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.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Consumer Nation .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2014 by Hachette Children's Group .

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

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Purchasing power
• 2: World wide web
• 3: Raw materials
• 4: In a sweat about sweatshops
• 5: The supply chain
• 6: Replacing people?
• 7: PC means poor conditions?
• 8: Computer children
• 9: Working women's rights
• 10: Eat, work, sleep: life in a sweatshop compound
• 11: Migrant workers
• 12: Waste matters
• 13: Designed to dump?
• 14: Eco-electronics
• 15: Techno-addicts
• 16: Living online
• 17: High-tech health matters
• 18: Campaigning for change
• 19: Small steps to big change
• 20: Are you going to buy it?
• 21: Techno-world map
• 22: Glossary
• 23: Index