The Secret Life of Stuff: A Manual for a New Material World
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Secret Life of Stuff: A Manual for a New Material World
By (Author) Julie Hill
Vintage Publishing
Vintage
15th March 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
The environment
339.47
Physical Properties
Paperback
368
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
256g
Description
Like The Omnivore's Dilemma, this inventory of how we consume stuff is a wake-up call - shocking but inspiring. Wouldn't you like-- Products that don't damage the environment- A better way of life without agonising about your 'footprint'- To really know your stuffClimate change Biofuels Nuclear power Landfills Recycling Renewable energy Environmental issues can feel overwhelming. But, in fact, it is simple; it all comes down to one thing - stuff.Our use of the Earth's resources - whether a crisp packet or a cargo ship, a T-shirt or a wind turbine - has an inescapable impact on our future. In The Secret Life of Stuff, Julie Hill uncovers the origins and the true cost of what we use. Her inventory of over-consumption may shock but it is the first step towards overcoming waste. The misuse of stuff is not your fault, it's a product of history. But it is only by understanding what has gone wrong, that everyone - politicians, business people and us as consumers - can create a new and better material world.
Reviews
Hill is refreshingly, defiantly optimistic... The more you read this book, the more you come to realise that the future she describes isn't the pie-in-the-sky environmentalist wish-fulfilment fantasy it first appears - it's within our grasp -- Roger Cox * Scotsman *
Worldly but erudite... Enlightening * Independent *
Instead of piling doom and gloom onto the shoulders of readers, Julie Hill outlines a positive plan for a world spring clean...the result makes fascinating reading * Daily Echo *
Author Bio
Julie Hill has 25 years environmental experience, including working with governments, businesses, the environmental think-tank Green Alliance, the Environmental Agency and the award-winning Eden Project. She counts her experiences as parent, consumer and citizen to be just as relevant to The Secret Life of Stuff as those generated by being a life-long environmentalist.
