在中国现在环保是一个热点话题,但不是时髦的话题,加上中国较差的环保意识,所以,再有国外大明星参与的环保活动也不见得能提得起中国人的兴趣,更不用说那些大腕明星了。

在中国，钱、名义和享乐是自己的事情，但保护环境是别人的事情和义务，这还是目前这个国家的现实。

Today in China, environmental protection is a hot but not a fashionable topic. Also, Chinese people, in general, have less awareness to protect the environment.

So, even such environment-related events as "Live Earth" concert have attracted several big-name stars from overseas, but they still seem not so interesting to Chinese people, not to mention to Chinese stars.

It is still the reality in China today: money, fame and enjoying life matter to individuals, but it is others' duty to care about the environment.

以中国的国情，做到这样已经非常不容易了。就像你不能要求一个小学生能做出博士论文来。中国毕竟还只是一个发展中国家。
中国的一线明星也不属于他们自己，而是经纪公司说了算。中国的所有公司，目前而言还基本上以赢利为唯一目的。完全义务演出？没门！

Concerning the current situation of China, it is already satisfied to see such an event. It's just like that you can't ask a elementary student to come out with a PhD thesis. After all, China is still a developing country. celebrities have to listen to their companies on what to do. Not to mention that currently all the companies in China still put their profit on first and only priority.To perform for free? No way!

就像巩俐穿着野生动物皮毛做的豪华衣服，提出了一份所谓的环保议案。中国明星的环保意识在中国大众中无疑是最低的一群，虽然大众的环保意识已经够低了。

Gong Li, for example, was heading a campaign for environmental protection, whilst continuing to wear luxury clothing made from wild animal fur. The level of environmental awareness of Chinese celebrities is the lowest among the Chinese. Although that of the Chinese populace is already quite low.

这个环保演唱会票价高达千元，最低也要两百多元，对中国民众来说明显属于高端消费。英国也不过55英镑，相对于他们的收入水平来说比我们是要低很多的。
环保是大家的事，为什么用这么高的门票把我们拒之门外？

This environmental concert quotes a price as high as four-digit. Even the lowest price is still above 200 yuan. Apparently, this is high-end consumption to Chinese public. The price in UK is less than 55 pounds, which, in relation to the income level, is much cheaper than ours. Environmental protection is an issue that everyone need to face. Why that they kept us away from it by those high prices?

意识的改变需要一代人的努力. 但以经济手段激励对环保行业投资, 以行政手段强化环保标准, 却有着立竿见影的效果. 民众的意识变化能改变政策走向, 由下而上如在美国. 在中国更普遍的是由上而下, 政策引导民众意识与行为.

所以, 问题关键在于, 政府能否下大决心, 动大动作, 上令能否下达. 中国经济不健康的过热众说纷纭, 其中一大诟病就是巨大的环境代价. 2004的地一份国家绿色GDP就指出占GDP3.05％的环境退化成本,那还是不完整的统计.

用环保法令,布局经济手段去刹不健康的经济发展快车, 用经济政策大力推广, 促进环保产业, 循环经济, 把国民经济发展引向可持续的方向. 这道理有之识士都看的到, 但做起来, 上面可要下大决心.

天明

Great determinations are necessary
It will take a period of one generation to change the public consciousness (to environmental protection). But there are more effective ways to approach it, such as making economic policies to encourage investment to “green industry” and setting strict environmental regulations. The public opinions could influence policy makings in a bottom up way, like the U.S.A. But there is an above down way in China, the public consciousness and behaviors are guided by set polices. Therefore, the key issue is, will the (Chinese) government make great determination to reform its environmental policies in a large scale and make sure these policies will be implemented in all levels. There are various criticizes on China’s unsustainable way of economic development, one of the greatest issues is enormous environmental damage. The China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004 states that the estimated environmental damages was equivalent to 3.05 % of Chinese GDP in 2004, and that is not a final statistical result. In order to prevent unsustainable economic development, to promote green industries and sustainable economic development, it is vital to set strict environmental protection legislations and make appropriate economic policies. This common sense is agreed by general public, but it is hard to achieve, the Chinese government should have great determinations to make some changes.

Tian Ming

P.S:
The China Green National Accounting Study Report 2004 (public version in Chinese) is available at:
http://www.sepa.gov.cn/plan/gongwen/200609/P020060908545859361774.pdf

80年代中期郭峰组织的中国歌星救援非洲难民的公益演唱会《明天会更好〉比此次轰动多了，集中了众多一流歌星。可见不是中国歌星或是公众的公益心真的那末低，本文记者们应该深入探究一下导致此次环保演唱会冷清的真正原因。

In the mid 1980s, Guo Feng, a Chinese singer, organized a top singers' concert, "Tomorrow will be better", to show support for refugees in Africa.

The event attracted more attention than the Live Earth concert held recently in Shanghai.

Obviously, this Shanghai event does not indicate that Chinese people have less interest in charity activities. Reporters should dig deep for the reasons behind the low attendance of the Shanghai concert.

环保不应该成为一种奢侈品

Environmental protection should not be a luxury commodity.

我同意环境保护不应该是一个奢侈的消费品,但是我也不认为环境保护是廉价的.我们花费无数的金钱和其他资源去开发,研究,监控生物体和非生物因素之间的关系是为什么呢? 是为了我们的生存和繁衍! 把资源用在正确的地方是昂贵的行为.

I agree that environment protection should not be a luxurious commodity for sale, but I do not think environmental protection is cheap either. We spent enormous money and other resources to explore, to search, to monitor relations between living organisms and abiotic factors, but for what? For our lifes and further generations! To put resources in right places are expensive practices.