Story of stuff

Story of stuff

Introduction on

Have you wondered where people buy   their stuff from and where it goes after? When we throw it out first their stuff moves to a long system, this system is called the materials economy. This witches extraction, production, distribution to consumption last to disposal as described in the story of stuff .If you think about it a bit more from the beginning you will notice it’s not just those 5 steps they are things more than that with a lot missing and even more this system interacts with the real world .People get the main things to make this system work and government witch are handling all the system money.in the end, this system can’t be maintained over a long time.

Extraction

 Is a word that explains trashing the planet on the earth when we are cutting the trees, we use up all the water and we wipe out the animals? So here we are running out of resources. We use many things from the environment, people cutting forest mountains and removal mining the planet so fast 40 %of water become undrinkable and creates pollution. We are using more than our share people who live here according to the government and corporations which are bigger than the government of some countries are using more than their share, Like the US, they have 5% of the word population they do to the third world is to go and take somebody else land and do the same thing” We can improve our extractive practices to be less harmful to the planet” (Story of stuff, 2007).

Production

Next, the material goes to production what, are happens there we use energy to make toxic and turns them in to a Product production is where things impact of health and environment.   People with no option are moving from their home and place they live in to the cities looking for work no matter its hard it or toxic. “The people who bear the biggest brunt of these toxic chemicals are the factory workers” (Story of stuff, 2007). So do we know then? It’s not just  the resources get wasted her people to the hall community get wasted  one way of prevent from getting the informant less toxic is bye moving the manufacture overseas  getting someone else land but later then the toxic will move to the cities

Distribution 

After than this system will move to distribution is where it going to be transporting and selling the stuff. The goal her to keep the people buying and keep the system flow moving in the right way as their strategy they plan of therefor where it will go to build new things and create more cutting transporting and selling ALL the stuff quickly and cheaply. “The goal here is to keep prices down, keep the people buying and keep the materials flow moving” (Story of stuff, 2007). The tree and build wildlife, cars traffic gases and adding more toxic to the environment.

Consumption

Here when it will go to consumption, or when you say what people consume In a day or any day it will more than what it should be .Maybe because everything it has its own period of time some stuff are designed to be broken in a short time and then you will need to go and buy new one. One example is PCs, they are making new computers with so many new functions and specifications   so the buyer will go and take them. And so many other things that they using manufacturing to let the people eyes go and buy them same as phones and ipad. While more stuff doesn’t bring happiness, we know what does: “family time, health community, collective action towards shared goals” (Story of stuff, 2007). And it true we don’t sit with our family is because we like to spend it out shopping.

Disposal

If we will talk about disposal it is when we buy a lot of stuff in our home and we get bored from it there is the time when we will throw it away and get rid of it.There is so many ways of stopping that one of the ways there is a manufacturing that has the work to do that goop and make the environment safer for us. So it will not pollute the area and the release the toxins out to the air there are some companies that no one wants to deal with, because their ways are unsafe to the environment. “The materials economy eventually end up as waste to be disposed somewhere, usually dumped or burned or recovered for recycling”(story of stuff,2007).

Consumers in the UAE

Use people are highly materialistic society .They spend a lot of money by buying new stuff without think how the stuff made or when it throw where it go they need awakening to choose products wisely and adapt to lifestyle.

Also the consumption effects the environment by create products and produce pollution and waste issues relating to consumption hence also affect environment degradation , poverty ,hunger and even the rise in obesity.

In conclusion

Natural resource is the most important elements in our life to keep our lives safe. The government has the authority to make the life simple and safe for people and in the other side can make it harder and unclear for them. The material economy contains extractions to produce to distribute to consume and to dispose. The UAE trying the best to save the environment and reduce the affective of economic material.

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