Low-carbon life style
With the enhancement of people's awareness of energy saving and environmental protection, the word \"low carbon\" takes up their daily conversation and trivial matters more and more. Low-carbon life means a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission. Today, the power of lower carbon improves the development of the times unconsciously and leads the fashion trend. Frankly speaking, low carbon life style which stands for nature, health and safety is influencing our attitude toward life to a large extent.
Why do we advocate and pursue low-carbon life? Due to the development of the world industrial economy, the fast increase of population, the unlimited increase of the human desire and the unrestrained production, our environment, health and safety is becoming worse and worse. For example, the resources that people rely on to survive dwindle; the water pollution becomes worse; the Earth's ozone layer suffers an unprecedented crisis; the glacier is thawing, and the catastrophic global climate changes appear repeatedly. Therefore, the high-consumption and high-pollution economy model and life style has become the killer of the earth and human beings, and the low-carbon life is in great need.
Then, how can we live a low-carbon life? First and foremost, we should recognize that the low-carbon life is not only a kind of lifestyle but also the life attitude. Each of us should be responsible for the greenhouse gases we emit in our daily actions. Combating climate change has to take the combined efforts of everyone on the planet. In addition, we should develop good habits in our daily lives. For instance, we can select products with longer shelf life when we shop, which can reduce waste and ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emission. We should try not to use paper cups which are made from cutting forests, because trees can absorb carbon dioxide and reduce greenhouse gas. We should use efficient light bulbs which use about one-third of the energy of normal bulbs and last 10 times longer, which will greatly reduce electricity consumption. As students, we ought to turn out the lights the moment we leave, turn off the tap in time, and reuse our textbooks and so on. What’s more, buses and trains are better than cars, but walking or cycling is even better for our health and also cheaper. Actually, there are so many low-carbon life actions that it is impossible to list all of them. In a word, low-carbon life can be summarized as moderate food, house, transportation, more sports and no wasting. 低碳 Low-Carbon
二氧化碳 Carbon dioxide
二氧化碳排放 the output of the carbon dioxide 碳减排Carbon emission reduction
碳排放标准 Standard for carbon dioxide emission 环境影响 Environmental impact 一氧化碳 Carbon monoxide
温室气体排放 Greenhouse gas emission 温室效应 Greenhouse effect 全球气候变暖 Global warming 大气层 Atmosphere
大气监测 Atmospheric monitoring 臭氧层 Ozone layer 紫外线 Ultraviolet ray 环境 Environment 生态系统 Ecosystem
可持续发展 Sustainable development