How does the idiom "think globally, act locally" continue to be useful for present-day environmentalism?                 a.  the lack of government solutions for global warming has made groups focus on local issues.      b.  environmentalist groups use the idiom to mirror the efforts of antiwar movements.      c.  it's used to explain that the environment is an inherently global and large-scale concept.      d.  it's used to create grassroots support for oil spills, dirty water, and polluted air.

To encourage one to think globally and act locally typically means that one should consider the issues that exist in the world and to begin to make a difference by taking action in his or her community because in order to change the world, it is believed, one should first change his or her immediate surroundings because that is where it all starts—change.  Further, it is meant to convey the idea that nothing environmental is mutually exclusive because everything is connected on this planet because of the ripple effect of even the smallest of actions.  It encourages one toward believing in the idea that everyone can make a difference in so much that what is globally occurring more often than not started locally somewhere—it has its “grassroots.”  Thus, the appropriate response is D. It's used to create grassroots support for oil spills, dirty water, and polluted air.

The lack of government solutions for global warming has made groups focus on local issues.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)