Think Global, Act Local
‘Think Global, Act Local’ is not a new concept. It’s all about we human caring about things around us. And it’s a fairly similar concept to ‘The Butterfly Effect’, although we are not going to talk about time paradox or anything like that. Instead, let’s talk environment.
Global warming is a global issue and everybody knows it. However, people might think that since it’s such a big issue, only governments or big corporations should do their jobs to solve this and your action is too small to make anything different. Well, think again. If you do care about the Earth (think globally), then you should change your habits accordingly (act locally).
For example, if you normally buy imported food, maybe you should switch to domestic produce instead (I changed my brand of cereal to the one that produced in Thailand.) I remember this quote from one of my textbooks: “Buying green isn’t as important as buying local”. Sure, some European or Japanese products might have low carbon footprints on their labels, but they have to be shipped all the way to Thailand so you can buy those “green products”. However, emissions from transportation phase will make them not “so green anymore. If you buy local product, on the other hand, you don’t pay for this transportation emissions and you also help local economy growth.
Or if you care more about poor education in Thailand, instead of complaining about it, you can just teach your children to be more creative, more innovative, more analytical…any quality you want to see in your kids. And by doing this, your kids will stand out at school, and make their friends intimidating and want to improve themselves. There you go, better education!
Basically I want Thai people to care more about everything around us. Environment, society, politics, whatever. We’re going through some difficult times but if we start open our minds and make changes on things that you think helpful, even the smallest thing like buying different brand of cereal, a better future we’re all looking for will come true faster.
