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Course: Human Behavior in Social Environments (RELATED TO: SOCIAL WORK)
Video: https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/
In The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard does not refer explicitly to all the sustainability concepts, but the video addresses their meaning. For each of the sustainability concepts listed below, provide an example from the video to illustrate how the concept is addressed or illustrated in the video.
Concept 1: Equity: Serves to guide human endeavor and is not just a topic for philosophy.
Concept 2: Limits: Ecological limits and social ties should inform the scale of human activity.
Concept 3: Ecological health: Regeneration of ecosystem services is essential for sustainability.
Length: Approximately 75-100 words for each concept; total of 225-300 words.
Explanation / Answer
Equity: It is cost of manufacturing products in the industry with selling at cheap prices like a radio, set at a price of 4$. Its real price of assembling is much more. It includes cheap plastic from China, oil from arabia, and assembling in companies. These radio sets cost of manufacturing is much more as compared to their cost of selling in the shopping marts. There is an assembly line system for manufacturing of products with job opportunities. It involves setting up of industries, companies and shopping malls on a large scale.
Limits: The land is made available for setting up and construction of various industries. This includes the cutting of forests. These lands are used ahead for setting big companies and industries with automated machines for manufacturing of various products on an industrial scale. There are various partnerships between industries for settinp up big products manufacturing industries on a large scale.
Ecological health: The manufacture of chemicals used on pillows causes harm to the health of people while sleeping. These chemicals are absorbed in the body and reach the digestive system of baby after breastfeeding from mother. There is a lot of garbage and waste products which are left in the open environment. The release of toxic chemicals like dioxin into the environment is causing harm to the ecosystem with changes in the climate. There should be incineration and burning of waste products which prevents the disturbances in the ecological equilibrium. There should be a regular recycling of waste products after consumption.