Buying Local Products

Either on the radio or on  the television or over the internet, buying local products advocacy seem to broom everywhere. Back then, I just ignore them. And now, I realized that buying local products is very important. I realized that back then, I just ignore this thing which could help our country. And most importantly, practicing this could save our one and only habitat.

Imported and local goods vary in their transportation distances. Imported ones are needed to be shipped for like the nth times. While the other is shipped to markets a lot, lot lesser number of times compare to the latter. With lesser shipping distance, there will be lesser carbon dioxide released from ships or cars or planes. And its a universal fact that carbon dioxide is a gigantic contributor of climate change and global warming.

Aside from its advantage to the natural world, patronizing local products could help our our country's economy. Another thing is that doing such can help local entrepreneurs stay in the business world. And that local products are cheaper because there's lesser capital used which includes small means off transportation.

Upon hearing local products nowadays, it is inevitable to have some people flashing negative connotations at the back of their minds. What is commonly thought about local products is that they are of lower quality compared to imported ones. Well, like the imported ones, some aren't are very good and some not so. Maybe it's all about how one handles things that defines the objects quality.

Before heading to the cashier and purchase the imported thing in your hands, try to find a local version of it. If you found one but not convinced to buy the local one, think about your fellow countrymen. If it still doesn't, ask your self whether you can afford to risk Earth's sake for your own interest. And always keep in mind that there are more "e" in buying local products. And it is in buying them that you become economic-and-environment friendly.