Pocket Change: Pitching In for a Better World

Pocket Change: Pitching In for a Better World

by Michelle Mulder
Pocket Change: Pitching In for a Better World

Pocket Change: Pitching In for a Better World

by Michelle Mulder

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Overview

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!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781459809680
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Publication date: 09/13/2016
Series: Orca Footprints Series , #9
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 48
Sales rank: 937,522
Lexile: NC1060L (what's this?)
File size: 6 MB
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Michelle Mulder is the founding author of and has written numerous titles in the Orca Footprints series including Pedal It!, Every Last Drop, Trash Talk and Home Sweet Neighborhood. They have also written several works of fiction including The Vegetable Museum and Not a Chance. Michelle lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

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
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