Extraction
What is Extraction?
Extraction is the removal of natural resources from the Earth.
What happens in the refining step of “Stuff”?
Natural resources are mixed with man-made chemicals to create the products we use everyday.
Name a famous North American Retail store.
Walmart, Nike, Apple, etc.
What is a consumer?
People who buy things or CONSUME things and put into the economy.
What does disposal mean?
To throw out or remove.
What are 3 different types of Extraction?
Mining, Hunting, Fishing, Logging, etc.
What items can you think of that are commonly refined?
Metals for cars; Wood for buildings; stones for concrete; fossil fuels for petroleum; etc.
Where do the goods from a retail store come from?
Factories in developing nations.
Who tells us to consume products?
Corporations and the government tell us to consume and purchase more products.
Where does garbage go when you throw it out?
Landfills, incarcerators, and recycling plants.
What is an easier way of saying Extraction according to Annie Leonard?
Trashing the planet.
What does Annie Leonard say is released into the air and products during production?
Toxins
How do prices stay so low in stores?
Employee Exploitation.
Why is it bad that we are consuming so much?
We will eventually run out of resources not only to make them, but to keep living on this planet.
Why is incarceration so deadly to us and the environment?
When garbage with chemicals in the products is burnt, DIOXIN is released and this is a super toxin due to the physical and chemical change to man made products.
Name four natural resources that are extracted.
Fish, Trees, Ore/Rock, Gold, Vegetables, water, animals, etc.
Why did Annie Leonard say Flame Retardant Pillows are so bad?
These pillows have a chemical put in them that is harmful to the brain, this is done in the production process.
Who buys the products from the store?
The consumers. We are the ones who buy the products.
What is the name of the cycle that consumers spend their life in?
Watch-Work-Shop … repeat
What do disposal companies do when they have no more room in their own land to get rid of the garbage?
Take it to other countries.
What is a fancier way of saying Extraction?
Natural Resource Exploitation
What is the name of a product that causes cancer?
Carcinogen is the word we use to describe something that can activate cancer inside of someone
Why is it bad that people are consuming things so quickly?
If people continue to consume things so quickly, there will be a need to raise the production of more things.
Why does watching TV, and Shopping get blamed for consumer’s apathy.
TV tells people what to buy and buying the items makes them spend all their time working to afford it.
What is the irony of the garbage disposal companies?
They create just as much garbage to complete the job as they do clean.