Globalisation, Sustainability and Localism
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- Globalisation, Sustainability and Localism
- Causes and Symptoms of Insecurities
- Food
- By 2050, food demand is likely to double
- Middle-class have a larger ecological footprint
- Middle-class consume meat and diary
- Water
- Food production depletes water supplies
- Chocolate, coffee and wine have a high water footprint
- As societies develop everyday household water use increases
- Energy
- 50% increase in global energy use is predicted by 2035
- Increased use of fossil fuels is inevitable
- Fossil fuels leave extraction scars
- Climate
- Increased carbon footprint
- In 2013, global concentration of carbon dioxide reached 400 parts per million
- Global temperature rise of 2 degrees is inevitable
- Food
- TNCs
- Low pricing of containerised transport, with cheap labour and material costs has built global production networks
- Maximises profits but also carbon footprints
- Environmental costs should be accounted for in pricing
- Carbon tax could be introduced
- Locally-sourced produce can be more expensive than globally-produced
- Low pricing of containerised transport, with cheap labour and material costs has built global production networks
- Sustainability
- Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
- Economic sustainability
- People should have access to a reliable income over time
- Social sustainablilty
- People should enjoy a reasonable quality of life
- Environmental sustainablilty
- No lasting damage should be done to the environment
- Recycling and Resource Consumption
- Manufactured goods are sent as waste to landfill
- Recycling
- The carbon footprint of recycled materials emissions is high because of energy needed
- Treatment of waste
- Transporting waste to recycling sites
- First step towards circular economy
- Goal is to maintain or increase natural resource stocks by requiring manufactures to recycle, reuse or repair product
- Goal is products will be designed so that they can be disassembled and reused
- The carbon footprint of recycled materials emissions is high because of energy needed
- Actions of Ethical Consumption Schemes
- Fairtrade
- Offers a higher income to farmers and manufactures
- Produce coffee, chocolate, bananas, wine and clothing
- Waitrose Foundation has improved the pay of farmers in its supply chains
- Supply Chain Monitoring
- Gap and Nike now prohibit worker exploitation
- NGO Action
- Charity War on Want helped South African fruit pickers
- Limited financially so can limit the scale of what they can achieve or result in slow progress
- People remain unaware of worker exploitation
- Fairtrade
- Causes and Symptoms of Insecurities
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