1. Industrialization & Resource Extraction

2. What is Industrialism?
An economic organization of society built largely on mechanized industry rather than agriculture, craftsmanship, or commerce.

3. “The Story of Stuff” Extraction Production Distribution Consumption
Disposal

4. Another Way? Form into 10 groups
Read & discuss recommendation given to your group
Present recommendation to the class:
Summarize it
Is it a reasonable request within today’s society/culture?
Is it good advice? How could it be improved upon?

5. Another Way? 10 Little & Big Things we can do: Power Down! Waste Less
Talk to everyone about these issues
Make your voice heard
Detox your body, home & economy

6. Another Way? Unplug appliances & Plug in the community
Park your Car & Walk… and when necessary March
Change your Light bulbs… & then change your paradigm
Recycle your trash… or your elected officials
Buy Green, Fair, Local, Used & Less

7. Extraction
Taking the planet’s resources out of the earth for economic purposes.
Dilemma:
We’re extracting more then we need
We’re using unsustainable processes of extraction, damaging the environment
We’re not sharing the resources equally.

8. Production
When energy is used to add toxic chemicals to the natural resources to make toxic products.
Our industrial production systems use vast amounts of natural resources to churn out pollution, work and community health problems and products
Many of which contain toxins that are known to be harmful to human health & the environment.

9. Distribution
Involves transporting and selling products quickly and cheaply.
The goal is to keep:
Prices down
The people buying
The flow of materials moving.

10. Distribution Businesses externalize costs so to keep prices low.
That means that the price tags on consumer products don’t capture the true costs of production and distribution.

11. Consumption Our purchases of consumer products
Current consumption patterns are unsustainable and inequitable and must be changed.

12. Disposal
Virtually all the resources flowing through the materials economy eventually end up as waste to be disposed somewhere, usually dumped or burned or recovered for recycling.
As the volume and toxicity of waste grows, recycling can’t solve the whole problem.
Waste needs to be designed out of the system from the start

13. Works Cited
“Industrialism." Dictionary.com Unabridged. (Random House, Inc). <Dictionary.com Dec.6,2009
Leonard, Annie. "The Story of Stuff Project." The Story of Stuff. (Allegheny College). < Dec.7,2009.
"Overview of the Industrial Revolution." Michigan State University. (Michigan State University). < Dec.6,2009.