Just that they emerged later than other nations ;), doesn't mean they aren't great ones though!Thanks for your comment, I liked your mentioning of "FairTrade", and also on renewable energy sources, and your overall focus that solving this crisis starts locally.

Hi,
honestly i think your essay is one of the best i've had the chance to read so far. it's very nice and easy to read, yet not simplistic at all. and what's very important: you've managed to keep it short! i envy you, 'cause i found 1000 words to be too little for me...and yet, it's much better to provide arguments "in a nutshell", as you did.
about your examples, i think really you hit the bullseye with them; the "fair trade" products, for instance. some malls and supermarkets have got them here in italy ("equal and solidal products"), but the problem is that consumers, driven both by restless advertising and ignorance, often prefer to buy branded, cheaper products instead. a choice that ultimately backfires on them, but they don't even know! so perhaps the EU (which you also mentioned) should back such products even more in the future, to promote them further. Anyways, gratulacje!

Hey!
It was nice reading your essay.. I wonder whether it is still possible to disentangle the crazy mix between local-global-political-economic etc. But definitely we can do better :)

Asta and Aiste are two different Lithuanian names :)
Best!

Hello Magdalena,

Thanks for your contribution. It seems that what you have in mind very much looks like the eco-communalist paradigm described by the global scenario group (http://www.tellus.org/seib/publications/Great_Transitions.pdf). I also suggest you read the book "Small is beautiful" written by E. F. Schumacher in 1973. Thanks for your comments on my essay as well.
Kind regards,

Benoit

Magdalena!
As a doctor I think you're right. I truly believe that only local work on the foundation of society makes real sense and can give real effects.
Greetings
Dorota :)