The Lorax
“My name is the Lorax and I speak for…”
The trees
Name an example of conspicuous consumption in real life!
Stanley cups, makeup trends, and more!
Why are monopolies bad?
They do not give smaller businesses a stake in the industry. They also have only one company/person controlling the market for this product.
What makes it so difficult to prioritize nature/sustainability in commerce?
Over population and insufficient resources
Name at least two colors that are seen on the truffula trees
Purple, pink, orange, yellow
Define conspicuous consumption!
Wanting to buy something simply because it has been deemed valuable or it becomes popular.
Define a Monopoly!
How/why does nature vs. commerce work?
Businesses often prioritize profit over sustainability and protecting the Earth, especially over products that are known as essentials
Name one thing that Ted had to bring to the Onceler to hear his story?
A great great great grandfather snail, 15 cents, and a nail
What is the moment that made everyone want to buy the thneed?
The Onceler threw the thneed over a girl’s head and loved it. Everyone wanted to look good too so they wanted a thneed!
Name at least 2 products that had a monopoly over them in American history.
Steel, Oil, and tobacco
Who mainly benefits from the struggle of nature vs. commerce?
Big businesses who continue to exploit resources
What made the creatures (the bears and fish) agree to let the Onceler chop trees to make thneeds?
Marshmallows
What is are the 2 examples of conspicuous consumption in the movie?
O’hare air & the thneed
Name the owner of the steel monopoly in American American history
Andrew Carnegie
What is one example of a resource that is difficult to obtain while minimizing impact on the environment?
What is the name of the voice actors for the Onceler and what is the role that they are most known for?
Ed Helms & known for ‘Andy’ in “The Office“
What are the social effects of conspicuous consumption and how does this overconsumption tie into the struggle between nature vs. commerce
Workers being needed urgently to feed into this consumption at new plants/factories and eventually needing to lay them off because the trend is over. Having to extracting a lot of resources very quickly to meet demand.
What is one company that is believed to be similar to a monopoly today?
Amazon, Apple, microsoft, meta, Monsanto, and visa/Mastercard
Name an example of this struggle between nature vs. commerce harming the environment
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