From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
I’m just so appalled how much time the people in the U.S. can spend in shopping and watching tv. Haven’t you guys anything more fun to do? I don’t understand this.
And why do people really consume that much anyway? Are they really so afraid of other people laughing at them if they don’t have the newest thing? Do they really think they will be happier consuming? It’s not that everyone, including those who made this film, doesn’t want the standard of living to increase.
It’s the fact is that 20 years ago when we were 4.5 billion people we felt we could afford to consume and be wasteful. Now we are 6.8 billion people and everyone wants to consume like us in the west.
Do you really believe it will work to double the number of people AND the consumption/person? Then you’re showing signs of either nativity, grave ignorance or poor math skills!Talking about “economics”. Guess why companies let things manufacture oversees?
Money!!! yes its cheaper. The machines cost the same, although labor force is lower its not the main factor, but there are not any kind of legal requirements. Well everything fine… Talking about economics, I personally wait the day china says “No more T-bonds or $”, maybe than the planet is saved.
