Lou Dobss was complaining about this being shown in schools in a article about politicizing public schools. The effect has been free advertising for it.
http://www.storyofstuff.com/
I think it should be required viewing. Socioeconomics 101.
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I agree with you Bill, except Dobbs has begun to really get on my last nerve.
Great video!
I head there were a few programs that allow someone to track their trash if they live in major cities.
Great video!
I head there were a few programs that allow someone to track their trash if they live in major cities.
QUOTE(heart @ Sep 24 2009, 09:43 PM) 
I agree with you Bill, except Dobbs has begun to really get on my last nerve.
Great video!
I head there were a few programs that allow someone to track their trash if they live in major cities.
Dobbs has been obnoxious, especially in recent years. But in a roundabout way, even though he's conservative, he helps liberals more than conservatives with his support of the middle class and rejection of corporatism. This latest complaint of his has turned out to be a nice advertisement for The Story of Stuff. I guess there really is no such thing as bad press.
Great video!
I head there were a few programs that allow someone to track their trash if they live in major cities.
He's complaining about it again tonight.
I think I figured it out. Lou supports the middle class in America, but doesn't care much about global issues or the environment.
I think I figured it out. Lou supports the middle class in America, but doesn't care much about global issues or the environment.
I guess Lou just wanted to advertise for the critique video.
Even if The Story of Stuff is not 100% factually accurate, I'm glad it has people talking about real issues.
Even if The Story of Stuff is not 100% factually accurate, I'm glad it has people talking about real issues.
I must say, the critique video made some strong rebuttals. It probably would have been more effective without the name-calling. I see these two arguments as sound within their own philosophy. It depends on how you define quality of life. Lee Doren defines it as having more. Annie Leonard defines it as needing less. I come down somewhere in the middle. I don't mind having more if it truly makes my life easier. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. If having more means other people have to have less, I'd rather have less.
QUOTE(billfmsd @ Sep 25 2009, 07:56 PM)
I must say, the critique video made some strong rebuttals. It probably would have been more effective without the name-calling. I see these two arguments as sound within their own philosophy. It depends on how you define quality of life. Lee Doren defines it as having more. Annie Leonard defines it as needing less. I come down somewhere in the middle. I don't mind having more if it truly makes my life easier. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. If having more means other people have to have less, I'd rather have less.
I haven't seen either video but it sounds like a topic I would be interested in. There are several attempts underway to develope an alternative to the Gross National Product (GNP) Index as a measure of how well we are doing as a country. One effort is Legatum Prosperity Index. This is an attempt to express Quality of Life as a
ratio of Personal Happiness divided by the size of the Environmental Imprint required to maintain it. This puts the
US near the bottom of the distribution of 100 countries studied...
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