Story of stuff is a video made by Annie Leonard who has been looking up for 10 years about where all the stuff we buy comes from and where it goes when we throw it out. She says that in the planet is set “the materials economy” that is composed by five stages: extraction‚ production‚ distribution‚ consumption and finally disposal. However‚ this system is in crisis because it’s a lineal system and we live on a finite planet‚ therefore we can’t keep this system indefinitely. We
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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
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Fight for Animal Rights In the article “Fighting Over Animal Rights‚” David Masci from the CQ Researcher‚ asks the question‚ “Are animal dissections and vivisection still necessary as teaching tools?” Pat Graham is against dissection and responds to Masci’s question. In his first paragraph he makes his claim by stating‚ “The burden is on those of us who oppose dissection to illustrate that alternative methods in no way lessen academic standards.” Graham argues that no schools‚ except medical
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extinction looms. Well‚ not complete extinction. Obviously tigers will continue to exist in Las Vegas for many years to come. And in Asia there are so many backstreet big cat farms that they outnumber cows. But they will cease to exist in the wild. Right. And what are we supposed to do‚ exactly? Send an international force tooled up with the latest night-vision gear and helicopter gunships to hunt down and kill the poachers? Really? And what are these mercenaries supposed to say to the locals? “Yes
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In “Story of Stuff” narrated by Annie Leonard generally discusses how materials flow through the economy on how and why. The materials of economy go through a system starting out with extraction which leads to production and after they make the materials it then gets distributed which is called distribution. Consumers then buy these products which is called consumption‚ and after they purchase it and make use of it then it goes to the trash can which is called disposal. These five steps of how materials
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The story of stuff introduces the lifecycle of material goods and exposes the critical of excessive consumerism. Our commercials nag us to buy something. Then the consumption urges us to go to work to pay for the stuff we have bought. We are working harder in order to pay for more stuff and feel better. But there is a problem that what happens to all the stuff we bought and then threw away. The stuff changes to garbage and either gets dumped in a landfill or burned in an incinerator. Either way‚
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for now the year is 2013; my 35th birthday is more than 7‚000 days away. The way I take things‚ and most high school students take things‚ is one day at a time. I know who I am now‚ but what will I be tomorrow‚ or the day after that? Will I make the right choices‚ succeed in my activities‚ and accomplish my goals? Only time will tell‚ but in 20 years I see practically a brand new me. I would have already graduated college and been well into my Career as a Cosmetologist‚ trying out new hairstyles on
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AUTOMOBILE GROUP 1 Maruti Suzuki India Limited – Analysis report AUTOMOTIVE MISSION PLAN 2006 – 2016* To emerge as a destination of choice in the world for design and manufacturing of automobiles and auto components with output reaching a level of USD 145 Billion accounting for more than 10% of the GDP and providing additional employment to 25 million people by 2016 * Source - Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Govt of India undertaking) Maruti Suzuki India Limited – Analysis report
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* 1. Company’: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL‚ formerly known as Maruti UdyogLimited) is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation‚ Japan. MSIL has been the leader ofthe Indian car market for over two and a half decades. The company has twomanufacturing facilities located at Gurgaon and Manesar‚ south of New Delhi‚ India. Boththe facilities have a combined capability to produce over a 1.2 million (1‚200‚000) vehiclesannually.Maruti Udyog Limited (MUL)‚INDIA’s finest and Asia’s largest automobile
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MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD. Maruti Suzuki India Limited manufactures‚ purchases‚ and sells motor vehicles and spare parts primarily in India and internationally. It offers 15 brands and approximately 150 variants‚ primarily including passenger cars‚ vans‚ utility vehicles‚ sedans‚ SUVs‚ MUVs‚ and life utility vehicles. The company is also involved in the facilitation of pre-owned car sales‚ fleet management‚ and car financing. It operates through a sales network of 1‚100 outlets 801 cities; and 2
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