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If you are trying to do your bit for sustainability and save water by taking shorter showers, then a new report on sustainabilit
If you are trying to do your bit for sustainability and save water by taking shorter showers, then a new report on sustainabilit
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2013-10-17
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If you are trying to do your bit for sustainability and save water by taking shorter showers, then a new report on sustainability reveals for the first time that there are more effective ways that our everyday choices can have a positive impact on the environment.
For example, the glass of juice you have for breakfast might have used the same amount of water m its production as the amount you have just saved by cutting your shower from 10 to 5 minutes. The milk on your cereal might have used even more.
Balancing Act, a world first that has been developed for the Australia economy by scientists from CSIRO(澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织)and the University of Sydney, looks across 135 industry sectors of the Australian economy and quantifies the impacts and contributions across ten social, environmental, and financial indicators.
Report co-author CSIRO scientist, Barney Foran, says that sustainability for Australia is a balancing act as we try to make decisions and trade-offs in the face of often-competing economic, social and environmental attributes.
"We still need to eat and shower—and it is still worth taking shorter showers to save our stressed urban water supplies—but now consumers have a new tool to help us make more informed choices about different types of products based on a new sustainability rating," says Foran.
Different to other studies because of its detailed observation of the full production chain, this report is able to show the full effects—both direct and indirect—of the production of an individual commodity or service, cappuccinos(卡布奇诺咖啡)or haircuts. It highlights sustainability challenges for different industries and points out areas in the production chain where a focused effort would make a significant difference.
All effects are referenced back to a consumption dollar—roughly the dollar spent by a consumer in everyday life. It also shows that each consumption dollar is quite different—some dollars are positive and create employment, or suck in imports or generate government revenue. Other consumption dollars are less positive through their high use of water or production of greenhouse gas emissions.
This relatively simple presentation of highly complex issues makes this a powerful tool for people who are interested in sustainability to move beyond decisions based on dollars and cents and enables them to make decisions based on a contribution to society, environment, and economy.
What does Barney Foran think of the new report?
选项
A、It urges people to take shorter showers to save water.
B、It enables people to be wiser in selecting products.
C、It offers a new tool to save the urban water supplies.
D、It informs people of a fresh sustainability rating.
答案
B
解析
观点态度题。本题考查巴尔尼·佛兰对新报告的看法。定位段提到,消费者现在可以借助新的工具根据不同种类产品的新的可持续性等级做出更明智的选择,B)中的wiser是对原文中informed choices的概述,故为答案。A)“它敦促人们缩短淋浴时间以节约水”与原文意思不符,“人们仍可以通过缩短淋浴时间来节约水”是巴尔尼·佛兰陈述的一个事实,而不是报告里倡导的,故排除;C)“它提供了一个节约城镇水供应的新方法”与原文不符,原文意思是缩短淋浴时间仍有助于节约紧张的城镇供水,但不是新报告中提供的新方法,故排除;D)“它告知人们一个全新的可持续评判标准”是对原文的曲解,informed choices是指“明智的决策”,与“告知”无关,故排除。
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