System In The Story Of Stuff By Annie Leonard

In The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard discusses the system in which the stuff we buy moves through. This system is called the materials economy. This system is in crisis due to a linear system in a finite planet. This system has limits not in sight. In this system, certain people have more say in making decisions than others - like the government and corporations. The job of the government is to watch out for us; however, corporations are larger than the government resulting in the government taking more care of these corporations. The first stage in this system is extraction which is using natural resources. The limit we are facing today is the scarcity of the resources. ⅓ of all natural resources have been used and all original forests are gone. The United States is using more than their share by taking resources from other nations. The United States does not care for there is this mentality of if you do not own or buy stuff you do not have any value. The next step in this process is the production of the stuff we buy. This creates toxins and we do not know the full impact these toxins have on our health. These toxins end up in the food
It enlightened me to many of the unspoken parts of the consumer market. The world we live in is disturbing; all people only care about having the newest devices. This is only harming the environment and other people around the world. We buy tons, however we are never content. There are always more things to buy. Our planet is fragile and we only have one. This system must be intervened if we wish to persevere the planet. Other people have much less than us and they need more than we do. We should utilize our resources more efficiently and more environmentally friendly. Corporations only care about making a profit and the government simply desire to please the corporations. This cycle is destroying the world. Hopefully, this system can be intervened being with no planet, no economy can