The Story of Stuff

[Songdog]

Have you ever wondered how your fancy new iPod was made, or maybe where your computer came from? It came from all over, but we're not the ones to pay for it.

This is a very informational video I suggest that everyone watch. It really explains a lot and will indeed make you more conscious about what you buy, throw out, and waste. We watched it in our AP Environmental Science class. It will only take a few minutes of your life. I suggest you send it to your friends and family and classmates to make them more aware of how "stuff" comes to be.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

The video does address some political issues of the United States, but they are at least somewhat factual and do not make up the bulk point of the video. When it comes to the environment, politics were always be involved in some way. I still think the value of the video outweighs the political stuff in the video.

[orangeonfire]

An interesting video and site. I plan to share it in English class, as it holds some relevance the book we just finished.

And I am never gonna chew on my pillow again.. Thank you for posting this.

[crow_noir]

*sigh* wish I could "save" this thread with out having to post something. Nothing to reply yet since I can watch the video on my connection.

It is sad where stuff comes from.

Chocolate ruins the lives of so many people. Look for "fair trade" chocolate if you HAVE to have some. The chocolate industry is just as bad as the diamond industry.

And then there is the issue of how bad the construction of the batteries for some of the hybrid cars pollute the area they came from. (I forget what it was, but they were directly poisoning either the ground and plants or the water sources.)

[Captain Price]

Thanks for showing the video!

[NoodleTheAnything]

i've seen the video. it's sad that we buy too much stuff and pollute the earth and kill trees and on and on i'll go.....

[April]

XD lol, we just finished learning this stuff in Social class. :3

[WildFire]

Wow, that is a very motivational video. Thanks for sharing this, Songdog! I will definitely be sharing this with friends and family :3

[NoodleTheAnything]

yeah, my uncle gave a e-mail to us about The Story of Stuff. that's how i heard about it.

[Quivira]

Thanks for posting this, Songdog! Once school begins again, I will ask one of my teachers to show this to the class, as I find it very interesting. =3

[Dewfrost]

I might ask my Geography teacher to put this on for us in class. She can't say it's not relevant, because we're doing about the Environment and how we can save it at the moment. Maybe some of my classmates will pick up a few tips from this video, eh? (^_-)

[Wolf runner]

Wow Songdog. That's really enlightning. Thanks for sharing it.
I've got to ask my social studies teacher to show this.

[Blueheart43]

wowo songdog this really made think about most of the things that i do that could be changed to do better things thx for posting this

[Memories]

Wow Songgydoggy, your right i do have a different view on things.. i almsot feel guilty for owning an ipod now.