The Uk’s Ecological Debt
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The Uk’s Ecological Debt
Source of image: NEF 2006, on-line
CanadaEuropean Union
Middle EastNorth Africa
West and Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
USA
Caribbean
Central America
Venezuela and Guyanas Brazil
Andes Region
Patagonia Region
Russia and Central Asia
Japan and Koreas
OceaniaSouth East Asia
South Asia
Indonesian Archipelago
China
Source: Wikipedia (2011)
Source: NEF 2006, on-line
Conclusion: Local actions have global impacts
• As we have seen, the amount of products that each of us buy in the UK (our consumption) has an impact in other countries
• So our local actions have global consequences
• We have the power then, to “think global and act local,” so that we can make the world a better place
• If we value our children’s future, we need to think about our environment. And increasingly more people are now thinking ecologically.
References(NEF 2006) New Economics Foundation. The UK interdependence report: How the world sustains the nation’s lifestyle and the
price it pays. On-line at: http://www.neweconomics.org/publications/uk-interdependence-report, date accessed: 24/5/2011.
Wikipedia (2011) Blank Map-World Continents. On-line at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World-Continents.PNG, date accessed: 24/5/2011.