Summary: A compilation of essays on claiming control of your life, whether it's reducing clutter in your home or learning to say "no" without guilt. The authors share the fulfillment that comes from focusing on what matters most in your life-- your family, your friends, and even your self.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.7 CHILeonard, Annie.
Summary: The director of The Story of Stuff Project tracks the life of the "stuff" we use every day, transforming how we think about our patterns of consumption. This book is based on the author's 2007 internet film, "The Story of stuff." "With just 5 percent of the world's population, [the U.S.] is consuming 30 percent of the world's resources and creating 30 percent of the world's waste." -- Dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 LEOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 306.4 LEOSylvester, Kevin
Summary: "Our cellphones, our clothes, our food: All are everyday things we consider essential, but we seldom think of what and who is involved in making them and getting them into our hands. In Follow Your Stuff, award-winning children's author Kevin Sylvester and business professor Michael Hlinka team up again, this time to tackle the complex dynamics of the global economy, examining the often complex...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 306.3 SYLSchlossberg, Tatiana
Summary: "As we become a more digital society, the gains that have been made for the environment by moving toward a paperless world with more and more efficient devices will soon be or already have been offset by the number of devices in our lives that are always using energy. But many don't think about the impact on the environment of the "Internet of things." Whether it's a microwave connected to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 SCHStephens, Doug
Summary: Author and internationally renowned consumer futurist, Doug Stephens, paints a bold vision of the future where every aspect of the retail experience as we know it, will be radically transformed. From online to bricks and mortar, the very concept of what stores are, how consumers shop them, and even the core economic model for revenue, will be will be profoundly reinvented; changes sure to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Figure 1 Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.8 STE1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 658.8 STE
Kelleher, Katy
Summary: In these deeply researched essays, a Paris Review contributor blends science, history, and memoir to explore human obsession with gorgeous things, exposing the fraught histories of makeup, silk, jewels, perfume, and other objects, helping readers to ethically partake in the beauty of the world around them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 111 KELWhybrow, Peter C.
Summary: Whybrow takes us on a fascinating tour of self-discovery, drawing extensively upon his decades of experience as a psychiatrist and his broad knowledge of neuroscience and human behavior. Illustrated throughout with engaging personal stories, the book s trove of cutting-edge science is enriched by philosophical, historical, and cultural perspectives. --publisher marketing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2015
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Summary: "Some people believe Americans should make an effort to buy goods made in the United States; others say this it does not matter where something is made. Thanks to allowances, many children are consumers in their own right, and even those who are not will one day have to make ethical decisions about where their money is spent. Through alternating viewpoints, complemented by fact boxes and a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Publishing 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 339.4 REYCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Social Point ReynoldsSwanson, Barrett
Summary: "Across these essays, Barrett Swanson embarks on a personal quest for meaning amid the swirl of our post-truth climate. Traversing the country, he introduces us to Americans who are contending with the aftermath of political and economic collapse and who are striving to recover some semblance of meaning and purpose. "Notes from a Last Man" chronicles a period of personal lostness and considers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 SWADe Graaf, John.
Summary: Explores the origins, causes, and symptoms of Affluenza, society's compulsive desire to acquire, and discusses such treatment as strengthening immunity against advertising and minimizing the side-effects of over-consumption.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306 DE GAhuvia, Aaron
Summary: An "exciting and engaging" investigation (Jonah Berger) of the secret, tangled emotional relationships people have with things--drawing on cutting-edge findings from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and marketing. Books, baseball cards, ceramic figurines, art, iPhones, clothing, cars, music, dolls, furniture, and even nature itself. If you're like most people, at some point in your life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.487 AHUSummary: "Earthlings is a feature length documentary about humankind's absolute economic dependence on animals raised as pets, food, clothing, entertainment, and scientific research. Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of some of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. Earthlings is the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Earthlings.com 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EARBallard, J. G.
Summary: An unemployed advertising executive investigates why the deranged man who shot his father in a shopping mall was released without being charged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BALCline, Elizabeth L.
Summary: Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion, Elizabeth L. Cline first revealed fast fashion's hidden toll on the environment, garment workers, and even our own satisfaction with our clothes. The Conscious Closet shows exactly what we can do about it. Whether your goal is to build an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Plume 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.3 CLIMillburn, Joshua Fields
Summary: "Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things--which actually aren't things at all. At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their material possessions, and started focusing on what's truly important. In their debut book, Joshua & Ryan,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Assymetrical Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 MILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Phil MillburnWhybrow, Peter C.
Summary: An analysis of the American consumer culture cites modern statistics in obesity, depression, and panic disorders, drawing on detailed case studies to explain how today's affluent society is directly related to key social and medical issues.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 301 WHYZeitz, Joshua.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.52 ZEIGalbraith, John Kenneth
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 330.126 GALGoldmark, Sandra
Summary: A leader of the sustainability movement outlines a course of action to reduce our reliance on cheap disposable goods and instead choose quality items designed to last longer and committing to have them repaired when they break.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.9 GOLHoward, Jennifer
Summary: "Offers a fascinating and insightful account of what becomes of the stuff that we accumulate in our homes and lives. It's a powerful reminder of how the deeply personal acts of daily life are shared across families, cultures, economies, and countries, and an account of how one author's struggle to manage her family's clutter led to a deeper understanding of what matters most in all of our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Belt Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 HOWSasaki, Fumio
Summary: "Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo--he's just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn't absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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Summary: Evaluates the costs of low-priced clothing while tracing the author's own transformation to a conscientious shopper, a journey during which she visited a garment factory, learned to resole shoes, and shopped for local, sustainable clothing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338.4 CLINSummary: Documents the largest consumer hoax the Czech Republic has ever seen. Filip Remunda and Vit Klusack, two of Eastern Europe's most promising young documentary filmmakers, set out to explore the psychological and manipulative powers of consumerism by creating an ad campaign for a super store that didn't exist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arts Alliance America 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CZESummary: Werner Boote traverses the globe with a World Bank umbrella to examine the myths and facts about overpopulation. He speaks with everyone from demographic researchers to environmental activists, and comes to a surprising conclusion. It isn't overpopulation that threatens humanity's existence. Rather, it is the developed world's patterns of over-consumption and constant pursuit of immediate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2014