The Age of Consumerism.

I was just chatting on Ravelry, and one of my friends, Lindsay (aka damephoebe) told us all about a great website that has a fantastic little talk about consumerism and the environment and how our societies and earth are in crisis because of this consumerism.  The site to go to is The Story Of Stuff.  It is really well done, talks plain english and would be great to show kids from about ages 9 and up.  It's good for adults too.  I fully recommend everyone going and having a look at the site.  I know that I can't talk - I am such a consumerist, it's not funny.  But I will try,  and recently I have been trying.  I have been buying more things I need from Op shops rather than buying new, & not buying things I don't really need.  I guess the idea is to at least try to remember where this stuff comes from, where it goes and what the real cost of the product is.  That's the least anyone can do.