The Story of Stuff

Every wonder why as soon as we buy something a newer model comes out on the market and what happens to all the products we're finished with? Well Annie Leonard has spent 10 years of researching the environmental impact of consumption and produced a fantastic video that everyone should watch. http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

If you don't have time to watch it all right now, you can read the pdf fact sheet.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/pdfs/annie_leonard_facts.pdf