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As the flowers begin blooming and the birds start chirping with the approach of spring, many people set out plans for cleaning the house to freshen it after facing the winter blues. Spring cleaning is an annual tradition that allows people to wash, tidy and revive their homes to get a head start on the upcoming season.

Although it can seem like a daunting undertaking, it does not have to be. Many people approach the spring-cleaning process room by room, deep cleaning areas neglected over the winter, organizing messes, and getting rid of clutter. Others sort belongings into categories, such as give away, store, put away or trash, to make the task more manageable. Once organized, they often remove these belongings by donating them to charity or planning a yard sale.

After months of hibernation due to the cold weather, it is just as important to clean the exterior parts of the home in addition to the interior. Seasonal chores for the spring involve washing patio furniture, awnings, and outsides of windows. Other preparation for the spring often includes maintenance projects, like repaving surfaces of driveways and backyard patios, inspecting outdoor structures for damage, and repairing loose fence boards and missing shingles. Still, other projects pertain to the turf, like gathering fallen branches and removing plants that did not survive. For many, this spring-cleaning process is twofold: restore aesthetic appeal and promote longevity.

These days, however, cleaning habits for welcoming the spring after a long winter go beyond washing and maintaining the interior and exterior of homes, and removing clutter. It has extended to new practices like checking and replacing the water system to ensure the drinking water is clean. Healthy living is top of mind for most people, and water is the leading source of nutrition. When properly hydrated, people can maintain good health and be safe from disease. In addition to drinking, clean water is also needed for cooking, cleaning, and other practices that are a central to daily living.

Hines China understands the importance of this. With clean drinking water supplied through Life Solutions’ Billi water filtration systems, their tenants are able to enjoy fresh water with their morning tea or coffee, or with a cold glass of water in the afternoon. According to the company, the filtered drinking water system is a first-rate way to provide the entire office with water that is clean and healthy. As a bonus, it has enabled them to use reusable cups, which are more sustainable and eliminate the use of plastic bottles in the office.

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The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI, which is leading the global WELL movement to transform buildings and communities into places that help people thrive, is focused on clean water and wellness also. Since water forms one of the pillars of the WELL rating framework and Life Solutions’ Billi is a leading system for fresh drinking water, it is not surprising that it has become a Cornerstone Member of IWBI.

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As spring arrives, establishing new habits besides washing and decluttering homes has new meaning when considering the importance of clean water and good health. With spring cleaning blooms self-care opportunities, and fresh water is a wonderful way to stay healthy. Enjoy a happy and healthy spring!

About Life Solutions

Life Solutions was founded in 2003 to provide customers with the extraordinary, state-of-the-art drinking water systems, aimed at improving health. We pride ourselves in providing a 5-star service to our clients in the sourcing, supply, installation, and maintenance of our systems. We offer a variety of solutions tailored to suit any requirement related to water treatment, resulting in the purest form of fresh potable water.

Key Benefits

• Cost Savings:
If compared with the cost of bottled water, our systems can create savings of between 50% -70% every year based on an average water consumption per day.

• The Healthy Option:
Reverse Osmosis can effectively remove most contaminants, especially bacteria and heavy metals. The water from Reverse Osmosis still contains minerals, making it a healthier option than distilled water. Without iron, copper, pesticides, dioxin, and heavy metals the water also tastes better than before.

• Environmental:
Compared to bottled water using LifeSolutions saves energy in transportation costs, packaging, and production.

• Space Saving:
Our systems negate the need to find storage space for bulky water bottles.

•Administrative Saving:
By installing our systems there is no need to coordinate the purchase, delivery, and disposal of water bottles. Our technicians manage all the maintenance, saving you time and money.

• Reliability:
Life Solutions provides a comprehensive, annual maintenance service. Our trained technicians will automatically visit you to service and replace filters at least three times per annum. A 24-Hour service hotline is also available to solve your specific needs.

Life Solutions operates throughout China, HKSAR, and Macau. We specialise in both the corporate and domestic markets and operate with equal efficiency in both.

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After indulging during the holiday season, many people focus on healthier diets at the start of the new year. Diets come in all shapes and sizes. Some are complex, some are simple, and some are just fads. Whether it involves exercising, monitoring portion control, eliminating sugar and carbohydrates, or eating every other day, the one constant for weight loss is drinking water.

