Annie Leonard: The Story of Stuff

An eye opening inquiry on the world's most hotly debated topic. Leonard is able to expose the inner workings of the linear system of production and its true cost to society. Here, we can truly understand the impact of design in terms of global health. With such a throw-away take upon products, the true extent of power of the design world is able to use to govern societal trends becomes apparent.

Leonard induces a deeper understanding of the production cycle where she highlights obsolescence as one of the key strategies forced upon consumers to keep industries alive. From here, the flow on effects disperse throughout subsidiaries of the process, affecting the labourers and environments in the immediate location of production. Such an insight poses questions of guilt and blame, not only for the minds behind this movement but more so for the naive public who's lifestyle has unwittingly been determined by it.

We are now able to grasp the reality of the situation and allow this evidence to truly be encapsulated within our works and theologies that govern them. Where society stands at this time may seem grim, but our role as conscientious people with the ability to better the world's health and environment has potential to save us.