“What went down in history as a good word for our generation is by no means a good word, because what we did was stupid, ridiculous, and shameful. Future generations will not forgive usTsinghua sociology professor Sun LipingHe has publicly expressed his concern for today's society.
He argues that we are overdrawing too many resources today for future generations to enjoycut off the money of the children and grandchildren, will make future generations hate us, because we lead to the inability to sustain the world, and we will become sinners of history. Why did Sun Liping say that? Is it really that serious?
With the rapid development of modern society and the acceleration of urbanization, high-rise buildings have risen one after another, and the excessive exploitation and utilization of environmental resources has caused a series of environmental problems
As early as the Industrial Revolution in Britain, a large number of factories mined coal and other resources to produce a large amount of exhaust gas and wastewater, which damaged air quality and caused serious pollution of water resources. The exhaust gas emitted by these factories contains a large amount of nitrogen hydride and other harmful substances, and the long-term emission causes the persistence of haze weather.
London is called ".Fog all"It's also because during the Industrial Revolution, it was often hazy and foggy. In 1952, more than 4,000 people died in the air due to harmful substances in the air, and a photochemical smog event occurred. People are starting to pay attention to the issue of air governance.
The Thames River is so polluted by the wastewater discharged from the factory that when the temperature is high in the summer, you can smell the pungent stench when you pass by the Thames and even walk there, and even the whole of London stinks, and the residents who live near the Thames also have physical problems, stomach pain, sore throat, and even temporary blindness.
Later, the water quality of the Thames River gradually improved due to the remediation of sewage treatment in the United Kingdom.
Although China's industrial revolution was carried out relatively late, the degree of damage to the environment in this process is not shallow. Water pollution is a frequent problem and the degree of pollution is high.
In 1994, there was a shocking incident that shocked China and the worldHuai River water pollution incidentIn July of that year, a sudden rainstorm fell suddenly, and the floodgates were opened in order to discharge the flood, and the "dirty water" that had been continuing upstream was discharged downstream.
At that time, the water of the Huai River was very turbid, with many dead fish and shrimp corpses floating around, as well as a lot of foam and other garbage. Some of the water from the nearby waterworks comes from the Huai River, and although the "dirty water" has been treated by the waterworks, it is still mixed with some harmful substances, causing downstream residents to feel nauseous and vomiting after drinking the tap water.
The water plants stopped supplying water for more than 50 days because of the diarrhoea and vomiting caused by the sewage discharged by enterprises in the upper reaches of the Huai River, which caused diarrhea and vomiting to nearby residents, as well as a lack of drinking water in the local area.
In addition to bringing serious water pollution problems to China, the construction of industrialization has also brought about the problem of deterioration of air quality. The increasing haze weather in the northern region, the large amount of exhaust gas emitted by factories is an important reason, and another reason is that a large number of trees in our country have been cut down and forests have decreased.
The forest has".The lungs of the earthIt provides us with oxygen and absorbs carbon dioxide from the air. However, we continue to cut down trees and destroy forest resources in order to supply raw materials for factories, for industrial activities such as mining, and for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.
The largest forest in the worldAmazon ForestNearly 200 hectares of trees were cut down in 2022, and the Amazon forest is home to many animals and plants, as many as 420,000 species of insects, home to one-fifth of the planet's flora and fauna, are constantly being cut down and their homes are disappearing.
In addition to cutting down forests, people sometimes cause serious wildfires, and they choose to burn leaves and branches directly with open fires in order to clean up the site, although the ashes formed after burning can provide nutrients for the land, but these open fires are sometimes affected by strong winds and spread to undeveloped areas to cause wildfires.
In 2019, there was a severe bushfire in Australia, which lasted for seven months and wiped out 150,000 hectares of forest resources.
This bushfire has not only caused a lot of damage to Australia, it is a huge loss for the whole world, the burning of the fire will release carbon dioxide, but carbon dioxide is not what humans need, what we need is oxygen, the trees that provide us with oxygen have been burned, and we are still releasing carbon dioxide that we don't need.
The fire, which burned for seven months, released more carbon dioxide than the 116 low-carbon countries combined.
