Thanks to the many people who informed and inspired Annie on her search to understand the materials economy, or the story of stuff, over the years.

Extra special thanks to Dewi Zarni, Paul Hawken, Juliet Schor, Jerry Mander, Gopal Dayaneni, Satinath Sarangi and Vance Packard.

And even more thanks to: Khorshed Alam, Chris Albertyn, Cecilia Allen, Bradley Angel, Marx Aristide, Davis Baltz, Tomori Balazs, Beverly Bell, Praful Bidwai, Wen Bo, Martin Bourque, Kenny Bruno, Charlotte Brody, Manny Calonzo, Marcia Carroll, Andre Carothers, Barry Castleman, Vivian Chang, Pratap Chaterjee, Bharati Chaturvedi, Stuart Clarke, Gary Cohen, Paul Connett, Allison Cook, Lafcadio Cortesi, Pat Costner, Charlie Cray, Gigie Cruz, Jennie Curtis, Sheila Davis, Ruben DeLuna, Scott Denman, Annie Ducamanis, Valentine Doyle, Madumitta Dutta, Jorge Emmanuel, Merci Ferrer, Omar Freilla, Louis Fox, Robert Gass, Ken Geiser, Jay Golden, Rachel Goldstein, Mike Green, Claire Greensfelder, John Harvey, Richard Healey, Judith Helfand, Von Hernandez, Chris Herrera, Diane Ives, Nityanand Jayaraman, Jayakumar, Van Jones, Heeten Kalan, Juni Kalaw, Josh Karliner, Daniel Katz, Christie Keith, Danny Kennedy, Dan Knapp, Liz Kuehl, Dana Lanza, Ann Larracas, Bobbie Leonard, Gary Liss, Eric Lombardi, Rita Lustgarten, Todd Madere, Firuzeh Mahmoudi, Stacy Malkan, Michael Maniates, Bill McKibben, Donna Metty, Peter Montague, Deborah Moore, Monica Moore, Nick and Sloane Morgan, Jeff Morris, Ralph Nader, Shibu Nair, Pierre-Emmanuel Neurohr, Ross Nover, Dara O’Rourke, Veronica Odriozola, Peter Orris, Lea Palabrica, Eli Pariser, Bobby Peek, David Pellow, Brenda Platt, Erica Priggen, Tom Princen, Jim Puckett, Meena Raman, Mark Randazzo, Katie Redford, Josue Revolorio, John Richard, Vicky Robin, Juan Rosario, Ralph Ryder, Marni Rosen, Jenny Russell, Jonah Sachs, Bittu Sahgal, Peter Sandison, Brandon Schmittling, Kathy Sessions, Robert Shimek, Vandana Shiva,  Damu Smith, Ina Smith, Ted Smith, Heather Spalding, Sandra Steingraber, Dewi Suralaga, Betsy Taylor, Neil Tangri, Beverly Thorpe,  Kay Treakle, Jim Vallette, Mary Lou VanDeventer, Aditi Vaidya, Ka Hsaw Wa, Bill Walsh, Eric Waters, Alan Watson, Don Weeden, Jack Weinberg, Emily Weinstein, JoAnne Welsch, Rob Weissman, Dave Williamson, Monica Wilson, John Young, the guy who lived in that hazardous waste pumping station I visited in Gujarat in 1995, the survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster whom I visited many times, and every, literally, every member of GAIA around the world who include far too many for me to name individually.