Thinking globally and acting locally

      Today in class we focused on the phrase Thinking globally and acting locally. We spent a lot of time in class discussing what this meant and concluded that we can take action at home that if many others take part in will make a difference globally. One example we used in class was that the local action we would make is growing food in a garden which if many people did you create less of a carbon foot print than buying the foods you would grow in your garden. Another example of this is changing from a gas powered car to an electric car. This example is more useful than the garden example because making this change takes away much more of a carbon footprint which better helps the environment of the world. We also talked on class about how geographers when researching a certain place tend to look for unique features whereas when researching a large region or the whole world they tend to look at trends.