关于环保,我们每个人都可以尝试的七件事

突然想说一说环境保护,说一说我们每个人可以做些什么、以及为什么要这么做。

在每个普通人的日常生活中,关于环保,从易到难大致有这么几件事可以做。

第一就是不乱扔垃圾,保证从自己身上离开的任何垃圾最终的归宿都是垃圾箱。我承认在公共设施不够健全的地方,连这一点都稍微有些困难,我的方法是把自己裤子口袋中的一个当作垃圾袋,或者在背包里放一个垃圾袋,每天回家后清理。

第二是垃圾分类和回收。按照自己所在地区的垃圾分类方法进行分类,比如我这里主要分为三类:可回收再利用的(比如纸和金属),可降解的(比如大部分食物),和不可回收只能填埋的(比如塑料袋)。更细致的划分还有电池、电器产品、油漆等,有条件的都应该把这些特殊垃圾抛弃到指定地点。

第三是抵制塑料包装产品,比如塑料袋、一次性饭盒、采用塑料包装的食品等。也不用对自己太苛刻,拿出抵制日货一半的热情就够了,比如去超市自备购物袋、少吃外卖盒饭等等,试一试就知道,其实并没有很难。

第四是随手捡被别人抛弃到地上的垃圾。从这里开始就有点儿难了,如果你还没有被吓倒,还愿意去尝试,我就必须像夸我儿子一样夸你一句:你真棒!做到这一条的关键是克服心里“关我屁事”的想法,试着把整个地球当作自己的家,只要看到家里有垃圾,就捡起来。

第五是选择更环保的交通工具,比如自行车、电动车、或者公车和地铁,减少家庭用燃油车的使用频率,如果可以的话减少飞机的乘坐频率。这个很难,我明白,其实只要能意识到排放问题的严重性,并且愿意在自己身上尝试改变,哪怕只有一点点,也是非常好的。

第六是食物的选择,减少红肉的消耗。老实讲,我做不到这一条,不让我吃牛肉我死的心都有了,所以我也不好意思劝别人。而且任何事情用力过猛也会招人反感和抵触,不划算。但如果你本来就对吃鱼还是吃牛肉无所谓,那恭喜你,轻轻松松就能帮地球一个忙,多吃鱼少吃牛肉就行。

第七也是最后一条,就是节俭,降低消耗。每个人在自己可以接受的限度下,少吃一点、少花一点,爱惜旧物、多用二手。说真的这一条对很多人来说很难,但对另一些本身就节俭甚至小气的人来说却反而容易,你们继续小气就行,如果女朋友再抱怨不给她钱花,你就说你其实是为了环保,有些女的可能就信了。

以上七条背后的原理,有心的朋友可以google一下关于环保的知识,我就不赘述了。需要示范和激励的也可以在网上找到很多优秀的例子,比如最近比较流行的TrashTag。注意最好用英文,中文环境里暂时还没有成熟的环保概念(一如其他很多先进概念)。

最后说一说动机,为什么要花力气做环保。环保这个事情重不重要其实已经没什么好争论的了,我更想说的是从个人的角度出发,有两点是值得考虑的。

首先是这件事情简单有效,你随手捡一下垃圾或者少开一次车,对环境的帮助是立竿见影的,也许小,但是实实在在的存在。而不像你努力在做的其他事情,比如每天加班加到九点、请喜欢的女孩儿吃饭、帮儿子辅导功课、给亲人普及科学知识、劝成功企业家不要随便强奸女大学生,等等等等。这些事你做完了,也只能换一个心安理得而已,至于能不能达到目的,十有八九还是得听天由命。说白了,我们都是普通人,能力有限的厉害。

其次,我不客气的问一句,你这辈子,有没有做过任何比自身、比家庭更大的事情,有没有做过任何让全人类都受益的牛逼事情?你肯定想过最好能生活在一个更美好的世界里,但你有没有想过亲自用自己的双手来创造这个世界?美好世界是存在的,but you gotta be part of it, not chasing after it.

环保就是这么个简单有效、又非常伟大的事情,我们每个人不论富裕或贫穷、强壮或弱小,都有机会贡献属于自己的那一份。而且不需要有负担,比如有洁癖的人就别捡垃圾了,喜欢开车的人继续开你的车,只要想,你总能找到其它力所能及的事去做。

最后说一句,虽然目前为止我对人类本性的失望多过希望,但我还是认为人类deserve more time to evolve。保护我们赖以生存的地球,就是我们对自己族类最大的善意之一。

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