Pocket Change
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Pocket Change

Pitching In for a Better World
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ISBN-13:
9781459809680
Veröffentl:
2016
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
48
Autor:
Michelle Mulder
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

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.

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 mechanic—for free!

Introduction

Chapter One: Psst! Don’t Tell Anyone!
  • 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
Chapter Two: New and Improved!
  • 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
Chapter Three: Feeling Like a Million Bucks
  • Everyone’s Share
  • Borrowing a Bit
  • Super Sweat!
  • Free the Children
  • To the Rescue!
  • From Books to Blenders
  • I'll Trade Ya!
Chapter Four: Now That’s Rich
  • 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
Resources
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Index
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. Around the world, people are questioning consumerism, leaning toward more sustainable lifestyles and creating a whole new concept of wealth. 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 mechanic, for free!

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