Thread by @Greenpeace

#SuezCanal: a 'mega ship' (longer than the Eiffel Tower) is blocking a major trade route after being blown off course by a gust of wind.

Every day it blocks around 50 cargo ships.

It has also affected oil prices.

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It points to the absurdities of our current trade system.

We are sending these monster ships, filled with either too much or nothing at all, around the world.

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If you think about environmental costs and how much we consume it's clear we need to be trading on a more local scale.

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@localfutures_ rightly calls #relocalisation a "solutions multiplier".

Shortening supply chains can help in future crises and reveal the true cost of what we are buying.

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Relocalisation can be an opportunity to put workers at the center of shorter supply chains, paying them fair wages and treating them well.

An opportunity to create millions of local jobs that cannot be outsourced.

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Making shorter supply chains can create opportunities for community building.

The more we build resilient communities at home, the more we are in a position to build strong communities across borders.

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Why don't we take these shipwrecks and near misses (luckily all the crew is on this mega ship is safe) as a sign that we should start rethinking how we structure our economies, and especially how we trade?

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