After spending time looking at where our belongings come from, we can now make chances to our purchasing habits Here we will share where our "stuff" comes from, how much our items "cost", how far they have traveled, and how all of this adds up well beyond what we have actually paid.
We hope you enjoy our maps in the comment section and think more closely about your own purchases and where your items come from.
After weeks of research and digging up on a new topic, I've uncovered some insane facts about Chinas' economy. China, is a beautiful land in general. The culture and history is rich, interesting, important, unique and so much more. But, have you ever taken the time to think about the things you buy from China? Do the things I buy effect the Country? How bad does it hurt the Country? Well, using the research I obtained from reliable news sources I've compiled an interactive map using ThingLink. This map covers topics such as wages, life conditions, food and more. Nicole R.
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In grade 7 we learn about how what we buy and what we have affects the people who made our items. For instance if I buy some cheap piece of junk on amazon for 5 bucks it the people who made it in say china might be only getting less then one dollar even though they deserve more. We are doing this project to learn how company's can take huge advantages of there workers and why we should look into the brand of what we are buying. All in all my items cost about 928$ and traveled about 49374KMS. WOW!!!!! - Jamen
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By now most people have found out that everything that we own is not from Canada. It comes from all over the world and the truth about how its made is not always the brightest. So here is 10 of my personal belongings that were made all over the world. The total km that it all traveled is 85.624 km that far just for 10 items to get to Winnipeg. The total cost of all these items is 951.99 dollars that's EPENSIVE!!!! So I hope you enjoy this. Jordan B.
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This map show's where I got all my stuff from. All together I spent 305 dollars on these items! I made this map because in School we are learning about Sustainability and this helps us learn where our items travelled from and how far they travelled from. How does our shopping and consuming choices effect our lives, the lives of others and the planet?
ReplyDeleteI think that we should not throw our old clothes out, but instead give them to other people like our family. Andrew.K
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TWPKLv9mHYFz831gznzP2djp6xQ9YEQ3&usp=sharing
These are ten things that I own that are from all around the world!
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=14FWezeAmfAsXEpuwXG1HVgi0pHKA33d1&usp=sharing
I have made this map because I would like to know where some of my stuff comes from and so that whoever is viewing it can know where it comes from as well. This map was made by finding ten items, finding where they are from, and finding out the price. The total traveling distance of these things is 84493km which is a lot, and the total cost of all this stuff was $922, which is also a lot, but not enough to pay most of the workers and pay for the transportation, so the true cost must be much more than that. Plus, imagine a life of working in a factory and being paid by food because the only other choice you have is to starve. There will be specific information about each of my items and the my home plotted with a home symbol. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_u5z_0Rhap4L_-YdZU7KdZOiF2icz1Op&usp=sharing
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We go shopping for clothes at stores and if they fit and are to our liking then we buy them. But have you ever thought where do they come from and what are the working conditions at their factories? Probably not, but it is important that we learn about this because in other countries, companies are using children as workers and for free labour. Some kids don't even get to got to school and are abused. The items these children and adults make go for a long trip like all 10 of my items together travelled 62,220.11 km. Speaking of workers not getting paid my items cost 719.54 CAD. It is crazy how far these objects travelled and how expensive they are! My class started this project so you can learn bit about child labour and their working conditions. Azsa f
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ReplyDeletethis is my map that I made in Ela. we are doing this project because of sustainability. I never know that most of my stuff was made in places I never new. Dylan
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RpO-FsXNgYTF7TBEwHdjMGH1IFOeRF9a&usp=sharing
Your stuff isent made by the store you got it from, well maybe from the company factory but not literally in the store.. It was probably made by maybe some pore people that might not get paid for what there working for.. Maybe some kids that cant even afford to pay for an education.....even kids our age haven't gone to school yet because there to busy working and not even getting paid.
ReplyDeleteAll my stuff together costed $206.61 but maybe the people making the stuff didn't even get paid for it. Addison J-W
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We don't realize that people are killing themselves to make money to support there lifestyle and this is not where our stuff are made. The total of the kilometers that my things have traveled is 70,234km.the total of money we have paid for my stuff is $329 and that's only 10 things. Tiago G.
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we made maps to show 10 places for 10 items. people buy lots of stuff from child labour and coast only a little bit of money to get. the children that work there get paid very little for lots of hard work. in total the items I bought traveld 110531. in total It coasted 407.97. Dominick p.
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Clothes, we can buy them easily. But have you ever had the thought of where they come from and how far they traveled before being in your closet? Probably not because I haven't either until I did this interesting project. Did you know that most of the things you have are made by Adults or even Kids that aren't getting payed for their work they're doing. Kids are used for work (child labour), They don't even get to go to school because they have to work all day every day to make your Clothes/Items. Once I did this project it made me think of a lot of things. All of my things on this list traveled almost one hundred thousand kilometers, they traveled 96 805. 31kilometers all together. And in Canadian dollars my items costed $348.5 all together. This entire project really surprised me because I would've never thought about this. -Aljona M.
