The Story of Stuff...
The video above discusses the major process that is happening in the material economy. Most of us thought that this process is just fine but underneath this process, our planet is deeply suffering, some of us are already experiencing this suffering and in the end we will all be suffering if we continue doing this act.
the extraction of stuffs.
We humans are using too much stuff. The more we buy stuffs, the greater damage we are giving the earth and because of this act...
- forests are almost depleted
- water becoming polluted, thus making it unsafe for us to drink.
production of stuffs.
In order to make stuffs cheaper, there is this thing called mass production.
Mass production is capital intensive and energy intensive, as it uses a high proportion of machinery andenergy in relation to workers. It is also usually automated to the highest extent possible. With fewer labour costs and a faster rate of production, capital and energy are increased while total expenditure per unit of product is decreased. However, the machinery that is needed to set up a mass production line (such as robots and machine presses) is so expensive that there must be some assurance that the product is to be successful to attain profits.
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because manufacturers keep on consuming the resources from other places, people who lives there have no more resources for themselves.
which results to leaving them no option but to work for the factories of those manufacturers.
disposal of stuffs.
recycling may help but recycling is not enough.
there are still tons and tons of garbage that is being produced every second.
these wastes are delivered to the dump sites, land fills, etc. and these waste pollute our land, water and contributes to the climate change.
the worst part here is that these waste release toxic gases in the air.
let us not be the reason for the suffering of the earth. let us help our planet regain its life.
