Be A Globally Sensitive Citizen

Everything we do here in the United States has an effect on the environment that not only we rely on but 6 Billion people and counting rely on for things like food, water, breathing and living. Every day that we drive to work in our giant, gas-guzzling cars, live in 10 room, 3,000 square foot homes that encroach on the forests and the wildlife, own a bunch of crap that we don't need or even use, we are destroying the environment for everyone, not just for ourselves. Every day that we don't bother to recycle, don't bother to trade our incandescent lightbulbs for compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs), don't turn off our computers, don't buy locally grown fruits and vegetables, don't give to environmentally friendly causes, every day that we don't do something, someone in the world is suffering. Their home gets flooded by the nearby river, their crops won't grow because of the drought, they cannot leave their homes because they don't have clean air to breathe. Every week, there is a coal-fired power plant built in China. Their air is so polluted the government is going to ban driving during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Along with outsourcing our jobs and manufacturing capabilities, we have also been outsourcing our pollution. So if we emit 25% of the carbon into the atmosphere from the United States, imagine what we are responsible for emitting from Canada, Mexico, China, etc.? Being a Globally Sensitive Citizen means that you realize your actions have consequences for the environment that we all share and rely on, and that each and every day you try to be more a part of the solution than the problem.