Well Made, Fair Trade: My Smartphone and other Digital Accessories
No. of pages 32
Published: 2017
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Well Made, Fair Trade: My Mobile and Other Smart Accessories explores the problems faced by the people who mine the materials for and produce the world's mobile phones and other digital accessories. It shows how fair trade projects help them to improve their working conditions and get a fair price for their work.
This series investigates just how lots of familiar household items are put together. This is explored in an ethical and fair trade context, featuring information on both good and bad working environments around the world, and highlighting the work of Fairtrade and similar organisations. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
This book is part of a book series called Well Made, Fair Trade .
There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .
Helen Greathead is a highly experienced creator, editor, project manager and writer of successful non-fiction titles and series. She spent 14 years at Scholastic Children's Books where she commissioned series, including Horrible Histories. She began a freelance career in 2003, and titles she has written include the Now You Know series (Scholastic) and the Design and Make series (Watts).
This book has the following chapters:
- 1: What is fair trade?
- 2: Smartphones
- 3: Laptops
- 4: Digital cameras
- 5: Mp3 players
- 6: Games consoles
- 7: Tablets and e-readers
- 8: Glossary & further information
- 9: Index
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