Foreign media said environmental groups teach Chinese students about water crisis: drink less coffee and eat less meat.
source: reference message network compiling / Zheng Guoyi
British medium said about one hundred in Tongzhou sixth middle school in Beijing. The middle school student is addressing the issue of water resources. The visiting teachers told them that, in particular, they should shorten bathing time, buy less clothes, eat less meat, replace coffee with tea, and contribute to reducing the shortage of water resources in China.
according to the 22 newspaper of the guardian website in March, the group of students aged 12 to 15 accepted these views with pleasure. Zhou Kuiru, 15, said, "I don't know how much water is wasted." He is willing to shorten the bath time, but "less meat may be more difficult".
they are the latest batch of students who listen to the relevant speeches organized by Thirst. The organization has carried out water crisis education for young people aged 12 to 24 in China. The NGO says it has delivered about 500 thousand students since 2013, mainly in Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing. Its goal is to achieve the goal of 1 million by the end of 2017.
reported that according to the United Nations statistics, although China has 1 billion 350 million people - 21% of the world's population, it accounts for only 7% of the world's fresh water supply. The northern part of China is less water than the south. In 2015, Beijing had an average of only 100 cubic meters of water per inhabitant. If the per capita annual water consumption is less than 1700 cubic meters, the United Nations will be identified as a region of "water shortage". The main reason for the lack of water in
is the rapid growth of China's economy and the surge of heavy industrial production water consumption. China's pollution problem is also one of the reasons for water shortage; nearly 60% of China's groundwater is polluted. At the same time, the so-called "virtual water exports" - products that require a lot of water production or development - tend to shift from China's water shortage areas to abundant water supply areas.
the unique cultural
reports that the "thirst for the Declaration" is intended to encourage young people in China to reduce water consumption. If they will become business leaders in the future, the problem of water shortage is the first issue.
Mi Xiaona, founder of the organization, said: "because of the one-child policy, there has been a unique culture. Young people can greatly affect their parents and companies, because all companies are now eyeing China. This is a unique group of people. "
reported that the key words of the speech of "eager to declare" are concepts like "virtual water" and "water footprint". The former is the consumption of water for producing a product, not just the actual amount of water contained in the product itself. For example, the "craving declaration" Organization says that 15 thousand and 400 kilograms of water is needed to produce a kilogram of beef. Water footprint refers to the amount of water consumed by a person's virtual water and direct water, such as drinking water and bathing.
educate students to let them know that eating pork is more effective than eating beef. The same goes for cotton t-shirts, which cost about 3690 litres of virtual water for each T-shirt.
Guan Dabo, Professor of climate change economics at the University of East Anglia, said it is very important to clarify this information to the public. He said, "ten years ago, no one talked about air pollution. But then people began to talk about pollution problems: they saw fog and haze. However, it is hard to see water pollution or dry up. People just don't get in touch. "