This brief commentary is pretty obvious to people who have any concern at all for the enviromnment and both local and international sustainability. Nevertheless, it serves as a lively pep talk for those of us (and that is most of us, I suspect) who have good intentions we fully intend to put into practice -- tomorrow.
McKibbon has interesting examples of local success stories and discusses the balance between what we can reasonable want locally and internationally. He wants, for example, to listen to world music on a local channel along with reports of the local high school basketball team, not some bland market-driven Clear channel.
This is a short, punchy commentary that reminds us of the importance of the "think globally act locally" slogan, without requiring an investment of a half-hour or more of listening.