Let's Help the Henan Flood Victims and Live a Low-Carbon Life
Waking up and reading the news on the Henan disaster again, I found the death toll had doubled, and I felt even worse. I discussed with my wife donating some money to Henan, and also urged my son to contribute a little of his pocket money to the disaster area.Compared with celebrities and entrepreneurs, my income is far lower and I cannot compete with them in donation amounts, so I did what little I could and donated 2000 yuan. I also urged my son to donate, and he gave 100 yuan of his pocket money. We are an ordinary family and could only manage this much.I expect my wife's workplace will launch a fundraiser in the coming days, and she will donate some then. We are not rich, but we lack neither food nor clothing and cannot bear to see others suffer. As a farm boy raised along the Yangtze, I know all too well what such a flood means to the people in the disaster area.If you and your family also have the means, please lend a hand to the disaster area! Relieving the distressed and aiding the needy is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. In this disaster coverage we saw both the mutual help among the victims and the care of people across the country for them; this is where the light of humanity shines.Learning from the pain: these years floods have grown more frequent, and once-in-a-century floods and droughts keep appearing. The root cause is global warming. Global average temperatures are 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and for every 1 degree rise in temperature, atmospheric water vapor increases by 7%. Global warming is making extreme weather events more frequent: dry seasons are drier than before, and the rainstorms of wet seasons are heavier than before.The disasters caused by the climate crisis are approaching us, so I also urge everyone to think of our descendants and live a low-carbon, eco-friendly life; let us stop competing over luxury cars and mansions. If we must compete, let us compete over whose life is greener and lower-carbon! I will continue my life of taking walking as my carriage, not envying classmates and friends who own luxury cars. I also hope everyone drives less, consumes less energy, avoids extravagance and waste, and protects the environment starting with ourselves!