如何在这个地球月成为积极保护自然的全球公民？成为环保盟友的 15 种制胜方法
Let’s be net-nature-positive, says Juliet Kinsman, sustainability editor of Condé Nast Traveller. If Earth Month is about caring for the bigger picture and helping big-up biodiversity, we’re all in.
Nature positivity is what 1 Hotels is all about. Front of mind for us this Earth Month (and every day) is the need for us to be kinder to the environment — every time we hit the road, trail or winding path. In a way, it’s simple. Or it should be. It means leaving less in our wake that’s unpalatable for the planet, lowering our carbon emissions, and upping our contribution to conservation. In reality, it’s complicated: and it can be mind-boggling trying to connect all our actions with joined-up thinking which benefits each and every ecosystem. Celebrating the natural world is what inspires how every 1 Hotel looks and feels, from Hawai'i to Central Park. So here’s how to go the extra mile in the pursuit of net-nature positivity.
1.让我们先来回答一个重要的 "为什么"：与大自然亲密接触对我们有好处。
神经科学告诉我们，靠近绿色植物对舒缓我们的副交感神经系统，平静我们的呼吸、消化和心率，以及恢复我们的休息和消化方式有积极作用。就好像我们已经忘记了人类不仅与大自然息息相关，我们就是大自然。阅读这些 "绿色空间为您服务"小贴士，了解户外活动如何帮助我们保持平衡，恢复内心平静。
2. UNDERSTANDING BIODIVERSITY, AND THE COMPLEXITY AND INTERCONNECTIVITY OF ALL LIFE ON EARTH, IS KEY TO CLIMATE POSITIVITY.
A many-layered concept, maybe, but since every single species acts like an all-important piece of coding in the world’s operating system, and without it, the OS crashes, just being on board with this is a biggy. Championing biodiversity matters to all, and takes many forms. Why does buying Fairtrade food or beauty products, from coffee to hair conditioner matter? It supports farming families in earning a decent income and ensures that their practices jive more kindly with the natural world. Happier people, happier planet.
3.支持公园和受保护绿地的有偿使用，是让最美好的户外时光得到回报的有效方式。
游览公园不仅是一种欣赏行为，还有助于保护野生动物。一个多世纪以来，国家公园管理局一直在关注着这片土地--支付门票是一项重要的慈善事业。投资购买英国国民信托基金等组织的会员通行证不仅仅是慈善行为，更是为保护自然投下的一票。
4.节约用水是您热爱自然和资源的重要标志。
就连喝自来水也是一种日常行动主义--赞美酒店客房提供的过滤自来水吧？为什么要喝在一个地方从地里挖出来、在工厂里装瓶、由柴油卡车驶出数英里、只留下包装送往垃圾填埋场的水？用可再充装的瓶子来帮忙吧。这只是一件微不足道的小事，但从整体上看，却意义非凡。
5.告诉塑料与手对话。
Ducking single-use anything is the behavioral change the world is crying out for. Picture all those polymers and PETs made from fossil-fuel extractions, as manufactured petrochemicals. And once we’ve had our wicked ways with those one-use wonders, they're thrown in the trash. Wait. What? Plus a world of pain awaits our waste. Much of it breaks down into nasty nurdles, gross bad-for-all nodules, which end up in our waterways and poison marine life and us. Hand a mic to nature’s spokesperson and you’d hear nothing but moaning about all that plastic swilling around in a big toxic mess. Check out further plastic-busting tips here.
6.原住民可能只占世界人口的不到 5%，但他们守护的土地却包含了世界上多达 80% 的生物多样性。
They need more of the world’s eight billion people backing them up. Let’s become billboards. Merch with messages that we’re mad about come in Choose Earth’s tees and prints.
7.零废弃的方式。
The quickest shortcut: reduce all you buy, use, consume, waste — when travelling and when on the hoof. Follow simple steps at home and get around to thinking in a way that's more circular: get into composting food scraps. When on the move, grill everywhere you eat on what they do with any leftovers.
8.加入公民科学家行列。
无需穿实验服，只需到野外收集和分享数据--从观鸟到找虫子。请访问zooniverse.org ，加入以人为本的研究运动。
9. CUT OUT CHEMICALS AND ALL MAN-MADE MALARKIES — FROM WHAT YOU EAT, YOU WEAR, YOU CLEAN WITH.
Lots of brands use that nigh-on non-meaning phrase “all natural” — as we know, this doesn’t mean much without scientific specifics. Ingredients and materials that hail from organic and regenerative origins, and have never rubbed shoulders with pesticides or artificial anything, are true friends to nature. Scrutinize the small print from skincare to snack bars.
10.季节性饮食。
避开 "大农业"，从农贸市场和有机种植者那里购买--符合自然节奏的饮食对你和整个世界都更有益。常识告诉我们，低食物里程数就等于少排放，避免使用杀虫剂和激素对你和其他人的健康都有好处。顺理成章的是，如果你从更健康的土壤中摄取食物，你的消化系统也会得到最好的保护，因为土壤会直观地告诉你，在一年中的那个季节，什么最适合你的地理坐标生长。
11.减少肉类和奶制品的摄入量--如果你还不是一个有素食意识的生态战士的话。
Eating green is a great way to live greener when you know animal farming is responsible for almost 15% of all greenhouse gasses each year (methane, in particular — more potent than carbon dioxide, but it lingers in the air for less time). We can all try to tick every do-gooding box, but still be a conscious caring consumer who’s a bit of a carnivore, right? The uncomfortable truth for some is that eating less animal products is significant when it comes to the climate. Read 1 Hotels’ tips on how to eat better: Eat Green, Live Green.
12.跳过鲜切花，投资有生命、会呼吸的植物。
Cultivating a compassion for all that’s green, from window boxes to garden plots, is rooted in a deeper connection with nature. Only have the capacity for indoor planting? A well-postured snake plant is an easy-to-care-for air-filtering variety. In spite of its alter-ego moniker ‘mother-in-law’s tongue’ this streaky-leafed delight speaks well for the climate, trading CO2 at night, for extra sleep-soothing oxygen. With more room to play with, turn to Farmer Nick’s tips to see fingers get greener.
13.知识就是力量
痴迷于自然书籍，支持生物积极影响者。那些能很好地阐述自然损失的原因和影响的专家值得被放大。我们爱你@greengirlleah.没有一本《跨界环保主义者》：如何打破压迫体系，保护人类和地球》？为什么不呢？买一本。送人吧。我们也很喜欢你，@georgemonbiot，你的环保智慧让我们受益匪浅。野性：野化陆地、海洋和人类生活》一书的感觉就像十年前首次出版时一样新鲜。如需快速收听，请收听 24 分钟的Blinkist版本。有谁会不喜欢@PattieGonia这位同性恋环保传奇人物对气候问题的抗争呢？
14.启动可再生能源。
从燃烧会导致全球变暖的温室气体化石燃料过渡到更清洁、更环保的能源需要成为全球的优先事项。从选择电动私人和公共交通工具，到支持以剥离石油和天然气为mission的企业，为整个世界的长远福祉着想，而不是考虑此时此地对我来说最简单的事情。
15. CELEBRATE ALL THE WINS FOR NATURE!
无论何时何地--大声喊出好消息。就像那次我们欢呼美国通过了迄今为止最大的气候法案！还有，联邦禁止在饮用水中使用有毒的 "永久化学品"，也值得欢呼！智利和阿根廷建立了 13 个国家公园，野化了 600 万公顷的土地！当有积极的自然新闻时--请敲响警钟！
