[Greenbuilding] 99 percent of stuff

[t.keating at rainforestrelief.org]

This is brilliant ? and disconcerting.

This is why Rainforest Relief's main campaign thrust is to reduce  
demand at 'home'.

tim keating


Quoting Jane Talkington <greenqueen at hotmail.com>:

>
> This is a visual of what stuff looks like in perspective, in art.
> The numbers are staggering but it is the visual that shocks you.
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>> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:59:49 -0800
>> From: guy_brad at yahoo.com
>> To: prattb at uwstout.edu; GREENBUILDING at listserv.repp.org
>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] 99 percent of stuff
>>
>> Not sure where they may have gotten this but you
>> should look at Alan Durning's book "The Secret Life of
>> Everyday Things"
>>
>> He has statements such as only 6% of original material
>> on average makes it into final products, most stuff
>> discarded in 2-3 weeks and so on. Measurement is mass.
>>
>> Durning's book identifies these products as "consumer
>> products", which I imagine the US government has a
>> definition for... i.e. disposable goods of limited
>> lifespan or something like that...
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> --- Benjamin Pratt  wrote:
>>
>>> So I watched http://www.storyofstuff.com/, and she
>>> gave a statistic:
>>> "99 percent of the stuff we use is trash within 6
>>> months". But I am
>>> wondering, what is included in this "stuff"? Food,
>>> water, online
>>> movies? And how is it measured? Weight, volume,
>>> monetary value?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ben Pratt
>>> Professor, Design
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