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What is your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk, 28,433 showers, 12,888 oranges, 14,518 candy bars, and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. Makes you want to step more lightly on the planet! Perfectly timed for Earth Day, this book doesn't preach or judge, but simply shows kids—in an exciting, visual way—how humans interact with the environment and how we can lessen our impact. Astonishing photography captures the full picture of consumption, documenting all the diapers you wore as a baby, the bread you'll eat in a lifetime, and the cans you'll recycle, based on national averages. Tying in with a National Geographic Channel production, Human Footprint is colorful and fun—yet also manages to be a powerful tool for kids to visualize the dimensions of consumption.
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Human Footprint, Oct 24 2011
By Heidi Grange - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime (Paperback)
This book is very eye-opening in terms of American consumerism. It's easy to ignore the vast amount of food, goods, and services that we use. The photographs are especially impressive. It would be hard to read this book and not feel a little guilty about all the stuff we, as Americans, use and throw out. I mean 43,371 cans of soda?! Think of all that sugar. What's even more mind-boggling is the picture on page 20-21 that shows all those cans. Each page also includes suggestions for becoming more environmentally-conscious consumers. This book could be used in many curricular ways, such as math (lots of numbers and statistics), environmental science, and human geography. In addition I think many students will be as fascinated by the information in this book as I was. Highly recommended.
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Kristi's Book Nook, Jun 12 2011
By Kristi Bernard - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime (Paperback)
You must be really thirsty. According to Kirk you will consume 13,056 pints of milk and 13,371 cans of soda too! Every wonder how many oranges you will eat or how many showers you will take? Readers will be astounded at how each of us leaves our mark on this world. Kids will learn lots of fun facts about each can of soda we drink, each diaper that is worn and how long it takes a cow to produce one gallon of milk for us to drink with our cookies.If you want to know how you can be green, Human Footprint will give you tips and resources for recycling just about everything. The magnificent photos give readers a very clear vision as to how much we all use in everyday products. Parents, teachers and kids will flip through the pages over and over again. This great book will have you thinking twice before you buy clothes, wash your hair and drive to the store. This is an excellent way to introduce readers about saving our world one choice at a time.
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A visual feast of facts, Mar 24 2011
By Lisa Barker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Human Footprint: Everything You Will Eat, Use, Wear, Buy, and Throw Out in Your Lifetime (Paperback)
This visual feast of facts really hit home with my soon-to-be-eight-year-old son. He was very impressed by the impact he makes on the earth and this has made him more conscious of his habits and what he can do to help make a positive difference. Think: reduce, reuse, recycle. Human Footprint does an excellent job of making the concept clear for kids (and adults, too!). - Biblio Reads Children's Book Review
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