The story of stuff reflection

After watching three of the videos posted on Moodle a large paradigm shift took place in my foresight towards the big picture of the production of stuff. To be specific, the story of stuff video, the story of electronics and the story of cosmetics were very influential. The video of the story of stuff gave a larger overview of the message that they tried to get across. Which is the linear usage of 'stuff' in which it starts at the forests and ends in the dumps. Within these stages are many steps through which a large population of people and natural habitats are harmed. As the video states that the problem with a linear system in a changing world is that it is not sustainable. On the long run it is impossible to have the US on its own use up a third of the World's natural recourses, or continue to throw our garbage in the land fills. The natural recourses will eventually eradicate and the space for landfills will finish up. The question is if we will even be alive when that happens due to the numerous toxins that are released in the production line and the waste landfills. The number of electronics and stuff we use is not sustainable we might be able to continue for the next ten years but after that we will be really affected. The question is what world are we preparing for the generations to come?

As far as interesting news I found, I think that most of the facts in the videos was interesting, new and very shocking! Makes one stop for a second and think of the future and what will happen. Also what we are doing to our environment and the people that live else where. Just because we don't see them suffer doesn't mean that we should not care! I think that in the future I will be more interested in participating in the activities that help the environment. Simply, recycling our water bottles in school or recycling the paper would help. Specially in Kuwait where recycling is not taken seriously by most people. However, they should because from what I see is that for such a small country a lot of waste is being created and dumped. There is also a large usage of electronics with Kuwait being a rich country. The people try to keep up with latest fads and sometimes forget about where our old electronics go... Overall I think Kuwait should take more care towards recycling and helping Kuwait be more green!