Mordant Belle

In the spirit of Tax Day, where everyone begins to wonder where all their money goes…watch an introduction to a simple but excellent 20-minute movie on the sources and solutions to consumption and sustainability: The Story of Stuff!

It’s smart, funny, and informed; Annie clearly knows her stuff. [Horrible pun horribly intended. Ha!] I love it when smart women give us such smart material; we hear too much bullshit from overblown PR spokespeople. She explains both simply and intelligently (how many people successfully pull THAT off???) the historical, political, economic, and biological facts about consumption, as well as providing solutions to help keep us from…you know…sucking the life out of our planet.

Watch!

For me, at least, this is just an excellent explanation of everything that is so fucked up with capitalist/corporate America today. It is the first, but certainly not the last, in the “Dumb USA” category, reserved specifically for examples of uniquely American stupidity, self-centeredness, and greed.

You can view the whole movie and download it for free from storyofstuff.com, as well as see her blog, source material, and other resources.

Thanks to the amazingly hilarious blog, Stuff White People Like, for the lead to this most excellent video.

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