Fred Pearce looked around at the things he consumes and collects and embarked on a journey to discover where his stuff comes from. He reports what he found in his new book, “Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff.” Pearce talks with Bruce Gellerman about the serious social and environmental consequences of the production of items many of us take for granted.
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