From Local to Global

     In class today, we talked about the quote, "think globally but act locally". We interpreted this quote as doing something in your community that will affect the globe little by little. Examples of this could be limiting the emitting of gas into our atmosphere. You can do this by carpooling, biking, or driving an electric car. The harmful gases are causing global warming, something that is affecting the whole world. If many small communities (local) limit their emitting of the gases, it can help the entire world (global). At the global scale, geographers see broad patterns while encompassing the entire world. At a local scale, unique features appear to the geographers. Also, we talked about voting and the states that remained republican in their voting patterns throughout the past three elections. We talked about states like Illinois where the majority of the state outside of Chicago voted one way, and the people in Chicago voted the other. Since the population in Chicago is so much larger than the rest of the state, the states vote majority went to the Democratic party.