The Story of Stuff

The cultural orientation that leads people to find meaning, satisfaction, and satisfaction for what they consume

• 
  consumption
• consumerism
• 
  ecological footprint
• 
  ecological overshoot

The number of people earth can support without using natural resources faster than the planet can replenish them

• materials economy
• carrying capacity
• extraction
• production

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The removal of resources from a natural environment

• materials economy
• carrying capacity
• extraction
• production

The process by which raw materials are turned into manufactured goods

• materials economy
• carrying capacity
• extraction
• production

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The journey it takes of a product from where it is manufactured to where you can purchase it

• distribution
• disposal
• e-waste
• landfill

The last step of a materials economy after it has been consumed

• local living economies
• disposal
• e-waste
• landfill

A place where garbage is buried

• local living economies
• distribution
• disposal
• landfill

A person who buys or uses good and services is called a...?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Demand
• Goods

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

The life cycle of a product refers to...

• the amount of time the product is expected to last

• the stages from when the product is made until it is disposed of

• the guarantee that the manufacturer provides

• how the product is used in its life