建议同学们看看电视剧《恰同学少年》。与毛泽东、蔡和森那些人比，我们这一代的确是缺乏社会责任心，看重物质高于一切，很少人真正有远大理想和抱负，在具体工作态度上也没有上一代人严谨。也许我们都生活得太安逸了。
难道非要国难当头，青年才有理想有责任吗？
对环境问题而言，中国无疑现在正是国难当头，我们青年一代该做些什么？能做些什么呢？

I suggest students to watch the TV series of 'Like your peer classmantes'. Compared to the generation of Mao Zedong or Cai Hesen, our generation indeed lacks sense of social responsibilities, and is very materialistic. Very few of us have grand ideals and dreams, and are less focused on work. Maybe this is because we are living in a peace environment. Will the youth only have ideals and responsibilities when their country is faced with difficulties? China is in heading for environmental crisis. What should we young people do. What can we do?

似乎以前看过这篇文章，不过今天读起来仍然很鼓舞人心。

It seems that I read the article before. However, it is still inspiring to read again.

如果中国多出几个这样的高官，未来就有希望了.希望这是一种新生力量的诞生。

If China could have more such officials, there must be a hopeful future. Hope this is a birth of new power.

杜甫诗曰"国破山河在"
现在看来,如果环境问题不解决,应该是"国破山河在"了.
HUYI, LSE, LONDON

The great Chinese poet Du Fu once said, "If the country is broken, the mountains and rivers will still be here."

Looking at the current environmental problems, he should have said, "The country is here, but the mountains and rivers are damaged".

每一代人都有自己的历史命运。我们这一代人遇到的是中国五千年来前所未有的环境危机。
我们的父辈给我们创造了物质财富和舒适的生活，却也给我们留下了也许要跨越多代子孙的污染和气候变化。能怨他们吗？怨也没用，这是我们的命，更是我们的责任和义务。

Every generation has its fate in history. What our generation has encountered, is the biggest environmental crisis China has had to face in its 5000-year history. Our ancestors have created the basis for material wealth and comfort for us. But at the same time, they left us many problems including pollution and climate change, which may affect many generations to come. Can we blame our ancestors? It is useless to do so, because it is our fate. And above all, it is our responsibility and obligation.

环境问题不仅仅是生态退化、污染肆虐、资源匮乏。。。。。。，也是一个代际之间的公平问题，更是全人类或受其害或得其益影响深远的问题。牵一发动全身，怪不得从文化角度开谈，让每一个有良知的中国人不免忧心忡忡。

少年中国人，老年中国貌，有年轻一代人存在，就有少年中国形，看年轻一代，就知道我们老一代的价值观和现在年轻人的价值观取向发生了很大的差异，带着大家干，干给大家看！恐怕是最佳的选择。

为什么不多创造一些机会，让年轻人参与环保的决策（至少要占三分之一人选吧）、活动的策划，为什么不多对他们进行养成教育并监督他们执行呢？

环保只成为一种理念还不够，因为它来自内心深处良知呼唤的自觉行为，这种行为靠养成。

那些急功近利的决策作出的过程，深层次的问题仍然离不开文化修养的欠缺！

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Environmental issues aren't just ecological degradation, severel pollution, exhausted resources..., but also affect the relationship between generations, and furthermore affect benefits of human being. Any small change will affect the whole body. That's why this issue is discussed from cultural angle, so that every Chinese will realize the problem and start thinking about it.
The young generation will present future China. Because of the young generation, we can see the young China. They let us know how big the difference is between our value and young generation's. It perhaps will be the best choice for us, the old generation to be leader and example!

Why not create some more opportunities for the youngsters to involve in the strategic decision of environmental protection (at least will occupied one third of policymakers), activity planning? Why not to cultivate them through education and supervise them to implement the plan? Environmental protection has to become a habit, not only a idea, because it was the inner call of self-consciousness form heart. Lack of profound culture background will cause those decision which is eager for quick success and instant benefit.