Pocket change : pitching in for a better world
Record details
- ISBN: 9781459809666
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm - Publisher: [Victoria, British Columbia] : Orca Book Publishers, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:october.16 |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Shopping? How embarrassing! -- Pack it or toss it? -- Money in our pockets -- Work? Nah... -- Share...or else! -- Please, please, please shop -- Crash! -- A mall in the living room -- Funny money -- We demand a big supply! -- Paying for what?! -- Money talks -- More or less -- Where to put it all? -- Paying the price -- A new kind of rich -- Everyone's share -- Borrowing a bit -- Super sweat! -- Free the children -- To the rescue! -- From books to blenders -- I'll trade ya! -- The moneyless man -- The share scare -- Freecycling! Wheeee! -- Growin' in my neighborhood -- Which book are you? -- Time in the bank -- Hidden riches -- Pass it on. |
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Subject: | Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature Consumption (Economics) -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature Curriculum Lab. |
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Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | J 339.47 Muld (Text) | 33294001967892 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Looks at how people around the world are moving away from consumerism toward more sustainable lifestyles. - Baker & Taylor
This book explores how growing a cabbage can fight poverty, how a few dollars can help ten families start their own businesses, and how running errands for a neighbor can help you learn to become a bike mechanic. It asks the question "What if you could meet all your consumer needs while, at the same time, get to know your neighbors and protect the environment? - Orca Book Publishers
Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle readers, with color photographs throughout. Readers will learn how purchases affect the environment and what the world would look like if we bought less stuff. - Orca Book Publishers
Around the world, people are questioning consumerism, leaning toward more sustainable lifestyles and creating a whole new concept of wealth.
Until a few hundred years ago, people were embarrassed to buy bread in a store. Families took pride in making almost everything they owned. These days, many people take pride in buying as much as possible! New clothes, a speedier bicycle, the latest phone. If we've got money, someone can sell us a product that will supposedly make our lives better. But each year, humanity uses resources equivalent to nearly one and a half Earths, and we're still not meeting everyone's needs.
What if you could meet all your needs while getting to know your neighbors and protecting the environment at the same time? Find out how growing a tiny cabbage can fight poverty, how a few dollars can help ten families start their own businesses and how running errands for a neighbor can help you learn to become a bike mechanicâfor free!