Author: lifesolutions

Water supports a country’s development, and China is no exception.

Despite being the world’s fastest-growing economy for years, China has been facing a serious water issue. The problem stems from rapid population and industrialization growth, which have spurred the need for water. With climate change and widespread water pollution contributing to the problem, water is scarce and unevenly distributed throughout the country. The combination of limited quantity, changing conditions, and pollution is making it difficult for China to supply enough consumable water to some provinces. About half of the country’s large cities, including Beijing, face a water shortage.

Yangtze River Plastic Pick Up

Water scarcity in China has been an ongoing challenge for the country. Lenient environmental controls have led to poor water quality and extensive pollution. Although factories are often located on river banks for water supply, the lack of water treatment plants results in wastewater being released back into the rivers without being treated. Besides industrial pollution, land use and degradation contributes to the pollution in China’s water. Fertilizers, pesticides, and animal waste is carried into lakes, rivers, and coastal waters. Also, aquifers are impacted as rainfall and melted snow transport pollutants underground. As a result, most groundwater in urban areas is contaminated and cannot be consumed.

To address the limited supply of water, China has implemented substantial water projects. The most well-known, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, involves moving water from rivers in the South to the dry areas in the North that have dense population, industry, and agriculture. First proposed by the late Chairman Mao Zedong in 1952, the project was approved by the State Council in 2002 following much research and planning. Once completed, it will link China’s four main rivers – the Yangtze, Yellow River, Huaihe, and Haihe – and disperse water through three diversion routes, stretching south to north across the eastern, central, and western parts of the country.

Despite the importance, need, and benefits of this project, it is years from completion, generating new environmental concerns, and not contributing to resolving China’s immediate issue of water scarcity. To help improve the supply of consumable water in the short-term, it is necessary to prevent water pollution and tackle environmental issues. Cleaning up China’s rivers and lakes is not an easy undertaking. Industrial growth over the years has caused cities throughout China to be blanketed in smog. And, both are continually raising concerns about the safety of food and population health.

Air pollution in Hongkong

However, efforts are already underway. Earlier this year, The National Development and Reform Commission issued a new policy – to be implemented over the next five years – that reduces single-use plastics across the country, including straws by the end of this year. Non-degradable plastic bags will be banned in major cities by the end of 2020 and in all cities by 2022, with the exception of markets selling fresh produce that are exempt until 2025. Additionally, restaurants will need to reduce the use of single-use plastic items by 30% and hotels will no longer be able to offer free single-use plastic items by 2025.

Initiatives like these that help manage water waste and widespread pollution can contribute to improving water scarcity in China and eventually lead to more consumable water throughout the country.

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11.10  世界青年日

改变和团结所有人在21世纪依然是一个奇迹，因此，11月10日世界青年日，将全世界青年集合起来，传播希望与责任，团结如一人，守护我们共同的世界！

人生需要信仰，
世界的美好则是青年的共同心愿，
作为青年的一员，我们能为此做出哪些贡献？

 纸回收计划

作为立志为人类提供更加清洁水源的净水器提供商，水福来积极投身于许多与世界及环境保护有关的绿色活动。

而这一次的活动，是从2018年开始的… …

2018年12月，我们的管理团队从繁忙的日程中抽出一些时间来深入了解Green Initiatives纸回收计划。创始人Nitin Dani向我们的团队介绍了纸回收计划的目的。在水福来，我们对该项目带来的积极影响感到兴奋。

我们节省的不仅仅是纸张

水福来关心整个地球，并一直自豪于建议全中国的企业客户在其工作场所采用可持续解决方案。同时，我们将这些环保措施纳入我们自己的内部办公习惯。

什么是纸回收？ 

纸回收计划旨在为中国的企业和公司提供负责任地回收纸张的手段，并提高认识，以减少纸张浪费。

根据Green Initiatives主任Ashley Fernandes的说法，废纸被收集，与其他原生纸浆一起加工，然后重新制成新的工业级纸张，供应给其他纸制品制造商。

该计划的独特之处在于Green Initiatives团队已经在亚洲纸浆和造纸厂位于中国宁波的工厂验证了回收过程。Ashley解释说，“在Green Initiatives，在我们启动任何项目之前，我们会进行尽职调查，我们的合作伙伴是值得信赖的。”

