The Story of Stuff

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#Stuff #consumerism #overconsumption #environment #sustainability

[YiminSun]

Who is still watching this video from 2009 because of online school due to covid 19?

[Josh-dvne]

Online schooling really be making this channels career

[chowdhury]

For anyone doing the Canadian assignment
Distribution: 8:20
Production: 4:45
Disposal: 18:30
Consumption: 10:36
Extraction: 2:40

[matthewgoetzka]

"Recycling is not enough. Recycling will never be enough." Awesome lesson. Feels empowering to understand that reducing and reusing come before recycling.

[JimmyMcneil]

Why're the pictures so high quality when she's stuck in like 140p

[evecarey]

A professor in college showed my class the Story of Stuff Video and it changed my life. Fast forward 5 years and I am a municipal recycling coordinator. Thank you for spreading the word Story of Stuff Project!

[siriusskyhawkentertainment]

no one:

the photos graphics: 1080pHD
Her graphics: 100p

[Noah-ljwq]

People who are watching this:
1% random dudes
5% Teacher
94% pupils who have to watch and summarize it

[ununquadiumjorgensdottir]

the saddest part is that this video is 11 years old, so people are aware of this problem for 11 years now, and so far it's only getting worse instead of better

[awesomenessable]

Her: "And do you know what the two main activities are that we do with the scant leisure time we have?"
Me: "drink and sleep."
Her: "Watch tv and shop."
Me: "oh"

[longnguyenson]

who's here *NOT* because of assignment, but just concerned about our lives & the environment?

[davesyndrome]

you can tell this video is from 2007 because she actually goes to radio shack, _and there's a line_

[aliziadat]

Need a summary? Here you go.
The Story of Stuff is a short and interesting video that shows what happens to the stuff we buy and the set of events or the journey they go through. The video starts by pointing out the fact that all products in the world are controlled by a system that covers the storyline from extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and then finally to disposal. Extraction shows the process of collecting raw materials from natural resources, such as trees, rocks, soil, plants, animals, and so on. The part of extraction in the video displayed how different organizations are consuming materials irresponsibly and without considering that these natural resources need time to be replenished in order to sustain. The following step, production, cover the process that raw materials have to go through in order to be useful. This part of the video details how the production process releases toxins into the air and its impact on the whole planet. Then comes distribution which describes the packaging and delivery of products to vendors around the world. The next step, consumption, in which the consumer now has received the product and is ready to be used. After using the product for a certain life span comes the harshest part of the system which is the disposal of stuff.

Throughout the above steps, the video emphasizes the impact of each step on the planet in general. The economy, for instance, is running out of resources to make products and to maintain life due to the extensive consumption of natural resources by us, the customers. The cost of sold products is externalized which means the amount paid to produce the item has no affiliation with its price, and that has a great impact on the economy as well. The production step shows the greediness of some corporations where they produce products that are designed to fail easily after a certain time or become obsolete/out of date in order to sell more annually. Finally, the video presented a rational solution or at least an encouragement to find safer ways to produce stuff and to consume them.

[liquidsmoothxxo]

My math teacher subjected us top this at 8:00 AM the week before Christmas and we spent the whole day depressed

[noahnielsen]

After watching this video, I can confidently say that it is one of the most eye-opening things I’ve seen in a long time. Not only does the woman state her case by explaining and describing, she also adds a motivational aspect to the story by stating different methods we can use to solve the issue. I could not agree more with what she had to say.
The video does a very good job of showing just how the government has come to focus more on the consumption and production of goods and services, rather than the people. Annie’s voice is very inspiring in that she makes you want to continue learning more about the subject even after finishing the video. Even though consumerism is a very complicated subject, they seem to have found a way to explain the problem in a manner which is interpretable to everyone. Well, I can’t say that for sure but I certainly learned a lot.
In the beginning of the video, Annie compares the government to major corporations, which to me seems like a smart thing to do. Not only did she describe the problem with governments and their so called “consumption-endured visions”, but she also stuck a figure of the government next to a hypothetical corporation, showing how little power the government has compared to them. In the animation, the “little” government looks fragile compared to the almighty corporation. This is supposed to symbolise that modern power comes from how much a country can produce and consume, which is a new phenomenon.

[patrickbrass]

Who is here because of a school assignment?!
I'm in Brazil and I have to summarize the content of this video.

[ZitesNW]

"We see almost 3000 ads a day"
*ADBLOCKING INTENSIFIES*

[Shookey]

Almost 15 years later and the problem has only gotten worse. We need reformation.

[kaislayr]

I can’t believe I have to write a whole paper about this video

[cassidythumbsanton]

I work at the recycling center and I'm sad to report the public is blissfully misinformed about recycling.  1.nobody sorts your garbage, it goes straight to the dump. 2. Plastics 3-7 are essentially never recycled so know they are going to the dump also 3. Even recycling takes a huge amount of energy to transport and reprocess (less than virgin) so don't trick yourself into thinking it is as good as reuse.  It is very healthy if this video makes you feel like the system is out of whack, cause it is, but don't loose hope!