Twenty years ago, in the run-up to the last Habitat conference, the prophetic Barbara Ward, economist and environmentalist , reached for a simile to describe the coming cataclysm

20年前，在上一届生境大会准备阶段，有先见之明的经济学家和环保专家巴巴拉·沃德妙手偶得一个比喻来描述未来的大灾难

environmentalist /conservationist

环境保护学者、环保人士

The network TV personality, who had been diffident earlier, had blossomed and was doing a skillful imitation of the U.S. President, supposedly on television with a carmaker and an environmentalist , trying to appease both

那个电视明星，先前有点束手束脚，现在却大显身手，惟妙惟肖地学着美国总统。算是在电视里跟一个汽车制造商和一个环境污染问题专家在一起，竭力说好话给这两个人消气。

The environmentalist launched out at great length on energy preservation.

这位环境保护论者就节约能源问题发了一通议论。

As an environmentalist and a Great Wall conserva-tionist in particular, I found the report troubling

作为一个环保主义者，特别是作为一个保护长城的人，我对这篇报道感到焦虑。

||1: CHINA endures choking smog, mass destruction of habitats and food poisoned with heavy metals. ||2: But ask an environmentalist what is the country’s biggest problem, and the answer is always the same. ||3: “Water is the worst,” says Wang Tao, of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre in Beijing, “because of its scarcity, and because of its pollution.” ||4: “Water,” agrees Pan Jiahua, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. “People can’t survive in a desert.” ||5: Wang Shucheng, a former water minister, once said: “To fight for every drop of water or die: that is the challenge facing China.”

||1:中国正遭受着持续雾霾、栖息地大规模破坏以及食品重金属中毒等问题。||2:然而，当问起环境专家“什么是中国最大的问题”时，得到的答案通常如出一辙。||3:北京清华-卡耐基中心的王涛答道：“水资源问题最为严重，一方面由于水资源缺乏，另一方面由于它的污染状况。”||4:“水资源，”中国社科院潘家华表示认同，“人们不能在沙漠中生存。”||5:前水利部部长汪恕诚曾说：“中国面临的挑战就是要珍惜每一滴水,否则就是灭亡。”

From an environmentalist ’s point of view, India and China elicit despair. They are obsessed with growth. To fuel it, they are building ever more coal-fired power stations, a filthy form of energy. Their cities fume. Their rivers catch fire. There is not much anyone can do about it.

从一个环保人士的角度看来，印度和中国的做法只能让人绝望。他们太沉迷于经济增长了。为了推动经济增长，他们建了更多的火力发电厂-一种极不环保的能源。他们的城市都弥漫着烟雾。他们的河流都着火了。我们对此也无能为力。

A Tesla is a more stylish way of displaying environmentalist credentials than a lumpen Toyota Prius and more practical than a Ferrari—putting two child seats in the back boosts the capacity to seven passengers.

特斯拉比落魄的丰田普锐斯更能体现环保，比法拉利更能体现实用-在后加速器放两个儿童座位，可容纳7人。

Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and political activist, died on September 25th, aged 71.

旺加里·马塔伊，肯尼亚环保专家，活跃的政治家，于九月二十五日逝世，享年71岁。

Liang Congjie, modern China’s first environmentalist , died on October 28th, aged 78

现代中国首位环保人士梁从诫于10月28日辞世，享年78岁

Food prices are rising, but the impact is not being felt equally around the world, says environmentalist Lester Brown.

“粮价一直在涨，但其产生的影响却并未被世人同步感知。”人类生态学者李斯特·布朗如是说。

Lomborg directs the Copenhagen Consensus Center and is the author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It.

Lomborg主管哥本哈根共识中心，是《多疑的环境保护论者》和《冷却》的作者。

Alicia Silverstone defines herself not only as an actress and author, but as an environmentalist and vegan.

除了演员和作家，AliceSilverstone还把自己定义为环境保护论者和素食者。

From an environmentalist ’s perspective, though, these positives are outweighed by much larger negatives.

但是从环境保护者的角度，更多是负面的消息。

But as a conservationist and environmentalist , I know that low rates enable a certain kind of long-term thinking.

但作为一个节约主义和环保主义者，我清楚低利率将会让人们考虑长期投资。

“The risks from nuclear energy remain unchanged; there were always risks, ” said Stephen Tindale, a British environmentalist .

核能带来的风险仍然没有改变，风险一直都在。

Environmentalist Ma Jun says that the public has become increasingly sceptical of the official data.

环境保护主义者马军表示，公众对官方数据越来越持怀疑态度。

Liang Congjie, modern China’s first environmentalist , died on October 28th, aged 78

近代中国环保第一人：梁从诫于11月28日去逝，享年78岁

Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, a leading environmentalist has calculated.

据一位前沿领域环境学家的计算，与开车相比，走路更容易引发全球变暖。

The Lazy Environmentalist : No-Sweat Tips For Going Green

懒惰的环保主义者：不费力的环保小建议

Would you say that an environmentalist is someone who actively works to help the environment?

你认为环保主义者就是指那些致力于环境改善的人吗？

Do you consider yourself an environmentalist ?

你认为自己是环保主义者吗？

Environmentalists are often viewed as prickly. Maybe it’s because there is no set definition of what defines an environmentalist .

人们常认为环保主义者是挑剔的，或许这是因为目前对环保主义者尚没有一个统一的定义。

But if Hoff is a businessman turned environmentalist , as trusting of the free market as he is of photosynthesis, Reij is a radical at heart.

如果说霍夫由商人转型为环保人士是因为：他相信光合作用就像相信自由市场一样，那么瑞什则是一个彻头彻尾的激进分子。

PETA criticised Gore for being a “meat-eating environmentalist ” and urged him to go vegetarian.

善待动物组织批评戈尔是一位“肉食主义的环保主义者”并要求他去做素食主义者。

The prospect of millions of petrol tanks being filled with such a fuel has alarmed environmentalist groups.

数百万油罐已装满这种燃料，此番景象给环境保护主义团体敲响了警钟。

Thinker, environmentalist and philosopher extraordinaire . . .

思考者，环境保护者，非凡的哲学家。

FP: In The Skeptical Environmentalist , you write optimistically about the impact climate change will have on agricultural production.

外交政策：在《质疑环境保护论者》一书中，您对气候变化对农业生产的影响持乐观态度。

My conclusion is that a well-meaning environmentalist will make counterproductive decisions several times a day.

我的结论是：好心的环保主义者每天会做出很多事与愿违的决定。

Are we truly, to quote environmentalist Bill McKibben, facing the “end of nature” ?

我们真的会像环境学家比尔•麦克基本说的那样面对“自然的终结”？