The wealthier people here pay more attention to environmental protection. If high-grade hotels provide wood pulp paper, it will offend the upper class diners. Environmental protection is not only a widely accepted concept in developed countries, but also a symbol of status.
This time I went to New Zealand, I felt a lot. There is blue sea, blue sky and beautiful scenery. There are many ginkgo trees planted on both sides of the street. The fan like shape of the leaves always makes me pick it up and put it in my hand. The Ginkgo biloba leaves in Beijing are very dry, which is very vicissitudes. The Ginkgo biloba leaves in New Zealand are yellow and green, just like the tender leaves that have just broken the ground.
New Zealand is rich in geothermal resources. In the forest where "the Lord of the rings" was filmed, fir trees pierce the sky. Fir is a kind of slow growing tree, and here just over 100 years old fir, unexpectedly three people can't hold it. This is due to the warm and humid climate, especially the geothermal resources. In Maori cultural village, I saw a soul stirring geothermal fountain. The roaring hot air really made me realize that New Zealand is a "hot land" worthy of the name.
God's special gift to New Zealand, we can only look greedy, but New Zealand's awareness of environmental protection can be learned.
There is a bubbling magma pool in Maori village. After the desulfurization of the lava, it becomes a rare volcano mask. I never smear similar things on my face, but I can't help trying volcano dust masks. The next day, the skin was really smooth and delicate. This huge magma pool is tens of meters deep, and the huge economic benefits it contains are inestimable to a person who does not understand economy. If any place in China has such a magma pool, I'm afraid that digging three feet of land will also "turn waste into treasure", but new Zealanders don't think so. According to local people, volcano mask is not exported at all, only for Chinese people.
New Zealand is a country with a very high forest coverage. It is full of spring everywhere. Even the grass is very green. There are plenty of raw materials for papermaking. However, the details of New Zealand's emphasis on paper saving are surprising. Every flush switch in the toilet has an obvious sign to "use as needed" after defecating. Toilet toilet tissue up, even if very hard, can only pull down "two units", a little "cheap" do not want to occupy. It's not as easy as the one we use in our daily life. It takes as long as it takes. After careful consideration, it was found that the rotating shaft of the toilet paper box was designed as an ellipse. It was really a good intention.
It also reminds me of the past in Germany. Once, I found in the toilet of a luxury hotel that it provided the very rough and cheap toilet paper that I would never use. I am deeply puzzled: how can a guest who eats such expensive food in a hotel tolerate such low-grade toilet paper? I asked a friend who was in the middle class. She showed me the book of recycled paper she used, and then explained, "in Germany, the richer people are, the more attention they pay to environmental protection. If high-end hotels provide wood pulp paper, it will offend the upper class diners - environmental protection is not only a widely accepted concept in developed countries, but also a symbol of status."
In New Zealand, if we need to choose between environmental protection and development, our citizens will choose the former. It is better to develop slowly than to have green water and blue sky. Development is to let everyone live a high quality life, but fresh air, clean drinking water, pollution-free food are the foundation of everyone's survival.