Text copyright © 2016 Michelle Mulder
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Mulder, Michelle, 1976-, author
Pocket change : pitching in for a better world / Michelle Mulder.
(Orca footprints)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-4598-0966-6 (hardcover).—ISBN 978-1-4598-0967-3 (pdf).—ISBN 978-1-4598-0968-0 (epub)
1. Consumption (Economics)—Environmental aspects—Juvenile literature. 2. Consumption (Economics)—Social aspects—Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Orca footprints
hc79.c6m384 2016 j339.4'7 c2016-900771-5
c2016-900772-3
First published in the United States, 2016
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016931889
Summary: Part of the nonfiction 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 is dedicated to preserving the environment and has printed this book on Forest Stewardship Council® certified paper.
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Cover images by Getty Images, Shari Nakagawa
Back cover images (top left to right): Fallen Fruit (David Burns and Austin Young), Kiva, Helder Ramos; > (bottom left to right): William Neumann Photography, Katie Stagliano,William Neumann Photography
Design and production by Teresa Bubela and Jenn Playford
ebook by Bright Wing Books (www.brightwing.ca)
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