The story of stuff is lame and I disliked watching it. Most of what she said was made up and lies. She talks about extraction and says it’s a terrible thing and destroys the environment. She states this like it’s a true fact that every one knows. She does this right at the begging making me thinks she is ignorant, and I really hate stupid people so this makes the rest of the video hard for me to watch. She says “ I know this is hard to hear but it’s the truth and we have to deal with it” storyofstuffproject |
The only reason this is hard for me to hear is because it is not an accurate representation of how her made up system works. Saying it is “the truth” irritates me in about the same way as if I told her to shut up and go back to the kitchen where she belongs. And as far as dealing with it goes the problem will deal with its self when it becomes a big enough problem to be dealt with. Then she starts throwing around pie charts with statistics and percents with ridiculous numbers that if true would mean the world would be crumbling as we speak. The jabs and put downs of the government and large corporations are really distasteful and unneeded in this video. The point of the video in an environmental awareness theme and putting them blame on the government and big business is to easy.
On a side note I don't actually think anyone should be told to go back to the kitchen where they belong.
I disagree, The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard, makes the perspective of a consumer a bit different, because it’s showing in a way the behind the scenes of our “stuff”. The video shows the different issues that our system has and what needs to happen to sustain our world and our natural resources. From externalizing the costs, planned obsolescence, and perceived obsolescence our system learned to trick people into believing more is better, which keeps “the gold arrow”, or, our consumption of products in the high which keeps the companies and government happy. While our National Happiness is declining because even though people are happy for the most part with products, they are unhappy because they have to work more to sustain their lifestyle of consumption. Also when I hear we are running out of our resources and it gives percentages, which worries me a little for the generations to come. No wonder why people are dying of simple things like thirst when just in the United States 40% of our drinking water is undrinkable who’s to say that other places are less. Overall Annie Leonard is making the point that we need to keep recycling but making it happen on a much larger scale, but also we have to take back our government so it’s for the people and not for the companies.
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