Green

The Environment – Thinking Globally and Acting Locally

“Think globally and act locally” urges individual to take think about the health of the entire planet and take action in their own communities. The thinking behind this is that if enough people do it, it will become a global phenomenon.

The WWF states that the world needs to apply six solutions when it comes to energy. These six elements include improving energy efficiency, developing alternative fuels, developing low emission technologies, replacing high carbon coal power, equipping fossil fuel plants with carbon capture and storage technologies and stopping forest loss. These are all global issues. Therefore for an example one could start planting more trees in order to reduce forest loss, start using alternative energy sources like solar power in their homes or community to improve energy efficiency, switching off appliances that are not being used also, to achieve more energy efficiency etc. By taking global concepts and implementing them at your own home, you are thinking globally and acting locally.

As suggested above, your own home is a great place to start. Some ways you can save energy include powering off all appliances such as your television, home theater system, phone charger, radio, microwave oven etc. It is said that appliances that are on standby can use 80% power. You could also collect and use rainwater, install solar panels to power items such as lights and fans. Besides using solar power will be cost effective to you in the long term.