Water is an important part of dieting because of its health benefits. Along with good nutrition and exercise, water is essential for digestion and elimination. It helps remove toxins, carry nutrients to cells, and prevent dehydration, which is all necessary for healthy weight loss. Additionally, it assists the body in metabolizing and burning fat. Since it does not contain calories, fat, or cholesterol, and is low in sodium, water is a natural appetite suppressant.

How exactly is water effective in losing weight? Metabolizing fat is a primary function of the liver. Since the liver is unable to perform at its peak when helping the kidneys function, less body fat is digested and more is stored. Without sufficient water, the liver cannot be productive and break down fat efficiently, causing it to be stored in the body.

This leads to weight gain and water retention. When the body does not get enough water, it retains what it has and stores it. When the body gets a sufficient supply of water, it releases the water it has been holding since there is no longer a reason to store it. Thus, to reduce fat and lose weight, plenty of clean water is needed to maintain kidney and liver functions.

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How much water is needed?

Research shows that it is essential to drink at least eight glasses of water a day or one cup (200~250ml/per cup) for every 20 pounds of body weight to maintain optimum health. When dieting and exercising, more water is needed to replenish the water lost while working out. Most importantly, it should be pure water. While coffee, tea, fruit juice, and other beverages consist mainly of water, the body needs pure water to fully hydrate and rid the body of toxins. The color of urine is an ideal indicator of the body’s hydration. The paler the color the more hydrated; the darker the color the more dehydrated.

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Besides successful dieting, the health benefits of drinking clean water go well beyond hydration and weight loss. Water plays a key role in overall wellbeing, because it contributes to how every cell, tissue, and organ in the body functions. Studies report that people can live for weeks without food, but just a few days without water because the body is made up of approximately 60% water. Additionally, being dehydrated affects people physically as well as mentally. Good hydration acts as a fuel for energy, stamina, and memory, which ultimately leads to a healthier and happier life.

As people increase their water intake for personal weight loss, nutrition, and overall good health, they should be conscious of the impact it could have on the environment. Large amounts of consumer plastics, like plastic water bottles, contaminate the marine environment every day, harming water supplies and water quality. Pollution has become one of the most widespread problems for the world’s ocean and waterways. By recycling plastic water bottles, reducing waste by using products with less packaging, and choosing reusable items over disposable ones, people can maintain good health for themselves as well as for the environment.

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National Bird Day is a relatively new day in honor of birds. Founded by the Avian Welfare Coalition in 2002 and commemorated on January 5th each year, it raises awareness of the hardships and difficulties these essential animals face. Every year, millions of birds are captured from the wild or produced in captivity for commercial profit or enjoyment. They are forced to live in conditions that do not accommodate their instinctive physical and behavioral needs, and prevented from contributing to the environment.

While birds are as fascinating as beautiful and many people enjoy the hobby of birdwatching, they are a large animal species that has become endangered today as a result of illegal pet trade, disease, and habitat loss. Besides trying to alleviate suffering from insensitive bird trade, cruel breeding mills, and poor care in captivity, it is important to support birds for their role in the earth’s health.

There are more than 9,000 species of birds, and they are often valuable indicators of environmental conditions and the vitality of ecosystems. Birds have long been considered a keystone species since their presence affects other species. For example, the holes left behind by woodpeckers are often used as shelter for other animals. Just as woodpeckers are dependent on certain trees, other animals are dependent on their pecking. Birds also help maintain population levels of their prey and predators. Even when they die, they provide food for scavengers and decomposers. Additionally, birds provide critical resources for their many parasites, including lice that eat their feathers, flies that live on them, and mites that travel on them from plant to plant and even country to country.

Besides playing a critical role in the functioning of ecosystems, birds contribute in ways that impact the health of people, the economy, and food production. Studies have shown that birds eat millions of tons of insects a year. In China, much of the nourishment of the House Swift Apus nipalensis consists of agricultural pests. In the Americas, the Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertine helps control outbreaks of the Spruce Budworm. In Europe, bird nests are used for pest control. Bird pollinators, like hummingbirds and honeyeaters, are impactful in high altitudes and hot climates. In South Africa, some plants pollinated by birds are used for food and medicine. As scavengers, their speedy arrival and efficiency helps control the spread of diseases, like rabies, typically transmitted by feral dogs or rats.

