The Story of Stuff
March 13, 2010
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute film that takes viewers on a provocative and eye-opening tour of the real costs of our consumer driven culture—from resource extraction to iPod incineration.
It examines the real costs of extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal, and isolates the moment in history where the trend of consumption mania began. The Story of Stuff examines how economic policies of the post-World War II era ushered in notions of “planned obsolescence” and “perceived obsolescence” —and how these notions are still driving much of the U.S. and global economies today.
… + … the story of Cap & Trade, and the story of Bottled Water
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