The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard

This is a fabulous video that provides an overview of our consumption-driven wasteful economy and describes it as a system in crisis. It comes from an American perspective and the NY Times says , "it has been embraced by teachers eager to supplement textbooks that lag behind scientific findings on climate change and pollution."

This video, though simplistic (as is necessary when describing a global system in 20 minutes) is essential viewing. It is an essentially accurate representation of the problem we face as a global society. And it represents one of the key ways in which technology in the classroom can have a beneficial and sustaining effect on society as a whole.

The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard