Annie Leonard
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- Name: Annie Leonard
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Annie Leonard is the activist and writer behind the online film The Story of Stuff, which looks at "all our stuff -- where it comes from and where it goes when we throw it away."
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A season for stuff
Shop till you drop? There's a better way 10
Posted 1 year, 10 months agoIt's that time of year again. The bells are jingling and the registers are ring-ting-tingling, too. Black Friday has come and gone, and Cyber Monday orders are in the mail. Now we're wasting time in parking-lot traffic jams and long checkout lines, all the while trying to maintain our holiday cheer.
The National Retail Federation predicts that Americans will spend $474.5 billion this holiday season. That's up 4 percent from last year's whopping $456.2 billion spent on clothes, video games, and hot tech toys.
Do we really need to repeat history? Recent tradition, supported by plenty of well-crafted holiday… Read More