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Books in our Library

My Chocolate Bar and Other Food by Helen Greathead
Call Number: 381.41 GRE
Why buy Fairtrade food? -- Chocolate -- Bananas -- Tea -- Peanuts -- Sugar -- Honey
The No Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade by David Ransom; Anita Roddick (Introduction by)
Call Number: 382.71 RAN
From coffee farming Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans maufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this timely No-Nonsense Guide tells the human story behind the products we consume.
How Big is your Food Footprint? by Paul Mason
Call Number: 304.28 MAS
How Big is Your Energy Footprint? by Paul Mason
Call Number: 304.28 MAS
How Big is your Clothing Footprint? by Paul Mason
Call Number: 304.28 MAS
The True Cost of Food by Katie Dicker
Call Number: 338.1 DIC
ISBN: 0778704882
Made on Earth: what we wear, where it comes from, where it goes by Wolfgang Korn
Call Number: 337 KOR
My T-Shirt and Other Clothes by Helen Greathead
Call Number: 381.45 GRE
The True Cost of Fashion by Louise Spilsbury
ISBN: 0778704874

Useful websites

ABC News: Australians as global citizens

Poor man's crop, rich man's food
The case study explores the interconnections between Australian consumers and Indonesian cashew farmers.

CIA World Fact Book
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Find up to date information on population, the economy, climate etc
AusTrade
International Monetary Fund
Look at the "Countries", "Data" and "Publications" tabs
OECD Data: Trade in goods and services
Our World in Data
Nation Master
Compilation of data, world statistics and country comparisons from hundreds of sources.
World Trade Organisation

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For Teachers

GeoWorld 9 by Susan Bliss
Call Number: 910 BLI
Geography/History 9: Australian Curriculum by Mark Easton
Call Number: 910 EAS
Cambridge humanities and social sciences for Queensland. 9 by Kate Buchanan
Call Number: 300.712 BUC
ISBN: 9781009043212
Publication Date: 2021
Pearson Geography 9 by Grant Kleeman
Call Number: 910 KLE

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