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This is my list of all the items that are dear to me. It also lists the price, location of which the product was manufactured and kilometres traveled in order to get to Winnipeg. The reason we did this project is to spread awareness to actually think, "Does shopping effect my life? And or the life's of others?" Also, most of the items made in less fortunate country's, the workers are usually put in harsh working conditions and paid little to nothing for long hard hours at work.
ReplyDeleteI hope this map can give you a good understanding on where items actually come from.
-Conner Q.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1c4SopxHeVYjYEHUQyPsVH8ku2s9mgeEK&usp=sharing
When looking at this map you see what a large distance my small items had to travel to get in to that birthday gift bag, shoebox or shelf at the store. Although some of our daily items are made locally most are transported from across the world. I am like the majority when I go to the store I don't study my clothing to see where it is from. This is a major issue across the world, and to think someone was given barely anything in return just to provide you with a stylish wardrobe is completely unfair. After viewing this map I hope you have a new perspective about our daily necessities and what they mean to the world. My items traveled a total of 55,801.46 km yet it only costed me about half $29,184.09. Abigail U.
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I'm sure you go shopping a lot. You look for a deal and when you find it you immediately grab it and shove it into your shopping bag. But have you ever considered the trip that that item took before making you shine at the birthday party for your best friend. I'm sure you never gone to a tag and said "I wonder what a terrible trip this dress had before getting to me"? This is a huge problem people in mostly china and Bangladesh are paid little to nothing for you to look stylish at a birthday party. Jessica.P
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While making this map I realized that lots of the things ive bought arte not localy made, for example the farthest item was made 11,287 kms away and had to be shipped to my nearest shopping center.We shouldn't buy so many things or we should make sure we look were they were made so we know if they are localy made or if they traveled a long way and if the workers work in harsh working conditions or work for under the minimum wage.
ReplyDeletemy items cost a total of $510.00. and that's only 10 of my items I own! but the distance of how far all my items traveled before they got to me is even more eye opening with a grand total of 53042km traveled, what a journey!
I hope this encourages you to buy more localybecause I know it persuaded me to buy local. -Brooklyn.C
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I have made this map because I would like to know where some of my stuff comes from and so that whoever is viewing it can know where it comes from as well. This map was made by finding ten items, finding where they are from, and finding out the price. The total traveling distance of these things is 84493km which is a lot, and the total cost of all this stuff was $922, which is also a lot, but not enough to pay most of the workers and pay for the transportation, so the true cost must be much more than that. Plus, imagine a life of working in a factory and being paid by food because the only other choice you have is to starve. There will be specific information about each of my items and the my home plotted with a home symbol. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_u5z_0Rhap4L_-YdZU7KdZOiF2icz1Op&usp=sharing -Michael P.
ReplyDeleteIn grade 7 we learn about sustainability for our mid-year project to see where things in the world came from and to see if anything actually costs what they sell it for. These are my top 10 things that I got from different places in the world, but some of them come from the same place. All together my things traveled 79,255km to get to me!! that is very far. All together my things costed $2010 which is also a lot! -Lea.H
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We always buy things from the store but we don't usually think about were they come from. We probably don't even think about how good the people were treated in the factories when we buy our stuff.
ReplyDeleteThis year in grade 7 we made maps and found out were 10 of our things came from. While working on this map i learned about the working conditions and where they were manufactured.The working conditions are not always that great, in-fact sometimes they are terrible! The people the work in the factories don't always get treated well.
A lot of my items were made all the way in China. that's far away! When you buy things they can come from all over the place. Transporting your items can take longer because of how far they come from. the easiest thing to do is buy the item from the person who made it.
For this map i calculated the distance of where it was made to my home in Winnipeg. I also found out where my things where manufactured. On my map i wrote down all the costs of my items.
