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.