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Smart shopping : shopping green

by Nagle, Jeanne.

Format: Print Book 2009
Availability: Available at 1 Library 1 of 1 copy

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Plum Community Library Juvenile Non-Fiction J 640 NAG
Location  Plum Community Library
 
Collection  Juvenile Non-Fiction
 
Call Number  J 640 NAG
 
 

Summary
The era-defining challenge for the current youth generation is global warming and resulting climate change. Human beings must find a way to dramatically reduce their per capita carbon emissions if catastrophic climate change is to be slowed or averted. Individuals can make a big difference over time with the small consumer choices they make every day. This book offers a wealth of tips for how to shop both smart and green and reduce your carbon footprint upon the increasingly fragile environment.
Contents
Sustainable consumption
Buy green
Do more with less
Become a green consumer advocate
Glossary.
Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "This welcome title in the Your Carbon Footprint series prompts teens to consider the environmental implications of their lifestyles. A review of global warming's causes and effects gives way to specific, planet-protecting choices, such as food purchases. The tone is occasionally strident: dry-cleaning should be off limits, for example. And lifestyle suggestions, such as cooperative housing, seem aimed at adults rather than at teens. Recommendations for community action (organizing petitions and boycotts), though, are on-target for a young audience, and the clear, focused information (illustrated with numerous color photos) will inspire and educate environmentally concerned young people. A glossary, bibliography, and resource lists conclude.--Engberg, Gillian Copyright 2008 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Series Your carbon footprint.
Subjects Environmental protection -- Citizen participation -- Juvenile literature.
Green movement -- Juvenile literature.
Consumer education -- Juvenile literature.
Environmental protection -- Citizen participation.
Green movement.
Consumer education.
Publisher New York :Rosen Central,2009
Edition 1st ed.
Other Titles Shopping green
Language English
Description 48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-45) and index.
ISBN 9781404217751 (library binding)
1404217754 (library binding)
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