Birds also transform landscapes by maintaining essential balance in habitats like forests, marshes, and grasslands, which is necessary as they store carbon, oxygenate the air, and transform pollutants into nutrients. Birds also act as messengers about the earth’s health. Since they are widespread and respond quickly to changes in the environment, they provide early-warning signs for pressing concerns such as climate change.

Clearly, birds play an essential role in environmental conditions, functioning of ecosystems, and human health. By raising awareness of the issues that birds encounter and promoting change to ensure their wellbeing and value, they can continue to have a positive impact overall. This makes National Bird Day worthwhile.

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Once everyone is done with their year-end reflection for the year that is ending, it is time to look ahead to the year that is about to start. Besides festive countdown parties, the iconic ball drop at Times Square in New York, fireworks, and champagne toasts, for many people welcoming in the New Year means creating New Year’s resolutions. This is because the beginning of the year offers a clean slate and the opportunity to start fresh. So what is behind resolutions and why are they so important?

The tradition of New Year’s resolutions dates back centuries, even before the emperor Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar and established January as the first day of the year in honor of the month’s namesake Janus. This mythical god of early Rome had two faces – one looking forward and one looking backward – which allowed him to look back on the past and forward to the future. As the Romans celebrated this newly-dated holiday, they made promises to this important god to be blessed in the year ahead.

Today, resolutions come in many forms. Some people make a promise to change a bad habit or begin a healthier lifestyle like quitting smoking and losing weight. Other people make a promise to develop a new habit like starting an exercise program, volunteering in their community, or being more diligent in protecting the environment.

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Studies find that the most common resolutions include to exercise more, lose weight, quit smoking, get organized, learn a new skill or hobby, and save more money. While these revolve around a personal or physical change, other resolutions are more reflective in nature such as living life to the fullest, being more grateful, and spending more time with family and friends. Still others have a broader focus like volunteering to help the less fortunate, which provides a more profound sense of purpose.

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As people reflect at New Year’s and promise to make changes regarding how they treat themselves and the people around them, they also consider environmental-friendly resolutions this time of year. By vowing to cut back on waste by reducing, reusing, and recycling, they are improving the environment not only for themselves but everyone else around them. Some of the more common resolutions around protecting the environment include going paperless, starting a compost, conserving water and energy, banning styrofoam, and recycling paper and plastic.

Life Solutions partnered with Green Initiatives to learn about preserving the local environment.
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Despite the goal and the good intentions behind setting resolutions, people often struggle to stick to them throughout the year. There are many reasons for this with the most frequent being that the resolutions are too general, making them unmanageable and difficult to reach. To ensure resolutions do not fall by the wayside, people should make sure they are achievable, turn them into habits, and remember that they take time to accomplish. 

To be successful with their New Year’s resolutions, experts advise people to start small, write themselves reminders, change behaviors and vary routines, track their progress, set rewards, and stay focused. Most importantly, they should remember that slip-ups happen, and when they do they should just get back on track.

New Year’s resolutions and promises people make for the new year are part of the holiday’s tradition. Regardless of what resolutions are committed to, the ultimate goal is to improve life in a meaningful way in the coming year. 

Happy New Year!

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又到了展望新年的时候了！除了跨年派对、温馨聚会、烟火和香槟，对许多人来说，迎接新年意味着制定新年新目标。这是因为每年的第一天象征着了一个全新的开始和重新开始的机会。那么，新年新希望是从何而来，为什么它们如此重要?

新年新希望的传统可以追溯到几百年前，甚至在皇帝朱利叶斯·凯撒（Julius Caesar）引入儒略历并将1月定为一年中的第一个月，并以“杰纳斯”（Janus）这个名字命名。杰纳斯这个早期罗马的神有两张脸——一张向前看、一张向后看，这使他能够回顾过去，展望未来。当罗马人庆祝这个新的节日时，他们向这位重要的神许下诺言，并在未来的一年里得到祝福。

今天，新年新希望的设立五花八门。有些人想要改变一个坏习惯或开始一种更健康的生活方式，比如戒烟、减肥。也有一些人承诺要养成一种新的习惯，比如开始一个锻炼计划、在社区里做志愿者、或者更加努力地保护环境。

纸回收计划-”我们节省的不仅仅是纸张“
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研究发现，最常见的新希望包括多运动、减肥、戒烟、更整洁、学习一项新技能或爱好、存钱。虽然这些都是围绕着个人或身体的改变，但有些人的新年希望具有反思性，比如让生活更充实、更感恩、花更多的时间与家人和朋友在一起。还有部分的人有更宽大的理想，比如帮助他人，这些经历提供了深刻的使命感。

