Be a responsible consumer
When we buy things we are consumers. Even though customers aren't working, we have a job too: making good decisions for ourselves, for society and for the planet.
Learn the difference between what you need (food, clothes, school things) and what you want (a new game you saw in an advert).
Adverts (commercials on TV) inform you about a product and try to make you buy it, with famous people, catchy songs called jingles and special offers.
Labels tell us what a product is made of and where it was made. Some show that it protects the environment or treats workers and animals well.
Labels to look for
Our Project: a short history of money
- 1🐐 Barter
Before money existed, people exchanged goods: food, clothes and even animals.
- 2🪙 Currency
In the 7th century BC people invented coins, so we have been using money for more than 2,500 years.
- 3💳 Today
We pay with coins, notes, cards, bank transfers, Bizum, digital currency… and we can buy online.
Buying things is easier than ever. But do we really need everything we buy? Before you ask for something, ask yourself: Do I need it, or do I just want it?