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Versnik Nowak, Heidi Hale, Jessica Lindholm, and Elizabeth Strausser  \nABSTRACT  \nObjectives: After this lesson, students will be able to: (1) list the five stages of materials production,(2) report key facts related to the materials economy,(3) identify sustainable solutions that positively impact the environment, and (4) recognize how the environment affects health. Target Audience: This activity is designed for students in middle school and junior high school.  \nNowak ALV, Hale H, Lindholm J, StrausserE. The story of stuff: Increasing environmental citizenship through critical thinking. Am J Health Educ. 2009;40(6):346-354.  \nInTroDuCTIon  \nEnvironmental health involves the assessment and control of physical, chemical and biological factors that potentially affect health,1 and it encompasses a vast range of topics including air quality, climate change, water safety, natural disasters, conservation and waste management.2 As it affects every human being, environmental health is a hot topic in political, educational and health care arenas around the world. As such, it is becoming increasingly necessary to effectively prepare young people to become responsible stewards ofthe global environment.  \nIn the United States, increasing environmental health education is important, especially in the area of sustainability. Sustainability involves“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” 3(p1) In the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the United States declared it would create and maintain sustainable environmental health conditions.4 Unfortunately, the United States has not met its sustainability goal. If everyone on the planet consumed as much of the earth’s resources asthe United States, three to five more planets would be needed to supply the amount of finite (limited) resources in demand.5 In ad-  \ndition to high rates of resource use, there are also high rates of product consumption and waste. For many products, such as electronics, consumer use in America continues to climb while the recycling rate for out-of-date electronic devices remains under 20%.6 That means much of the waste in the United States ends up in landfills.  \nDespite the national policy of 1969 and the statistics regarding consumption and waste, current environmental education approaches continue to be fundamentally inadequate and inconsistent.7 According to berkowitz, Ford and brewer,“As humans’capacity to alter the environment reaches unprecedented levels, the urgency of fostering environmental citizenship in all people has never been greater and, perhaps, more difficult”.8(p262) Environmental citizenship involves being aware of environmental issues and having the determination and ability to improve environmental conditions.8  \nEnvironmental literacy is key for people to develop environmental citizenship. Environmental literacy “is the capacity of an individual to act successfully in daily life on a broad understanding of how people and societies relate to each other and to natural systems, and how they might do so sustainably. This requires sufficient awareness,  \nknowledge, skills and attitudes in order to incorporate appropriate environmental considerations into daily decisions about consumption, lifestyle, career and civics, and to engage in individual and collective action.”9(p1) There are three primary stages of environmental literacy: nominal literacy, functional literacy and operational literacy.10 People with nominal literacy have little or no understanding of environmental topics. People with functional literacy have a basic level of knowledge, understanding and thinking skills with which they can address environmental concerns. In the final stage, operational literacy, people have higher levels of knowledge and awareness, along with a highly developed set of critical  \nAmy L. 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