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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance by Michael Braungart, William McDonough

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance runs 7.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alan Sklar (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.7listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance at common listening paces
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30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.7 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf

622 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance is an audiobook by Michael Braungart and William McDonough: a 7.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Sklar, released April 29, 2013, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.7 hrs
Narrated by
Alan Sklar
Released
April 29, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781452682310

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance as an audiobook?

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance runs 7.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance?

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance is narrated by Alan Sklar.