Luzhou, Sichuan: Earning points reduces carbon, spending points also reduces carbon

If you check in once on the CD, you can record 144 grams of carbon emission reductions and get 5 points; if you walk 500 steps, you can record 8.2 grams of carbon emission reductions and get 1 point; if you take the bus once, you can record 80 grams of carbon emission reductions and get 10 points... Every morning, Pan Yan, a citizen of Luzhou, Sichuan, the first thing she does when she gets up is to open the "Green Bud Points" Weixin Mini Programs and collect the previous day's low-carbon points.

"There is a scientific basis for how much carbon is reduced and how many points are recorded for each activity!" Liu Xun, head of the Propaganda Section of the Ecological Environment Bureau of Luzhou City, said that "Green Bud Points" are based on the "Green Inclusive Cloud-Carbon Emission Reduction Digital Account Book" of the China Environmental Protection Federation and have created an open, transparent, authentic and credible personal green life points algorithm. Registered users on the platform can earn corresponding points if they practice low-carbon life in all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation or participate in environmental protection public welfare activities.

"Click on the small bubbles filled with points one by one and watch my total points continue to rise. I feel particularly fulfilling. The new day is full of vitality!" Pan Yan happily turned on her mobile phone to show reporters that 23726 points and 194 kilograms of carbon emission reduction!

"This is just part of my points. I have already spent a lot of it!" Pan Yan said that points can be exchanged for daily necessities such as rice cookers, sun umbrellas, shampoo, and cotton wipes. The most interesting thing is to spend 300 points for a serving of gull grain to feed red-billed gulls!

"The east gate of Luzhou is where the Tuojiang River meets the Yangtze River. A large number of red-billed gulls settle here every winter." Liu Xun explained to reporters that there is a shortage of food in nature in winter. In order to avoid the adverse impact of people's own food feeding on wild animals, Luzhou organized multiple inspections and demonstrations by experts and proposed a plan to uniformly provide safe gull food and regularly control the amount of feeding. Citizens can exchange for gull food by using "green shoot points" or participating in on-site questions and answers on low-carbon knowledge.

Every winter, Pan Yan often brings her children to the river to feed red-billed gulls. "Thousands of red-billed gulls are flying and playing on the river, which proves that our ecological environment is getting better and better!" Pan Yan said,"This also gives me stronger motivation to earn points and exchange for gulp food."

Pan Yan told reporters that her points have also been used many times to exchange for rare fish species for proliferation and release in the Yangtze River, and for saplings for planting "green shoots and low-carbon forests." She also volunteered to become a volunteer and planted saplings with her own hands. Every sapling she redeemed and planted bears her personal logo. It gradually grows up and integrates into the dense forest, contributing to the absorption of carbon dioxide.

The newly launched "Large-scale Event Carbon Neutralization" function this year has made Pan Yan deeply aware of the far-reaching significance of practicing a low-carbon life.

"Large-scale activities with more than 100 participants can scientifically measure carbon emissions and conduct compensation transactions with the 'green shoot points' carbon emission reductions to achieve carbon neutrality." Liu Xun said that since this function was launched in June, it has successfully helped many large-scale events in the city achieve carbon neutrality.

It is reported that the "Green Bud Points" platform currently has nearly 400,000 registered users, more than 40,000 daily active users, generating more than 60 million points, and a cumulative carbon reduction of more than 350 tons.