Why is there so much garbage, and where does it go? A Time magazine Hero of the Environment,
Leonard has traveled the world tracking trash and its wake of destruction. Her investigations
convinced her that the impossible dream of perpetual economic growth and the rampant consumer
culture it engenders are the root causes of today.s environmental crises. A rigorous thinker
in command of a phenomenal amount of information, Leonard believes that we must calculate the
full ecological and social cost of our .stuff.. So she takes us through the extraction of
natural resources and the production, distribution, consumption, and disposal of various
products, documenting ecohazards and the exploitation of workers along the way. Drawing on
her extensive research, gutsy fieldwork, and efforts to live .green,. Leonard condemns the
endless barrage of advertisements, the plague of toxic synthetic chemicals, and such covertly
deleterious inventions as the aluminum can. Not one to tout simple approaches to complex
predicaments, Leonard instead offers hard facts, diligent analysis, and an ambitious vision
in this comprehensive critique, calling for strict environmental laws, an end to overconsumption,
zero waste, and a new social paradigm based on quality of life, not quantity of stuff.

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