Low-carbonLifestyle
Withtheadventoftheglobalenvironmentalprotectioncampaign，“low-carbon”hasbecomeanincreasinglypopularexpression，acatchphrase，amongtheenvironmentally-consciouspeople。White-collarworkerspridethemselvesongoingtoofficesonbicycles，onfoot，orevenonrollerskatesinsteadofbeing“themenbehindthewheel”。Housewivessavewaterafterwashingvegetablesorclothesforflushingthetoilet。
Everybodyseemstobeanenvironmentalactivistnowadays。
By“low-carbonlifestyle”，werefertoapatternoflifeinvolvingminimumemissionofcarbondioxide(CO
2)，themostimportantgreenhousegasproducedbyhumanactivities，primarilythroughthecombustionoffossilfuels。Carbondioxideisdetrimentaltohuman，animalandplantlifebecauseitistheprimarycontributortoglobalwarmingthatthreatenstoraisethesealevel，leadingtotheextinctionofanimalsandplants，andultimatelytothatofhumanbeings。ThereisonlyoneMotherEarthforhumanbeingsand，literallyspeaking，preservingtheEarthmeanspreservinghumanityitself。
Thepursuitofalow-carbonlifestyleseemstobeavoguetomanypeoplebut，inessence，itisalong-termnecessity。Ascollegestudents，therearemanywayswecanbecomeinvolvedinlow-carbonendeavors。Wecanconservewater，recycleourtextbooks，andturnofflightsonleavingourclassrooms。
Wecanresorttopublictransportationslikebusesandsubwaysinsteadoftaxisorprivatecars。Mostimportantly，weshouldreducetheuseofcomputersbyrejectingmeaninglesscomputergames。Evenasstudents，wehaveawholerangeofchannelstopursuealow-carbonlifestylethatisbeneficialtoourselvesandtohumanityasawhole。
