Simple, Reduction or Simplicity? CBCGDF Good Food Fund Starts a Hashtag #Seek the Character# to Advocate Sustainable Diet
2019/8/9 15:40:00 本站

The topic #Seek the Character# created by China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) Good Food Fund (GFF) has been listed in the most searched hashtags. Dr. Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of CBCGDF, believes that the most appropriate character is "Simpleness (Chinese: )". The radical of this Chinese character is "?" which means bamboo that has been utilized for human consumption. Moreover, the idea of advocating simple food contributes to energy saving and environmental protection, respectively in conformity with the philosophy of simplicity (Chinese: ) and reduction (Chinese: ).

A volunteer of Green Great (the voluntary group made up of college students organized by CBCGDF) wrote to the President of Chinese Academy of Sciences, advising the college cafeteria to save food and avoid wasting. Agricultural system accounts for 70% of the freshwater resource, 30% of the global energy resources and 33% of the land and is responsible for 20% of the global greenhouse gas. A ninth of the population around the world have insufficient food, so it is imperative to save food.

All walks of life have adopted active and effective measures to combat plastic pollution, and thus to protect ecological civilization. CBCGDF has developed the initiative of Walk Your Chopsticks and written to relevant enterprises to stop using plastic decorations in public places. CBCGDF has also advised the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Security to stop equipping driving licenses and graduation certificates with plastic covers, to reduce unnecessary plastic products. On February 7th, CBCGDF's proposal regarding plastic reduction was submitted to members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

CBCGDF has always remained true to its original aspiration. As a pioneer in environmental protection, CBCGDF has been committed to safeguarding nature. Saving resources and protecting the environment are the basic state policies for China. It is imperative to advocate a simple, green and low-carbon lifestyle, and oppose the extravagance, waste and unreasonable consumption in daily life.


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Original Chinese article:

http://www.cbcgdf.org/NewsShow/4854/9480.html


By / Wang Yanqing