Question: A term often used for people who are deeply concerned with the environment is "green". Compare a "green" person's attitude toward consumption with that of a person who is not "green".
As the exacerbation of environment is realized by more people, "green" has been a hot word. Green food, green material and green travelling have become quite popular. Nevertheless, not all the people who say "green" really have "green mind". Here, I just compare a "green" person's attitude toward consumption with that of a person who is not "green" to show their difference. A "green" person will choose the merchandise which can help protect environment but not just buy anything natural. The pretended "green" person is the one who is saying that he or she never eat anything not green while chewing rare species animals which are purely wild. A person who holds real "green mind" will deal the offal during consumption properly to prevent polluting. Those who litter about never consider how environment affected negatively if they do so. What they only care is how to keep themselves "green". Saving resources and energy as much as possible and sparing realizing the sustainable consumption is set as goal by "green" persons. However, wasting will not be considered as a behavior guilty. Conclusively, a "green" is consuming greenly while a person who is not green is consuming the "green" environment.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Cause – Effect Paragraph
Question: What are some of the main catalysts for climate change in your home country?
Review buddy: Li Hui
Recently, the climate change in China is more obvious and execrable. For instance, according to the report, the loss in the snow disaster burst out in south of China lately has preponderated over five hundred billion; while the people in south are fighting against the unexpected snow, the north is suffering from diseases caused by pathogen due to the abnormal warm weather. There are three main causations contributing to the exacerbation of climate. The factor of economics comes first. China is at the stage of changing the economic system from traditional planned economy to market economy, when environment problems are growing more serious than usual, because that market economy pursues to achieve margin as high as possible but ignores the much higher expense paid by the environment. Exempli gratia, some cities would rather tolerate all the pollution in air, water and land by some factories just for the sake of the high margin in economy they bring. Next is the large population China supports. The more people there are, the more resources are needed. Farmland, freshwater, and mineral resources are all presenting a predicament of shortage, which leads to uncontrolled and exorbitant exploitation and utilization. In addition, the consciousness of protecting environment in people’s mind is not clear enough, which means the people lack understanding of the environment problems. If China can carry out some measures and policies considering the causes of environment problems above, the climate, even the whole situation of environment will be proved a lot.
Review buddy: Li Hui
Recently, the climate change in China is more obvious and execrable. For instance, according to the report, the loss in the snow disaster burst out in south of China lately has preponderated over five hundred billion; while the people in south are fighting against the unexpected snow, the north is suffering from diseases caused by pathogen due to the abnormal warm weather. There are three main causations contributing to the exacerbation of climate. The factor of economics comes first. China is at the stage of changing the economic system from traditional planned economy to market economy, when environment problems are growing more serious than usual, because that market economy pursues to achieve margin as high as possible but ignores the much higher expense paid by the environment. Exempli gratia, some cities would rather tolerate all the pollution in air, water and land by some factories just for the sake of the high margin in economy they bring. Next is the large population China supports. The more people there are, the more resources are needed. Farmland, freshwater, and mineral resources are all presenting a predicament of shortage, which leads to uncontrolled and exorbitant exploitation and utilization. In addition, the consciousness of protecting environment in people’s mind is not clear enough, which means the people lack understanding of the environment problems. If China can carry out some measures and policies considering the causes of environment problems above, the climate, even the whole situation of environment will be proved a lot.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Problem- Solution Paragraph
Question: As forests in the world are being logged, many animals face extunction. Identify one such animal, for example, the tiger in India, and explain what measures might be adopted so that it could be saved from extinction.
Review buddy: Serene
Forests, which are main habitats of terrestrial animals, are being damaged more and more rapidly and execrably to meet the requests of logging, so that a number of animals are facing extinction due to losing habitats. Northeast tiger, living in the northeast part of China and being famous for their fur with extraordinary high commercial value, is one of those unfortunate species, remaining only 360 to 406 wild ones. To solve the problem, I think, the two measures following may work.
First, government can control the amount of logging with policies. Limiting lignum trade by raising tax, demarcating certain areas of logging, and encourage people to plant trees may all be feasible ways. With the guarantee of habitats, the situation of northeast tiger's survival may be ameliorated efficiently.In addition, protecting the other animals in the forests is also an important step. As the balance of the whole ecosystem is related to each element in it, every part cannot be ignored. All the creatures in a certain area build a close circle, food chain, where if one tach breaks, the whole cycle breaks down. Northeast tiger of course is within the food chain and needs the other animals’ support to live. Thus, protecting the other animals is though indirect but essential step that should be taken considering in the long term.
Review buddy: Serene
Forests, which are main habitats of terrestrial animals, are being damaged more and more rapidly and execrably to meet the requests of logging, so that a number of animals are facing extinction due to losing habitats. Northeast tiger, living in the northeast part of China and being famous for their fur with extraordinary high commercial value, is one of those unfortunate species, remaining only 360 to 406 wild ones. To solve the problem, I think, the two measures following may work.
First, government can control the amount of logging with policies. Limiting lignum trade by raising tax, demarcating certain areas of logging, and encourage people to plant trees may all be feasible ways. With the guarantee of habitats, the situation of northeast tiger's survival may be ameliorated efficiently.In addition, protecting the other animals in the forests is also an important step. As the balance of the whole ecosystem is related to each element in it, every part cannot be ignored. All the creatures in a certain area build a close circle, food chain, where if one tach breaks, the whole cycle breaks down. Northeast tiger of course is within the food chain and needs the other animals’ support to live. Thus, protecting the other animals is though indirect but essential step that should be taken considering in the long term.
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