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The True Cost of Technology Mary Colson

The True Cost of Technology By Mary Colson

The True Cost of Technology by Mary Colson


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Summary

Find out how the things we buy and use every day are produced, often at a cost to workers' health or the environment, and discover how you can shop to change things for the better.

The True Cost of Technology Summary

The True Cost of Technology by Mary Colson

Who makes the technology we use every day in school and at home? What are the working conditions like for people who form part of the supply chain for the world's technology industry? This book looks at the impact our use of technology has on our lives and on the environment and asks how we can improve our lives and those of others with the things we buy.

About Mary Colson

Mary Colson has written and edited books for children and young adults.

Table of Contents

Purchasing power World wide web Raw materials In a sweat about sweatshops The supply chain Replacing people? PC means poor conditions? Computer children Working women's rights Eat, work, sleep: life in a sweatshop compound Migrant workers Waste matters Designed to dump? Eco-electronics Techno-addicts Living online High-tech health matters Campaigning for change Small steps to big change Are you going to buy it? Techno-world map Glossary Index

Additional information

GOR006647722
9780750277129
0750277122
The True Cost of Technology by Mary Colson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
20130425
48
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