小改变创造大不同高中英语作文 Asadolescents,havingameaningfulimpactontheworldcanseemlikeanimpossibleanddauntingtaskforthesimplefactofbeingkids.Changingtheworlddoesnotonlymeanfindingacureforcancer,eliminatingpoverty,orfindingtheoriginofhumanity,butrecyclingapieceofpaperaswell.GoingGreenisapracticalwaythatadolescentscanhaveareal,meaningfulinfluenceintheworld.Therearenumerousoptionsofhowindividualscanchangetheirlifestylestobemoreecoconscious.Whatfollowsarethreesimplewaysyoungadolescentscangogreenandchangetheworld. 作为青少年你会觉得自己不过是个孩子对世界难以产生什么深远影响但改变世界可不仅仅指找到战胜癌症的良方、帮助人们脱贫或找到人类起源回收废纸也可以改变世界想用自己的力量让世界变得更美好支持环保事业是个可行的方法每个人都能通过多种方法让自己的生活方式更环保青少年可以试试下面这三种简单的方法支持环保改变世界 1.Recycle AccordingtoaWireTwineonlinearticle,63millionnewspapersgoouttostreetvendors,localpaperboys,ornewspaperdispenserseverydayandofthose44millionarethrownaway;recyclingtheSundaynewspaperalonewecouldsavehalfamilliontreesaweek. Theageoftechnologyconstantlycreatesnewphones,iPods,ornewputersingout.Manywillstandinlineforhoursifnotdaystogettheirhandsonthenewpieceoftechnology,butwhathappenswiththeoldonesoncetheyarereplaced?Nothing,accordingtoEarth911about75%oftheolddevicessitinthebackofadrawercollectingdust.Bytakingthemtothelocalstoresthatcollectthemtheygotopeoplewithdisabilities,warveterans,andsheltersforbatteredwomenwhichinturnremovesthemfromlandfillswherethephonesexplodebecauseoftheleadandlithiumionthephonescontain. 1.回收废物 WireTwine网上的一篇文章指出每天有6300万份报纸通过街边报摊、报童或报纸投递员送出其中有4400万份被丢弃；每周仅靠回收周末版报纸就能少砍50万棵树 科技时代里、平板电脑或电脑不断推陈出新许多人为了尝试新技术不惜排队等上数小时甚至数天时间去购买但有了新设备以后旧设备该如何处理呢根据Earth911的调查75%的旧设备被人们丢在一边渐渐遗忘如果把这些旧设备送到当地的回收商店那些残障人士、退伍老兵和受虐妇女的手里如若不然这些人就不得不跑到因铅和锂泄露爆炸产生的废墟中寻找这些废旧设备 2.Govegetarianonedayaweek Insteadofbreakingdowntheprosandconsofthevegetarianlifestyleintoalongboringparagraph,herearesomeastonishingfactsongoingvegetarianforonlyoneday.AccordingtoNoamMohr,aphysicistattheNewYorkUniversityPolytechnicInstitute,theUnitedStateswouldsave100billiongallonsofwaterwhichisenoughtosupplyallhomesinNewEnglandforabout4months. TheUnitedStateswouldsave70milliongallonsofgaswhichisenoughtofuelallthecarsofCanadaandMexicobinedandstillhavesometospare.TheUnitedStatescouldprevent3milliontonsofsoilerosion,4.5milliontonsofanimalexcrement,andabout7tonsofammoniaemissions.TheEnvironmentalDefenseconcludeswiththemostinterestingfact:iftheentirepopulationomitsonemealofchicken,theamountofcarbondioxideaccumulatedwouldbethesameamountifmorethanhalfamillioncarsweretakenoffU.S.roads. WhenApacheJunctionHighSchoolsenior,KehliNowakremarkedonwhatshethoughtaboutthefactsandifshecouldtrygoingvegetarianonedayaweeksheresponded,“Aftertakingintoconsiderationthesebafflingfacts,Iwouldbewillingtotryvegetarianismonedayaweek.Givingupjustonedayofeatingmeatisworththebenefitsitcouldbring.” 