People's Daily (20165438+123 October 13 edition, 2009)
When I was a child, I used to go to the grocery store with empty bottles to make soy sauce. Watching the shopkeeper skillfully scoop out the soy sauce with a bamboo spoon and pour it into the bottle, I can still remember the salty smell in the air ... At that time, it was very common to sell unpackaged goods in bulk. Corresponding to the unpacked goods, there was very little garbage generated at home in the past. Leftovers are left for chickens and ducks to eat; Bottle bag, keep it for reuse; Combustible waste paper or something, stuffed into the stove, becomes the fuel for cooking. ...
Nowadays, independent packaging of goods has long been the norm. Independent packaging has certain portability, but it also increases the consumption of resources. Coupled with the existence of over-packaging and luxury packaging, the resulting unnecessary waste is also increasing.
I came across a small shop in Beijing recently, and the sales model is very familiar: weighing and selling. Shampoo, shower gel, shampoo powder, etc. Everything sold here is unpacked. You can bring your own bottle if you want to buy it. The shopkeeper is an advocate of zero-package and waste-free lifestyle. He not only practiced it, but also tried to promote it with a business model. There are also many like-minded people around her who are promoting the popularization of this lifestyle.
"Zero packaging", the traditional wisdom, has become a fashionable concept. Behind this is a reflection on over-packaging. A plastic bag may take only a few hours to use, but it takes hundreds of years to degrade. It is better to get rid of the heavy dependence on plastic bags and reduce the generation of garbage than to recycle and degrade the garbage of packaged products.
In the era of lack of materials, it is natural for everyone to save, and it is natural to have no packaging or simple packaging. With the improvement of living standards, the views of "that money is not bad", "packaging is more hygienic and beautiful" and "it is inconvenient not to package" are more common. Even though it has been implemented for more than ten years, it still encounters new problems. It is obviously not that simple to reverse the consumption habits of the public.
Public environmental education cannot be achieved overnight. In order to attract customers, it is not enough to simply take environmental protection as a selling point. Convenience, hygiene, quality, price, etc. It should also be fully considered. In the case of imperfect upstream and downstream supporting systems, the just-started zero-packaging business attempt is likely to encounter many challenges. But this kind of attempt to get rid of too much unnecessary packaging is quite gratifying. Who says a single spark can't start a prairie fire?
2. The lighthouse of spirit will never sink.
People's Daily (2019 065438+2510.05 Edition)
Characters Huang Qun and other comrades of CSIC 760 Institute.
Story 2065438+On August 20th, 2008, Typhoon 18 passed through Dalian, Liaoning Province. Affected by it, it was in great danger at a national key test platform docked at the 760th Research Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. At a critical juncture, Huang Qun, then member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the 760th Research Institute, led 1 1 comrades to form a rescue team to reinforce the experimental platform. In the homework, Song, Jiang Kaibin was caught in the sea by huge waves and died heroically. The leaders made important instructions, stressing that party member cadres should follow the example of Song and Jiang Kaibin, strengthen their ideals and beliefs, earnestly perform their duties, and make contributions to the party and the country.
Comments The huge waves swept through, and 12 comrades rushed to the dock without hesitation to reinforce the cable of the test platform. The five-minute journey on weekdays measures the spiritual height of a hero group at a critical moment. In the face of typhoons and huge waves, Huang Qun and other comrades explained party member's excellent character of being loyal to the party, loving his post and being not afraid of sacrifice with practical actions, and practiced party member's initial intention and oath of "being ready to sacrifice everything for the party and the people at any time" with his precious life.
When Huang Qun's wife was sorting out her husband's belongings, she found that during her 480 days working in Dalian, her husband used five notebooks, three of which were almost full. "Only a life of struggle can be called a happy life." This is a sentence written by Huang Qun in his notebook, and it has also become a portrayal of the last five days of his life: on August 16, he was on duty in the office all night, patrolling the dock; On June 5438+09, he was on duty all night in the office to grasp the dynamics of the test platform in real time; On the morning of 20th, I rushed to the dock for inspection and asked the security personnel to report the situation every half hour. Later, I will ask every five minutes ... Huang Qun's professionalism and dedication stand out. Together with his colleagues Song and Jiang Kaibin, he devoted himself to his work with great energy. They don't care about fame and fortune, they only care about everyone. They have devoted all their efforts to the shipbuilding industry, and they have condensed the efforts of several generations of shipbuilders with the scientific research platform of life support, which is of great significance to improving the core key technical level of China ships.
The people of Sri Lanka have passed away and the spirit has passed on. We will never forget Min Naiben, a material scientist who wants to leave something for the world. Academician Wang, remind the world of high-speed rail; Zhou, a physical metallurgist, wants to give the stick to the next generation before the speed slows down; Cheng, the founding father of two bombs and one satellite, wrote Loyalty in the depths of the desert after 20 years of anonymity ... These researchers who have been working hard and selflessly in the front line are precisely because of their selfless dedication. Party member, an excellent producer and such a great man, we need such a great man to advance our career.
Happiness comes from struggle, and no cause is greater because of struggle and cultivation. Our times also need strugglers and cultivators. At the moment when the huge waves hit the dock, the heroic feats were frozen, but their spirit will surely become an unsinkable lighthouse.
3. The Year of China opens a window for the world.
People's Daily (20091October 28th, 20 1 12 edition)
A bamboo stick and a pinch of maltose, gently blown, will become a vivid zodiac sugar man; The calligraphy is fragrant, and the word "Fu" jumps to the paper ... The Spring Festival is approaching, and the strong flavor of the year not only fills the streets of China, but also extends overseas, opening a window for the world to see China.
Through this window, China's excellent traditional culture is more approachable.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched a series of "Happy Spring Festival" activities overseas, overseas Chinese spontaneously held Spring Festival parties and temple fairs, and China elements such as paper-cuts and lanterns entered the streets of overseas shopping malls ... The colorful activities not only carried the China cultural concept of "reunion and harmony", "family friendship" and "harmony is precious", but also warmed everyone involved. Today, more than 10 countries, such as Canada and Malaysia, have designated the Spring Festival in China as their national legal holidays, and wish the whole family a reunion and enjoy the charm of the Spring Festival.
Open this window, and the face of modern China will be clearer.
On the speeding high-speed train, China people working overseas embarked on a journey home; In a room in the southern hemisphere, a family living here received online shopping for China New Year's goods; On New Year's Eve, foreigners watch the China Spring Festival Gala and participate in grabbing red envelopes through online videos ... The rapid economic development of China is condensed in vivid pictures. As a result, foreign people imperceptibly changed their impression of China and saw an objective and three-dimensional modern China.
Through the Year of China, the image of China people has also become more complete. During the Spring Festival, China people want to visit relatives and friends and say auspicious words, behind which is the desire for reunion and happiness; At the New Year's Eve dinner, all kinds of table manners reflect the thrifty quality that has been cultivated for thousands of years, and place their longing for a better life. By participating in various Spring Festival activities, foreigners gradually understand the spiritual and cultural connotations behind these China customs.
For ourselves, the Chinese New Year is a memory and an emotion. In the world, it is a window with more and more beautiful scenery. The excellent traditional Chinese culture is here, the industrious and United people of China are here, and the innovative and open China is here. In the future, more and more foreigners will "open their windows" to see China.