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I was watching Is It Paradise, where the audio talks about the rising sea levels that small island nations like the Netherlands, Tonga and others are facing as a result of global warming, which Is about to flood their homes.

For us, climate change is a distant prospect, but for them it is a threat that is looming every minute. A small island near my home, called Gulangyu, is also in danger of disappearing as sea levels rise. We should not be indifferent, everyone should take good care of our earth, because this is to protect ourselves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/oromo/features/6-minute-english_2022/ep-220616

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BBC Learning English - 6 Minute English / Island life: Is it paradise?

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What is life really like in the Pacific islands?

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too hard to make videos！QAQ

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I've been looking through my clothing purchases recordings for the last three years or so, and my reviews are surprisingly low. I buy clothes almost exclusively during the fall and winter seasons. My hometown is very warm, about nine months of the year is relatively warm. You don't need to buy too many clothes. Since I was in college, my friends often said "you don't have enough clothes". I think it's ok, just enough clothes to wear.

But my roommate in college was a fashion fanatic. She always liked to go shopping, and I also liked to hand out with she, so I bought a lot of clothes during that period. But after I graduated from college, I rarely bought clothes for myself because I worked from home for two years. I almost always wear pajamas at home, except for a few things I keep for going out. Walk the dog in pajamas, go shopping downstairs in pajamas, eat at my favorite McDonald's in pajamas！ LOL

And I've found that I really, really tend to buy cheaper clothes and then throw them away. Seriously, I just threw out a load of clothes with my mom the other day. But you can't say "throw." There's a recycling place downstairs where I send all my old clothes. As far as I know, most residential buildings in China have a similar used clothes recycling bin downstairs. The clothes in these recycling bins are cleaned, disinfected, and then sold or reused.

According to statistics from Xiaoxiang Newspaper (2022), about 75% of these old clothes will be disassembled and sent to factories for processing into blankets, cotton mats, industrial cloth, recycled cloth and so on. Of the other 25% of good quality clothes, about 15% of summer clothes will be sold to poorer developing countries such as Africa, and about 10% of good thick clothes will be donated to those who need them at domestic.

The Chinese government has also put forward some suggestions. The Chinese government (2022) hopes that by 2025, the recycling rate of waste textiles will reach 25% and the output of recycled fibers from waste textiles will reach 2 million tons. By 2030, the recycling rate of waste textiles will reach 30 percent, and the output of recycled fibers from waste textiles will reach 3 million tons. All in all, we still have a long way to go

Data source:
http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2022-04/12/content_5684664.htm

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pEOTySJZep7IZknuPArMig

https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1731989762292638212&wfr=spider&for=pc

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If there's a sustainable brand that comes to my mind first, it's McDonald's. I love the McDonald's beef burger.

McDonald's is also taking an active role in environmental protection, lighting all of its stores with energy-efficient bulbs and, in some stores, solar panels that look directly into the outdoors. The chair is 100% recycled from Marine waste, but I feel almost the same and comfortable to sit on.

McDonald's has been using more environmentally friendly paper doggy bags since before China enacted plastic restrictions. After China's plastic restrictions began, they switched all their cutlery to fSC-certified, greener, higher-quality materials. But prices and tastes have not changed.

Now, McDonald's has eliminated drinking straws altogether, replacing them with more reasonable cup sizes. Not only are McDonald's doggy bags now recyclable, they can even be composted, which is more environmentally friendly than the usual landfill degradation.

To be honest, I can hardly think of anything good that could be improved, but it seems to me that McDonald's could recycle their old toys if they could. McDonald's kids' meals sell different kinds of toys at different times, but admit it, toys can't be "played with" forever, and most of these toys are made of plastic. Maybe McDonald's can recycle their old toys themselves?

By the way, McDonald's is falling again on Nasdaq as I write this hahaha, Keep up Uncle McDonald!

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https://www.mcdonalds.com.cn/index/Planet/green-restaurant
https://www.mcdonalds.com.cn/index/Planet/green-package-

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（There are dozens of brands and flavors of chewing gum on display in the goods shelf in this photo）

I remember that when I was a kid, one time I went to McDonald and sitting in a window seat on the second floor, and I looked down at the intersection, and there were countless black spots on the ground. At first, I thought it was raining, but people came and went on the road without umbrellas. It took my little brain a long time to realize that all those tiny black spots were chewing gum. But today, there is hardly any chewing gum left on the streets of China.

I came across an interesting analysis in my data collection today. At first, there were various types of chewing candy in China, ranging from bubble-blowing children's candies to xylitol, tooth care and so on. Some focus on fresh breath; Some are sweet and long-lasting. But all this gum is gone in China. Why?

First, it's a product that relies heavily on impulse purchases. The main place for the sale of chewing gum, a cheap snack, is the counter space. Chewing gum is a good small commodity for consumers to break large denomination currencies when they settle accounts. Humans have almost no hard demands to chewing gum. It is advertising that creates an endless stream of soft demands, such as dental care or breath freshening.

However, mobile payments have penetrated every corner of the city in China, where the time to pay, the amount of time people spend at the counter, has been compressed almost indefinitely, with chewing gum sales almost all crammed into the tiny space of a cash register. People also spend much less time making impulse purchases while passing the checkout counter.

What’s more, the popularity of mobile payment fundamentally solves the problem of large banknotes and small change. Chewing gum, a cheap snack, also loses another incentive for impulse buying. Now, brands that once fought it out in the chewing gum category are moving to other tracks.

