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The Story of Stuff
The story of Stuff. “Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The story of stuff is basically about the causes and effects of production, distribution and disposal on people and the world as a whole. Annie Leonard, an environmental activist clearly states ways companies in the United States misuse our natural resources through deforestation and so many other ways to feed their selfish needs. In the video Annie Leonard, actually criticizes the government and how poorly things work in the production world. She talks about how the government doesn't do much to protect the people’s welfare and also suggests ways the government can get involve and help the people by laying down certain rules and regulations for companies to abide by in order to help prevent health hazards. During her presentation she wisely uses animations and drawings to make her presentation very interesting whiles sending her message across. Most of the stuffs she says about extraction and uneven distribution of money are just simple truth. One captivating part is how she casts light on how companies externalize the true cost of production by paying with our health, natural resources and etcetera. She provides examples by stating how kids in some developing countries are forced into child labor to enable these companies in the United States to secure their natural resources to help them with the production of goods and services. She also points out the fact that Americans consume more, which contributes to the extensive use of the world’s natural resources and also the major increase with our chance of getting sick or acquiring new diseases. She states that the major cause of our enormous consumption is due to the fact that Americans are encourage to shop more to fill in certain voids created during the global war and other numerous disasters that have been happening.

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