<p class="ql-block">It all started when I was walking down the street. And then I saw a person and he didn't really care about this land. He kept throwing rubbish everywhere. But if we are borrowers we are only here temporarily, so we are just borrowers of the land. But we are borrowing this land from the landowners or the homes and communities. But if we were borrowers, how should we take care of this land?</p><p class="ql-block">Now if we were actually borrowing this land we can't just have fun. We have to take responsibility for our actions too. We have to take care of this land and pick up rubbish we see on roads, beaches, and even parks. Even though this is not our land, we still have to take good care of it. But because we don't take care of this land, rubbish will go everywhere! And NZ generates 17mil waste and it's over 76% of going to landfill! Rubbish everywhere and ends up stinking. If we clean up the rubbish, people won't have to smell those bad smells. So if you see rubbish, clean it up and put it in one of the nearby rubbish bins.</p><p class="ql-block">But we can also help by telling other people to care for this land too, and finding some people to motivate. For example you can tell other people to not throw rubbish and not make land fill out of it. To motivate the people around you to pick up rubbish to help the environment. And confront the people who are not doing the wrong things. Motivating people helps them to motivate others. You can motivate people by putting up posters. And they might help clean up rubbish too!</p><p class="ql-block">But our last and final way of trying to help the environment is to get some help.Like forming a group or making a team to clean up this land. Using the motivating idea will make people form a team. Getting together to clean the beaches and parks like a team. And also Teaming up with some environmental organisations like"Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand"or "conservation in New Zealand". Forming a team makes it quicker to clean up this land. And we can make it quicker by working together.</p><p class="ql-block">If we want to throw rubbish, we can just throw it in the rubbish bin. Some people are lazy like a lazy sloth, they would just throw it on roads and it flows away to one of the nearby forests, and it will ruin the environment and habitat!So make sure to pick up the rubbish if you see some. And just like what chiefSeattle said." We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow from our children".</p><p class="ql-block">But this is all and here's the question. "Who are we borrowing this land from?".</p><p class="ql-block">Matthew</p><p class="ql-block">28/06/2025</p> <p class="ql-block">譯文：</p><p class="ql-block"><b style="font-size:20px;">土地的借居者</b></p><p class="ql-block"> 故事始于一個平常的日子，我走在街上。就在這時，我看見一個人——他對腳下的這片土地毫不在意，垃圾隨手亂扔。這讓我不禁思考：我們，是否都是這片土地的借居者？只是短暫停留于此。我們向誰借得這片土地？是土地的主人？是家園？是社區(qū)？若我們真是借居者，又該如何守護這片土地？</p><p class="ql-block"> 如果我們真的只是暫居的借客，就不能只顧自己開心。我們必須為自己的行為負責。我們有責任守護這片土地——拾起散落在路邊、海灘、公園里的垃圾。縱非永久的主人，也需珍視這方家園。正因為我們的疏忽，垃圾才四處蔓延！看看新西蘭吧，每年產生超過1700萬噸廢棄物，其中超過76%被填埋！垃圾遍地，終將惡臭彌漫。如果我們動手清理，人們就不用再忍受刺鼻的氣味。所以，看到垃圾，請彎彎腰，將它送入最近的垃圾桶！</p><p class="ql-block"> 我們還能做得更多：喚醒他人的守護之心，尋找志同道合的伙伴。比如，告訴他人不要亂扔垃圾，別讓土地淪為垃圾場；鼓勵身邊的人動手清理，為環(huán)境盡一份力；友善地提醒那些行為不當的人。一份熱情能點燃更多熱情！張貼宣傳海報也是好方法，或許能吸引更多人加入清潔的行列！</p><p class="ql-block"> 而守護環(huán)境的最后一步，也是關鍵一步——匯聚眾人之力。組建一支清潔小隊！用熱情吸引伙伴，大家齊心協(xié)力，像一支真正的隊伍那樣清潔海灘、公園。還可以聯合強大的環(huán)保組織，比如“新西蘭環(huán)境與保育組織”(ECO-Aotearoa)或“新西蘭保育部”(DOC - Department of Conservation)。攜手合作，事半功倍，讓家園重現潔凈指日可待！</p><p class="ql-block"> 想扔垃圾？很簡單，投入垃圾桶就好！可有些人懶如樹獺，隨手丟在路上，垃圾隨風飄散，最終落入附近的森林——破壞環(huán)境，毀壞生靈的家園！所以，看見垃圾，請一定撿起它。正如西雅圖酋長那智慧的話語：“大地非祖先遺贈，實乃向子孫暫借?！?lt;/p><p class="ql-block"> 講到這里，我有一個重要的問題留給大家：“我們，究竟向誰借得這片土地？”</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">周楚軒</p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:center;">28/06/2025</p>