Cherish resources proposal

Building a conservation-oriented society" is a slogan we shout when we cherish and save resources. However, how can we truly save resources? Why should we strongly recommend conservation? Please listen to my words below Let’s talk about it!

Let’s talk about water resources first. my country’s total water resources are about 2.8 trillion cubic meters, ranking sixth in the world. The per capita water volume is more than 2,100 cubic meters, which is only 1% of the world’s per capita level. A quarter of the country is water-scarce, with more than 400 of the country's 600 cities suffering from water shortages. Water shortages are particularly serious in the western region, and it is very difficult for people and livestock to drink water in some mountainous areas.

Our country is facing severe water problems, so we must cherish water resources and save water. For example, after using water, we must tighten the faucet to avoid the waste phenomenon of "a river of clean water flowing eastward". If the faucet is found to be broken. It must be repaired in time to avoid losing a lot of water. Don't underestimate the discarded batteries, because a button battery will pollute 600 tons of water. If you throw it into the water, the water will be undrinkable. Collect the batteries and send them to the recycling bin, which can avoid polluting water sources and allow the batteries to be recycled. We can't just talk about it, we must take action!

Not only must we save water, We also need to save forest resources. The total amount of forest resources in my country is insufficient, and the forest coverage rate is only 18.21, which is equivalent to 61.52 of the world's average forest coverage rate; the country's per capita forest area and per capita forest stock are less than one-quarter and six-fold of the world's per capita level respectively. One percent. The forest quality is not high, with an average volume of only 84.73 cubic meters per hectare, which is equivalent to the world average of 84.86.

This is a warning to us that we must use forest resources sparingly! , First of all, don't throw away manuscript paper, and don't use unwritten paper to fold small crafts such as airplanes. Don't cut down trees and trample flowers and trees at will. Plant trees and take care of flowers and trees; don't use disposable things. Such as paper cups, wooden blocks, etc. In school, we need to set up a "green bank" to pick up previously discarded paper scraps, small handkerchiefs, etc. When eating out, let's take action together and save. Utilize our limited forest resources.

Electricity is indispensable in our lives and brings us various conveniences, but we must save electricity because electricity is almost produced by burning standard coal. , and the coal reserves in our country are only enough for mining for 100 years! Think about it, what will our descendants do in 100 years? So, we must first start with ourselves. "Lights turn on when people come and turn off when people leave." In midsummer, when turning on the air conditioner, don't adjust the temperature too low, as long as it's suitable. For daily lighting, use energy-saving lamps as much as possible, because ordinary light bulbs convert a large amount of electrical energy into For heat, only a fraction is converted into light, while energy-saving lamps almost convert electrical energy into light.

"Cherishing resources and advocating conservation" is the obligation of each of us citizens. For a better tomorrow, please. Take action quickly!

"Looking forward, looking forward, the east wind is coming, the footsteps of spring are near..."

It is Mother Earth who brings us beautiful springs one after another. On April 22, when the 37th "World Earth Day" comes to us with the dance of spring, we must think about: how should we treat Mother Earth well, and how should we cherish the thousands of miles of spring that Mother Earth has given us.

Being kind to the earth - cherishing resources and sustaining development is the main theme of this spring.

However, the current situation in our country, whether it is land resources or mineral resources, their protection, utilization and sustainable utilization does not allow us to be optimistic.

We have to ask: Is the earth’s spring eternal?

Although we implement the strictest land management system in the world, in some places, the indiscriminate occupation of agricultural land and basic farmland still occurs from time to time; in our cities, large and small, The "big pie" paved with reinforced concrete is still expanding in all directions, devouring thousands of hectares of grain fields around it...

Although the supply of mineral resources has become a bottleneck restricting rapid economic development, However, in some places, unlicensed small mines, which are marked by waste and destruction of resources, are still mining indiscriminately; even in large mines, the extensive mining method of "eat half and throw away half" continues; random heaping Indiscriminately placed tailings not only cause the mineral resources that could have been used to be abandoned, but may also form mudslides during the rainy season, becoming a killer that destroys fields, crops, and people's lives and property; ground subsidence and ground fissures in mine goafs not only cause Farmers have lost the land resources they depend on for survival, which also threatens their residential security; we are the most water-scarce country in the world, but water for production and domestic use is still being squandered casually, and precious groundwater has been over-exploited or polluted. We are already very short of energy, but the extensive heating of new houses that are springing up like mushrooms is still wasting oil and coal resources...

