I came to Ningde for the second time and said that the ecology in eastern Fujian is good.
This is Tan's second visit to Ningde. "This time in Ningde, I walked all the way through Wu Qu in Shouning County, Shangbaishi in Fu 'an City, and went to Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area. Seriously, Ningde's ecological environment is very good, not only the mountains are good, but also the water is good. I took many photos of Ningde rivers and mountains along the way. "Fortunately, Tan said that he started from Zhejiang this month 17, passed Shouning, Fu 'an and other counties (cities, districts), and finally came to Ningde City.
In fact, as early as 1996, he had been to Ningde. "At that time, I traveled around the country by bike and visited Ningde Fuding on the way. Because I was just passing by and didn't stay long, I only had a vague impression of Fuding. I only remember that the ecology here is very good and the scenery is beautiful. " Fortunately, Tam said that after 18, he came back to Ningde and found that the folk customs here were still simple and the local people also paid great attention to environmental protection. "18, I passed by the suburb of Wu Qu Town, Shouning County, and saw someone cleaning up sundries in a river on the outskirts of the town. At that time, I was very moved because more and more people joined the ranks of protecting the mother river and protecting the environment. " Fortunately, Tam is happy to talk about it.
When visiting a village in the suburb of Ningde, he listened to many people's views on environmental protection. "An old uncle in the village told me that now the fertilizer is applied to the farmland, the land is gradually hardened and the soil quality is becoming more and more barren. I still miss the days when ecological fertilizers were used, which not only reduced pollution, but also made the grown food and fruits safer. His words reminded me that quite a few people actually care about the environment and tend to protect it, which makes me more confident to come to Ningde to do environmental protection propaganda work. " Fortunately, Tam added.
Publicity and environmental protection footprint covers 2400 cities across the country.
Fortunately, Tan was born in a peasant family in Hanchuan City, Hubei Province. He suffered from polio when he was young, and his left leg was permanently disabled. However, these did not defeat his perseverance and the spirit of daring to challenge himself. 1995, he came into contact with some western environmental protection books, and he never went out of the province. He sprouted the idea of "Wan Li riding alone to promote environmental protection" and immediately put it into practice.
In August of that year 15, he started from his hometown by bike. When he set out, he only had a bike and a camera. In two and a half years, he traveled all over the country except Taiwan Province Province and Xinjiang, with a journey of more than 30,000 kilometers. "It was an unforgettable experience for me to travel around the country for the first time to promote environmental protection. In order to pursue economic development, the damage to the environment in many places is shocking. Many times, I was beaten by the other party for taking photos of corporate sewage, and even the camera was smashed. " Fortunately, Tam said that his grief over the increasingly polluted environment strengthened his determination to promote environmental protection, especially the protection of water resources.
1999 Fortunately, Tam embarked on a journey again, riding a motorcycle alone for seven months to travel around the mainland of China. Along the way, he was not only shocked by the rapid changes of the great motherland, but also saw the increasingly serious pollution problem behind the high-rise buildings. These two trips also gave Tam the idea of "environmental protection" for the third time. In March 2005, fortunately, Tam launched the "Green Tour" again. This time, his travel tool became a car, and the speed and quality of travel also changed qualitatively. Wherever he went, he recorded the local environmental conditions through the lens in his hand, and appealed to the people along the way by contacting the local media, making reports, organizing signature activities for 10,000 people, and holding photo exhibitions. "In the past few days when I came to Ningde, I took hundreds of photos with the theme of rivers and reservoirs and sent dozens of environmental protection leaflets, hoping to contribute to the environmental protection work in Ningde." Fortunately, Tam said.
Fortunately, Tam has been focusing on protecting water resources for many years. The propaganda theme of Ningde this time is "protecting the mother river and carrying out environmental protection to the end". He said that our mother river is now seriously polluted by water, and human activities have led to a large number of industrial, agricultural and domestic wastes being discharged into the water. Some tributaries of Jiangnan water town once became three or four kinds of poor water quality. He said: "I hope everyone can act together to protect water resources and leave a piece of clear water for the benefit of future generations."
According to Tam, since 19, he has taken more than 10,000 pictures related to environmental protection, collected 30 autograph books and 4 boxes of travel notes, damaged 4 bicycles and 5 motorcycles, traveled to more than 2,400 cities in China and 17 countries and regions, and held hundreds of environmental protection reports along the way.
A national environmental photography exhibition will be held and a national environmental education base will be built.
Looking back on his environmental protection career, fortunately, Tam bluntly said: Although it is hard, it will always persist. "On the way to promoting environmental protection, I was smashed with a camera, my eardrum was shattered, and I was misunderstood as' collecting money'. I cried many times, but after these hardships and setbacks, I packed my bags and reissued them countless times." Speaking of this, it's okay, Tan lamented.
He said that the national travel in recent years has cost him more than 200,000 savings, all earned by his own tea company and his wife's photo studio. "Environmental protection is no small matter, and it is in the contemporary era and beneficial to the future. Now that you have decided to do something, you must do it well. Besides, I'm not fighting alone. I have a wife who supports my career and a group of like-minded people of insight. No matter how difficult it is, I will stick to this road. "
"Next, I will use the photos I have taken for so many years as publicity materials to awaken people's awareness of environmental protection with the lens." Fortunately, Tam said that he would sort out those shocking pictures, use these materials to hold a national environmental photography roving exhibition, show people the harm caused by water pollution in the most direct way, and mobilize more people to join the environmental protection team with his own actions. "The roving exhibition will definitely come to Ningde. During the exhibition, it is expected that there will be two or three photos about the current situation of water resources in Ningde. " Fortunately, Tam said passionately, "I plan to build the largest environmental education base in China within a few years."
On the road of environmental protection, he walked for a long time and paid a lot, which aroused many people's environmental protection hearts and made many people call Tam "the guardian of environmental protection". He felt "heavy" about this title. He said that he just wants to be an ordinary environmental volunteer. Protecting the environment is everyone's responsibility and a matter of infinite merit. "A person's life has passed in the blink of an eye. Decades later, if it passes lightly, everything will be gone, but if my behavior can leave something meaningful for future generations and society, then life will be more meaningful. " He said seriously.