【国旗下演讲】保护环境 爱我家园

    谁不希望头顶天空湛蓝如镜，谁不希望脚下大地绿草如茵，谁不希望身边湖水清澈透明，谁不希望眼前阳光灿烂如金……但是，不知从何时开始，昔日的蓝天已不再湛蓝，而是一片压抑的灰；不知从何时开始，身边的小溪已不再清澈，变得浑浊刺鼻。
    地球母亲给了我们碧绿的河水，葱翠的山林，新鲜的空气，灿烂的阳光，肥沃的土地，而我们却不懂得珍惜。人类在一味索取的同时，已然忘却，这一切的一切并非是无尽的，于是短短的几十年间，人类已生存了几百万年的美丽星球正在以越来越快的速度被我们自己蚕食——土地沦为沙漠，林地化为土坡，冰川在融化，海面在上升。无怪乎有科学家预言，整个人类群体终将被上升的海水隐没。
    听：鸟儿在怒号，企鹅在痛哭，冰川在呐喊，地球母亲无助地向人类哭诉：“如果你们不懂得及时挽回，那最终毁灭的将是人类自己！”这一科，人类终于懂得放慢脚步适时反思，当下，全人类都已接到大自然的警示信号，也终于有越来越多的人开始着力于守护自己家园的行动，努力将它变回内心怀恋的样子。
    看！那些已走在拯救的路上的身影：植树四万多棵的马永顺爷爷，以画养海的投礁老人王惠远，长江源头的守护神——绿色江河组织……他们都在默默为我们的家园做着贡献，同学们，我们是不是也该开始行动？
    也许有人会说，做为年纪尚小的初中生，我们又能做什么呢？殊不知环保人人皆可为。学习中用具可以尽量节省，用餐时避免一次性餐具，爱护我们身边的一草一木……
    我们还可以提醒我们的父母，不随意捕食野生动物，尽可能用节能灯，绿色出行减少碳排放等等。
    在此，也顺便提醒大家，在四月下旬，我校地理社还会举行“保护地球母亲”的活动，大家也可以借助参与这次活动，为保护环境实实在在地献一份力量！
    同学们：一次次的自然灾难，已是对我们最后的警告，对我们每一个人而言，行动起来，责无旁贷！我们个人的力量也许很小很小，但当全世界都齐心协力地做这同一件事的时候，我相信，我们从某一天开始定能，抬望眼，白云朵朵，天空明净；回眸处，阳光明媚，柳绿花红！

Dear teachers and students,
    Good morning!
    Today our topic is “protect the environment and love our homeland”.
    Who doesn’t want the sky to be blue like a mirror? Who doesn’t want the grass to be green like a carpet? Who doesn’t want the water to be pure like crystal? Who doesn’t want the sunshine to be shiny like gold……However the blue sky is turning grey and the stream nearby is turning dirty while we don’t notice it.
    Our mother earth offers us beautiful forests, fresh air, shiny sunshine and the rich ground, but we just don’t value them. We human beings are using these things without realizing that they are limited. So in the past few years, our earth has been seriously damaged by ourselves—the ground becomes deserts, the forest becomes a world of sand, the glacier disappears because of the rising sea level. It is no wonder that scientists predict that the earth will be covered by sea one day.
    Please listen to the crying of birds, the teardrops of the penguins and the shouting of glaciers. The earth is complaining to us tearfully: “Stop or destroy, it’s time to make the choice!” At this moment, we finally received the alarm from the nature and reflect our behavior. As a result, more and more people have devoted themselves to the career of conservation and rebuild our missing home.
    Look! Someone has already been on the way to save our planet. Ma Yong Shun, by whom nearly forty thousand trees were planted; Wang Hui Yuan, by whom pictures were drawn and sold to protect the shore; Green River Organization, by whom the origin of Yangtse River were kept clean. These are all the very ones who contributes to our home. Dear students, isn’t it time for us to take actions from now as well?
    Maybe someone will say, as young students, what can we do? As we know, everyone can make some differences, such as using less stationery while you are studying, use less disposable dishware while you are eating and protect plants while you are playing……
    We can also remind our parents not to kill wild animals optionally and use efficient lightbulbs, or do environment-friendly travels to reduce the content of carbon dioxide.
    By the way, the geography club in our school will hold an activity called “protect mother earth” late this April. We can make a real difference to protect the environment through this activity!
    Dear students, time and time again natural disasters have been the last alarm to us. For every one of us, it’s our duty to take actions now. One finger may not lift a stone, but when the whole world does the same thing, I believe, we can surely see white clouds and a clear sky when we look up, green willows, red flowers and beautiful sunshine when we look back!
    That’s all. Thanks for your listening!