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Annie Leonard
History & Commentary
Annie Leonard is an American environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist and filmmaker, creator of The Story of Stuff and former executive director of Greenpeace USA.
Biography
Annie Marie Leonard (born 1964) is an American environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist. She created the 2007 animated film The Story of Stuff, which describes the life cycle of material goods.
Leonard is the director of The Story of Stuff Project and has focused on tracking the life of the "stuff" people use every day and on changing how consumption is understood. The Story of Stuff book is based on her 2007 internet film. In 2014 she became the executive director of Greenpeace USA.
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Books by Annie Leonard
The story of stuff
The Story of Stuff tracks the life of the "stuff" we use every day and aims to transform how readers think about patterns of consumption. The book is based on Leonard's 2007 internet film "The Story of Stuff."