Did you know that spending $100 at your neighborhood’s independent businesses creates $68 in additional local economic activity, while spending $100 at a chain produces only $43 worth of local impact? What other benefits are there to buying locally?

On April 16, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at our Grassroots – Danforth location we will be hosting a book signing for Tim Flannery’s Here on Earth: A Natural History of the Planet (HarperCollins).
Here on Earth is Flannery’s first major release since The Weather Makers. It explores the evolution and sustainability of life on our planet, in a manner that is easy to understand for all readers.

The Story of Stuff takes you on a provocative tour of our consumer-driven culture. From resource extraction to iPod incineration, exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.