Finally, China enacted a law on chewing sugar in 2020 (effective March 1, 2021). People can be fined up to 25 yuan (around £3 or less) for uncivilized behaviors such as spitting or chewing gum.

In the afternoon, I spent a special visit to the supermarkets near my home. I could hardly find any chewing gum. In store, there are almost one or two kinds of gum, and in most stores there are almost none. Instead, there are mint-flavored candies, or brand-new products like oral pop. Anyway, I think it's a good change, isn’t it?

Data source：
Cleaning Up Gum: An Uphill battle for Cities around the World. By Alan Grabinsky

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Paper that should be saved in graphic design

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At present, there is a lot of waste of paper in graphic design. State Government of Victoria（2021） point out that the graphic design industry relies on many resources, such as paper, energy, water, ink, solvents, and packaging. Designers make decisions that "lock in" potential environmental impacts associated with their design lifecycle. When graphic designers apply design to packaging, posters and other products, these things are often disposable, which is a huge waste of paper resources.

Designers will ultimately determine how much carbon emissions will be in the design process of size, shape, color, printing style and paper. By making reasonable decisions, designers can reduce the impact of their designs on the environment, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and using natural resources more effectively.

Research by Ross Bernet (2021) shows that over a year, a mature tree absorbs approximately 22 kilograms [or 48 pounds] of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and releases oxygen in exchange. The trees remove between 4.5 and 40.7 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare per year during their first 20 years of growth.

The life cycle of paper, however, begins before it is cut down for pulp -- once the trees are cut down, they become debris, then transported, pulped, bleached and finally made into paper. Even, valuable resources are used at every stage of paper making and pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and greenhouse gases are released into the environment.

With the shift from paper to electronic document management and cloud computing, paper remains an integral part of our work. But there are ways to reduce a designer's carbon footprint. First, to make it chlorine-free, designers can use completely chlorine-free bleached (TCF) or process chlorine-free bleached (PCF) paper. Second, look for certified institutions to provide environmentally friendly sources of paper. Finally, choose the paper with the highest percentage of recyclable ingredients.

Bibliographic citation:

business.vic.gov. |About. [online] Available at: <https://business.vic.gov.au/business-information/sustainability/sustainability-in-graphic-and-web-design

> [Accessed  31 Mar 2021].

Onetreeplanted.org. 2022 | About. [online] Available at: <https://onetreeplanted.org/blogs/stories/how-much-co2-does-tree-absorb>[Accessed October 05, 2021].

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Nowadays, chewing gum has become a small part of our life, people enjoy chewing gum. Even thousands of years ago, people chewed gum in some natural form. The average person chews more than 300 sticks of gum a year. North American children spend about $500 million a year on chewing gum, and the average American chews about 300 sticks of gum a year. Worldwide, 100,000 tons of bubble gum are chewed each year.

And gum spots are popping up in our towns, cities, streets, parks, schools, movie theaters, trains, planes and theme parks. The spots don't just damage the environment. Across the UK, councils spend around £60 million a year removing gum litter from their streets. In Oxford Street alone, 2.5 million pieces of gum were discarded. 9 out of 10 of the paving stones had gum on them. However, chewing gum can take up to five years to biodegrade.

Gumdrop Ltd was founded by Anna Bullus in 2009 to tackle the global problem of chewing gum litter. Gumdrop Ltd has been founded on a closed loop recycling process. Gum-tec® is used to manufacture the Gumdrop Bin and Gumdrop on-the-go. With Gumdrop’s help, recycled and processed chewing gum can become a vast number of things from wellington boots, to mobile phone covers, stationary, packaging and much more. As well as being used as a more sustainable choice to virgin
plastics. Not only does this achieve ESG goals, reduce waste and improve margins, but the knowledge and experience found in creating Gumdrop also enables other companies or organizations to address their problematic waste streams.

Bibliographic citation:

Gumdropltd.com. 2022. Gumdrop Ltd | About. [online] Available at: <https://gumdropltd.com/about/> [Accessed 22 June 2022].

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Everyday class is so happy, but every time after class I feel so tired is what happened?

Before the class started, I always worried that I wouldn't understand what the teacher was saying. But now I'm always worried that the teacher won't understand me. I'm really worried about whether I can meet the teacher's expectations.

Let it go！Show everyone the puppy! Wish everyone and I have a good mood every day!

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Hi everyone! nice to meet you all! I am Lijie, or you can call me Jennifer.

I major in graphic design and am currently a personal designer. If you have any task, you are welcome to come to me.

I am new here, and not very familiar. Could you give me a like if you want

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This is the first time I know this CRAAP test. It's amazing! It looks so good! Making a poster also help me to remember the method and the word by myself. I can't wait to see what everyone's output in tomorrow! In China, it's already tomorrow hahaha

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Today, I saw the small sustainable creation of my classmates. It was amazing! I want to show off what I did tomorrow! Maybe I can try on jeans to create something in next time. Recently, I've been gaining weight so fast. So sad:-( I can't wear a lot of clothes anymore. The production of a pair of jeans can cause so much pollution that we can't waste it properly.

Ms. Nicky's designs are so beautiful, I kind of want one like those. Those sea creatures are so common to me that I don't really care, but global warming is so bad for these little creatures. It's so pithy to see them go from being colorful to gray. Perhaps we should pay more attention to the damage that warming is doing to the oceans.

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