● The Story of STUFF! with Annie Leonard

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We have bought into a system...
● ● ● The Story of STUFF! ● ● ● with Annie Leonard

● ● ● The Story of STUFF! ● ● ● with Annie Leonard
http://storyofstuff.com
From extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes connections between environmental and social issues, and calls us to create a more sustainable and just world.

We have bought into a system, in which buying stuff is our ultimate purpose. We have to change this system. ...first through awareness... then ultimately, to sustainability. Buying less of what we don't need is always important, but the ultimate goal is sustainability. And this goal, we must demand. ...renewable energy, sustainability of products and production - [ Production without Destruction. ]

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● Wal-Mart & Nike: Child Labor

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Wal-Mart and Nike are leading the
way to lowering standards around the world.
Charles Kernaghan interviewed by Harold Channer


Conversations with Harold Hudson Channer
MNN (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) NYC
Charles Kernaghan is the director of the National Labor Committee, an independent, non-profit human rights organization focused on the protection of worker rights (primarily in Central America, the Caribbean, China and other developing countries).
Charles Kernaghan - Air Date: 02-27-02
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyD9PZcGy0
Kernaghan has led numerous fact-finding missions to Central America and the Caribbean to investigate working conditions in the free trade zones.

National Labor Committee
Tel: 212-242-3002
E-mail: nlc@nlcnet.org
Website: www.nlcnet.org

He does not support boycotts (because workers in the developing world need their jobs) but argues for putting pressure on companies to respect the laws that are already in place. If the existing laws are observed; violations will have consequences, workers will have rights, they will be able to organize, and the levels of working conditions and wages will be raised.

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