Chapter 64: Sustainability Strategies

"From the 18th century onwards, with the widespread use of Watt's improved steam engine, British industry developed extremely rapidly. But then the coal problem led to one of the worst air pollution periods in the UK's history.

No one can deny the status of London, which was an industrial capital at the beginning of the 20th century, but it was a black industrial capital, and its splendor could not cover the gray smoke.

In the sky over London, smoke and fog mix so that people look up and see only gray, yellow smoke. If you've studied world history, you've seen one of the most famous photographs of two huge chimneys billowing smoke in the sky, the famous Battersea Power Plant, one of London's landmarks.

London was named the "City of Fog". Between 5 and 9 December 1952, the London Smog killed 4,000 people.

Therefore, in 1956, the United Kingdom introduced the Clean Air Act, which introduced a series of schemes.

It has only been more than 40 years since London's environment has changed.

You may ask, what do you want to write as a primary school student, what do you want to say, and what do you do in the UK?

I just want to say that the predecessors planted the trees and the later people enjoyed the shade.

In those troubled times, countless revolutionary martyrs who went forward and succeeded each other threw their heads and spilled their blood, just so that we can have a splendid life today!

Biology taught me that green plants absorb light energy, combine carbon dioxide and water into energetic organic matter, and release oxygen.

Oxygen is something that people are lazy to survive!

Of course, plants do much more than that.

Without flowers and trees, it will cause soil erosion. There are 400 million people living on both sides of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River basin covers 1.8 million square kilometers of land.

According to statistics, in the mid-50s, the forest coverage rate in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River was 22%, and due to the continuous reclamation of agricultural land, the construction of factories and urbanization, 80% of the forests on both sides of the river have been cut down. Of the 193 districts in SC Province, only 12 have more than 30 per cent forest cover, and some have less than 3 per cent forest cover.

If 20% of the Yangtze River basin is eroded, 2.4 billion tonnes of topsoil will be lost every year, and more than 500 million tonnes of soil and sand will flow down the Yangtze River into the East China Sea every year. Year after year, the riverbed of the Yangtze River has risen above the ground, becoming another "hanging river" after the Yellow River.

Without plants, the water storage function would be greatly reduced. Lakes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are also shrinking rapidly, with Dongting Lake shrinking from 4,350 square kilometers in 1949 to 2,145 square kilometers, and Poyang Lake shrinking by one-fifth in 40 years. If you have a friend's house in this area and there are small and medium-sized lakes around it, you can see if some of them have disappeared and some are getting smaller.

As far as I know, in June 1992, the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development was held in Rio, Brazil, and adopted Agenda 21, a global strategy for sustainable development.

On July 4, 1994, China's first national-level sustainable development strategy, the White Paper on China's Population, Environment and Development in the 21st Century, was also released.

The strategy of sustainable development is related to future generations and generations to come.

I imagined what it would be like if there weren't a tree around, what kind of air we breathed.

Those who cut down trees for the sake of profit can think that this is a resource that people are lazy to survive, this is a resource that belongs to all mankind, this is oxygen, this is the land, and this is also human life!

Money, that's not how it is earned.

The London experience is a lesson enough to teach us a warning.

It is necessary not only to have gold and silver, but also to green waters and green mountains.

As a primary school student who has just entered the business world, I propose that afforestation should not be delayed, and everyone has a responsibility to protect the ecological environment.

Leave a piece of green mountains and green waters, a clear blue sky, and a foothold for future generations!

Nie Hui, August 16, 1998"

What Nie Hui didn't expect was that this piece of article was far more popular than the previous "Foresight of Shanghai Primary School Students".

After being reprinted in various newspapers, it attracted the attention of too many people.

In particular, the weighty newspapers, as well as some experts, almost unanimously stood up in support of the proposal.

The people who were called the "brick family" in later generations were still extremely popular at this time.

These people were already working around the clock to find ways to fight the flood, and some people looked at the specific causes of the flood.

Heavy rain is one reason, but not the only one!

The so-called natural disasters and man-made disasters, many natural disasters are actually caused by man-made disasters.

Unlike others, Nie Hui also thought of a more famous character in later generations, "bald and strong".

Logging, it's nothing, because wood can be used for many purposes.

But there must be planned logging, and at least afforestation should be accompanied by logging.

Zhong Weiming just made a splash, and here Nie Hui became popular again.

In fact, Nie Hui didn't want to be popular, he just felt that he should express his emotions.

Some things are not pleasant not to say.

There are obviously good policies and plans above, but what are the people below doing?

Of course, this is also caused by many historical reasons, because the people of the previous generation, like Nie Hui's father and others, have a low level of education, and if you don't say some truths, they may not understand.

It's like chopping wood and burning a stove at home, what's this?

For example, in order to save money and keep the water meter from turning, many people only turn on the faucet a little and drip it all day long.

In addition, many people are indeed not highly educated, which has caused many impacts.

Nie Hui knows very well why this generation of parents has such high expectations for their children.

Why do children not want to go to school, parents are beating, and they have to beat their children to school.

Your own children, don't you feel distressed as a parent when you hit it?

Because they know their weaknesses, their weaknesses, and even they have lost their former ideals.

So I want my children to be smarter, read more books, have higher education, and be better in the future.

So, the times are advancing.

The younger generation is always fulfilling the dreams of the older generation.

Not long after, the admission letter was sent to the school, and Nie Hui received the notice.

At the same time, Jiangying City, as the county-level economic vanguard of Jiangnan Province, drafted the first environmental protection draft, and Zhong Weiming was put out by Nie Hui.

Struck while the iron was hot, and a new wave of Zhengqiang Technology's borrowing advertising began again.

"It's almost the twenty-first century, and you're still writing?

It costs money, pens, and paper, and the key is to pay for the tree.

In the 21st century, a computer can be used for both learning and entertainment.

A computer, a sister (e-mail), reduce paper, reduce the time of several days, in the blink of an eye.

Try it, write a letter with your friends, write a letter with a computer!"

Over the years, he has mixed up with Xiao Ma's Shenzhen "Horse Station" and Feijie BBS and other places, and Ding Sanshi established NetEase as early as 97.

And in 1998, the free e-mail service was officially launched.

At this time, Ding Sanshi saw that Zhengqiang Technology's advertisement actually had the word e-mail, and he couldn't sit still.

No matter what it is, how to make it big?

That is, to have customers, to want traffic!!

Zhengqiang Technology, which is now in full swing, began to push the computer with the help of this afforestation trend, but pulled the e-mail, which Ding Sanshi was overjoyed.

"Lao Zhou, I'm going to Jiangying!"