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The Story of Electronics employs the Story of Stuff style to explore the high-tech revolution's collateral damage - 25 millon tons of e-waste and counting with public workers and a public left holding the bill. Host Annie Leonard takes viewers from the mines and factories where our gagets begin to the backyard recycling shops where many end up. The film concludes with a call for a green 'race to the top' where designers compete to make long - lasting, toxic- free products that are fully and easily recyclable.
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The Story of Electronics has relevance for a number of subject areas and curriculum units.
- Geography - managing resources and industries
- Technology and Technology Education - appropriate technology, science, technology and society, technology and the environment, green technology
- Environmental Science - environmental challenges, sustainable development, natural resource management, waste reduction
- Economics - corporate responsibility
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Themes Addressed
Citizenship (1)
- Sustainable Consumption
Economics (1)
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Governance (1)
- Government Regulations
Human Health & Environment (1)
- Environmental Contaminants & Health Hazards
Science and Technology (1)
- Appropriate Technology
Waste Management (1)
- Cradle-to-Cradle
