the world is your acorn

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

The Story of Stuff

A co-worker of The Little Red Haired Girl’s just forwarded this to me and I had to post it right away. Teresa at Green Bag Lady makes cloth bags for groceries and the like and will send you one for free, in exchange for your promise to use it instead of plastic. Seems like a pretty good deal if you ask me. She is also looking for fabric donations to help her with this project, so if you have shirts, futon covers, or whatever, send them along.