white collar: Environmental protection in the name of fashion

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“I am environmentally friendly, so I am fashionable, so I am proud." This is the concept that Chinese white-collar workers should adopt. 　　The International Herald Herald article "Plastic Restriction Order" has been implemented for half a month. A host from CCTV asked this question when talking to the author.: “The price of charged plastic bags is so low from 10 cents to 40 cents. Will it compromise the implementation and actual effect of the plastic restriction order? ”The author's first reaction was: CCTV hosts are great, and they don’t look down upon their mere cents and forty cents. Perhaps many of China's emerging middle class think so too. 　　The author witnessed such a scene in the supermarket: A man in his 30s, wearing a suit and leather shoes, seemed to be doing some shopping on the way home from get off work. He doesn't have many things, most of them are daily necessities such as shampoo. The cashier asked him if he wanted a plastic bag. The gentleman nodded slightly and held out two fingers, meaning he wanted two. The cashier explained that there was a charge. The gentleman continued to nod slightly and continued to hold out two fingers, neither bothering to talk to the cashier nor bothering to pay attention to the two plastic bags totaling 60 cents. 　　The author also asked a former colleague about the situation of the "plastic restriction order" outside Beijing. He works as a professor at a local university and owns a car and a house. “One of the purposes of the "plastic restriction order" is to indirectly encourage people to adopt other alternatives, but the response received from the professor was: “Who remembers always taking a bag out with you? Carry a vegetable basket? ! I'm not an old woman. ” 　　It is said that these people finally paid for plastic bags, which should be full compliance with the "plastic restriction order". The problem is: Does this reflect environmental protection? Is this disdain a cold indifference to the environment? 　　After 30 years of reform and opening up, the pockets of Chinese people have become increasingly bulging, and the number of wealthy people and the new middle class has grown rapidly. Germany's Nuttingen Institute for Automotive Economics (IFA) predicted in April that by 2015, the proportion of China's wealthy and upper-middle class population will rise from the current 15% to 45%, which will push China to replace the United States as the world's largest automobile market in seven years. 　　But at the same time, China’s environmental protection pressure is also increasing. * * When it comes to the common people, the responsibilities and burdens are very heavy. “"Plastic Restriction Order" is the best example to prove that every citizen's behavior can play a certain role in the environment. However, this law, which mainly relies on price leverage, has encountered disdain from some middle- and high-income earners. The price of one to forty cents seems to be more effective for the aunt next door. 　　What's the problem? In addition to the fact that the law itself still needs to be improved, is it that public awareness still has not reached a high enough level? Is it the consciousness that we should get more enjoyment after winning wealth? Are you still unaware that the deterioration of the environment will have an impact on your own life and the survival of the next generation in the near future? Are floods, droughts, snowstorms, typhoons and other extreme weather events all scars of the past, and the pain has now been forgotten? 　　developed * * After experiencing the deterioration of the environment, I had an awakening. In Europe, short-distance travel by air is sometimes cheaper than taking a train, but I see more people choosing to travel cross-country by train because flying the same distance emits a larger amount of greenhouse gases. There was a mix of people in the car, from backpackers to corporate executives in suits and ties. 　　Last summer, a handbag became popular all over the world. The humble cloth bag had "I'm not a plastic bag" scrawled on it. After some film and television stars took the lead in carrying it on the street in a swaggering way, the "bag" became extremely expensive all over the world, and the price on the Internet was as high as more than 2,000 yuan. Just two days ago, I saw someone wearing this small bag on the streets of Beijing, which attracted everyone's attention. I was thinking: When the sweetheart on the street corner is shopping, will she disdainfully put her belongings into plastic bags? The incongruity of this image made me laugh. 　　But I thought, implicitly and hopefully, that maybe she had stopped using plastic bags long ago, maybe she had already integrated environmental protection into her daily life.: She will naturally refuse to use disposable chopsticks, she will choose green food that does not contain pesticides or chemical fertilizers to support ecological agriculture, she will consider the environmental performance of certain brands when shopping, she will take it for granted to use double-sided printing in the office, she will not hesitate to unplug the computer after using it, she will replace all the light bulbs in the home with energy-saving lamps, and she will follow the three R principles in all small details: Reduce (reduce use), Reuse (reuse), Recycle (recycle), she will also express her opinions or suggestions about the environment. Maybe her bag is her statement: I am environmentally friendly, so I am fashionable, so I am proud. 　　If it's so easy, why not? One cent and forty cents should not be the price of the environment, nor should it be the future that we forcibly steal from the pockets of the next generation. (Text/Wang Xiaojun, "Greenpeace (Beijing)" Media Manager)