"The Idea of a Local Economy" was a hard read for me. Mostly because I was
not as interested in it as much as I was supposed too. I think the most
important quote from this entire passage is "...commodities will be
produced wherever they can be produced at the lowest cost, and consumed
wherever they will bring the highest price." An example of this is in
China where they pay the workers very little and they sell the products
here for a lot more to make profit.
The Nobel Prize speech that I
chose to read was the one by Wangari Maathi about the Green Belt
Movement. I think what she did was very important because she got over
30 million trees replanted in her area but the women have gained power
in their social and economic position in the family. I think it's also
important because by replanting those trees, it provided necessities for
household needs. She needed everyone to take action and she did so by saying "They come to recognize that they are they primary custodians and beneficiaries of the environment that sustains them" [582]. And I think it's right that we should give back since we're living here. This movement could be done all over the world like in
Brazil where they burn trees in the Amazon rainforest because it
provides 20% of the world's oxygen.
I think what Wangari did is amazing. Especially with the Amazon being in more danger now than it has ever been due to farmers burning the trees. If they are going to burn them, we need to be right behind them trying to plant them and creating more life.
ReplyDeletePlanting that many trees is awesome, good for her.
ReplyDeleteI did not read the Green Belt Movement but it sounds like a very interesting article that I should read. She did a little thing but planting trees and it started a whole movement, how awesome is that? The Amazon provides 20% of our oxygen. It gives us the clean air we need to live and we are taking away a lot of its trees. It is time that we give back to nature like Wangari is doing and do something little to start a movement.
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