The Uk’s Ecological Debt
Source of image: NEF 2006, on-line
Russia and Central Asia
Canada
European Union
USA
China
Caribbean
North Africa
Middle East
Oceania
South East Asia
Central America
South Asia
West and Central Africa
Venezuela and
Guyanas
Japan and Koreas
Brazil
East Africa
Indonesian Archipelago
Andes Region
Southern Africa
Patagonia Region
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.