The Story of Stuff

Annie Leonard

Where does all the Stuff really come from and where does it all go. This is a great video about the lunacy of waste and consumption in the developed world, especially the U.S. For example, one avg. can of garbage from an american house requires an avg. of 70 cans of garbage to produce...

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The Story of Cap n Trade

Annie Leonard

Follow up to the popular cartoon, The Story of Stuff, explains how cap and trade is a gimmick that will likely increase, rather than reduce, greenhouse gases by giving free permits to pollute, allowing the notorious bankers to manipulate the new carbon market and allowing 'offsets' that do nothing to reduce pollution in many cases...

The Story of Bottled Water

Annie Leonard

Another great animated video by Annie Leonard and Free Range Studios explains that a lot of bottled water is no cleaner or safer than tap water. In fact, many popular bottled water brands actually use tap water, re-packaged in a pretty bottle that makes it look somehow more healthy. Pepsi's Aquafina is one brand that was recently busted for this practice. The rest of the video is about the incredible cost to the environment of all those plastic bottles, 80% of which are thrown away rather than recycled in the U.S. The obvious answer to the dilemna is to buy locally produced natural spring water that comes in a re-usable dispener that never needs to be thrown away...

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› Cap n Trade earth first

› It takes 16,000 liters of water to make 1lb. of beef water footprint.org

› More important info about water REvEvolution

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