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Our shopping culture isn't an obvious polluter.
There's always more to buy, buy, buy. Kids love trendy clothes, the latest electronics, fast food and even plastic gift cards. Sales draw us in, shiny new gadgets have us going ga-ga and personalized pop-up ads on our social media feeds have us frantically buying things-and throwing them out-without a second thought. You can't see the pollution the way you can see smog in the air or a forest that's been chopped down. But our buying habits and obsession with the latest and greatest are affecting the planet.
All the things we need, want and gotta have are responsible for big environmental problems. But making small changes in what and how often you buy can have an impact. All Consuming shows the pros and cons of making different choices when it comes to buying the things you love. It also shines a spotlight on kids who are bringing about change and offers ways you can help out too. Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines disposable culture, its effect on the planet and practical ways young people can use their purchasing power.
Key Selling Points:
• This book examines the things young people like to buy (and throw away), what those shopping habits mean for the planet and how they can use their purchasing power to do their part for the climate crisis.
• Asks young people to think critically about their shopping habits and the effect they have on the environment in four key areas––clothing, technology, food and gifts.
• The clothing industry creates 1.3 billion tons (1.2 metric tons) of greenhouse gas emissions every year. Thirty-eight billion plastic water bottles end up in US landfills every year. The average American keeps their cell phone for 34 months before getting a new one.
• A study in the UK involving 2,000 parents found that, on average, their kids had four toys they had never played with. In the US each person produces 234 pounds (106 kilograms) of plastic waste per year, and 91% of plastic isn't recycled. Food takes up more space in US landfills than anything else (1.4 billion tons (1.3 metric tons) a year).
• Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. She has written Good Food, Bad Waste and In It to Win It, also in the Orca Think series, as well as Rush Hour in the Orca Footprints series.
Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. Her books include Just Watch Me (Krystal Kite Award nominee), What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19 (Hackmatack Award nominee), Proud to Play: LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Made History, Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist). Erin was chosen to tour during Canadian Children's Book Week in 2023 and is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto.
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator. Her love for drawing started in a kindergarten art school after being kicked out of calligraphy class for refusing to convert to right-handedness. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has created illustrations for magazines
Our shopping culture isn't an obvious polluter.
There's always more to buy, buy, buy. Kids love trendy clothes, the latest electronics, fast food and even plastic gift cards. Sales draw us in, shiny new gadgets have us going ga-ga and personalized pop-up ads on our social media feeds have us frantically buying things-and throwing them out-without a second thought. You can't see the pollution the way you can see smog in the air or a forest that's been chopped down. But our buying habits and obsession with the latest and greatest are affecting the planet.
All the things we need, want and gotta have are responsible for big environmental problems. But making small changes in what and how often you buy can have an impact. All Consuming shows the pros and cons of making different choices when it comes to buying the things you love. It also shines a spotlight on kids who are bringing about change and offers ways you can help out too. Part of the nonfiction Orca Think series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines disposable culture, its effect on the planet and practical ways young people can use their purchasing power.
Key Selling Points:
• This book examines the things young people like to buy (and throw away), what those shopping habits mean for the planet and how they can use their purchasing power to do their part for the climate crisis.
• Asks young people to think critically about their shopping habits and the effect they have on the environment in four key areas––clothing, technology, food and gifts.
• The clothing industry creates 1.3 billion tons (1.2 metric tons) of greenhouse gas emissions every year. Thirty-eight billion plastic water bottles end up in US landfills every year. The average American keeps their cell phone for 34 months before getting a new one.
• A study in the UK involving 2,000 parents found that, on average, their kids had four toys they had never played with. In the US each person produces 234 pounds (106 kilograms) of plastic waste per year, and 91% of plastic isn't recycled. Food takes up more space in US landfills than anything else (1.4 billion tons (1.3 metric tons) a year).
• Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. She has written Good Food, Bad Waste and In It to Win It, also in the Orca Think series, as well as Rush Hour in the Orca Footprints series.
Erin Silver is an award-winning children's author. Her books include Just Watch Me (Krystal Kite Award nominee), What Kids Did: Stories of Kindness and Invention in the Time of COVID-19 (Hackmatack Award nominee), Proud to Play: LGBTQ+ Athletes Who Made History, Rush Hour: Navigating Our Global Traffic Jam (Blueberry Award winner), Sitting Shiva (Vine Award finalist, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award finalist) and Good Food, Bad Waste: Let's Eat for the Planet (2024 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist). Erin was chosen to tour during Canadian Children's Book Week in 2023 and is a sought-after speaker at schools, libraries and conferences. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction and a postgraduate journalism degree. Erin lives in Toronto.
Suharu Ogawa is a Toronto-based illustrator. Her love for drawing started in a kindergarten art school after being kicked out of calligraphy class for refusing to convert to right-handedness. Formally trained in art history and cultural anthropology, she worked for several years as a university librarian until her passion for illustration called her out of that career and into the pursuit of a lifelong dream. Since then, Suharu has created illustrations for magazines
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