Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Essay 2 Introduction


Materials Economy

          There is a cycle to almost everything in this world. For example, humans, trees and rain each work within a certain cycle but how about the cycle of materials economy? Most people don’t know who is behind it or who participates in it. It is mostly governments and corporations who are behind this way of living and the public are the ones participating in it. Based on the “Story of Stuff” video, this cycle goes through five main phases: extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal. From my point of view, the UAE does participate in this system but is also starting to use a new system that is environment friendly, for instance like building green communities and the use of renewable sources such as the solar energy.

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