I just ran into Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff. Given the discussions about sustainability that we’ve had here I think it’s necessary viewing. The contents can be debated to some degree, as can the format of the presentation. It’s also a bit of a downer, but hey, not everything about sustainability can be all fun and games, eh?!

Anyway, TSoS is compelling and getting more relevant every day (the presentation was created almost 2 years ago).

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

If there is a bright side to all this it’s that the current economic climate is going to force at least some people to think in globally sustainable terms (vs. only about local benefit). Hopefully the concepts of sharing, and peer-based community will gain sufficient traction to start making a change to the winner-takes-all system we’ve currently got in place.