Think Global, Act Local


  • Local Scale- such as urban neighborhood, geographers tend to see unique features
  • Global Scale- entire world, geographers tend to see broad patters
  • "Think global, act local." Meant that the environment was being harmed by processes such as global warming that were global in scale, but it could be improved by actions, such as  consuming less gasoline, that were local in scale. 
  • Globalization scale- an increasingly important concept in geography because of globalization in scope.
  • Globalization means that the scale of the world is shrinking- not literally in size, but in the ability of a person, object or idea in another place. 
  • The world contains only a handful of individuals who have never watched tv, used a phone or driven a vehicle.
  • Globalization: the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale
  • Globalization: the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent world with free transfer of capital, goods, and services across national frontiers.
Phone 
Brand: Apple
Country of Origin: United States
Made: China
Notebook
Brand: Staples
Country of Origin: United States
Made: Egypt
T.V
Brand: Samsung
Country of Origin: South Korea
Made: Vietnam, China, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Korea
Pencil
Brand: Paper Mate
Country of Origin: United States
Made: Japan
Shoes
Brand: Sperry
Country of Origin: United States
Made: United States



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