環(huán)保,愿細(xì)水長流

曾記得，“水光瀲滟晴方好，山色空蒙雨亦奇”、“西塞山前白鷺飛，桃花流水鱖魚肥”、“謝公宿處今尚在，綠水蕩漾清猿啼”，如此撩人心魄的風(fēng)景，形象地埋藏于詩人的文字中，真實的景象又該去往何處找尋呢？

“很難再見了！”某人感慨。聽見，內(nèi)心一陣莫名的冰涼與疼痛。一個神奇的可以化生萬物讓人類詩意居住的地球，在人類的掠奪與破壞之下，或許早已滿目蒼痍。

好好愛護(hù)地球，珍惜這個賴以生存的居住之所。希望在不久的某一天，還能體味沾衣欲濕的杏花雨，感受吹面不寒的楊柳風(fēng)。

環(huán)保，愿細(xì)水長流！

12歲的鈴木瑟玟（Severn Suzuki）在1992 年聯(lián)合國于巴西里約熱內(nèi)盧召開的地球環(huán)境高峰會議（Earth Summit in Rio De Janeiro）發(fā)表震撼演說，以小朋友的觀點向與會代表討論環(huán)境保護(hù)問題，對全世界環(huán)境部長發(fā)出警語。要求“大人們”對于環(huán)保要說到做到，否則就是對下一代的不負(fù)責(zé)任。

演說簡潔有力，直指人心。短短六分鐘就讓全場沉默、思索……

Severn Suzuki speaking for

E.C.O. — The Environmental Children’s Organization

Hello， I’m Severn Suzuki speaking for E.C.O. — The Environmental Children’s Organization.

We are a group of twelve and thirteen-year-olds from Canada trying to make a difference: Vanessa Suttie， Morgan Geisler， Michelle Quigg and me. We raised all the money ourselves to come five thousand miles to tell you adults you must change your ways. Coming here today， I have no hidden agenda. I am fighting for my future.

Losing my future is not like losing an election or a few points on the stock market. I am here to speak for all generations to come.

I am here to speak on behalf of the starving children around the world whose cries go unheard.

I am here to speak for the countless animals dying across this planet because they have nowhere left to go. We cannot afford to be not heard.

I am afraid to go out in the sun now because of the holes in the ozone. I am afraid to breathe the air because I don’t know what chemicals are in it.

I used to go fishing in Vancouver with my dad until just a few years ago we found the fish full of cancers. And now we hear about animals and plants going extinct every day — vanishing forever.

In my life， I have dreamt of seeing the great herds of wild animals， jungles and rainforests full of birds and butterflies， but now I wonder if they will even exist for my children to see.

Did you have to worry about these little things when you were my age?

All this is happening before our eyes and yet we act as if we have all the time we want and all the solutions. I’m only a child and I don’t have all the solutions， but I want you to realize， neither do you!

You don’t know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer. You don’t know how to bring salmon back up a dead stream. You don’t know how to bring back an animal now extinct. And you can’t bring back forests that once grew where there is now desert. If you don’t know how to fix it， please stop breaking it!

Here， you may be delegates of your governments， business people， organizers， reporters or politicians — but really you are mothers and fathers， brothers and sister， aunts and uncles — and all of you are somebody’s child.

I’m only a child yet I know we are all part of a family， five billion strong， in fact， 30 million species strong and we all share the same air， water and soil — borders and governments will never change that.

I’m only a child yet I know we are all in this together and should act as one single world towards one single goal.

In my anger， I am not blind， and in my fear， I am not afraid to tell the world how I feel.

In my country， we make so much waste， we buy and throw away， buy and throw away， and yet northern countries will not share with the needy. Even when we have more than enough， we are afraid to lose some of our wealth， afraid to share.

In Canada， we live the privileged life， with plenty of food， water and shelter — we have watches， bicycles， computers and television sets.

Two days ago here in Brazil， we were shocked when we spent some time with some children living on the streets. And this is what one child told us: “I wish I was rich and if I were， I would give all the street children food， clothes， medicine， shelter and love and affection.”

If a child on the street who has nothing， is willing to share， why are we who have everything still so greedy?

I can’t stop thinking that these children are my age， that it makes a tremendous difference where you are born， that I could be one of those children living in the Favellas of Rio; I could be a child starving in Somalia; a victim of war in the Middle East or a beggar in India.

I’m only a child yet I know if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers， what a wonderful place this earth would be!

At school， even in kindergarten， you teach us to behave in the world. You teach us: not to fight with others， to respect others， to clean up our mess， not to hurt other creatures， to share — not be greedy.

Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?

Do not forget why you’re attending these conferences， who you’re doing this for — we are your own children. You are deciding what kind of world we will grow up in. Parents should be able to comfort their children by saying “everything’s going to be alright”， “we’re doing the best we can” and “it’s not the end of the world”.

But I don’t think you can say that to us anymore. Are we even on your list of priorities? My father always says “You are what you do， not what you say.”

Well， what you do makes me cry at night. You grown-ups say you love us. I challenge you， please make your actions reflect your words. Thank you for listening.

Today things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources， and polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this， human life on earth will not survive.

We realize that if too many fish are taken from the sea， there will soon be none left. Yet， with modern fishing methods， more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down， forests will disappear. Yet， we continue to use powerful machines to cut down more and more trees. We see that if rivers are polluted with waste products， we will die. Yet， waste products are still put into rivers.

We know that if the population continues to rise at the present rate， in a few years， there won’t be enough food. What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat， there will be more food available. Land for crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.

Our natural resources will last longer if we learn to recycle them.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally， if we educate people to think about the problems we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future. 