Very interesting. I've never thought of all the problems along the way - talk about the need for stewardship.

This is a place where Christians could make a big difference if we wanted to. All our "stuff" doesn't really make us any happier. What kind of stewards are we being of God's creation when we let this sort of global process go on? Information like this helps us understand the real cost of what we buy, use and throw away. What if we all acted on it?

heck yes it has to do with Christian life! As Francis Schaeffer said in Pollution and the Death of Man (in 1970!), the Christian Church should have been the vanguard of environmental stewardship, but instead we missed the boat and now have to play catch up.

I see no way to defend biblically the level of consumptive consumerism that our society has reached - even within the Church. Walk into a Christian book store, how many types of trendy bibles and little plastic knick-knacks do we really need? Have we, even as Christians, made an idol out of our middle class lifestyles. (I am talking to myself as well here). Also, if Christians are supposed to thirst for justice, how can we ignore the injustices towards the poor, towards ourselves, towards our children and the injustices towards the earth caused by needless consumption.

I showed this video to my church's youth group and I had several teen and even a couple parents tell me that our night of discussion on earth stewardship was one of the best and most thought-provoking youth nights.

Yeah, I stopped watching when she said a friend suggested she should a military tank representing our government and said this is "increasingly becoming true." No thanks.