This is one of the best commentaries on the products we use and our impact on the environment and people from developing, consuming and discarding these products. With her simple to understand terms and it’s creative line drawings, Annie Leonard narrates the story presented by the Tides Foundation, Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption and Free Range Studios. On YouTube, it has been split up into chapters, but you can see a smaller, but complete version here.

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See the rest of the chapters as well as a short glossary after the jump.

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Glossary Here is a list of some of the terms mentioned in the video.
Sustainability - A characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely.

Equity - The concept or idea of fairness in economics, particularly as to taxation or welfare economics.

Green Chemistry - Also called sustainable chemistry, is a chemical philosophy encouraging the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.

Zero Waste - Put simply, zero waste is an idea to extend the current ideas of recycling to form a circular system where as much waste as possible is reused, similar to the way it is in nature.

Closed Loop Production - Promotes renewable energy, nontoxic materials in a closed loop and sustainable product design.

Renewable Energy - Uses natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished.

Local Living Economics - Power should be rooted in people and community, not governments and corporations.