The Process
For the People
Random Mando
US Statistics
Big Bo$$
100
What is the first step in the story of stuff?
Extraction
100
What did president Bush say after 9/11?
Shop!
100
What are Brominated Flame Retardants (BFR) used on?
Computer, appliances, couches, mattresses, pillows etc.
100
How much Federal tax money goes to corporations?
50%
100
How do companies deal with pollution?
They move their companies elsewhere
200
How many trees are we loosing per minute?
2,000 (7 football fields)
200
How many advertisements do we see a day?
3,000
200
In the past 3 decades, how much of the world’s natural resources have been used up
1/3
200
What percent of US forests are still remaining?
4%
200
What percent of total materials are still in use after 6 months?
1%
300
What is externalizing costs?
The real cost for making something isn’t captured in the price
300
How many people a day move from their environment to the city as a results of habitat destruction?
200,000
300
What does neurotoxic mean?
Toxic to the brain
300
How many pounds of pollution to US industries ADMIT to emitting?
4,000,000,000
300
What is the goal of retail stores?
Keep prices low and keep people buying and keep inventory stocked
400
What is the most toxic man made chemical known to science?
Dioxin
400
What are our two most favourite leisure activities?
Watch TV and shop
400
What percent of global fisheries are at capacity?
75%
400
What percent of the worlds resources do Americans use?
30%
400
Of the 100 economies on earth, how many are corporations
51
500
What is planned obsolescence?
Where a product is designed to be thrown out within a short period of time
500
When AND why did our national happiness peak?
Our happiness peaked in 1950 as a result of working more
500
Daily Double!
Your next question is worth double points
500
How many pounds does the average American produce?
4.5 lbs
500
What do companies do with all of the garbage?
Thrown in a dump, burned or shipped to another country
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