2.每周吃一天素 这里我不会大段冗述吃素好坏与否我会告诉大家一些关于每周吃一天素的惊人数据纽约大学理工学院的物理学家诺姆莫尔指出如果每周吃素一天全美国能节约1000亿加仑水这些水足够新英格兰地区所有居民使用四个月还能节约7000万加仑天然气这些能源足够加拿大和墨西哥所有汽车使用并且还有剩余还能减少300万吨水土流失、450万吨动物粪便和约7吨氨气排放美国环保协会例举出最有意思的数据：如果所有美国人少吃一顿鸡肉的话减少的二氧化碳排放量相当于美国公路上50万辆汽车停驶所减少的二氧化碳排放量 阿帕切联合高中高年级学生科莉诺瓦克表达了自己对这些数据的看法并就自己能否每周吃一天素做出了如下回应：“看到这些令人惊讶的数据后我愿意每周吃一天素这个举动带来的益处值得我这样做 3.Ditchbottledwater Mostdrinkbottledwaterbecauseofthemonconceptionthatbottledwaterishealthierthanregulartapwater;turnsout,25%ofbottledwateresfromregulartapwaterandallthatisdoneextraisitgoingthroughafilter.TapwaterhashigherregulationsfromtheFDAthanbottledwaterdoes.Companiesdonotneedtolistwheretheygotthewaterfrom,howtheypurifythewater,orwhatchemicalstheirplasticwaterbottlescontain.Plasticbottlesdonotgetrecycled90%ofthetimewhichresultsin1.5milliontonsofplasticinlandfillswhichtakethousandsofyearstodepose.Notonlyareyoudrinkingthesamewaterastheoneinyourhousebutalsopayingextra.Theaverage24packofbottledwatercost$3.97atthelocalWalMartandareusablewaterbottlecostbetween$4.99$7.99;justimaginehowmuchmoneycouldbesavedifreusablewaterbottlesreplacedplasticwaterbottles. Senior,NicoleSteensaid,“ImyselfhavealwaysusedbottledwaterandthenrecycleditafterIwasdoneusingit.AfterconsideringthatbottlewaterandtapwaterhaslittletonodifferencesIwilltryand“ditchbottledwater”andbeginusingreusablewaterbottles.” ChangingtheworldforapositivehastostartsomewhereandwhileitmaybehardandattimesitmayseemasifthesmallchangesthatarebeingdonearenotimpactingtheworldkeepinmindwhatMargaretMeadoncesaid,“Neverdoubtthatasmallgroupofthoughtful,mittedcitizenscanchangetheworld;indeed,it’stheonlythingthateverhas.” 3.少喝瓶装水 大多数人选择瓶装饮用水是因为他们觉得喝这样的水比喝自来水健康而事实却并非如此25%的瓶装水来源于自来水只不过被过滤了一下而已美国食品药品管理局对自来水的要求比瓶装水更高瓶装水公司无需标明瓶装水的水源地、过滤方法和塑料瓶化学品含量90%的塑料瓶未被回收变成150万吨塑料填埋到地下而土地分解这些塑料需要上千年瓶装水与自来水无异价格却更高普通的一箱24瓶装的瓶装水在沃尔玛卖3.97美元便携水壶的价格在4.99美元7.99美元之间；算算如果你自备便携水壶放弃瓶装水能省下多少钱吧 高年级学生妮可史蒂恩说：“我以前常喝瓶装水喝完了会回收塑料瓶后来发现瓶装水和自来水没什么区别我就再也不喝瓶装水了而是自备水壶” 我们必须尽自己一份力让世界变得更美好这并非易事你可能会偶尔气馁那就想想玛格丽特米德说过的那句话吧：“不要怀疑那些有想法有决心的人们改变世界的能力；事实上改变世界的恰恰就是这样的人们” 。