The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff is a short animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods. The documentary is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes sustainability.

The 20minute video presents a critical vision of consumerist society, primarily American. It purports to expose the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. The video is divided into seven chapters Introduction, Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal, and Another Way.The video divides up the materials economy into a system composed of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal. To articulate the problems in the system, Leonard adds people, the government, and corporations. ........

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