It is a no-Brainer that we should buy locally grown food
and locally grown and manufactured forest products.

BUT>>>>  

 How and Where and When can you actually do that???  And at what cost???

And then there are Electronics...    Who grows TVs, Computers, Cell Phones in the neighborhood??

Consider these factors to know how Green something is on a global scale:

1.  What is the initial investment?  (what is the cost, environmental impact, time involved...)

2.  How local is the product? (where is the product from, who was paid for the resource)

3.  How credible/responsible is the manufacturing?  (what chemicals were used, what labor was used...)

4.  How far was the product shipped.

5.  How durable is the product  (what is the lifetime)

6.  What is the cost of operation?

7.  What is the cost of maintenance?

8.  How available is service?

9.  What is the ownership of the company that sells the product?  (where does YOUR money go?)

10. What components are recyclable at the end of service?  (what ends up in the landfill?)

11.  What jobs were supported by the product?

12.  Who makes the claim that this is a 'Green' product?

One good feature doesn't make a product green. 
You need to step back and look at the total product in a global perspective.

As Local As Possible is a combination of:

1.  How local is the product grown/made?

2.  How local is the store owned?

3. Where does your money flow to?

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