Commodities involved: the music industry
40 years later that song has made a lot of money. It’s not just about money, it’s an anthem that’s valued by people for other reasons. People have their own reasons for identifying with it. Originally bought on black vinyl but now downloaded. Is that less wasteful? A download doesn’t increase in economic value but a vinyl does.
Commodities involved: car & surf board
The trade isdoing jobs for pocket money to buy toys and a surf board.
Commodities involved: coffee
This is the public buying their daily coffee hit in a shop on the high street in one of the big brand shops. It’s so brainless but many people/consumers find it essential. I already boycott Starbucks… I should add others (Costa, Nero, Pret etc.) Imagine all the money you could save (& what you could do with that money!) if you didn’t have this coffee habit? £2.50 x 240 = £600!!
Commodities involved: home/house.
The trade here is security. It’s important to me. You can choose your family.
Commodities involved: weeds (of a particular kind… highly valued)
It’s a sale between a grower and a dealer. A nice example of ‘informal’/illegal trade. I began to think more about how transactions/trade is sanctioned as legal or criminalised.
Commodities involved: sex
The trade is legal because it’s in Amsterdam. It’s enabled by Madams, pimps and sex workers. I was trying to think of something that could be sold outside the box. Sex sells!
Commodities involved: the environment is destroyed (trade away) for pleasure and convenience.
It’s a non-monetary trade. The trade is enabled by insufficient environmental regulations. People prioritising personal pleasure and traffic over the environment profit. It’s a contemporary problem and discussion. YOLO – You Only Live On-one-earth
Commodities involved: the animals and the hunters and the weapons
Some evil hunters are capturing animals to put into a zoo to make money from people who visit and look at animals in captivity. They are using tranquilizers. The animals decide to fight back and build a human zoo and intercept the hunters, rescue the animals and put the hunters in the zoo. Hunting is wrong. Not all zoos are good. Some have breeding programmes and do conservation work, but some […]
Commodities involved: Lego. Greek class.
I go to Greek class every week and get pocket money for it. I always buy Lego with my pocket money. The shop keeper profits from me buying the Lego. But I profit because I get to spend time with my Grandfatehr. It happens every week.
The fishermen were catching the shark to sell for meat to feed people. They are also saving people from getting eaten by the shark. We found the shark in the Lego box and that inspired the story.
