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The story of stuff project started with one general video on how our industrial life cycle of the products we are consuming is hurting our planet and environment where we are living.

The project now produced more easily understandable videos about specific topics like bottled water, cosmetics and cap and trade.

By accident I found this UN report on illegal resources exploitation in the DR Congo. This unfurtunate region have to live with violence, war and displacements since decades, due to its richness of natural resources that a crucial for the world economy. 60% of the world deposits of the mineral tantalum (electronics), 30-40% of Cobalt (batteries, semicoductors), almost the same for Coltan, Diamants, Niobium, Gold are located in the eastern part of the Country. Warlords, Paramilitary Groups and offical Forces are trying to get control

Das Projekt pc-global von Weed (Weltwirtschaft, Ökologie und Entwicklung), welches "sich mit der Einbindung von Entwicklungsländern in globale Wertschöpfungsketten der Computerproduktion" befasst.