Chapter 6 chapter eight

The Awakening of Ecology and Environmental Consciousness On January 2, 1989, I bought a new issue of "Time" magazine, and found that the "Man of the Year" selected on the cover as usual was replaced by "Planet of the Year".The globe in that photo caught my macroscopic eye; curiously I opened the first color spread.What loomed in front of us was the burning tropical rainforest in Brazil, followed by the floods in Bangladesh, the cracked land in North Dakota State, the air-polluted city of Beijing, the shriveled starving people in Mozambique, and the immune system. A seal that was destroyed by polluted seawater and died alone on the beach, a glass bottle disposal site that looks like a mass grave in West Germany, and the Bering Sea that may disappear due to bad irrigation plans and dam projects in 20 years... …This series of wonderful photographic masterpieces presents the ignorance and hopelessness of human civilization.The inexplicable redemptive passion deep in my heart was rekindled, so I began to read carefully the 33 pages of Time's in-depth report on the catastrophe of the earth.A month later, the TV album "Crossing Borders" was simultaneously broadcasted all over the world, and other media began to rush to report on the retribution of the development of civilization, such as the greenhouse effect, the hole in the ozone layer, the crisis of nuclear power plants, ecological imbalance, and environmental pollution.

During that period, while I was working with Cao Youfang and Wang Jiqing on the translation and introduction plan of new era publications, I also got in touch with Lin Junyi, Yang Xianhong, Fang Jian and other friends who were committed to the ecological and environmental protection movement.Keshi’s teachings began to ferment in my heart, but the most important thing was that I finally got rid of my dependence on my mother, moved to Cailu on Siwei Road, and lived an independent life. I have a natural sensitivity to home interior design and layout. The colors in the new house are all cool colors, white walls, light gray floors, blue-gray sofa chairs, and an extra-long black writing desk covered with an Indonesian The open-plan tatami room uses two pieces of transparent yarn as a screen, and the 50-ping house has only one bedroom, one dressing room, two bathrooms and an open kitchenette.Mr. Zhuang Zhanhua, the designer, is a rare and honest person. The first space of my own in this life was completed under his tight budget.

living alone Moving into this minimalist new home, my senses are filled with beauty and peace every day.Acting work has completely stopped, and most of her daily activities are speaking, participating in environmental protection campaigns, and writing the first book in Fang Zhi's new era series, "The Ancient Future". Meeting a few friends who are involved in the environmental movement is a new chapter in life experience.I found that the minds of Professor Lin Junyi, Xianhong and Fang Jian have a powerful enlightenment effect on me. I like to listen to them and appreciate their scientific truth-seeking spirit.Although I have found that I have gradually embarked on the inward exploration of "increasing learning and deteriorating Dao", the precise and meticulous microcosm, grand vision and ecological spirit that transcends the ego can still activate my brain cells and expand my life. my level of care.Under the challenge of Fang Jian, we established the Taiwan branch of the "Earth Day" organization in 1990. We rescued forests, protested the waste disposal of nuclear power plants, paid attention to whether CFCs should be banned, promoted garbage recycling, and investigated pollution. The situation of wastewater discharge.In mid-September, I accompanied a group of environmental activists to Houjingxi and Nanzi districts in Kaohsiung to observe the real situation of local pollution.After typhoon Sarah passed, the stream carried a lot of aquatic plants and garbage, forming a rare spectacle of pollution.The waste water discharged by the Formosa Plastics factory merged into a bright brown-red stream in the yellow and turbid stream, but the factory still categorically denied that there was a hidden pipe.In addition, we also learned that the underground oil pipeline of China National Petroleum Corporation leaked oil, but the nearby residents did not know about it.On a certain evening in May 1983, an old lady in the thirteenth neighborhood lit mosquito coils and unfortunately caused an oil explosion. All the utensils in the house were destroyed, and the old lady's hands and feet were also injured.The innocent victimized old lady didn't even get any medical expenses, and the groundwater in Shisan Neighborhood was still on fire six years later.On August 15, 1988, an engineer in the same area, Lin Yingjie, lit a cigarette in his dormitory, and another explosion caused 80% of his body to be injured. A year later, he still could not recover physically and mentally.

After being involved in the environmental protection movement for three years, I have already realized that if the government and business groups do not take positive actions, the environmental movement will only create some noise in the media and will not play a positive role.Moreover, not all those who engage in this movement have a deep ecological awareness. Some people's mentality and mental state are exactly the same as those of the "old humans" they oppose-they are equally passionate about power and full of anger.Love is still the most difficult subject for human beings.Instead of betting my limited energy on a hostile sport, it is better to devote myself to awakening the true love in myself and others, so I decided to focus on spiritual practice and translation of Kirschner's works.

Today, ten years later, although Professor Lin Junyi, Xianhong, Fang Jian and I have developed very different creative ideas, the concern for ecological and environmental issues will always be our like-minded topics.