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Author:   Kate Brown
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.159kg
ISBN:  

9781847061225

ISBN 10:   1847061222
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   20 July 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Language:   English

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About this book - Young people can make a difference - What is in this book? - How can I use this book? - Incorporate change actions into Citizenship lessons - Incorporate change actions into other subject lessons - Challenge students to take a change action of their choice -What might students want to change?  Chapter 2: Take an everyday practical action Part 1: Reduce your carbon and ecological footprints - Do not use electricity you don't need - Use electricity more efficiently - Find out where your electricity comes from - Change how you get around - Reuse and recycle - Stop junk mail coming to your home - Avoid extra packaging - Offset your carbon emissions - Choose your cleaning products carefully - Pick up your litter - Don't waste water Part 2: Use your consumer power - Buy fair-trade products - Buy organic products - Buy products from sustainable sources - Buy locally-grown produce - Take a stand on GM foods - Make sure your clothes are ethically sourced - Avoid products tested on animals - Buy from local traders - Holiday ethically - Invest your money carefully - Complain if there is a problem with something you buy Part 3: Take a personal humanitarian action - Talk to someone who might need some help - Resolve a conflict - Get to know someone else or another way of being Chapter 3: Raise awareness - yours and others' - Find out as much as you can - Tell someone - Advertise - Write an article - Give a speech or talk - Organize an event - Use the internet to get your message across - Wear something to identify yourself with your cause  Chapter 4: Lobby - get those with power to make a change - Find out who else wants to make a difference - Write a letter - Send an email - join an e-campaign - Speak to someone - Sign or start a petition - Join an online forum - Boycott - Go to a demonstration - Go on strike  Chapter 5: Get to a position of more power for change - Stand for election - Vote - Join a committee or board - Think about your career  Chapter 6: Donate - money, time and things you don't need - Donate money - Donate on someone else's behalf - Raise money for charity - Set up your own charity - Volunteer your time - Donate things that you don't need  Chapter 7: Do something new... - More useful resources

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Brown, a teacher in an international school and educational resources consultant, provides a comprehensive guide for to help teachers support students who want to make a difference. The 50 projects here range in scope from the classroom to the world, and focus on facilitating the potential of young people to bring about change, no matter what change they wish to choose. --Book News, February 2009

Brown, a teacher in an international school and educational resources consultant, provides a comprehensive guide for to help teachers support students who want to make a difference. The 50 projects here range in scope from the classroom to the world, and focus on facilitating the potential of young people to bring about change, no matter what change they wish to choose. -Book News, February 2009

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Kate Brown is a humanities teacher at an international school in the UK, and a consultant on educational resources.

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