The Story of Stuff

Ever look at all the stuff around you and wonder why so much of it seems new; from your clothes to your computer to your furniture? Wonder no more. I just found an AMAZING site: The Story of Stuff. Remember An Inconvenient Truth? That was a pretty good movie. It opened our eyes to a lot of things. Not only is the 20-minute Flash movie on the main "Story of Stuff" page better than the entire 2-hour Al Gore slide show, the topic is so much more urgent. It takes you on a tour of the story of all our stuff: from resource extraction to production to distribution to consumption to destruction, and tells us why we have to stop. Though it slows down occasionally to comment on the foreign policy of the US; and sling mud at the advertising industry, the whole thing works to an astounding degree. If you're going to see only one website this year, there's something terribly wrong with you. And make it this one.