Alyssa P.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=12I43zv4sYt437F68NSy5-vH4n1Yw07I7&usp=sharing
I looked for 10 items in my room. I found that only 2 of my 10 items was made with fair trade. The other items have been made from people who are not getting paid a lot, nothing or it’s child labour. I don’t think that people realize that how much they bought the item for, is not the true cost. For example a shirt for $5.99. With also shippping, paying the person who made it and the company getting money, it should be more. The people who make these stuff can go through a huge struggle just to get this to you. This is where 10 of my belongings come from. Megan.G
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My item cost all togother is 2325.71 dollers and the Distance add up is 737.616 km. by Seth
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A lot people when they go shopping they just go to the store they want to go to and buy something they want. But they never really care where it was made or how it was made. You could be holding something that a little kid could of made that you bought. And there you are holding it in your hand. A Family could of worked on that for a long time depending on what you bought and the family could of not even got paid for it. The buyers don't really care where it is actually from and where it was made. So i did this project where made a map and i put on ten of my personal items of my pick. And i find actually where they were made. Danae
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The object I researched was my water bottle that was made in Malaysia. I researched lots of facts about the economy and how they live. I found lots of information including the climate, population, life expectancy and more. The biggest impact for me about this project was how much money they make. They make 900 ringgit per month but in Canadian dollars it is only 285.95. - Samantha P.
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We constantly buy things but have you ever stopped to think where it comes from or how its made or maybe even what happens after I am done with this?
ReplyDeleteIn grade 7 we made maps to learn all that. on this map you will see 10 different items that I use daily or at least on a monthly bases. I am hopefully there last stop on the long journey or at least most of them.
Transportation systems keeps getting better so it is pretty easy to buy stuff from all over the world but it would actually be much easier to by the stuff from the person who made it.
On this map I will be measuring the distance between where I live and where the item was manufactured I will also write the price of the items and mark on the map where they are from.
Shikyra j.
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After researching about South Korea, I don't think I will buy anymore items from there. All though South Korea has a lot of beautiful city's and such, other parts of this country are polluted and despite how nice it is there, there are still some dreadful stuff happening there, like people who work in factories have a higher chance of getting cancer because of the working conditions. The toxic fumes can cause other deadly illnesses. Calla D.
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After you bought something, did you ever think how the object effected the conditions of life of those people who spend their days in factories? Could you ever imagine, that some people have to get up at 5 a.m.? I did some research about conditions of life in Vietnam, their traditions and their history and here is the result. Helena D.
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After a lot of researching I found a lot of facts about Lisbon's economy. Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal and it itself is a very beautiful land. Its different in many ways than other cities, though its unique in its own way. However, have we had the time to think about the things we buy from Lisbon? Do things I buy affect the country is some sort of way? Well using ThinkLink I made a list of 10 things about its economy. In My ThinkLink it covers wages, climate, food and lots more. Julia B.
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There are so much stuff we have to completely stop! I think we have spend less time and less money on clothing. We have tons of clothing going into landfills, and not just bad clothing, good clothing to!! Many popular brands like HaM are trying to help with the clothing issue. But they are making it worse they put the used clothing to charity's and most of the used clothing are broken so they go to landfills. There are many ways you can help with this issue. Like buying less clothing, using old clothing as a cleaning cloth or even make a bag out of it be creative! And also give your old clothes and give it to a sibling or a cousin. Gabriel J.
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Ever wondered where all of your stuff comes from? For my mid-year project, I have made a map for you. It shows the point of origin of 12 of my personal items. You will see that, from Quebec, Canada all the way to China and Vietnam, my 12 items have traveled over and through the oceans for a total of approximately 85,000 kilometers at a cost of more than $2,300. This is probably far more than the initial cost to make them. Does it really matter where your stuff comes from? Read all about my items. You will see, that what we choose to buy has an effect on our lives and the lives of many people. Does it also affect our planet? You bet it does! View my map and you'll see how!
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This is where I got all this stuff from.
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from Sebastian
Do you ever think about where your cute t-shirt from garage was made? Or those jeans you bought last week at bluenotes? Most people don't! Have you ever thought about the people who make the things you buy and what are their living conditions? Well this year we did a mid-year project about where our stuff is made and how it effects the Earth. We spent weeks researching this topic and found some shocking and interesting information! I researched the living conditions in Germany, found out some very interesting information about quality of life in Germany and made a thinglink that you can view to find more information about this topic. Anna N.
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when you buy new things like at a mall or a store you never think about it and say where do my items come from? will this represents the journey of my 10 items. I picked to show you where they came from it was a very interesting project for grade 7. - Ryan G.
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Each of us have lots of things we buy in stores, but we don't really know where they were made. I recently looked at some these things and found out where they were actually manufactured. I also learned that these things traveled a long way. They obviously cost a lot more than the price we got them for. Sadly most of these things will probably end in a landfill eventually causing damage to our planet. The total distance traveled of all of these things combined is 112,292 km and the total cost of all of the things is $188.00 CAD! I "wonder" if that includes fuel, pay for workers and drivers. - Ivan M.
