the story of stuff

So my first blog is a link to a little movie called 'The Story of Stuff'.

http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

For my arabic speaking friends go to:
http://www.storyofstuff.com/international/


Some of you may have seen it. Some may not have. Even if you have already seen it, watch it again. It's a powerful little clip and it's full of some devastating information about where our stuff comes from and what it is actually doing to the world.

A few facts:

The U.S has 5% of the worlds population but uses 30% of the world's resources and creates 30% of the world's waste. (quoted in Global Environmental Issues by Frances Harris (2004).

If everyone consumed the way the US does at the moment, we would need 3-5 planets to keep up with demand!

In the past 30 years 1/3 of the world's natural resources have been used!!!!!


So this is just an intro into consumption and next week we'll start looking at ways we can do small things to help.

Carly