Question

How does the idiom "Think Globally, Act Locally" continue to be useful for present-day environmentalism? 

A. It's used to explain that the environment is an inherently global and large-scale concept.   B. It's used to create grassroots support for oil spills, dirty water, and polluted air.   C. The lack of government solutions for global warming has made groups focus on local issues.   D. Environmentalist groups use the idiom to mirror the efforts of antiwar movements

Answer 1

A. It's used to explain that the environment is an inherently global and large-scale concept.

"Think Globally, Act Locally" is a method by which many environmentalists continue to live upon because it represents a way of dealing with great questions. The sentence means that, while we should act in our local community, it is always important to think that the action we do in our local environment has consequences on a global scale.