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Buy Smart Booklet by danielle_blenkhorn — last modified 12-08-2008 23:18
Information booklet about how consumers can shop more sustainably.
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Description: This booklet is designed to help consumers understand the environmental impact of products we buy by showing us how to consider environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle, that is its manufacture, transport, use and disposal. To assist us in choosing greener products, it includes a handy checklist, toolboxes with practical tips, hints for contacting companies and a detailed resources section. Published in 2001 by the Environment Australia (Department of Environment, Heritage, Water & the Arts).
Resource Type: Information Booklet
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Learning Areas: cross  english  hsie  pdhpe  technology 
Keywords: Built Environment
Business and Economics
Community and Society
Consumption
Sustainability
Technology
Waste and Resource Recovery
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Stages: primary, secondary Notes:
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University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment Teach Sustainability Environmental Trust University of New South Wales Faculty of the Built Environment The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Teach Sustainability