The destruction of natural resources, coupled with greenhouse gases such as methane produced by human activitiesThe increase of carbon dioxide and other gases will inevitably lead to the intensification of global warming, followed by the melting of polar glaciers, and a large amount of fresh water will be injected into seawater, which will reduce the salinity of seawater and reduce the temperature, which will greatly affect the ecology of the earth, and in severe cases, it will lead to the water level, inundating low-altitude countries and island countries, and extreme disaster events will occur frequently, which will greatly deteriorate the living environment of human beings
Our country has also been affected by this wildfire, and the alpine zone on Mount Everest has been reduced, and permanent glaciers have melted.
This reckless path of rapid development chosen by this generation has cost us a lot. The number of organisms in China is constantly decreasing.
Yangtze white sturgeonAfter the 20th century, the fishing industry began to rise, a large number of commercial fishing activities prevailed, and the Yangtze white sturgeon began to face a crisis, and its population declined sharply in an overfished environment. In the eighties of the 20th century, it was listed as a national protected animal, but commercial fishing for it has been carried out.
And with the development of modernization, there are continuous construction of water conservancy projects, a large number of dams have been built here, and the environment of the Yangtze white sturgeon has been more or less affected.
In the 21st century, the Yangtze white sturgeon, known as the "giant panda in the water", disappeared from the face of the earth.
The development of industrialization has caused a lot of irreversible damage to the environment, but there are still some countries that do not realize the seriousness of the problem, and on August 24, 2023, Japan is still discharging into the seaNuclear sewageAccording to the images at the time of discharge, it was found that the area that was discharged was very different from the area where no sewage had been discharged, and soon there were dead sea creatures floating on the surface of the sea.
Carcasses of dead fish off the coast of Japan after nuclear sewage.
Chinese culture has a history of 5,000 years, and naturally there are many excellent cultures worthy of our inheritance and development. However, with the development of the Internet and the rise of Internet culture, traditional Chinese culture has gradually been forgotten, and the sense of inheritance of this generation has been gradually weakened
The post-90s generation conforms to the mainstream requirements of society, and they are exposed to the Internet world outside the real world, and sometimes there will be a "language barrier" when communicating with them.
With the rise of Internet language, the conversation between them seems to be encrypted. However, the popularity and widespread use of this online language also reflects their lack of traditional culture in the real world. Poetry and songs have been tampered with on the Internet.
They prefer meaningless emotional expressions such as "tie q" and "Ollie give", and cannot understand "long sighs to hide their tears, mourning the hardships of people's lives." The profound meaning of ".
The Internet is a double-edged sword, which makes people's lives easier but also brings a lot of harm to people. If you indulge in the online world, you can't distinguish between the Internet and reality, and some violent and bloody behaviors on the Internet will be brought to the real world, causing serious consequences.
The Internet is an external factorThe lack of culture is also due to the low sense of inner identity and weak sense of inheritance of this generation, which is actually rooted in the lack of cultural self-confidenceTea cultureIt is a typical example of the gradual loss of cultural inheritance in China.
China is the first country to start planting tea, tea culture also originated in China, according to statistics, China's tea production in 2015 is the world's first, but the first consumption is the United Kingdom. The per capita tea consumption in China is only 566g.
It is worth reflecting on the fact that China, as the origin of tea drinking culture, has not been influenced by Chinese culture, and the tea culture of Japan and South Korea has been inherited wellJapanese Zen tea and Korean gentleman's tea ceremonyPopular all over the world.
Tea and coffee can play a refreshing role, and now more urban young people prefer to drink coffee to refresh themselves when they are tired from work rather than tea, and the reason for personal taste is only a small influencing factor, and more is the lack of understanding of traditional tea drinking culture.
China is the hometown of tea and the birthplace of tea culture, but there is a great lack of understanding of Chinese young people, and there are not many interested people, which also reflects that many excellent traditional Chinese culture is being forgotten by us, and we should improve the awareness of traditional cultural inheritance and let the excellent Chinese culture shine.
The words of Professor Sun Liping of Tsinghua University are a warning to usWhile speeding up the development of the city, we should also pay attention to environmental issues and cultural inheritance。When we live in a bustling metropolis, we look up and want to see blue skies and white clouds, not black smog.
The sins that this generation has committed are powerless for those that cannot be repaired, but for those that can be repaired, we must stop losses in time, protect the environment, rationally develop resources, and adhere to the development concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assetsTake the path of sustainable development and find the balance between man and nature
The protection of the environment and the inheritance of culture require each of us to be aware of their importance and put them into practice, so that our global village can be protected, a comfortable living environment can be provided for future generations and for ourselves, and a bright future for the development of our country.