I thought that I’d share a video I recently saw on the internet, The Story of Stuff is a 20 minute video that you can watch online.

I like it, because it succinctly and clearly describes the consumption based model at the heart of our economy and the environmental choices and alternative values that we frequently externalize to make the stuff that we buy seem less costly – only in terms of dollars and cents.

Annie describes it very clearly and I really encourage you to take the 20 minutes to watch this thought-provoking online video by clicking the photo or link above.

And consider the post below, Consequences of Overconsumption : Local & Global costs of livestock production, to think about how livestock production throughout the world, and even in our Western backyard, significantly contributes to this unsustainable model.