“我们的使命很简单，但我们坚信，如果想为下一代留下健康美好的环境，
它是非常重要的，我们也为之自豪。”
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当人们反思并承诺在新年改变对待自己和他人的方式时，他们可能也在考虑做出对环境有益的贡献。通过自我约束减少、再利用和回收减少浪费资源，他们不仅为自己，并且也为周遭的每个人改善了环境。还有其他更常见保护环境的新年计划，比如说；无纸化、开始堆肥、节约用水和能源、禁止使用泡沫塑料，以及做好回收或吃素等。都可以从日常开始做起！

素食星期一-“我们关心地球和我们团队的健康”
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尽管制定新希望的初衷是好的，但我们在新的一年中往往难以坚持这些目标。造成这种情况的原因有很多，最常见的是新希望过于笼统，使其难以执行且难以达成。为了确保2021不再半途而废，我们应该确保目标的可实践性，把它们变成习惯，并设定期限来达成。

专家们建议人们可以从小事做起，给自己设立些提醒，改变惯例，跟踪进展，并设定奖励，保持专注，这样才能成功地完成新年新希望。最重要的是，如果失败，要记住原因以及下次该如何避免，这样再次从新出发时，就能更容易的完成目标。

最后，不论立下什么愿望，
最终目标都是在来年过着更有意义的生活。

水福来祝您新年快乐！

更多2020精彩回顾

假日出行 每一口都安全健康
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你家的水质，是时候了解了!

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Immunization saves millions of lives each year and vaccines play a major role. Yet, there are still hundreds of thousands of unvaccinated and under-vaccinated people.

World Immunization Day, recently celebrated on November 15, aims to make everyone aware about the importance of getting timely vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases.

With the current coronavirus pandemic continuing to affect millions of people around the world, knowledge about vaccines for protection from rapidly spreading infectious diseases is more important than ever. Although a vaccine for COVID-19 is not yet widely available, there are vaccines for many other highly contagious and deadly diseases. And these vaccines are a safe and effective way to save lives, prevent outbreaks, and maintain overall health.

Over the years there has been much confusion about vaccines. Despite any misunderstandings, vaccinations are an important part of worldwide health because they prevent the spread of contagious and dangerous diseases. These include measles, mumps, polio, chickenpox, whooping cough, and diphtheria. While some diseases are mild, like cold viruses, others can cause life-altering changes and result in death, like smallpox.

To fully realize the significance of vaccines, which World Immunization Day strives to do, it is necessary to understand what a vaccine is and how it works. A vaccine or immunization builds people’s natural immunity to a disease before they get sick, and keeps them from getting a disease and spreading it to others. For most vaccines, a weakened form of the disease is injected into people’s body through a shot in the arm or leg so they can produce antibodies to fight against it. These antibodies last a long time and continue to fight off the disease if ever exposed to it again.

Aside from smallpox, all other diseases are still active in some part of the world. If diseases come back. If people stopped getting vaccines, the diseases would come back and there would be epidemics like there were decades ago. For example, it happened in Japan in the 1970s with whooping cough. Despite about two-thirst of Japanese children receiving a vaccination and few cases of the disease in 1974, rumors started claiming that the vaccine was unsafe and not needed. Just two years later, the vaccination rate for whooping cough dropped to about 10% and by 1979 there was an epidemic with more than 13,000 cases. Once vaccination rates improved, the number of cases declined.

During a challenging time like today’s global pandemic, supporting people’s wellness through a healthy immune system is essential. Just as vaccines help with healthy immune systems, so does clean water because it works as an immune system booster and contributes to improved health and overall well-being. Water helps carry oxygen throughout the body, which contributes to a properly functioning system. It also helps remove toxins from the body, which helps prevent them from building up and negatively impacting the immune system. Additionally, small modifications, like adding lemon or drinking tea, can enhance the benefits of water. Lemons are a good source of vitamin C, which helps prevent disease and fight against the common cold. Tea provides antioxidants that can help protect against sickness. Besides drinking, another benefit of clean water is that it can be used to wash away germs that may lead to unwellness.

