1. Why “Stuff” Matters-Part 2

2. “Stuff” Matters We’re using more We’re increasingly dependent on non-renewables Serious environmental effects Generational equity

3. Source: US EPA, 2009 “Stuff” Matters

4. Percent of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source: US EPA

5. A Life Cycle View of “Stuff”

6. Source: US EPA; http://bit.ly/1RPtqOk

7. A Life Cycle View of “Stuff” Source: EPA ; http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/climate- change-waste/life-cycle-diagram.html

8. “Stuff” Matters! Thanks to… Iowa DNR REAP Conservation Education Program Iowa Solid Waste Alternatives Program National Science Foundation-EPSCoR Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality & David Allaway U.S. Environmental Protection Agency