1. The 5 stages of the system of how stuff moves or “the materials economy” are:
. Extraction
. Production
Distribution
Consumption
Disposal
2. According to Annie Leonard, extraction is a fancy word for trashing the planet
3. How many decades has it taken to use up 1/3 of our natural resource space? _
3 decades.
4. In this system, if you don’t own or buy a lot of stuff, you don’t have
Value
5. Why would people, especially women of reproductive age, take jobs working in factories where they can be pretty sure there are toxic chemicals?
Because they are looking for work.
6. What is an “externalized cost”?
You actually not buying the stuff, it costs less to produce, from the workers, clean air, factories
7. What percent of the items that you got for Hanukkah or Christmas will still be in use in June? _
99%
8. President Eisenhower said that the American economy’s ultimate purpose is to produce more goods. Why is an economy based on producing more goods a problem?
It make the new fashion to old fashion so people continue baying.
9. “Planned Obsolescence” is another word for
Designed for the dump
10. With “perceived obsolescence”, we think that something is no longer useful to us because
It breaks fast
11. On average, about how many advertisements do we see in one day?
3000
12. Consumption mania exploded in the 1950s. According to the video, what started to decline at the same time?
National happiness
13. What has happened to the average house size in America since the 1970s?
Doubled
14. The average American produces 4 ½ pounds of garbage a day! What happens to this after we put it out on the curb for pick-up?
a. . Put it in hole under the ground.
b. Or burnt it then put it in hole under the ground
15. Why is incinerating or burning our garbage so bad?
Polite air and water and also changing the climate .
16. Why is recycling our waste not enough?
a. some garbage contain toxics designed not recyclable
b. ____the waste that is coming from our houses is just a tip of the iceberg .
17. What does Annie Leonard suggest is a way that we can solve the problem of waste?
Changing the system from liner system to another system.