (about 20 minutes) that presents the big picture of how production and consumption processes are directly related to the social and environmental crises of our times.
Here's the description of 'The Story of Stuff' from its website:
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
Founded in 2007, Eco-Libris is a green company working to green up the book industry in the digital age by promoting the adoption of green practices in the book industry, balancing out books by planting trees, and helping to make e-reading greener.
To achieve these goals Eco-Libris is working with book readers, publishers, authors, bookstores and others in the book industry worldwide. So far Eco-Libris balanced out over 179,500 books, which results in more than 200,000 new trees planted with its planting partners in developing countries.
We announced about a week ago on a giveaway of the new audiobook "Story of Stuff" (courtesy of the publisher, Simon & Simon audio) to one of our Facebook fans, and we have a winner: Marc V. Rock-Steady.
Everyone wants to be liked and we're no different! We hope you like us for who we are and what we do, and we invite you to join our Facebook fans page. We also want to show you that love is a two way street with a giveaway of the new audiobook "Story of Stuff"!
Last week we presented Annie Leonard's new audiobook The Story of Stuff . This great audiobook, released by Simon & Simon Audio, is as Juliet Schor described it: "an eye-opening, humorous, and highly readable account of how our seemingly innocuous lifestyles are part of a larger system of destruction and dysfunction."
A friend sent me this week a great video I wanted to share with you - 'The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard'.