Both vaccines and clean water are vital to overall health. Getting vaccines to fight off and prevent the spread of dangerous diseases, and drinking clean water to stay hydrated and help ensure the body is functioning optimally are both important and necessary ways for people to maintain a healthy immune system and stay well.

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免疫接种每年拯救数百万人的生命
疫苗发挥着重要作用
然而
仍有数十万人未接种疫苗和疫苗接种不足

近期在11月15日庆祝的世界免疫日旨在使每个人都意识到及时接种疫苗预防可预防疾病的重要性。

由于目前的冠状病毒大流行继续影响着全世界数以百万计的人，有关预防迅速传播的传染病的疫苗的知识比以往任何时候都更加重要。尽管目前还没有广泛用于其他传染性疾病的疫苗。但，这些疫苗是拯救生命、防止疫情爆发和保持整体健康的安全有效的方法之一。

多年来，人们对疫苗有很多困惑。尽管有这些误解，但疫苗接种是可以维护自身健康及卫生的方式之一，因为它可以防止传染病和危险疾病的传播。这些疾病包括麻疹、腮腺炎、小儿麻痹症、水痘、百日咳和白喉。有些疾病是温和的，如感冒病毒，而另一些疾病可以造成生命的变化，并导致死亡，如天花。

为了让大家充分认识疫苗的重要性，世界免疫日想推广的是，了解什么是疫苗以及它是如何起作用的？

疫苗或免疫接种在人们生病之前建立起对某种疾病的自然免疫，防止他们得病和传染给他人。对于大多数疫苗来说，大多数疫苗是通过“注射”方式进入机体，经这一途径进行免疫。这些抗体可以持续很长时间，如果再次接触到这种疾病，它们将继续与疾病抗争。

除了天花之外，世界上某些地区的其他疾病仍然很活跃。如果疾病复发或如果人们停止接种疫苗，疾病就有可能会卷土重来，像几十年前那样出现流行病。例如，上世纪70年代在日本发生的百日咳。尽管1974年日本有两名儿童因口渴而接受了疫苗接种，而且很少有这种疾病的病例，但谣言开始声称疫苗是不安全的且不需要的。仅仅两年后，百日咳的疫苗接种率下降到10%左右，到1979年，百日咳疫情已超过13000例。一旦疫苗接种率提高，可能就不会是这样的结果。

在像今天这样一个充满挑战的时期，通过一个健康的免疫系统来支持人们的健康是至关重要的。

正如疫苗有助于健康的免疫系统一样，清洁的水也是如此

因为它是免疫系统的助推器，有助于健康。水有助于把氧气带到全身，而这有助于系统正常运转。它也有助于清除体内毒素，防止毒素积聚和对免疫系统产生负面影响。此外，小小的饮水变化，如添加柠檬或茶叶，可以提高水的好处。柠檬富有维生素C，它有助于预防疾病和抵御普通感冒。茶提供抗氧化剂，有助于预防疾病。除了饮用，干净水的另一个好处是可以用来冲洗可能导致不适的细菌。

接种疫苗是抵御和防止危险疾病传播的方式之一，搭配饮用干净的水来保持水分并确保身体处于理想状态，两者对于人们维持健康的免疫系统和保持良好的状态来说，都是十分重要的。

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Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and this year it will be observed on November 26. A favorite day, it is a nonsectarian holiday that has traditions like all of holidays. For Americans, these include family, friends, a turkey feast, and a four-day weekend. But most of all, it is a day for people to be grateful for the things they have and give back to others less fortunate.

The history of Thanksgiving dates back to 1620 when a small ship called the Mayflower left Plymouth, England with about 100 passengers seeking a new home to practice their faith and the promise of prosperity in the New World. After a dangerous trip that lasted more than two months, these Pilgrims landed near Cape Cod. About month later, the Mayflower crossed Massachusetts Bay where these Pilgrims established a village in New England. Befriending local Native Americans and eventually forging an alliance with the local tribe Wampanoag, the two groups shared an autumn harvest feast a year later, which became the first Thanksgiving celebration. For more than two centuries, it was celebrated by individual colonies and states until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving Day to be celebrated every November.

Today, Thanksgiving involves cooking and sharing a feast with family and friends. Turkey, a Thanksgiving staple, has become synonymous with the holiday. Besides to this main course, the meal typically consists of stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. Additionally, parades have also become a central part of the holiday. New York City’s Thanksgiving Day parade, sponsored by Macy’s department store since 1924, is the largest and most famous. It attracts hundreds of spectators along its route through the city and appeals to a large television audience. It usually features marching bands, decorative floats, personalities, performers, and giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters.

