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Author:
Salwen, Kevin.
Title:
The power of half : one family's decision to stop taking and start giving back / Kevin Salwen & Hannah Salwen.
Edition:
First Mariner Books ed.
Publisher:
Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2011, c2010
Description:
x, 246 p. ; 19 cm.
Subject:
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.--Moral and ethical aspects.
Consumers--United States.
Consumer behavior--Moral and ethical aspects.
Other Authors:
Salwen, Hannah, joint auth.
Notes:
"Mariner Books."
Contents:
1. The treadmill -- 2. You don't know till you listen -- 3. Deal or no deal -- 4. The power of half -- 5. If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there -- 6. Outside the comfort zone -- 7. What do we do? -- 8. In the villages -- 9.Transformation observed -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
It all started when 14-year old Hannah Salwen, idealistic but troubled by a growing sense of injustice, had a eureka moment when she saw a homeless man juxtaposed against a glistening Mercedes coupe. "You know, Dad," she said, "If that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal." This glaring led the Salwen family of four, caught up like so many other Americans in this age of consumption and waste, to follow Hannah's urge to do something--so they embarked on an incredible journey together. They decided to sell their Atlanta mansion, buy a house half its size, and give half their profits to charity. At first it was an outlandish scheme, then it became a challenge: "We are TOTALLY doing this." Each week they met over dinner to discuss their plan--which would transport them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone, and bring them closer as a family.--From publisher description.
ISBN:
0547394543 (pbk.)
9780547394541 (pbk.)
Locations:
POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)
UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

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