The Day the World Stops Shopping 9780799395815

The Day the World Stops Shopping 9780799395815We are using up the planet at almost double the rate it can regenerate. To support our economies, we're told we must shop now like we've never shopped before. And whilst we can do it more responsibly, the scale of our consumption remains the biggest factor in the ruination of the planet. Yet our reliance on stuff continues to grow. But what would our world look like if we stopped? Would civilization collapse? Would the planet's ecology be reborn? What

which all fit together on the left and on the right and can therefore be put together as desired

these cherished species forge green and deepening connections: to her new soil

something happens that has never happened before:

Yet there is a fourth

it's a form of vital communication

he wishes he had a way of knowing whether his wife

It has to be tried to be believed

Her daughter is looking for help in dangerous places

See what courage sounds like

he finds himself locked up in a Casspir-like vehicle under Special Forces guard

Within days his gone from schoolboy to superspy

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