Go to this site to check out this viral video on “The Story of Stuff“.  It’s about 20 minutes long but communicates the key messages of extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal with brilliant simplicity.
Below is one of my favorite segments of the video,

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Check out this six-minute speech delivered to the United Nations by twelve-year old Severn Cullis-Suzuki (Canadian environmental activist David Suzuki’s daughter). This was taped 15 years ago and it is still a riveting message.

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No, I’m not quite a vegetarian yet, but my wife and I have definitely been trying to consume in a more sustainable way.
We went to a farmer’s market that turned out to not be too far from our home and bought a whole bunch of local grown food, and we’ve had four vegetarian dinners in [...]

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After watching the “Earthlings” documentary my wife and I have been taking stock of what we eat and how we live again.
I bought a Moby CD over ten years ago, that included the facts below in the liner notes. For some reason they actually mean something to me now.
FACTS THAT I’VE COLLECTED:
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I just saw the film Earthlings.  Actually I think I turned away for about 90% of the movie, and of what I did see and hear, I seriously doubt I’ll ever be the same.
I got it from my local library, I’m not sure if there was a really wide release of it, but I did [...]

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This looks old, but it’s a new to me. Discover the lies we tell ourselves about the meat we eat at the Meatrix.
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