When the Earth Summit opened in Brazil last year, conservation groups raised the slogan of "global thinking, grass-roots action." This signified that environmental problems should be handled from the larger perspective, and weighed in terms of the whole earth; but on the other hand action should begin in the community where one lives, so that one should not mouth fine-sounding slogans while overlooking what needs to be done next door.
去年地球高峰會在巴西舉行時，環保團體重提「全球思考，草根行動」的口號，意指環保問題應該從大處入手，以整個地球來考量；但另一方面也應該從自己生活的社區開始行動，不能空談大道理而忽略身旁事務。