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have you ever wonder where your belongings come from? for our grade 7 midyear project which was sustainability we did a project. we where assigned to make a list of some of our belongings and where they come from. this project was really fun and it made me think a lot about how much we underestimate are things. -Mia.H
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this is were I got these 10 things. The total km that my things traveled is 101941 km and the total cost of all my things is 158.49 dollars. By Rovan
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from all the research I did I was shocked from the thing Spain has. the country I learned was Spain because Spain is the country of cheese. we always eat cheese. I wanted people to think about what things come from Spain. things like drinks, leather shoes, but cheese we always have cheese in every thing so that why I made this thing link because it tells you about 10 things about the economy of Spain and some information about Spain's most popular cheese. Darya.M
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on this map has things where people make stuff but don’t receive enough money for doing this, but it costs everyone, to send it to multiple places and our goal is to locate the origin of where all our stuff originates from, to find out the actual cost and the amount we bought it for.
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This is a little map of all the things I love nd where they actually where made. How far away they where made and how much they cost in Canadian dollars.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SxSoDrGzR4fbfNfQ41t8132IsPeqJTTv&usp=sharing
You do buy stuff, right, if you do, I bet you don't know where half of the stuff you buy is actually made.
ReplyDeleteThis is a map of things that I have bought, or things that have been given to me. But there's a twist, I'm not doing where I bought them, I'm doing where they where they were actually made.
Believe it or not only ten of my things all of them combined travelled 62601 km to get to where they where sold, nevermind to Winnipeg.
I personally thought it would be more but the approximate total cost is $488.01. That's enough money to buy you 69 Venus Flytraps, 4880 pencils (too many), or even 212 ancient Greek coins, but my personal favourite, 28 boxes of tide pods. Well go ahead read the map (I promise you there are no ancient Greek coins or Venus Flytraps or any of those things).Ewan D. BUT ACTUALLY DO THIS ONE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UbT9a6bNvPSYEgcDvWiUYvuZHQ2lobht&usp=sharing
In this map I will show you ten of my items that come from all over the world. Together they make a total of 220.32$. The distance of all my distances added together can go around the world, its a whopping 75,901 km . I made this map to show you that although you may have bought an item at superstore or Walmart things come from all over the world. Our shopping choices do affect the planet because if we buy something that people have to work for while suffering than that company will keep going and it affects the people around the world. Keep in mind that not all items are paid enough for there true cost. Hannes S.
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I chose 10 items and put them on this map. They cost $430.68 and have travelled 89.961km to get to me. That is enough to go around the earth just over two times. We made these maps to show us where our cloths and items are made and how. Like, are the people making it being paid fairly? Usually not. Here are my 10 items. NatBat W
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It is not good that we are buying so much clothes, especially when there coming all the way from the other side of the world. We can help by buying less clothes and reusing the clothes we bought and when they have become worn out, can make stuff out of them like cloths. Nicos
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For this project, we researched about where our clothes come from. I was surprised to see that most of them came from Asian Countries. All together my items travelled 100,756km to get to me. Their total cost was $179.89 which seems extremely cheap so I suspect many people worked for free against their will.
ReplyDeletehttps://drive.google.com/open?id=1REVElH42k4Uvn4yPF7NczDbX7B6YPYZX&usp=sharing Andy G.
I get most of my clothes at a store, but is that really where they come from? Even if you buy a sweat shirt or a pair of pants at the store for $50, what is the REAL cost? -Marcus
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I made this map to see were some of my every day items were made and how far they have traveled to get into my arms. I also wanted to see how much all those items costed when you added all the costs up which it equals to $186.89 Canadian dollars and all the km added up is 60,426 km. WOW!!!! That's really far.
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We learnt that your stuff comes from different places than where you buy it from! Now isn't that cool? -Pandora T
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These are ten facts about South Korea.
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we are making this map because we want to find out were our belongings come from. We have to find out the actual cost of that item. These results were shocking and they might change your mind in what to buy. So look closely next time at the tags or markers to see if they will change your mind on what to buy.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AisH9FYNaWzNpllcPPrge-YirMxOJr_a&usp=sharing
In this map, you will see all the places that the 1O things I picked are from. Some are from the USA and some are from other places in the world. lots of things on this map are very important to me.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1I45p6dR3qkwJLAxec9jT7NSp8aVac5El&usp=sharing
In this map l learned were some of my things were made. Some things l use everyday are made in factories with horrible working conditions and very low wages.
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https://www.google.ca/maps/@17.3588281,-24.4288872,3z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!6m1!1s10aumIrqtRkfBR77odFQobilV2_DRskE0?hl=en
Have you ever wondered where your stuff comes from? Have you ever wanted to know which facility prints your favorite book? Well the class of 7E set out to answer that question. In doing so we also uncovered some pretty interesting facts about how companies can and will exploit people living in other countries by paying them hardly anything, but they package and sell it acting like nothing is wrong and they can only do good in the world. The 8 items I researched traveled 52465km and cost $200. Hope you enjoy! Jasper R.
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