Annie Leonard

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Annie Leonard is an American scholar on international trade, development, international sustainability and environmental health issues.[1] She is most known for her web-based documentary The Story of Stuff about the life-cycle of goods and services.

[edit] Biography

Leonard has an undergraduate degree from Barnard College and a graduate degree from Cornell University in city and regional planning.[2] She stars in The Story of Stuff, a web-based documentary about the life-cycle of goods and services. Ralph Nader called the film "a model of clarity and motivation."[3]

Leonard is coordinator of Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives[4] and serves on the boards of International Forum for Globalization and the Environmental Health Fund. She previously held positions with Health Care Without Harm, Essential Information and Greenpeace International, and is currently coordinator of the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption.[1] In 1992 she testified in front of the US Congress on the topic of international waste trafficking.[2]

Leonard lives in California with her daughter.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Terrence McNally (2008-01-10). Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness. AlterNet.
  2. ^ a b Annie Leonard's bio. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  3. ^ Larry Menkes (2007-12-27). The Story of Stuff Premiers to Rave Reviews: Proves Value as Relocalization Tool.
  4. ^ Zero Waste: A New Vision review. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.

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