Today, when the supply and demand for land and mineral resources are tight, we must change The current situation of extensive utilization of land resources, low efficiency and serious waste. The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the conservation and intensive utilization of land and resources, requiring us to have a high sense of historical responsibility, a strong sense of urgency and a broad world perspective during the critical period when strategic opportunities and contradictions coexist, and accurately grasp the stage characteristics of our country's development, Based on scientific development, focus on independent innovation, accelerate the transformation of economic growth mode, regard resource conservation as a basic national policy, develop a circular economy, protect the ecological environment, accelerate the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, and promote economic development to be consistent with population, resources, and the environment. coordination.

In order to build a conservation-oriented society, during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period, the country has set several binding hard targets that must be achieved: the amount of cultivated land maintained at 120 million hectares, and the energy consumption per unit of GDP reduced. By about 20%, the water consumption per unit of industrial added value will be reduced by 30%, the effective utilization coefficient of agricultural irrigation water will be increased to 0.5, and the comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid waste will be increased to 60% (expected). Now, governments and enterprises at all levels are working hard to achieve these goals, and every one of our citizens must work hard to achieve these goals. Resource shortages and energy crises are all around us. "Electricity shortage", "oil shortage", "coal shortage", "water shortage", etc. are plaguing us all the time. Cherishing resources depends on you and me. Only with the concerted efforts of the whole society can we get rid of the resource dilemma in rapid development and move towards a resource-saving and environment-friendly society.

Everyone has the responsibility to cherish resources, protect resources, and save resources. Let us start from now, start from me, start from bit by bit, cherish all the natural resources given to us by Mother Earth, and make our homeland shine bright every year...

Related reports:

Yunnan's rectification of mineral resource development has initially curbed the spread of "six chaos"

The reporter recently learned from the Yunnan Provincial Department of Land and Resources: The province's rectification and standardization of mineral resources has been launched since September last year. The work of ordering resource development has achieved effective results, and has initially curbed the spread of the "six chaos" of disorderly occupation, disorderly extraction, disorderly selling, disorderly batching, disorderly collection and disorderly management.

According to reports, through comprehensive investigation and treatment of illegal and illegal mining activities, the province has cleared up 2,240 cases of illegal mining without a license, 110 cases of cross-layer and cross-border mining, and ordered 588 companies to suspend production for rectification. 2,545 illegal mining sites were banned, 118,000 yuan in mineral resource compensation was recovered, 2.78 million yuan in fines were imposed, 15,000 tons of mineral products were confiscated, 89 mining licenses were canceled or revoked, 1,661 people were given administrative penalties, and criminal prosecutions were pursued 67 people were held responsible, and the company severely cracked down on indiscriminate digging, environmental damage, and illegal mining without a license. Through comprehensive verification of licenses, the province now has 2,824 valid exploration rights, with a total registered area of ??65,000 square kilometers, accounting for 16.5% of the province's land area.

Through organizing joint law enforcement, state, city, and county governments have conducted a preliminary investigation into the behavior of favoritism, malpractice, dereliction of duty, and the participation of public officials or disguised participation in running mines in the development and management of mineral resources. So far, the police have found 41 people suspected of participating in running mines and taking shares to pay dividends. In response to the "deficit heat" phenomenon in mineral exploration last year, relevant parties organized efforts to conduct centralized screening and processing in accordance with the "six principles" and the "ten no-approval" approach. So far, nearly a thousand cases have been processed and issued licenses.

WWF: China’s resource consumption will double in 40 years

On the morning of April 19, the World Wildlife Fund (WFF) announced the "Ecological Footprint and Natural Wealth of the Asia-Pacific Region 2005" Report". The report shows that people in the Asia-Pacific region are depleting resources at nearly twice the rate that the region's natural resources are being restored. From 1961 to 2001, China's per capita ecological footprint almost doubled. This means that the resources consumed by China have doubled in 40 years. Despite this, China's national ecological footprint is relatively stable, the report's publishers said.

Why should we save today?

I don’t know when we started to get used to the bright lights in the office during the day, to the air-conditioning in the living room with the air conditioner turned on all year round, to the long running water when washing dishes, and to the waste paper next to the copy machine. ...Also, I am used to the lavishness and freedom behind all these conveniences and comforts.

Therefore, when the State Council proposed to carry out resource conservation activities nationwide from 2004 to 2006, and when the long-estranged word "saving" kept repeating in our ears, some people felt that "no Habit".

