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Kirk, Ellen, author.

Human footprint everything you will eat, use, wear, buy, and throw out in your lifetime / [electronic resource] : by Ellen Kirk. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010. - 1 online resource (32 p.) : col. ill. - National Geographic kids . - National Geographic kids. .

OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23). "The book is based on the Preserve our Planet National Geographic Channel presentation, Human footprint"--P. 32.

Includes bibliographical references.

"What's your human footprint? Well, it's 13,056 pints of milk; 28,433 showers; 12,888 oranges; 14,518 candy bars; 43,371 cans of soda; and $52,972 worth of clothes, all in one lifetime. And that's just a fraction of the mountain of stuff you'll consume. Think of that times six billion other footprints. Makes you want to step more lightly on the Earth!"--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN: 9781426306341 1426306342 9781426307676 1426307675

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human ecology--United States--Juvenile literature.
Nature--Effect of human beings on--United States--Juvenile literature.
Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects--United States--Juvenile literature.
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects--United States--Juvenile literature.
Population--Environmental aspects--Juvenile literature.
Lifestyles--Social aspects--United States--Juvenile literature.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Human ecology.
Sustainable living.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: GF503 / .K57 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 304.28