http://www.thestoryofstuff.com
This is a great site and has really inspired me to live more simply. It is the best and most understandable explanation of why we should all PRECYCLE and think before we buy. What do you guys think?
The Story of Stuff--Have you seen this video?
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Yes this is a great video. It really makes you think and makes you wanna make some cool changes in your life, it did mine. |
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Thanks for the web site. It’s really great info. I will pass it along to many friends. Hopefully it will change the world. |
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Haven’t seen this yet, but has anyone checked out http://www.freecycle.org ? interesting idea there… |
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I was just looking at Free Cycle and it reminded me of this: http://www.timebanks.org/ Time Banks are all about the exchange of skills and resources without any exchange of actual money. They focus on the idea that everyone - no matter how big or small, young or old - has a value in society. It’s pretty interesting, check it out! |
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Hi there! I have been refered to this “story” site before and did not have time to view it. WOW!!! that part where we go to work, we shop, we go to work, we watch TV, we want to shop really explains some feelings I have been having lately… We are so brain-washed and the battle to help un-brainwash ourselves seems so big. I get very passionate talking about trees and nature, and get really upset when people simply don’t care!!! I love this site and the new forums. Sometimes the environmental group seems so small and overridden by the “consuming” minded. I hope to stay energized about the opportunity for the environment to be embraced and cared for!!! Thanks forum users and Jack Johnson. |
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Thankyou for showing us this video. It opened my mind even more. It made me think of how dangerous the products i buy are. My pillow has nuro-tones. This website is so great, it lets people realy speak their mind.
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YEP! AWESOME explanation! |
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So how do you get average people to consider their consumption. I find in this field that when talking of conservations (unless to small kids through educational opportunities) you are really preaching to a choir of people that are environmentally minded. But what about the others… so many people are DRIVEN by STUFF! My neice thinks every day is an opportunity to get gifts (lots of gifts). She is only 3!!!!!! I do not have kids, but I wonder what it may be like competing with the general public while teaching your children that STUFF is not important. I don’t even think that the materialistic people that I know even know they are materialistic. I am forwarding the STUFF video, but I really wonder will it get through? Anyone else feel this way? |
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Yes. I saw this sometime ago and have sent it out to all of my family and friends. My sister is a massive consumer of cheap goods was not amused, but that’s her choice. She could have turned it off. Then again, she thinks that global warming is a joke and there is plenty of oil for everyone. |
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You bring up an interesting point here, I am an 11th grade science teacher and have used this film to try and introduce these ideas about materialism to my students. A handful of them really got the message behind the Story of Stuff, but for others it went completely over their heads...in one ear out the other. After some more searching I found a great interactive website, http://www.footprintnetwork.com/ that walks you through how your lifestyle reflects the amount of resources you consume from the earth, essentially your ecological footprint. After they took the quiz, one of my “materialistic” students really got the message. She asked a simple question and I gave her the answer. “So does doing a lot of shopping for clothes and stuff destroy the environment and make me a bad person?” I rexplained the processes of extraction->production->distribution->consumption->disposal and left the question open for her interpretation. It was after that insight that I realized,"Yes! The message is getting through!” My point is, for some people it takes more than one video . It might take an interactive website: (check it out) http://www.footprintnetwork.com/, it might take a picture of a landfill, or an inspirational celebrity. Everyone is different, but everyone can learn. And if they have a tad bit of an open mind, you just have to find that spark that lights up their bulb. As we acquire more knowledge about these concepts we learn how to interact with others and share the message in a way that people can understand. And I am very thankful to have found this discussion board as it has inspired me to learn from and share this knowledge with others :) |
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Here’s a thought… Fortnutately (unfortunately for people that get it) the price of fuel is reducing the amount of disposable income… Therefore reducing the amount of spending on non essential goods. This is what I am seeing in my community with the low and middle income earners. Less stuff, more carpooling, alternitive lifestyle measures… NOT THAT I support high gas prices, but the price crunch of everything increasing at the same time may make more people think about their impact. Maybe even realize that they really aren’t missing anything with out all that extra stuff! |
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