Some people say that conservation is a product of the natural economic era with low productivity. Is it inappropriate to mention conservation again under the conditions of a market economy with abundant materials? Some people say that consumption is the traction engine of production and the indispensable wheel of modern trains. Is advocating the transformation to a conservation-oriented society conservative and outdated?

Why should we save today?

Uncontrolled waste of resources shakes the foundation of survival

Saving and waste are relative. Today we mention saving again because the waste happening around us is shaking our survival. foundation.

We are one of the most water-scarce countries in the world, with per capita water resources less than 1/4 of the average. More than 400 of more than 600 cities have insufficient water supply, but do we cherish water?

Agriculture is a large user of water resources and a large waste of water resources. In our country, the agricultural irrigation method of "earth canal water delivery and flood irrigation" is still widely used. Half of the irrigation water leaks during the water delivery process, and the utilization rate is only about 40%, which is less than half the level of developed countries. .

Due to the backward technology of existing water facilities, my country's current industrial water consumption per 10,000 yuan of output value is 103 cubic meters, the United States is 8 cubic meters, and Japan is only 6 cubic meters; the reuse rate of our industrial water is only 55 About %, while the average in developed countries is 75%-85%.

People waste water resources equally unscrupulously in daily life. Experiments show that if a faucet leaks one drop of water per second, 360 tons of water will drip out in a year. In most cities in my country, the leakage loss of water transmission and distribution pipe networks and water appliances is as high as 20%. Only the leakage of urban toilet tanks alone causes an annual loss of more than 20%. Hundreds of millions of cubic meters were lost. More than 10 billion cubic meters of water are wasted across the country every year. The water consumption for car washing in Beijing alone in one year is equivalent to the water storage capacity of more than one Kunming Lake or six North Seas.

Our per capita arable land is less than 2/5 of the world average. We need less than 1/10 of the world’s arable land to feed a quarter of the world’s population. However, the "land enclosure movement" under various names has drastically reduced our cultivated land. Small solid clay bricks alone can destroy 80,000 to 100,000 acres of fertile land a year. Brick factories alone occupy 4 million acres of land. mu.

Amidst extensive use and unnecessary waste, energy has also entered an era of shortage. The lowest per capita reserves of important mineral resources such as oil, natural gas, copper, and aluminum account for only 1/25 of the world average.

At present, China consumes nearly 40% more energy and mineral resources per 10,000 yuan of industrial production value than developed countries. In addition to the factors of backward science and technology, human waste is a big loophole.

No matter the Asian financial crisis or the sudden disaster of SARS, they have not been able to stop the rapid development of our country's economy. However, since the energy shortage and the overall rise in raw material prices that swept the country last year, it has become increasingly obvious that our country's economy is suffering from resource constraints. For a large developing country like ours, the shortage of important resources will inevitably be controlled by others. At critical times, resources may not be bought with money.

The imminent resource crisis sounds a natural alarm

Riding on the rapid development of the economic train, facing the increasingly rich material life, we often feel a kind of satisfaction: stretched. As the days passed, life became more and more prosperous.

But when we know that today’s prosperous life is achieved through excessive consumption of resources, and today’s development is achieved in exchange for the survival rights of future generations, we can still be so calm and careless. Live on your feet?

"I thought you were infinitely broad and didn't care about losing a piece of shade. I thought you had infinite treasures and didn't care about taking away a little peace. I thought you were extremely strong, but who knew your tears were flowing. I thought you had maternal love. Without borders, who knows you will gradually lose your strength. ”

The scarcity and depletion of existing resources, as well as the demands and pressures of future development, require us to listen carefully to nature’s warnings. After encountering "coal shortage", "electricity shortage" and "oil shortage" one after another, the Chinese people experienced the bitterness of resource shortage for the first time. In the annoyance of queuing up to buy candles, in the panic of suddenly falling into darkness, the alarm bell has actually sounded!

Geologists have confirmed after decades of surveys that China has become a "weak resource country" because of its huge population base and rapid economic development. In 50 years, except for coal, almost all mineral resources in China will be in serious shortage, and about 50% of them will be exhausted. Insightful people warn that China will enter an era of severe water shortage in 2010, and our children will have to pay a heavy price for our profligacy today.

This is a very dangerous signal. Insufficient resources will become the biggest difficulty restricting China's rapid economic development, and will also become the biggest hidden danger that undermines our beautiful life.