While Thanksgiving is a celebratory holiday without a tradition of exchanging gifts, it does have gift-giving component. In the spirit of gratitude and thanks, volunteering has become a popular Thanksgiving Day activity. Many people serve the community by holding a food drive and helping at a local shelter.

Yangtze River Plastic Pick Up

Not only does volunteering benefit the community, it benefits the volunteer. Offering to help people in need is a heartwarming and satisfying way of giving to those less fortunate. It can also be a wonderful way to make new friends, connect with the community, learn new skills, and make a positive contribution. In addition, the gratification of giving to others can assist with mental and physical health by reducing stress and preventing depression.

Volunteering does not have to involve a lot of effort or take a lot of time. For many people, it is an easy and profound way to help those in need and find great pleasure in doing so. On a broader scale, it can help find a sense of purpose, make a meaningful difference, and even transform the world.

Particularly this Thanksgiving Day with the current pandemic impacting jobs, time with family, and emotional wellbeing, it is more important than ever to be thankful, volunteer to help others, and pursue happiness.

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假设
我是说假设
此时 你正在撸一根刚烤好的羊肉串
你的体内会发生什么样的变化 … …
让我们来做个计算题

一只足够肥美的羊约100斤（50000克）
一天需要消耗1250克的草料和500克的水
假使一根羊肉串按400克计算
每吃一根
等于你消耗了约10克的草 50克的水
同时
你还会摄入约16240卡的热量

这些数据或许看起来微不足道
然而
伴随着每一次的食肉行动
它都在逐步递增
积累之后或许是不可想像的

特别是这次疫情中
我们亲眼看到了日渐匮乏的地球资源
和岌岌可危的生态环境
有什么是我们力所能及的？

国际素食日11月25日

如果减少食肉
可以帮助我们节约什么？

国际素食日，是一个自1986年开始来源于印度的一个节日；原称“世界无肉日”，定于每年的11月25日，渐渐发展为一个世界性节日。这一天世界各地许多屠房停宰、饭堂医院监狱等会供应全素食品。当年就有超过950万人响应该运动。

# 无肉也欢

实际上，国际素食日并不是只有素食者才能过的节日，关心地球命运、生态、环保、公益的数亿爱心人士都积极地参与其中！

身为肩负社会责任的企业，水福来积极参与并展开了一项名为「素食星期一」的活动！

每一个素食星期一，我们能节省37，500升水！

*什么是素食星期一？

素食星期一是由Paul，Mary和Stella McCartney于2009年开始的活动。该活动的目的是提高人们对吃肉所造成的有害环境影响的认知，并鼓励人们帮助减缓气候变化，保护珍贵的自然资源。并且每周至少一次的素食日能帮助改善人们的身体健康。

*动物农业的现状？

全球动物农业用水量每年从129-289万亿吨不等。
人类消耗的大部分水不是来自家庭或日常使用。事实上，就美国而言，只有5％的用水来自私人住宅，大约55％的用水源于动物农业。动物农业占当今世界淡水消耗量的20％-33％。
动物农业占世界温室气体排放量的18％，这超过了交通运输总排放量的全部。

此外，水污染也是由牲畜引起的巨大问题。大部分工业用水会在没有正确处理的情况下返回表层，然后这些水会被用于农业。更具破坏性的是，粪便和部分重金属被伪装成“营养物质”，如氮，磷和钾，并且被雨水冲刷进入更加干净的水体中，然后循环重复。

70％淡水资源用在农业上，这主要是通过饲养牲畜来实现的。根据几项研究，生产1公斤大米需要大约3,500升水，而1公斤牛肉需要大约15,000升水！

*水福来的行动？

还有更多如上所示的令人不安的统计数据，这就是为什么我们水福来致力于通过素食星期一减少肉类消费。每个星期一，阿姨都提供新鲜烹制的素食，有时还提供纯素食，不仅美味而且环保。

我们关心地球和我们团队的健康，因此我们采取了这些措施来减少肉类消耗，从而减少水资源浪费以及能源和资源消耗。这是一件帮助水福来实现使命的事。

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参考资料：网络数据 & https://www.meatfreemondays.com/