STORY OF STUFF
THE MATERIALS ECONOMY
THE MATERIALS ECONOMY
The Project:
You have learned about some of the problems with our "materials economy" and you have learned how to use the software Comic Life. Now you are going to create a comic strip which educates young people about one concept or idea you learned in the documentary "The Story of Stuff". Do some research on any one of the issues below and create a comic strip to teach others your age about your topic. Be sure to go back to the documentary “The Story of Stuff” and click on the “Learn More” links.
The Steps:
1. Choose a Topic from the documentary that interests you (i.e. a problem like “extraction” or a solution like “saving forests”).
2. Research and take good notes about your topic.
3. Use Comic Life to create your comic strip about your topic. When making your comic strip, be aware of your purpose (to educate about one idea from the documentary) and your audience (young people).
Free Copy of Comic Life at http://plasq.com/comiclife-win
PROBLEMS:
1) EXTRACTION:
-“we are running out of natural resources”
-“coltan in the Congo”
2) PRODUCTION:
- How safe are the 100 000 Synthetic chemicals used in production?
- “Toxics In Toxics Out”
- B.F.R.’s Brominated Flame Retardants
- Human Breast Milk has the Highest Level of Many Toxic Contaminants.
- Toxic Pollution from Production
3) DISTRIBUTION:
- Externalized Costs: How They Keep the Prices Down and the Products Moving
4) CONSUMPTION:
- A Nation of Consumers
- 1% of All Products are Still In Use 6 Months After Being Purchased
- Planned Obsolescence “Designed for the Dump”
- Perceived Obsolescence “Change How Stuff Looks”
- “Work…Watch….Spend” Treadmill
5) DISPOSAL:
- “We each make 4.5 pounds of garbage a day”.
- Garbage Dumps (Landfills) and Incinerators
- Dioxin: the most toxic man made substance
- 1:70 Ratio of Garbage at Home and Garbage at Production
- Some Garbage Cannot be Recycled
SOLUTIONS:
- Saving Forests
- Clean Production
- Labour Rights
- Fair Trade
- Conscious Consuming
- Blocking Landfills and Incinerators
- Taking Back Our Government
- Sustainability
- Green Chemistry
- Zero Waste
- Closed Loop Production
- Renewable Energy
- Local Living Economies
PROBLEMS:
1) EXTRACTION:
-“we are running out of natural resources”
-“coltan in the Congo”
2) PRODUCTION:
- How safe are the 100 000 Synthetic chemicals used in production?
- “Toxics In Toxics Out”
- B.F.R.’s Brominated Flame Retardants
- Human Breast Milk has the Highest Level of Many Toxic Contaminants.
- Toxic Pollution from Production
3) DISTRIBUTION:
- Externalized Costs: How They Keep the Prices Down and the Products Moving
4) CONSUMPTION:
- A Nation of Consumers
- 1% of All Products are Still In Use 6 Months After Being Purchased
- Planned Obsolescence “Designed for the Dump”
- Perceived Obsolescence “Change How Stuff Looks”
- “Work…Watch….Spend” Treadmill
5) DISPOSAL:
- “We each make 4.5 pounds of garbage a day”.
- Garbage Dumps (Landfills) and Incinerators
- Dioxin: the most toxic man made substance
- 1:70 Ratio of Garbage at Home and Garbage at Production
- Some Garbage Cannot be Recycled
SOLUTIONS:
- Saving Forests
- Clean Production
- Labour Rights
- Fair Trade
- Conscious Consuming
- Blocking Landfills and Incinerators
- Taking Back Our Government
- Sustainability
- Green Chemistry
- Zero Waste
- Closed Loop Production
- Renewable Energy
- Local Living Economies
Here is an Example:
Here is the Rubric:
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