Sunday, September 25, 2011

Environmental Footprint

     The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems.Before coming to the America, I thought I was the one who do great harm to our nature resources,but I have to say, now, American people really live in a high comsumption lifestyle.
     People here open the air-conditioning 24 hours a day, they'd rather put on their clothes than turn off the cool-air; they like to keep the window-shades down and turn the light on in the daytime; they also like driving to class while leave the shuttle empty. Though these things can make our lives more convenient and comfortable, it really waste a lot of recources and energies.
        I just wonder why Amerian people all have prejudice against China's One-child Policy. It is not inhumanity, on the contrary, it shows our responsibility and we benefit a lot from it. You know China is a big country with huge popularity, the more people we have, the more resources we need. One-child Policy can not only limit the growth of the popularity but also lighten the burdurn of the society. Only by decreasing the number of people can we increase the per capita hold of resources.
       As far as I see, no matter what nation we are, which continent we live, we are all members of this earth and we should do more to protect it. Please shorten the shower time and turn off the light at the daytime, have a car pool or take the shuttle to class, as long as we start doing so from now on, we can make great contribution to our planet.