In Schools, a Cautionary Video About America’s ‘Stuff’

[elleng]

The thick-lined drawings of the Earth, a factory and a house, meant to convey the cycle of human consumption, are straightforward and child-friendly. So are the pictures of dark puffs of factory smoke and an outlined skull and crossbones, representing polluting chemicals floating in the air.

Which is one reason “The Story of Stuff,” a 20-minute video about the effects of human consumption, has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/11/education/11stuff.html?hp

[Fridays Child]

1. I built a lesson around it for my seventh grade social studies class, last year.

Admin accused me of political bias. The truth is not always welcome in public schools. :(

[elleng]

2. Or ANY schools, depending.

People is People, I guess.