The Story of Stuff - Annie Leonard [210]
Myers, John Peterson, 45
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 126, 136, 255
Nair, Shibu, 236
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, 88
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, 95
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, 96
National Foreign Trade Council, 258
National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH), 85, 96, 205
National Labor Committee, 49
National Marine Fisheries Service, 96
National Memorial for the Mountains, 36
National Ocean Service, 96
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 96
National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (1991), 88
National Priorities Project (NPP), 243, 244
National Recycling Coalition (NRC), 196
National Weather Service, 96
Native Americans, 24, 196
New Economics Foundation, 152
New Leaf Paper, 56
Newsom, Gavin, 235–236
Newsweek, 234
Nickel, 59
Nigeria, 30–33, 35
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, 33
Nike, 71, 108, 109, 165, 188
9/11 terrorist attacks, 147
Nitrates, 61
Nitric acid, 60, 61
Nitrogen dioxide, 65
Njehu, Njoki Njoroge, 39
No Dirty Gold campaign, 25
t-Nonachlor, 79
North Cascades National Park, 6–7, 10, 11
Obesity, 150
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 96
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 96, 123
Office Depot, 9
Office of Environmental Quality, 95
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 96
Ogoni 9, 33
Ogoniland, Nigeria, 31–33
Oil, 29–35, 246, 254
Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 98
One Planet Living program, 40
Online shopping, 118–119
Only the Paranoid Survive (Grove), 58
Open-pit mining, 20–22
Oreskes, Michael, 173
Organic cotton, 51
Organic matter, in water, 11
O’Rourke, Dara, 62, 108–112, 117, 140
Orris, Peter, 84
Our Stolen Future (Colborn, Myers and Dumanoski), 45
Overproduction, 102
Overspent American, The (Schor), 167, 168
Overworked American, The (Schor), 156
Oxfam America, 21
Oxychlordane, 79
Pacific Institute, 17
Packaging, 194–198
Packard, Vance, 163, 194
Paglia, Todd, 10
Paolino & Sons, 224
Paper, 1, 8–9, 14, 51–56, 52–55
Papyrus, 52
Parchment, 52
Patagonia, 50–51
PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers), 60, 73, 261
Peak oil, 29
Peek, Bobby, 223
PepsiCo, 196
Perceived obsolescence, 162–163
Perot, Ross, 126
Personal care products, 76–77, 264
Personal consumption expenditures, 146–147, 177–178
Pesticide Action Network Organic Cotton Briefing Kit, 47
Pesticides, 5, 46, 47, 79, 231, 262
Petroleum, 20, 29–34, 55, 230
PFCs (perfluorocarbons), 65, 79
PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid), 73
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 224–227
Phosphoric acid, 60
Phosphorus, 59
Phthalates, 69, 71–72, 76, 124
Planned obsolescence, 160, 161–163
Plant-derived pharmaceuticals, 2–3
Plastics, 44, 194–195, 230–232
PVC (polyvinyl chloride), 42, 51, 61–63, 68–72, 124, 170–172, 184, 188, 257, 261, 265–267
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, 98
Polyester, 44
Polymers, 44
POPs (persistent organic pollutants), 73
Poverty, 178–179
Prescription drugs, 2–3
Print-on-demand technology, 119
Printers, 203, 204
Privatization of water systems, 16
Processed chlorine free (PCF) process, 54, 56
Procter & Gamble, 112
Product Policy Institute (PPI), 198–199
Production, 44–105, 255–256
Progress, redefining, 242–243
Project Return to Sender, 225–226
Project Underground, 31
Puckett, Jim, 205, 210
Puget Sound, 11
Pulping, 53
Putnam, Robert, 149, 238–239
PVC (polyvinyl chloride), 42, 51, 61–63, 68–72, 124, 170–172, 184, 188, 257, 261, 265–267
Quante, Heidi, 226
Quinine, 2
Rainforest Action Network (RAN), 5, 254–255
Rainforests, 2–4, 30–31
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals) Act, 82, 83
ReBuilders Source, 200–201
Reciprocity, culture of, 238–239
Recycle-Bank, 229
Recycling, 9, 42, 52, 55, 56, 64, 66–67, 69–70, 190, 196, 197–199, 204–207, 216, 228–234, 266–267
Rendell, Edward, 225–226
Repairs, 192–194
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and 1986, 98
Hazardous and Solid Wastes Amendments of 1984, 98
Resource curse, 37
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