Consciousness of Environmental Protection

A green world for us all!

I like to use google earth and it makes fun. And if you have a closer look at the topographic world map, you’ll see that China is covered with large area of deserts and wasteland, while Germany is one of the greenest piece of the world. This is such an exemplary country which combines natural beauty and economical development in a highly harmonious way. And all of this should thank its environmental policies and the participation of all citizens in environmental protection in the long-run.
One very urgent policy China should learn from Germany is that the costs of material recycling  and pollution disposal should not be covered by the state, but be shifted to consumers and pollution initiators. For example, in Germany when people buy a bottle of mineral water, the costs for the plastic bottle is included into the price which means in oder to get this extra paid money back, people have to return the bottle themselves to appointed places in stead of the state paying a huge bill to buy the bottles back. One other way to reduce recycling costs is that in Germany waste are carefully sorted and those dustbins with different colours can be seen everywhere.
But the most important point for a good environmental condition in Germany is that everybody conceives such a strong sense for it. Not like Paris and some southern European cities, Germany is totally clean, streets and lanes, subways and trains, as is also related to the neatness character of Germans. It’s not allowed to eat food in a bus; bags are taken along with from home for shopping; Bicycle riding is favored if time allows and all people pay lots of attention to the environment  they live in and they enjoy. As Germans like traveling so, it’s not hard to imagine how can’t they bear pollution in their own homeland.
For a change in China the first step should be made by the government and industrial manufacturers. Investments to reduce environmental pollution should be done as well as to promote the environmental consciousness of all the folk. I really hope what I see here can one day also happen in my own country.