Analyzing Annie Leonard's Video 'Story Of Stuff'

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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” is a quote by Winston Churchill about why human beings should think positively. This quote relates to how Annie Leonard explains her point in her video ‘Story of Stuff.’ The Story of Stuff explains how our unsustainable lifestyle negatively impacts the world. This video explains that everything humans do can affect something else in the ecosystem. For example when resources are removed from the earth it causes harm to the environment. She believes that humans are stuck in an unsustainable linear cycle on how we live. The cycle includes extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. Since humans remove resources from …show more content…

Although Annie Leonard statistics are accurate and she emphasizes them to get her point across her video does not provide a hopeful outlook for the future. A more positive approach to get her point across would be to explain safer ways to extract these resources. An example would be how people can replant trees and limit the number of trees they cut down instead of clear cutting a forest. Therefore, it is important to research safer ways to extract resources to limit the impact on the …show more content…

The video makes it sound like even if we change our lifestyles it will still not be enough to save the planet. In the video it explains how people are using way too much stuff and that this is particularly due to the fact that our economy is set up in a way that makes it more desirable to buy things. During the video Annie Leonard was very opinionated. Her video makes it sound like there is no hope for saving the planet earth. The only thing she talked about in the video is the negative aspects and did not provide her listeners with any hope or an alternative way to help the planet. By only providing negative facts, her listeners may feel discouraged. To make people feel motivated to look for alternative ways to help protect the planet it is important to provide hope that we can change our lifestyles. Therefore, a better way to explain the ‘Story of Stuff’ would be to provide a more optimistic approach and explain how it is possible to save the

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