The Story Of Stuff

Stuff. If you are reading this, you probably have lots of it. Not only do you have lots of it, but you use lots of it. Almost certainly far more than you realize. What you may not (but need to) realize is that you are consume far more than you need to, we all are. Over-consumption is the biggest problem in our society.

Why is it a bigger problem than climate change? Because climate change is just one of the problems that is caused by Over-consumption. You can argue over the existence of climate change or global warming all you like, our way of life is unsustainable. Fact. Dangerous climate change could be prevented with some small but significant changes to the current cycle of stuff.

Here is a very interesting video explaining the way our system works, exploiting our planet and its people. We take so much for granted in the developed world and we are told not to question it. But have you every stopped to think about the stuff you have and buy. If you think $50 is expensive for an mp3 player, have you actually stopped to think about all the different parts that have been extracted and molded and put together and transported from all around the world.

Have you stopped to think how much it would cost you to make the furniture you conveniently buy from the mall, if you had to go to the Amazon to get the wood, pay for the electricity to power the machines to cut it, and pay for the shipping to transport it to your house. Whether its cars, vans, skateboards, shoes, dresses, food… all of these things are made at a cost far greater than you or the manufacturers pa