The essence of the Internet is interaction, linking, and networking. The most essential attribute is the connection. Portals connect people and content, social media connects people, social media platforms like Weibo, Facebook, Twitter, etc. While connecting people, people and content, content and content. These social media is the most exciting place to present the information that needs to be pushed and suggested in the simplest and most “micro” way; so you don’t have to read the full article, to achieve efficient connection and the best content aggregation.
Technology has changed the way people connect and communicate, and it has changed the way people participate in environmental protection, and social media has become a more important and efficient communication platform for environmental action.
On twitter: there is a user’s name is environment Guru, a short introduction is an intelligence tools to find news, events and twitters hashtag with water, wastewater, sustainable development and green building, etc. There are 1.31 millions tweets on that platform. Professor Anas Ghadouani also did post on that, and the reading number is pretty awesome. Some tweets had been shared more than thousands times(Twitter.com)
China mobile payment is also associated with environmental protection and water protection. So, how mobile payment is connected with environment protection?. Alipay is a payment brand owned by Alibaba. One of the apps in Alipay called the “ant forest”, and users involved in the ant forest improve the environment of the earth but how?
For example, Ant Forest encourages users to choose a green lifestyle. For example, if you get green energy (collect through the app) walking donation (compared to a car), you can also get green energy when you pay online (save carbon and human resource, save energy).
On September 4th, the “ant forest” was launched on the “protection site”. The user’s green energy can be used to plant. These vegetations in the desert areas of the northwest are conducive to maintaining water and soil and can reduce local water resources. Evaporation; and planting trees can reduce soil and air temperatures; this will reduce the evaporation of water resources and make vegetation and the environment grow better. In addition to planting trees, you can “adopt” five square meters of “protected land”, protect trees, protect animals, protect forest ecosystems, and change postures to guard green hills. (Zhou, 2019) people talk about protecting the planet and saving the environment, many people’s first reaction is to “plant trees.” Even many people think that this is the only way. Actually, planting trees can protect the environment, and there are many other ways. The establishment of nature reserves is also one of the most important methods.
Forest ecosystems
are rich and varied. A natural forest, a variety of trees and a variety of wild
animals living in the forest are the treasure of the earth. In additional, the
forest has other ecological values, purifying water sources, and fixing water
and soil to the ground. This is the relationship between human and forest
sustainable development. The ant forest system will use the energy collected by
people through greening actions to protect this ecosystem.
How does Alibaba protect the “protected land”? To protect the
“protected land”, there is a whole set job Alibaba will do for your
protected land. Generally speaking, Alibaba had done following:
1. Establish a strict management system for the protection and access of
protected areas;
2. Establish a strict field patrol system;
3. Ecological monitoring and species protection for water sources;
4. Carry out community development work including: if water resources are
protected, the way of wastewater treatment is promoted, and the protection of
water resources is emphasized.
This piece of protection is close to the west of Huangshan Scenic Area, and the
ecological location is important. As an important forest hinterland in the
Huangshan area, it plays an important role in water conservation, purification
of water quality and biodiversity conservation. The number of users of Alipay
ant forest reached 500 million, and the planting tree reached 100 million
trees, with a total area of 1.4 million acres of protected land. This is
visible to the protection of water resources and the environment, and in this
process, every user has to protect the water resources and the environment, so
when using water resources and treating wastewater, people will have more Good
resource conservation awareness, which provides undoubtedly a great help to our
wastewater treatment and water use; it is an activity that is sustainable and
gradually improves the quality of the people
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Twitter.com. (2019). Search Twitter – #wastewater. [online] Available at: https://twitter.com/hashtag/wastewater?src=hash&lang=en [Accessed 13 Sep. 2019].
Zhou, c. (2019). How Alipay Users Planted 100M Trees in China | Alizila.com. [online] Alizila.com. Available at: https://www.alizila.com/how-alipay-users-planted-100m-trees-in-china/ [Accessed 13 Sep. 2019].
M.nbdpress.com. (2019). Weibo, UNDP partner to promote sustainable development. [online] Available at: http://m.nbdpress.com/articles/2017-01-17/978.html [Accessed 13 Sep. 2019].
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