Pick of the Week: The Story of Stuff

Thanks to my friend Drew Lammy for putting this link up on Facebook. It made me start thinking, and rethinking the way we go through stuff! I am just as big of a consumer of stuff as anyone. We don't all have to go out and buy hybrid cars, or check to make sure every tag of everything we buy is made in America, but there are little things we can do. Tim and I started by replacing our light bulbs with the energy efficient kind of bulbs. We recycle our plastic, paper, glass and cardboard. We started using concentrated laundry soap that last longer, uses less packaging and is better for the environment. Those are all little things that we have done with almost no effort. There are a lot of little things we can be doing to help take care of our world and the people in our world better.

My friend Liz Horn turned us on to using cloth diapers for when Arie Alex gets here. Just using one cloth diaper a day, instead of a disposable diaper, means NOT putting 365 diapers in a landfill in one year. We should value things like thriftiness and sustainability. We should be looking for ways that make us the generation to turn around the bad effects that people have on the planet, and other cultures around. We need to be the generation that raises our children to take care of the planet and people better. Okay that's my two cents. Go watch the video. It will make you think about these things and then pass the website on so that other people can think about these things too.

To watch the full video and learn more goto www.storyofstuff.com