The Story of Stuff people would have a field day with this “foraging bag“–something that no one could possibly need. Harvesting your garden vegetables? Take bags from your “to be re-used” collection.
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Designing Products That Don’t Generate Plastic Waste
The Story of Stuff makes a good point here. In truth, both the manufacturers and the consumers play important roles in reducing plastic waste, and the consumer’s role is not limited to recycling. It also includes shopping with waste in …
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The Plastic Age Is a Feature of the American Zeitgeist
The illustration here comes from “The Story of Stuff” project, whose efforts in environmental and social justice are legendary. This civilization is having the devil’s own time dealing with waste plastic. There are now 4 trillion pieces of plastic in …
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Dedication to Environmental Sustainability
You’ll not find a single organization on this planet more dedicated to environmental sustainability via the removal of waste in our lives than the Story of Stuff. I met SoS founder Annie Leonard after a talk she gave a few …
Corporations Pollute, Make Laws To Circumvent Justice
The Story of Stuff Project points out: Corporations that flouted environmental regulations and dumped pollutants into air and water won’t be required to pay the fines they’ve already agreed to during the pandemic. We Americans are getting precisely what we …
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Most People Are Too Desperate To Be Politically Active
What would the American political scene be like if more people had the financial resources and emotional bandwidth required to immerse themselves into it? Think about this, for example:
Infinite Growth on a Planet of Finite Size?
What are the good things about living in the 21st Century, and how does it compare, say, with the late 20th? Are people more honest and trustworthy? Is government more transparent and attuned to the needs of the people it …
Waste-to-Energy: Is It a Waste?
Here’s a video depicting the enormous problem that the Lebanese have with the disposal of their municipal solid waste (MSW). Insofar as it’s part of the venerable “Story of Stuff” project, its central message is that our society simply consumes …
Climate Threat
Pictured here, Annie Leonard of “The Story of Stuff” fame, now the executive director of Greenpeace USA, writes: I’m going to get straight to the point. Donald Trump’s presidency poses an enormous threat to our climate, our environment, and our …
From Frequent Commentor Frank Eggers: Our Throw-away Culture
Today I had to have the condenser fan motor for my air conditioning replaced. The reason? There was no provision to re-oil the bearings. I have run into several situations where motors lacked provision for re-oiling the idea being that …
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