  我们学到了什么？

对于每吨再生纸，我们可以节省：

– 26,500升水
– 4,000千瓦能量
– 1,440升油
– 17棵树
– 2立方米垃圾填埋场

团队对我们办公室回收可以节省的自然资源量感到惊讶。我们知道，随着公司数量的增长，我们的纸张消耗量可能会增加。这个为地球带来积极影响的机会是我们决定与Green Initiatives合作进行纸回收计划的主要原因。

 加入我们！ 

由于我们一直在寻找节约自然资源和改善整个公司的方法，我们很自豪能够参与这一重要的企业责任计划。我们的印刷室现在配备了分类回收箱以及信息丰富的海报，以提高办公室内部的环境意识。

如果您希望您的公司通过减少浪费来帮助环境，请 加入我们！

参考资料：
http://greeninitiatives.cn/view-project/paperback

Life Solutions is a service company that specializes in the filtration and purification of water. It supplies, installs, and maintains water filtration systems for potable and washing water. With offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong as well as dedicated service centers in Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Macau, Life Solutions services clients in more than 25 Chinese cities.

Although the company’s business is impressive and admirable, what makes it special is its mission: “To inspire China’s transition to clean and healthy drinking water through outstanding customer service and environmentally friendly solutions.”

Life Solutions wants to make safe drinking water available to as many people in China as possible while eliminating damaging environmental effects and pollution caused by the plastic bottled water industry.

In tandem with this mission are the company’s core values that guide its actions and makes it so successful. These values, decided by Life Solutions’ team members across all of their offices and services centers, are:

• Respect all
• The earth’s health is our health
• Health and safety first
• Teamwork
• Be attentive to the needs of our customers

While all of these values are important, the one that stands out from the others is the focus on the environment – “the earth’s health is our health” – meaning that safeguarding people’s health starts with a healthy earth.

It may not be obvious, but the environment impacts water quality and people in many ways. For example, common environmental pollutants like lead can leak into water through old pipes and cause damage to the kidneys and nervous system. The chemical Bisphenol A (also known as BPA) used to make plastic water bottles increases the risk of cancer. Biological contaminants like solid waste and fertilizers can cause bacteria that make oceans unsafe, causing illnesses to people in contact with them. Additionally, man-made products like gasoline and oil can get into the groundwater, making it unsafe for people to consume or use.

Although people can exercise regularly, make good choices about nutrition, and get regular medical check-ups, well-being suffers when living in a toxic environment. By sharing how the planet impacts personal health, how bottled water creates unnecessary pollution, and how filtered water makes sustainable drinking water readily available, Life Solutions is doing its part to better society and preserve the welfare of the earth and people.

A healthy earth benefits everyone. To make this known is not only one of Life Solutions guiding principles, but it is what gives them great pleasure, satisfaction, and profound sense of accomplishment.

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Learning can be defined as acquiring knowledge and skills through actual experience and studying. It is important because it improves awareness, understanding, and abilities that help people better themselves and reach personal goals. Learning often comes from being taught by teachers whose primary role is to provide this knowledge and skills. The information they impart, which spans basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms and values, is essential for improving people’s lives and helping societies operate efficiently. Much of the development and future of any nation depends upon teachers.

World Teachers’ Day, which is October 5th every year, celebrates teachers. Also known as International Teachers’ Day, it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which focuses on the status and situations of teachers around the world. This includes standards for education personnel policy, recruitment, and training as well as the continuing education, employment, working time, and conditions of teachers. The holiday aims to improve educators, assess issues related to teaching, and advance appreciation for this critical job.

Acknowledging the far-reaching, long-term impact of teachers, he said, “Education is essential to eliminating gender inequality, reducing poverty, creating a sustainable planet, and fostering peace. In the knowledge economy, education is the new currency by which nations maintain economic competitiveness and global prosperity. On World Teachers’ Day, we recognize that our great teachers make these goals possible.”

With World Teachers’ Day comes a reminder not only for the respect and admiration of teachers internationally but for the importance of being educated in current and varied topics. This year’s theme is “Teachers: Leading in Crisis, Reimagining the Future”.

During a time of critical challenges,
ranging from a global pandemic to climate change to conflict between nations to systemic problems creating unequal societies, education about big issues – supporting opportunities and change – is essential. It is the perfect time to learn about other important issues, like the threat of pollution to ocean health around the world, the importance of recycling plastics, and the benefits of clean water initiatives in preserving marine life, ecosystems, and people’s health.

As World Teachers’ Day raises awareness about the role teachers play in education at all levels all over the world and praises them for their contributions, it is an important reminder that education is continuous and everyone can learn. There are always new skills to master, advanced techniques to adopt, and ongoing changes to confront. Most importantly, learning is rewarding. It makes people wiser, sensible, and well informed to make better and more impactful decisions.

