Only if we can understand，can we care；
Only if we care，will we help；
Only if we help，shall we be saved.
I am very proud of living in Beijing, the capital of China.
Every Chinese is excited about the result that Beijing has
succeeded in bidding the 2008 Olympics. In 2008, athletes
from all over the world will come to Beijing. How will be
Beijing like at that time? Let me describe it for you------the
environment of Beijing will be greatly improved then. Green
trees will be standing along the roads and streets. Flowers
will be blossoming on the partition area of the roads. Birds
will be swimming happily in the green river. All the beautiful
scenery will be more than the eye could take in.
The "Green Olympics" is one of the major themes
of 2008 Olympics. Nowadays, environmental issue is becoming
more and more serious, so environment protection is of great
urgency. Every one of us should contribute to this great task.
I am one of the members of "Roots and Shoots" Group
in Wen Hui Middle School. "Roots and Shoots" is
a program about environment and humanitarianism education
opened to the youth of all over the world sponsored by Jane
Goodall's research committee. To welcome the 2008 Olympics,
our group organized lots of activities on environment protection.
In this April, we took part in an activity named "Cartridges
for Dragon Recycling", which is jointly sponsored by
"Roots and Shoots", "Friends of Nature"
and HP company. The retrieve plan of consume materials aims
to decrease the impact of rubbish bury by means of filling
or covering to environment by providing simple and environmental
protected method to the customers for used printing ink boxes
retrieve.
This activity drawn great interests among our schoolmates
as it is closely bound up to everyone. All our schoolmates
actively took part in this activity and during which we understand
that consume material is hard to decompose or even pollutes
the environment if it is randomly thrown in the air or buried
in the earth. Actually many of its components can be retrieved
such as plastics, color mixing reagent foam rubber, sponge,
carbon powder and many kinds of metals. After retrieving,
all these materials can be made into new products like E-wood,
retrieved rubber, benches put in the parks and stationery
etc. Therefore, the amount of consume materials buried can
be reduced by implementing the retrieve plan, thus decreasing
its contamination to the environment. In only one month, my
schoolmates and I have collected over 100 printing ink boxes.
Those who don't use consume materials are also actively promoting
the advantage of this activity. It is evident that the mindset
of environmental protection has deeply embedded in all my
schoolmates' heart. Every one of us is doing what we can do
to contribute to the 2008 Green Olympics.
Just like Doctor Jane Goodall said:" Every individual
matters; every individual has role to play; every individual
makes a difference. I'll try my best to promote this concept
to people around me. I believe that every one of us should
start at some trivial matters around us and act from oneself
to protect our environment, returning the clear sky and green
water to Beijing. I'm confident when foreign friends come
to Beijing for Olympics in 2008, they will heartily praise:"
Beijing is so beautiful!"
