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"Story of Stuff Project"

Can shopping save the world? The Story of Change urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.

Check out this PDF from the UK's Agency of Design, entitled Designing with Energy. It provides real learning tools and perspectives that I suspect students would find engaging. It asks, and addresses, questions about our energy lives that we don't even know to ask, like do you know how much energy went into making the chair you're sitting on? The authors of this publication look to improvements in design and manufacturing to reduce the amount of energy embedded in our stuff.

"Increasingly the things we throw away have value. In a consumerist world, with diminishing resources, rubbish is being recycled like never before. The recycling industry is now worth $US500 billion a year and it employs more people worldwide than any other industry except agriculture. Trash is no longer just an environmental problem, it's an economic opportunity. We learn how the stuff of our past is helping to fuel the demand of tomorrow."

"Hands up if you've ever bought a bread-maker or a surfboard only to find it sits gathering dust. If you've got unused resources or don't want to fork out for something you might only use once, collaborative consumption could be the answer. Thanks to the global movement there are now numerous ways to share, rent or swap. Websites bring people together to share meal preparation (mamabake.com), rides (jayride.com.au), offices (hubaustralia.com), clothing (clothingexchange.com.au); holiday accommodation (airbnb.com), skills and knowledge (weteachme.com) and all manner of stuff (freecycle.com)."

"Published on 6 May 2015 This 2-minute "explainer" shows how tiny plastic microbeads are designed to go down the drain and into our rivers, lakes, and oceans and we can do to stop this ridiculous assault on our public waters. TAKE ACTION: http://bit.ly/banthebead"

The community especially for people interested in Recycling in Australia. * Instead of throwing things away and adding to landfill, why not recycle instead? * Get rid of unwanted items for free or swap it for something you need * Get stuff for FREE - help the recycling process by taking things for free off other people's hands (one man's trash is another man's treasure) or request things that you need and someone might give it to you for free"

"The OzRecycle Community is an Australian Recyclers Community helping our environment by reducing landfill."