How much do you really know about where your food comes from? What about your clothes, CDs, notebook, or cell phone?

The things you buy have a life of their own. Like, say your T-shirt. Before it reaches you, farmers grow the cotton. Someone else weaves the cotton into fabric and sews it into a shirt. Then the shirt is packaged, shipped, and finally placed onto the shelves where you can search through a stack to find that perfect one. You have it for a while but, once it's too small or out of style, you get rid of it. The shirt keeps on going without you, either to a thrift shop, landfill, or incinerator.

In taking a closer look at the life story of some of the stuff you use everyday, you'll see what it really takes to make the things we use—and what it costs people and places all over the world.

Click below to find out the life story of a:
Hamburger	Light Bulb	Paper	Shower