The story of stuff. Comments.
Annie makes a very good presentation of environmental, political and social problem with vivid animation. I had read a little bit about sustainability but this presentation is clear and full of examples. It’s such true about all our system.
How do you find the example with computer? It was difference in a small detail, but you can not just to change the detail you need to buy a new one and throw away the old model? It’s such true that nowadays it’s cheaper to buy a new staff then repair the old one. The good example is 10 SEK products. The whole shop is full households’ products like cups, glasses, wisps, knifes which cost only 10 SEK. Can you imagine the knife which cost 10 SEK? I guess it has not good quality, but it cost almost nothing.
It’s tragically to realize what kind of food we are eating. It’s tragically to realize that women’s milk has the highest level of toxic contaminants. It’s ironically but even the rich population with millions income is affected. We don’t know how Holland’s tomato, chips, coca-cola and candy “Hubabubba” will influence our children. It’s difficult to motivate child to eat healthy food because children are social creatures, they are eating with their friends in Mc Donalds and are looking on TV advertising. It’s impossible to isolate the child, but it’s possible to educate and explain.
That’s why I like this presentation. I was reading that in American schools this presentation was showing to children and there are parents who are saying that it is anti-capitalistic. Yes, this presentation about minimising consumption is anti-capitalistic. But capitalism is not the ideal form of leading society. This presentation is a great way to raise consciousness about an issue that affects us all. Annie made the proposition how we can improve the system through recycling, minimising consuming and eating home made food. What about the new model of 4 R: reduce, reuse, recycle and relax which can be the basis of our life style?