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全球洗手日– 2020·10·15

“全球洗手日”是促进用肥皂洗手公私伙伴组织（PPPHW）发起的，号召全世界各国，每年10月15日开展用肥皂洗手活动。世界卫生组织在2005年倡导，并在该年的10月13日订立，目的是呼吁全世界通过“洗手”这个简单但重要的动作，加强卫生意识，以防止感染到传染病。

今天，你洗手了吗？

手，是病毒在人与人之间传播的最常见渠道，保持双手清洁则是避免生病和向他人传播病菌的重要步骤之一。细菌和病毒可能通过不正确地用肥皂和干净的自来水洗手而传播的。像冠状病毒（COVID-19）这样的呼吸道病毒，会通过眼睛、鼻子或喉咙进入人体，传播开来。在这场全球性的冠状病毒大流行期间，我们更加需要意识到正确洗手的重要性，并采取措施帮助我们保持安全。

正确的洗手步骤：

把手沾湿后涂上足够的肥皂泡；
用肥皂把你的手搓在一起擦出泡沫，在手背、手掌、手指之间和指甲缝涂上泡沫；
搓洗你的手至少20秒；
用干净的自来水彻底冲洗双手和手腕；
用干净的纸巾擦干双手或风干。

科普洗手的好处：

减少腹泻病患者人数；
降低免疫系统弱的人患腹泻病的概率；
在普通人群中减少如感冒等呼吸道疾病；
减少学童因肠胃疾病造成的缺勤。

其实，饮水安全同样重要

水福来Billi饮水系统

为何选择Billi：

优质产品
优雅，节省空间的设计
高效节能

*水福来是中国优质Billi水过滤产品的独家授权供应商。

能效认证

我们的Billi Quadra，Quadra Plus和Eco型号均获得了Global Green Tag金牌的能效认证。Global Green Tag被全球70多个国家认可，是值得信赖和广泛认可的生态标签之一。

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While literacy is defined as the ability to read and write, it goes well beyond these basic abilities to include knowledge and social development.

On September 8, International Literacy Day was observed around the world. Decided by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), this holiday is celebrated to remind everyone of the importance of literacy for individuals and communities. Most significantly, it strives to advance efforts for more sustainable societies by making positive and lasting connections between “literacy and technical and vocational skills in policies, practice, systems and governance”.

International Literacy Day is often celebrated in empowering ways. People volunteer in local libraries, reading clubs, and storytelling groups to inspire others through reading. They also donate to charities that want to help eliminate illiteracy through reading and writing as well as provide teaching and learning resources. Perhaps the most endearing way to honor the holiday is to give someone a book.

As International Literacy Day each year calls on policymakers, advocates, and others to take action, it is the responsibility of everyone to continue this effort and beyond just reading and writing. Literacy is the foundation of knowledge in all areas.

For example, there is a need for water literacy and learning about water quality and watershed health. While most people know the benefits of water, they are not fully aware of its value, scarcity, and need for more efficient use. Water literacy educates people about water sources, clean water systems, the importance of water management and preservation, and the necessity for water sustainability.

Learning about water quality leads to understanding the suitability of water for drinking and other uses based on certain physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Knowing about watersheds (the land that drains to a particular stream, river, or bay) is just as important. Specifically, when they are healthy and functioning well, they provide nutrients, clean water, and habitat for plants and animals. They move sediment from mountains to beaches and bays, creating diverse landscapes and environments. They purify and store water, and even affect air quality by absorbing pollutants.

Life Solutions understands the importance of water literacy and continues to provide educational presentations and seminars that broaden knowledge for organizations, charities, schools, and social enterprises about water quality and efficiency in the Asia Pacific region as well as the global pollution caused by the plastic bottle industry. 

As they continue to deepen their understanding of water risks and scarcity, they continue to share their knowledge with businesses, suppliers, volunteer organizations, and the public. They believe the more they educate about transitioning to clean and healthy drinking water through environmentally friendly solutions the bigger impact they will have.

It is their ongoing contribution to literacy, to advance efforts for more sustainable societies, and to help make a difference.

At Life Solutions, we continue to deepen our understanding of water risks and scarcity, and to share our knowledge with business and residential clients, staff members, suppliers, volunteer organizations, and the general public across China.

This is one way we live our mission of inspiring China’s transition to clean and healthy drinking water through outstanding customer service and environmentally friendly solutions.

