The video mentions dumping of stuff into third world countries. Here is an example -

http://ngopost.org/story.php?title=US_toxic_waste_dumped_at_Indian_port-...

Blog post on the film:

http://www.greenlightdhaba.org/2009/10/story-of-stuff.html

Annie Leonard spent a lot of time thinking about where stuff comes from, how it gets made, and where it goes after we are finished with it. And she made an video explaining her thoughts, which you can watch for free on-line. It will answer questions you may have never asked--like how can some things be so cheap when their component parts came from all over the globe? Who pays for the mining and the shipping--much less the cost of putting it all together and selling it? The best part is, you will actually enjoy this! I kid you not.

Leonard opens with a deceptively simple idea: "You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely." In other words, if you only have one planet, you can't keep taking stuff out of the ground, making it into other stuff and then throwing it away, because sooner or later you will run out of something. In fact, Leonard argues, you will run out of a lot of things, and you will poison a lot of people along the way.

Prizes for young people leading less resource-intensive lives

From: Ujwala Samarth
Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Subject: Eco-blog

Dear Friends,

Open Space is trying to get young people involved in trying to make an effort to lead less resource-intensive lives -- just for three weeks, for a start -- and to blog about it. We are giving a prize for the best blog and the most sincere effort. We have publicised it quite a bit, but the response has been really low. It would be great fun if lots of kids joined in and I think it would really make a difference to them. Please see if you can forward the announcement (attached) to any young people (17-25) you know. It gives information on the project, and suggestions on things they could do. Two blogs have already started -- one by a group from the Dept. of Environment Studies at Pune University and one by a student at Mahindra UWC. Tell any kids who are interested to contact me at ujwalasam@gmail.com. HT Sunday section on Jan 9 carried a cover story called Green Girl -- and I have attached that as well as it gives a good idea of the kind of thing that we are looking for.

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Ujwala Samarth
Programme Coordinator
Open Space

For the attachments, mail Ujwala.