Story of stuff
The story of
stuff is a 20-minute film or presentation that shows and exposes many facts
about stuff for the public, but Annie Leonard the presenter of the film thinks
that there is much more than these steps. The public who didn’t see the film,
all they know is the 5 steps (Extraction, production, distribution,
consumption, and disposal. The film includes a lot of facts about T.V and
advertisement; advertisement can be a motive for the viewer to buy the product
that he saw in T.V. This essay will discuss five main things about stuff.
First step
of making stuffs is extraction, well extraction means cutting the trees, taking
woods, fuel, and water, anything from the planet resources. The planet can
renew some of the resources, but the fact is that we are destroying and using
the resources faster than the time that take the planet to renew the resources.
Extraction can also be dangerous for our health, for example the sites of
extraction oil and gas there is toxics. Some countries respect the people and
they make these sites away from crowded cities, but some countries they don’t
care about others health. Toxics can make diseases and asthma.
Next step of
making stuff is production. In production we make things or the resources from
the planet to something with value. The Industrial production has many environment
problems like: climate change, water depletion, waste and toxic pollution. Also
if we use toxics in production systems will keep us getting toxics in our air
and food. These toxics cause many diseases. But on the other hand the
production can be clean and good by designing safety system for the production.
Moreover, they should plane and solve these problems. Also, they should Use materials
and energy judiciously and equitably.
The Third
step of making stuff is Distribution. The Distribution involved in the process
of making a product or service available for use or consumption by a consumer
or business user. It can be quickly and cheaply or slowly and expensively. The energy is a used to transport all the stuff around the world.
Let’s move
to consumption, in consumption we use materials that we bought it from the
shops.(”99% of the stuff we run through this system is trashed within 6
months”)(Annie Leonard). Many consumers get motivated to buy this stuff from
the T.V.
In UAE,
Consumers are more attractive to electronic products or brand products (“More
than 71 per cent of UAE respondents said they would promote a brand's products
and services if there was a good cause behind it.”)(Armina.L)
In the End,
there is always something new to buy. No one can safe from T.V advertises.
Think more before you buy anything from shops, so you don’t waste your money on
useless things.
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