The Story of Stuff
This is truly eye-opening and inspiring:
So much so, in fact, that — I’ll admit it — I cried a little bit at the end.
It’s just so OBVIOUS! And so sad. That treadmill we are all on. Work, watch TV, consume.
But at the same time, it offers hope. A way out.
Actually I think this is better than An Inconvenient Truth. I’m not knocking An Inconvenient Truth. That movie did impact me.
I’m now using cloth diapers, buying my produce from a local organic farm CSA program, and thinking about getting my car converted to a plug-in electric (actually that one I owe to Who Killed the Electric Car?).
And the further down the rabbit hole I go, the more inspired I get to make even bigger changes. A place in the country with a cow and some chickens. And alternative energy sources. Maybe homeschooling. Definitely organic vegetable gardens.
Who needs TV when there’s chickens to feed and butter and cheese to be made?
Speaking of TV, this reminds me of that PBS show I loved. It was a reality show on PBS that came out in 2002 called Frontier House. It was such a good show. The story of a few real American families who were chosen to live in 1883 on the frontier.
What struck me most about that show was, as hard as life was, many of the people missed their frontier days after it was over. They wanted to go back.
As I get older, I find that less really is more and there is such beauty in simplicity. For relaxation, I enjoy reading and cooking and going for walks and breathing clean air and taking a nice bath. I can’t remember the last time I was in a shopping mall. And there is less and less on TV that appeals to me.
Anyway, watch The Story of Stuff. It takes 20 minutes. And it could change your life.
