The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff is a video that I heard of a long time ago, but never thought to search YouTube for, and therefore didn't see until now.  I think it is brilliant! Everyone should see it.  I'll be watching it again many times.  Annie Leonard does a great job of presenting (I recently did a presenting to camera course and would be quite stoked to do it like her) and the cartooning really helps the mind be engaged for the whole time!  I felt it brought a lot of things I knew and put them into a big-picture package.  It freaks me out how big the problem is, and how much damage has been done, but considering I'd like to teach my children about nature one day I'd like for those statistics not to be much worse than they are now! I'd be so embarrassed if they were - not that it's my fault, but I'd still be apologetic in the same way you can be sad for anyone else on anything that's unfortunate for them.  I can accept how it is now, and am optimistic.  The challenge of reversing these unacceptable trends is something that excites me, and the wide variety of industries and processes where sustainable practice is required is another bonus, because it means that I can live a life of variety (which my broad interest base requires) whilst always working towards the same purpose.