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水福来出行指南

中秋将至，丹桂飘香。

十月，你可能终于能够见到久未谋面的家人朋友，或者到访一个你期待已久的小众旅行地。

终点总是充满诱惑，出行前记得做好攻略。

——水福来

01

请尽量选择人少的地方旅行

皮划艇游玩

每年的国庆长假，最壮观的风景不是山川湖海，而是人人人人人人人人人… 从前，假期「赏人」或许还能被拿来调侃，在今年则是需要严肃对待的事情。

而那些人少的地点，风景说不定别有一番趣味，也降低了罹患某些疾病的可能。

02

自驾游是很好的选择

若您暂时还没有购入专车，不妨选择租一辆喜爱的车出行。一些小众的旅行地，自驾游更方便，更是一番不同的体验！

自驾游

最重要的是，你不用因为乘坐公共交通，而陷入对自身安全的恐慌。

03

带上充足的口罩和酒精消毒设备

即使没有疫情，秋季的流感也是假期出游的一大隐患，既然你总会暴露在人群中，不如主动做好隔离吧。其实，消毒水的气味闻起来还挺浪漫的，不是吗？

04

身体力行，减少塑料污染

海滩上的塑料垃圾

还记得曾经看到过的新闻吗？那些因为疫情，重新变得清澈见底的湖泊。如今即使疫情已经减缓，出行仍要珍重自然，才会再邂逅那些美丽的风景，我们能做的最好的小事，或许就是减少塑料污染。

如果您是长远出游，记得收好手中的塑料品，送它去到回收点；

水福来 长江塑料回收

如果是短途出游，则可以选择自己携带玻璃杯或其他可循环利用的杯子，尽可能不要使用塑料瓶或一次性杯子，从购买源头减少塑料制品的产生。

水福来 Billi 系统

优质产品；
世界一流的服务；
优雅，节省空间的设计；
高效节能。

经过专业净水机净化的家用安全饮水，有效杀菌高达99.99%，在外您不需要担心饮水问题。

水福来，给您与家人纯净呵护。

To celebrate International Crab Fest Day, which is September 14, many people go to the shores with their crab baskets or to the local market to buy crabs. As the holiday’s name clearly states, it is about crabs.

Besides enjoying popular seafood, the benefits of International Crab Fest Day are many. Crabs are plentiful all over the world. Whether Dungeness, Stone, Snow, King, or Blue crabs, more than a million tons are consumed globally every year. There are thousands of varieties of crabs, and depending on the type, saltwater or freshwater, they can range in size from several inches to several feet in diameter.

Additionally, crabs can be eaten in an assortment of ways. Steamed crabs are most popular, but the succulent seafood is relished baked, boiled, and grilled. While they are celebrated in September, crabs are eaten all year long. Delicious dishes with crabmeat include crab cakes, soups, chowders, and stews.

However, the benefits of International Crab Fest Day go beyond this holiday festivity with tasty food. Since many crabs live in water and fishermen use the small crabs to catch large fish like bass, it is a time to appreciate and support clean marine waters. Pollution is one of the greatest threats to ocean health worldwide, jeopardizing ecosystems and habitats of many species. Plastic contamination like water bottles take hundreds of years to decompose and can release toxic substances into the water.

Clean water initiatives can help prevent pollution that harms marine life and potentially human health. Two years ago, Life Solutions partnered with Green Initiatives to learn about preserving the local environment and making a positive difference for marine life and ecosystems. Their efforts involved picking up trash along the Yangtze River that flowed through the Baoshan Wusong Pao Taiwan Wetland Forest National Park.

Over the years, the area adapted to changing conditions of marshland with fluvial and oceanic influences. Rich plant life, alluvial sediments, humidity, salty winds, and flooded soils shaped the development of this wetland along with the effects of tidal oscillation, water currents, and river flow.

Today, thanks to preservation efforts to protect the river water and the organisms living in the wetland, this National park is an admired, scenic attraction of Shanghai City. It features environmental restoration and cultural reconstruction, which protects the original wetland and creates a captivating landscape of large and small ecological islands against the river bank.

For those who have not, consider celebrating International Crab Fest Day. But do not be satisfied with just its crab-eating tradition. Reflect on the importance of aquaculture and healthy marine ecosystems. Recognize the dangerous effects of pollution and the importance of maintaining clean water. And vow to make a positive difference so that International Crab Fest Day can be celebrated for years to come.

