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    The document is a worksheet for the video "The Story of Stuff" which discusses the lifecycle of materials from extraction to disposal. It contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts from the video including: 1) The 5 stages of the materials economy, 2) How much of our natural resources have been wasted, 3) How many planets would be needed to support current US/Australian consumption rates, 4) Threats from toxic waste and chemicals, 5) Issues with "planned and perceived obsolescence", 6) Declining levels of happiness despite increased consumption, and 7) Problems with waste disposal methods like burning and limitations of recycling.

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    The document is a worksheet for the video "The Story of Stuff" which discusses the lifecycle of materials from extraction to disposal. It contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts from the video including: 1) The 5 stages of the materials economy, 2) How much of our natural resources have been wasted, 3) How many planets would be needed to support current US/Australian consumption rates, 4) Threats from toxic waste and chemicals, 5) Issues with "planned and perceived obsolescence", 6) Declining levels of happiness despite increased consumption, and 7) Problems with waste disposal methods like burning and limitations of recycling.

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    The document is a worksheet for the video "The Story of Stuff" which discusses the lifecycle of materials from extraction to disposal. It contains 17 multiple choice and short answer questions about key concepts from the video including: 1) The 5 stages of the materials economy, 2) How much of our natural resources have been wasted, 3) How many planets would be needed to support current US/Australian consumption rates, 4) Threats from toxic waste and chemicals, 5) Issues with "planned and perceived obsolescence", 6) Declining levels of happiness despite increased consumption, and 7) Problems with waste disposal methods like burning and limitations of recycling.

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    Some key takeaways are that a third of natural resources have been trashed in recent decades and 2000 trees are lost in the Amazon each minute.

    Health care, education, safe transportation, sustainability, and justice are some social and community interests being neglected.

    'Planned obsolescence' means making things useless quickly while 'perceived obsolescence' means convincing people to throw out still useful items.

    The Story of Stuf worksheet

    Watch the video download The Story of Stuff with Annie


    Leonard and answer the following questions to check your listening
    and understanding:
    1.Copy the sketches of the 5 stages of the materials economy
    2.

    Extract
    To get a
    ion

    substance
    from
    another
    substance

    Product
    Process
    ion of
    making
    product

    Distribu
    To
    give out
    tion

    (sell) goods

    Consump
    The use
    tion
    (eating or
    drinking) of
    something

    Dispo
    Tosal
    remove

    much of our natural resources have been trashed in the last few
    decades?
    ANS. About 1/3 (one-third)
    3.How many planets are needed to support current rates of
    consumption in the US and Australia?
    ANS. About 3 to 5 planets
    4.How many trees are being lost in the Amazon each minute?
    ANS. 2,000 trees
    5.What is being added to the production system that is created
    dangerous waste products?
    ANS. They add energy to make toxic chemicals.
    6.What food is at the top of the food chain and threatening
    the health of future generations?
    ANS. Human breast milk
    7.What is meant by externalizing costs of production?
    ANS. The real cost of making stuff arent captured in the price.
    8 Who is paying for the real cost of cheap electronic
    equipment (i.e. the $4.99 radio)? List three groups at least.
    ANS. 1) People who pay with the loss of the natural resources
    space
    2) People who pay with the loss of the clean air with
    increasing asthma
    and cancer rates
    3) People who pay by having cover on their own health
    insurance
    9a. How much material is still in the system after 6 months?
    ANS. 1%
    9b. Where have the remaining materials gone?
    ANS. It will be a trashed.
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    of 3

    H
    o
    w

    10. When did the modern consumer economy come into being?
    Why?
    ANS. After World War II, because the government and corporation
    want to ramp up the economy

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    of 3

    11. According to Annie Leonard, what are some of the social


    and community interests being neglected while we are busy
    consuming stuff?
    ANS. Health Care, Education, Safe Transportation,
    Sustainability, and Justice
    12. What do these terms mean? Give an example of each.

    planned
    obsolescence to make stuff to be useless as quickly as
    possible

    For
    Example things that use for once such as Plastic Bag, Coffee
    Cups, DVDs, Cameras, Mobs, or even Computers

    perceived
    obsolescence to convinces us to throw away stuff it is still
    perfectly useful

    For
    Example change the way the stuff looks, fashion
    13a. What is happening to the levels of measured happiness?
    ANS. The national happiness is actually declining
    13b. What reasons are given?
    ANS. The national happiness is actually declining because we have
    more stuff, but
    we have less time for the thing that really make us happy
    14. Draw or summarize the steps in the treadmill.
    ANS. We shop and buy stuff, go to work and use the stuff, rest at
    home, and shopping again on the weekend like a cycle.
    15.
    One solution which many countries use to deal with
    increasing waste is to burn it. What problem is associated with
    burning rubbish?
    ANS. Air pollution, water pollution, climate change, makes new
    toxic such as dioxin
    16. How does recycling help?
    ANS. Recycling reduces the garbage and it reduces the pressure to
    mine in harvest new stuff.

    17.
    Why is recycling not enough? (Clue: How many
    rubbish bins are needed to produce one bin of recycled
    materials?)
    ANS. Because much in the garbage cant be recycled because
    it contains too many toxics or its not designed to be
    recyclable in the first place

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