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What factors do you consider when buying one of these?

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What about?

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What about?

Materials?

Life after me?

Transport?

Who made it?

Fair deal?

Life expectancy?

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Consideration……ensuring that our own and other people’s quality of life and human rights are not comprised to fulfill our demands

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Consideration…

…ensuring there is an economic benefit for both the region which produce the product and the region in which it is marketed

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Consideration…

…ensuring that our actions and lifestyles don’t cause the planet’s resources to be used at unsustainable rates

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Consideration…

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What about the environmental impact?

What does the term: ‘Planned Obsolescence’ mean? Who benefits?

LCDContains liquid crystalline substances, such as mercury, sandwiched between glass or plastic

Electricity consumptionDoesn’t compare to houses or carsKinetic energyHydrogen fuel cellsZinc air fuel cellsSolar energy

Board and outer bodyThese are constructed from plastic, which requires crude oil.

PCBThese include gold, copper, lead, nickel, tantalum and coltan.

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The demand for materials?

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What impact does this demand have?

We live in an interdependent world. If you bought a mobile phone which countries do you think will be affected by your decision?

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What about here?

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What about here?

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The affect…

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The affect…

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Columbite-tantalite (CT)

Demand for mobiles phones

Increased demand for columbite-tantalite (CT)

Groups from neighboring countries fight to control CT supplies in the Dem. Rep. Of Congo (DRC)

Land cleared to make mining easier, leading to destruction of natural habitat

Local population forced off land to allow mining to take place

Farmers no longer able to grow food, so look for alternative food supplies and work

Gorillas either killed for meat or leave because their habitat has disappeared

Money from CT finances militia in Uganda and Rwanda, as well as in DRC

Opportunity to make lots of money decreases chance of peace, and increases conflict

Continued fighting in DRC, Uganda and Rwanda

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