Watch the video and fill in the blanks in word document.

Class

English 201: The Research Paper

Assignment

Sustainability in “The Story of Stuff”

Directions

Read “Sustainability Defined” posted in Module I.

Watch “The Story of Stuff” video linked from the module.

For each pillar of sustainability,

· Write a one-sentence summary of a specific example of an issue of sustainability as seen in the video.

· Write a one-sentence explanation of how that specific example relates to the pillar of sustainability.

Use your own words to summarize as much as possible, using any exact words from the source in quotation marks and cited in-text with the author’s name--Annie Leonard.

Points Possible

9

Sustainability Pillars

· One-sentence Summary of Specific Example

· One-sentence Explanation of Specific Example

People

Social Equity

Planet

Environmental Preservation

Profit

Economic Viability