# The Secret Life of Stuff

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- Authors: [Julie Hill](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-hill)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-01-06

## Description

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 stuff? Climate 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.

## Editions

### The Secret Life of Stuff

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9954-658-0
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2011-01-06
- Language: en_GB