In fact, under the wheel of development, how to deal with the challenge of resource shortage has become a worldwide issue. In countries around the world, conservation has become a trend, and the awareness of resource conservation and protection in many countries has been integrated into every detail of life.

Those are countries that are much richer than us, but their careful calculation of resource utilization puts us to shame.

The United States is a resource-rich country, and their national consumption level ranks first in the world. However, textbooks for American students are reused. A textbook must be used by at least 8 students and has an average service life of 5 years. The service life of textbooks in my country is only half a year! There are currently 220 million primary and secondary school students in our country. If the textbooks currently available to each student can be used continuously for 5 years, the amount of money that can be saved will be considerable after deducting the cost! And in the process of recycling textbooks, how many forests will be spared!

Our neighbors, the Koreans, have already saved their teeth. Because they cherish resources, they have developed food toothpicks made from potato starch or glutinous rice noodles. Disposable tablecloths used in restaurants and disposable toiletries used in hotels have long disappeared in South Korea.

Disposable chopsticks were originally invented by the Japanese. Japan’s forest coverage rate is as high as 65%, but they are strictly prohibited from cutting down trees on their land to make disposable chopsticks. The wooden chopsticks they use are all They are imported from China. After being used, the chopsticks are processed into pulp and exported to China in exchange for foreign exchange.

HP is a world-renowned large company with strong strength and wealth, but they have set up a "spare box" and a "recycling box" in the office. Paper that has only been used on one side is placed in the spare box. Others can reuse the back of that paper, and paper that has been used on both sides is placed in a recycling bin for recycling.

In any Epson company around the world, all double-sided printing paper must be used to paste various reimbursement receipts after it is used up.

Behind these seemingly trivial and even trivial behaviors is an increasingly recognized political consciousness: no matter how wealthy you are, you have no right to waste resources.

Saving resources depends on everyone’s actions

In this large developing country with a population of 1.3 billion, if everyone does not pay attention to saving resources, then our resources will be lost. Reserves will not be able to carry the boat of development of the Chinese nation;

A drop of water becomes a river. If China, with a population of 1.3 billion, truly practices strict conservation and opposes waste, the power it gathers will not only be the support for our country to move into the future , is also our nation’s gift to the earth and mankind.

Don’t do evil because it’s small, and don’t do good because it’s small. Everyone can do something to eliminate waste in life, and save where possible.

Turn off the faucet when soaping in the shower. Taking a bath can save 60 liters of water. Use a cup to collect water and brush your teeth, only 0.5 liters of water. If you leave the faucet open for 5 minutes, 45 liters of water will be wasted; Use water-saving appliances in the toilet, which can save 4-5 liters of water each time; use a basin to wash vegetables instead of turning on the faucet, which can save 100 liters of water for one meal...

The country has a population of 1.3 billion Using one less pair of disposable chopsticks per person means thousands of acres of forest will be saved from deforestation. Every household in the country uses one less plastic bag every day, which can save a lot of oil consumption and reduce environmental pollution.

Recycling 1 ton of waste paper can produce 800 kilograms of good paper, cut down 17 trees less, save 3 cubic meters of landfill space, and save more than half of the papermaking energy, reducing it by 35% of water pollution.

If we use energy-saving light sources, our lighting electricity consumption will drop by 60%, saving 74 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year, which is equivalent to saving 29.89 million tons of standard coal. If all the existing 130 million refrigerators in the country are replaced with energy-saving refrigerators, 43.132 billion kilowatt hours of electricity can be saved every year, which is equivalent to half the power generation of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station...

It can be a millimeter It is no exaggeration to say that each of us holds precious "resources" in our hands, and holds the power of life and death over the "lifeblood" of the development of these nations. Success, destruction, and loss of love depend on the actions of each of us.

In the 1950s and 1960s, the party and government vigorously advocated the spirit of saving one kilowatt hour of electricity, one drop of water, one drop of oil, one pound of coal, and one inch of cloth. Now that the economy has developed, income has increased, and life has become better, but that frugal spirit not only has not become outdated, but has acquired richer meanings with the development of the times.

“Frugality cultivates virtue.” Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has always regarded frugality as a virtue worth promoting. Today, our 20-word civic ethics outline also includes diligence, frugality and thrift.

Choosing frugality not only chooses a way of life and pursues a spiritual quality, but also establishes a path to the future.

Its name is sustainable development.

It requires 1.3 billion Chinese people to work together and practice it.