The Story Of Stuff

Silence may be golden, but where, in this noise-filled world of ours, can you truly experience it? Stuart Jeffries heads off to a spiritual retreat in search of some inner peace It's kicking off in the quiet carriage. At Reading, two elderly people get on and the lovely hush that has existed on this corner of the 09.59 from Paddington is over. "Which seats?" barks the wife. Her husband, two ...

Most regional papers have relied on wire copy to tell the story of the 92,000 classified military documents released by WikiLeaks. The Omaha World-Herald , weekday circulation around 150,000, has been one of the few mid-sized outlets to supplement and advance the story with original reporting.

Gabriel Josipovici dismisses the portrayal of Barnes, Rushdie and co as modern literary giants Their mantelpieces might creak under the collective weight of literary gongs but, according to one leading academic, leading contemporary British authors such as Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and Julian Barnes are unworthy of the accolades they receive. In an outspoken attack, Gabriel Josipovici, the ...

Cuda be an enterprise contender Nvidia announced some new CUDA stuff last week, a new developer kit (3.1) and the Parallel Nsight Visual Studio plug-in, both designed to make it easier for ISVs and other coding types to support Nvidia GPUs in their apps. Our pal TPM has a typically detailed story here .…

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Oscar Vazquez will likely read this story. He has the internet. He has a television, too. Then, he'll go off to work at a car parts factory.

President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast today that the government will recover taxpayer money spent to bailout the auto industry and that the U.S. still hasn’t fully dealt with racial tensions.

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Predictable kids' stuff in a remake with Jackie Chan helping out Will Smith's boy, Jaden. By Steve Rose Perhaps they didn't have room on the poster to fit in, "Brought to you by the Hollywood Nepotism Institute and the China National Tourist Office", but it would have been a more accurate description of this remake of the 1980s teen touchstone. The decision to transpose the tale to modern-day ...

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It's no joke, the stuff that is used in cosmetics and so many other products are harmful. Just because you don't understand what Cocoyl Sarcosine is doesn't mean you should ignore it or assume it's safe. Watch the video to get a better ...

This little video, created in 2008 by Annie Leonard, is a great examination of all of our “stuff”. It's since evolved into the Story of Stuff Project, and you can find similar films about the Story of Cosmetics, the Story of Bottled ...

Produced with Free Range Studios and hosted by Annie Leonard, the seven-minute film by The Story of Stuff Project reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry ...

Photo Credit: Christy McDonald Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff project - a series of succinct animated videos explaining the systemic problems with some everyday items - has been a phenomenal success, reaching millions of viewers, ...

Annie Leonard the author of The Story of Stuff tells us the story of how excessive materialism is hurting the planet and affecting our happiness. The Story of Stuff Project's mission to educate and transform the way people use things ...

From its 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 ...

There's this great video called The Story of Stuff which explains the materials economy and talks about the need for sustainable production and consumption and the consequences of our current system. The video is a bit long, ...

We don't even realize it, but the amount of toxic substances stored in the body due to daily exposure can be a cause of health issues. There are many peopl...