Go Green  Enjoy tap water

(1)IT'S THE RESPNSIBLE CHOICE

Producing plastic bottles and transporting water require a lot of energy and resources(资源)…just to land in the waste!

(2)  IT SAVES MONEY

Bottled water costs money. Tap water is free for you!

Go Green  Eat responsibly

 (1)                           

Shorter distance(距离) requires less transport fuels(燃料)…and less chemicals needed to keep food fresh.

(2)EAT LESS MEAT

Meat production needs a lot of resources.

(3)AVOID PACKING

Packaging requires energy and resources just to end up in the waste…

Go Green  Keep it on the screen

…and if printing cannot be avoided remember to:

PRINT DOUBLE-SIDED and in black-white.

Set the printer/copy machine to ENERGY SAVING model when done

REUSE single-sided printed paper for internal documents(内部文件) or as not paper…

Go Green  E-communicate

Reduce what gives out quite a lot of Greenhouse Gas(温室效应气体):instead of traveling, make use of VIDEO MEETING, WEB MEETING, and the good old phone.

  For more information visit www.greeningtheblue.org.

      Do you know how many pandas there are in the world? World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has spent four yours counting pandas in the world. It says there are 1,590 now. In the 1980s, there were only 1,100.

So we may say that pandas are lucky because people around the world love them and are trying their best to help them. However, we also say that pandas are unlucky because they are still facing a lot of problems now.

Pandas are not good at making babies. Even in the wild, scientists have found that female pandas give birth only every 28 months. That's why the number of pandas goes up so slowly.

Pandas need bamboos for food, but bamboo dies every 10 to 100 years. It can take up to 20 years to provide(提供) food for pandas. When bamboo dies, pandas have to move to other areas. In the past, this was easy. However, the number of people keeps growing, people cut down more forests and built more villages. It's more difficult for pandas to find bamboos and homes than before.

In the past years, WWF made great efforts to protect pandas. And some Chinese scientists are also always trying to find ways to help pandas.

    Many animals hide to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes help protect them. It's hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes.

    Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary. Some animals will run away from them.

Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes at once can also confuse animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that many want to eat one of them.

    All over the world the need for more laptops and computers increases each year. Networks have been part of our life. Probably everyone with a portable device （移动设备）has once logged on to a public WiFi network without paying for it, while they are having a coffee, on a train, in a shopping mall or at a hotel. However, is this kind of public WiFi network safe?

    Some networks are better protected than others because encryption （加密）methods are used. Therefore, they are safer than others. But a survey in 2015 showed that more than 950 million records were not protected, including addresses, emails, birth dates, phone numbers, passwords and so on. These open WiFi networks are really not safe, because it is very easy for hackers （黑客） to break into the operating system and get people's private information.

    Most smartphones and laptops, by themselves, search and connect to WiFi networks. They usually prefer a network with a connection that has been used before. Hackers' devices are able to record these searches and look like the trusted WiFi networks. When these smartphones and laptops log on to the networks which are not real, hackers can easily steal their private information.

    So next time, when we want to use our laptops or our smartphones in public places which offer free WiFi networks, please think it twice or take safe measures before using them.

    The coffee shop Starbucks will give people a discount if they bring their own cups. It wants to cut down on the number of paper cups that are put in the rubbish bins. It is part of a two-month experiment in cafes in England. Starbucks wants to reduce waste and recycle more, The president of Starbucks in the UK said, "We are very happy to increase recycling rates(比率)，and reusable cups are a key part of our waste reduction plan." Bosses will decide later if they will continue the discounts. People who bring their own cups will not get a discount on the cafe's cheaper filter coffee.

    The problem of paper cups has been in the news a lot. Around seven million cups are thrown away every day. Reporters say that some cafes lie about how many paper cups they recycle. The reporters say the cafes do not recycle as many cups as they say. Customers wrongly believe that a coffee shop is environmentally friendly. Less than one in 400 paper cups at coffee shops are recycled. A coffee drinker said she would bring her own cup. She said, "I am so sad that cafes recycle so little. I thought they were more responsible."