What
is so important about buying locally?
For some extremely good reasons. Buying locally means:
1. You will be supporting your neighbours and your local
economy in general. If you spend your hard earned money
at say Tesco or McDonalds, B&Q or a foreign car manufacturer
it will provide a minimum wage for some local people at best
but the major part of the profit probably won't stay in the
county and many not even stay in the country,
2. Low air miles. Buying locally means less pollution for
us to breath in and less packaging blowing all over our countryside
and streets. Buying locally is green because it reduces the
amount of ships at sea transporting goods, lorries on the roads
both international and nationally and also cars and buses used
by shoppers. With less cars and buses on the road there will
be less congestion which means less acceleration and starting-and-stopping
of those cars, buses and lorries that do need to be on the
roads. We all know the global weather systems are changing
and a mass extinction is now well under way. Let's try and
stop the human race from being one of those species lost forever.
Our governments do not seem able to cut the profits of major
institutions in order to dramatically improve the lives of
our children but we can,
3. Your food will be fresh, seasonal and therefor healthier
for you. It will also taste better. It will keep your
money in your local economy. Perhaps most importantly, by
eating food only when it is in season, you will be helping
to contribute to a greener environment by saving food miles,
4. The banks are gold-diggers and our politicians are corrupt, buying
locally transfers the power from these institutions to the
hands of those who earn the money,
5. All our high streets are clones of one-another. It
doesn't matter what town in England you go to, it will feel
identical to any other since you will always find a MacDonalds,
a Marks and Spencer, a Boots and a whole load of other identical
shops. Why? Because they are all owned by rich people who only
want to treat us as sheep and harvest as much from us as possible.
They do not have to live in these places so do not care what
it is like to have our culture effectively whittled away around
us. If they do need goods or services they will be delivered
(and probably paid for by the tax payer judging by the recent
news of political corruption).
If you can think of any good reasons not listed, join the
forum and add to the list.
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