“The Story of Stuff” is a short film that I highly recommend. It’s hosted by a woman who spent ten years of her life traveling the world and researching how consumer goods get into our hands. It follows the five basic stages of consumerism: extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal.
The film reveals some very interesting things about what happens as a result of our consumers’ culture. I think everybody should see it because it actually makes you feel like you should do something, rather than certain other films, which simply make you feel depressed about the planet (*cough* Inconvenient Truth *cough*).
You can find out all about it at www.storyofstuff.com. To watch it on Youtube, go to these links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZMTY4V7Ts (Part 1 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbSaBH0_1M&NR=1 (Part 2 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoJDDiJohKY&NR=1 (Part 3 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swtYy80B-LE&NR=1 (Part 4 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUeMVt3stAo&NR=1 (Part 5 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdyV5W-9M_w&NR=1 (Part 6 of 7)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zam9DZ43Cl0&NR=1 (Part 7 of 7)