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1. Environmental Impact (page 53-59)

   • Positive
     • Improvement in Standard Living
       • People living in those countries benefit from it and can enjoy a higher standard of living.
       • Countries trade and open their doors to foreign investments to earn more revenue.
       • Governments make use of the revenue to strengthen up education, health, defence, housing and transportation.
     • Increased Competition among Nations
       • Investments and Markets
         • Allows countries to continue coming up with innovative ideas for their products and promoting it in a different way.
       • Talents
         • Allow people to have more experience working along with people from other countries that are highly skilled as well or equally skilled.
   • Negative
     • Widening income gap between the rich and poor
       • The rich in better developed countries will prosper because they have better opportunities while the poor and lowly-skilled workers face economic uncertainties such as retrenchment. This may lead to social problems like increasing tension between the rich and poor.
       • Developing countries face trade restrictions by developed countries as they are not capable of producing better quality goods that fetch higher prices than developed countries do. This is due to reasons like lowly-skilled workers.
     • Increased Competition among Nations
       • Talent
         • People who are highly skilled are in high demand. This provides them opportunities to find employment in another country. Thus this may lead to a situation of brain drain.

2. Social Impact (page 60)

   • Positive
     • Increased awareness of foreign cultures.
       • People can become more aware of different cultures and learn about the history of the culture and the way of life from people around the world through surfing the net, watching foreign movies and travelling.
   • Negative
     • Loss of local culture
       • With pop culture spreading around the world, along with rap music, MTV and Hollywood movies, people feel that these cultures have influenced youths negatively as they lose interest in their local culture. People are uncomfortable about the advancement of foreign culture and perceived these countries to be forcing their beliefs, cultures and languages to the rest of the world.

3. Environmental Impact (page 61-67)

   • Positive
     • Environmental management
       • Although globalisation bought an increase in environmental issues, it has also brought an increase in awareness of environmental management. More countries are aware that sustainable development is the key to further growth. If the environment is well-preserved, future generations can continue to use the resources to generate income so that they will be able to continue to enjoy high standards of living.
       • One way to ensure a sustainable source of energy supply is through conservation. Alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and geothermal power can provide some of the energy needed. These sources account for a small proportion of world's energy needs as there are problems associated with the use of these alternative sources. The challenge is for countries to source alternative energy sources and find ways to generate power using sources that are available to them.
   • Negative
     • Environmental degradation
       • Deforestation and related problems
         • This has caused many environmental problems such as soil erosion, extinction of flora and fuana (flowers and animals), increase in flooding as well as haze. Haze is caused by the practice of clearing land through 'slash-and-burn' agricultural practices. Haze during the dry period between June and October has been occurring in the Southern ASEAN region in the past few decades and can cause countries to incur heavy economic losses.
         • Many rainforests in many countries have been cut down to make way for the development of industries, agriculture, housing and transportation. Some of the governments also allow trees to be cut down at a rapid rate as economic activities like forestry, mining, soybean cultivation and cattle ranching can generate revenue for the country.
       • Global Warming
         • Movement of goods has contributed to global warming as aeroplanes and ships produces large quantities of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Factories and other different modes of transports around the world also emit an enormous quantity of fumes into the atmosphere everyday. The presence of these gases in the atmosphere thus leads to an increase in the average global temperature.