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 地球上的水是从哪儿来的？

科学家认为，地球上的水一部分来自富水矿物的融化，另一部分则是数十亿年前彗星撞击地球过程中，岩石融化所形成的。

纵览地球外观的大面积蓝色——那些都是水。水量之丰富，以至于我们误以为自己生活在一颗无需担忧饮水问题的星球上，但实际上，这颗星球能供给人们日常饮用的，只有淡水，而它的总量并不如我们想象的那样多。

墨尔本大学基建工程领域博士生艾玛·凯瑟琳·怀特（Emma Kathryn White）曾于近年提出这样一个比喻：“如果将地球上所有的水装进1升的瓶子，其中的淡水也只有‘两汤匙’，其他都是海水。”

鉴于海水淡化的成本极高，加上受到人类生存活动的影响，地下淡水也正逐渐受到污染，为了满足人类愈发紧张的日常饮水需要，保护地下淡水资源迫在眉睫。

世界水监测日

世界水监测日（简称WWMD，即World Water Monitoring Day）是水环境联盟（WEF）及国际水协会（IWA）的一个项目，是一个全球教育外展计划。（百度百科）

为了让市民对当地水体进行基本的监察，以建立公众对保护水资源的关注及参与，自2007年以来，每年的“九月十八日”被定为世界水监测日，并由2009年起，参与水质检测的地区可在3月22日（世界水日）至12月31日的任何一天进行测试。

了解饮用水中的包括溶解氧、PH值、清澈度，以及水温在内的几个元素，定期水质检测，有助于全方位掌握你的生活品质。

免费水质咨询

Life Solutions立志为人们提供更加清洁的饮用水，实现地球水资源的清洁利用与循环。若您和您的家人对目前的水质有疑惑，我们将为您提供“免费咨询服务”！

*咨询内容参考（以实际联系为准）

1.自来水里有什么?

我们的内部工程师愿意提供切实有效的咨询，确保每个客户都能得到针对他们特定需求的净化水方案。

2.滤水？

我们在滤水行业较有经验，也很乐意就任何现有的过滤技术提供免费咨询。

Life Solutions的技术团队将评估哪种饮用水系统适合您的情况，并为您量身定制解决方案，以满足您高品质的饮用水需求。

部分图片来源：
Pexels & Envato element
资料参考：
https://www.sohu.com/a/295902145_411746?_trans_=010004_pcwzy

Water is essential for human life, and most people have experienced the feeling of not getting enough water and being sluggish or light-headed from dehydration. Fresh drinking water free from contaminants is known to help avoid many common health problems, like fatigue, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, weakness, and lethargy. In addition, it flushes out waste from the body, transports necessary nutrients to stay well, regulates body temperature, and boosts energy levels.

While the health benefits of clean drinking water are well known, the economic value of clean drinking water is not as apparent.
For clean water, most people drink bottled water. Although the cost of a plastic bottle of water may not seem very expensive, it can be over time in several different ways. Approximately $1.50 on average, it is substantially more when considering the expenses associated with its production and distribution. The cost is even more significant when taking into account the effects it has on the environment. From the amount of energy required to produce plastic bottles to the ongoing waste in landfills from lack of decomposition, bottled water is pricey. And, this does not include the many bottles that are not recycled and end up in oceans, polluting the water, disrupting marine ecosystems and contaminating fish and other seafood.

Studies show that people choose bottled water over other bottled beverages. Statistics show that billions of dollars are spent on bottled water annually. Considering the demand for fresh drinking water and how much it takes to produce and dispose of bottled water, it is actually quite costly for a product that can be easily available for much less and with more sustainable options.

These options include clean drinking water solutions or water filtration products that purify drinking water by filtering out pollutants. They can include carbon charcoal filters in a pitcher or as part of a faucet-mount, ultraviolet light units or reverse osmosis, water distillers (entire systems or portable countertops), or another form of the water treatment process.

Whether it is a classic stand-alone water infiltration system or an elegant, space-saving design, they are energy efficient and save money. Though the cost savings from using a clean drinking water solution depends on the size of the water filtration system, the type of water filtration system, and other important factors, on average it takes approximately18 months to reap rewards on water consumption when compared to water in plastic bottles.

Using a clean drinking water solution that delivers fresh, safe water without the economic strain or environmental damage caused by plastic bottles is cost-effective and advantageous. Switching from bottled water to a clean drinking water solution that delivers crisp-tasting, filtered water for a fraction of the cost saves money over the long term. It is a smart decision that impacts not only people’s pocketbooks but their health and the health of the environment.

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