Smart consumers
Subtitle: an educator's guide to exploring consumer issues and the environment
By: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Center for a New American Dream (New Dream).
Contributors: World Wildlife Fund.; Center for a New American Dream; Acorn Naturalists (Firm).
Series: Windows on the wild
Publisher: World Wildlife Fund; Center for a New American Dream; Acorn Naturalists [distributor]
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC; Takoma Park, MD; Tustin, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Consumer behavior -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Green products -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Consumer protection -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Environmentalism -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Human ecology -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Packaging -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Production (Economic theory) -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).; Political participation -- Study and teaching (Middle schools).
Other titles: Educator's guide to exploring consumer issues and the environment
Description: "The Guide is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide that helps middle school students learn more about how their consumer choices affect the environment and how they can make a difference by buying differently. The toolkit includes an Educator's Guide with background information; fourteen hands-on and creative activities that range from analyzing pop song lyrics and advertisements to acting out product life cycles and calculating ecological footprints; an annotated list of resources for more information; and more."--Publisher's website (www.newdream.org)
Notes: "[This resource]...is part of "Be, Live, Buy Different - Make a Difference," a national initiative from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Center for a New American Dream (New Dream)."--verso of title page.

"[This resource] is the fourth educator's guide in the Windows on the Wild (WOW) middle school program.''--p, 11.

Includes a glossary.

Includes bibliographic resources.

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