Think local, be global

Here is a food for thought: What is that one important contribution of humans to our ecosystems?
An honest probe would perhaps yield no answer.


In a globalized world like ours, the need to think `local` is emerging more than ever. Our consumer habits, our technologies and our ways of living may have a huge local impact in some other part of the world that we may not even be aware of it.

How can a small farmer in Rajasthan be influenced by the USA oil crisis? How is it possible that a change in a tribal economy can modify the trend of European recession? What's the link between these stories? The answer is simple: Globalization. Globalization is now making every many local stories a story of global development.

It's only when we become clear about our impacts that we are then able to redefine ours ways of thinking. The big issue is: can we do that?

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