Transcript Why Buy Local?

Why Buy Local?
Rachel Rosario
CPSP218L-0201
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Being a Thrifty
Shopper? Yes
Being
Environmentall
y Savvy? NO
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Why We Choose The Big
Name-Brand Store
 Low Prices
 Convenient Hours
 More Selection
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Reduces Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint- measure of the
impact of human activities on the
environment in terms of the
amount of greenhouse gases
produced (Lennihan)
 Reduces the fuel needed to transport
goods and even to get to the market
 “Locally owned businesses make more local
purchases, which means less wasted fossil
fuel for deliveries from afar” (Lillard)
 Reduces the amount of packaging needed
to carry and hold goods
 “Purchases contribute less to sprawl,
congestion, habitat loss, and pollution”
(Lillard)
Buying Local Supports
Your Community
Money given to
local businesses
is likely to go to
other local
businesses
Strengthens
your
community’s
economy
Your Money Is More Likely To
Stay In Your Community
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More Support for Local
Nonprofit Organizations
Small business
owners donate a
lot of money to
local nonprofits
in comparison to
large
businesses
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More Jobs
Small local
businesses
provide the
largest amount
of jobs
nationally
What Can We Terps
Do?
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 Go To the University of Maryland Dining Office
and suggest that we begin to incorporate more
locally owned food into our Convenience Stores
and Diners
 Suggest a per semester farmers and flea
market on campus
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Tips for The Average Terp
on A Budget
 Eat at the locally owned restaurants
along Route 1 such as Plato’s Diner
 Even if at the Grocery Store look to see
where the product you are buying come
from
 Check out the Farmer’s Market
 DC is teeming with them in the Summer
 May-November College Park Farmer’s
Market
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http://www.localharvest.org/buylocal.jsp
http://www.sustainabletable.org/issues/eatlocal/index.php
http://www.theheartofnewengland.com/backporch-FromFarmtoFryingPan.html
http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/infographic-why-buy-local-ten-reasons-to-shoplocal-first.html
http://www.buylocalbaltimore.com/pages/ind_why.html
http://www.livinggreenmag.com/life_choices.html
http://www.oudaily.com/news/2010/feb/24/eating-green-easier-it-seems/
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http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20100221/CWS04/2210328/184
5/WRT04/Buy-local-catches-on
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http://www.heliosnetwork.org/Why_Buy_Local.pdf
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