[1]Four years after graduating from college, Luo Jiajia, 36, answered an inner (内心的) calling to lead a more meaningful life. She noticed that environmental problems were becoming more serious, but little action was being taken. She decided to join environmental protection efforts, so that future generations may also enjoy nature.
[2]Now, Luo works for the China Green Foundation (CGF)—an organization ①_________tries to improve reforestation (再造林) and encourage people to take part in environmental protection in China. It's also active in the international community
[3]Luo's main work concerns the Million Forest Project. The project started 10 years ago. Its goal is to plant 1 million trees in the Tengger Desert, China's fourth-largest desert in inner Mongolia. Over 100 million trees have been ②_________to fight desertification (沙漠化). Luo helps support the project by brainstorming different fundraising (筹资) activities and organizing events.
[4]The project has brought many advantages to local communities. Without the project, many locals would have been forced to leave their ③__________as eco-refugees (生态难民). Luo's project has also helped to find jobs for locals. They can make money by selling the fruit that the trees produce. Eco-tourism (生态旅游) has been more popular because these areas have become an oasis (绿洲) in the desert.
[5]"It's not possible for you to plant a tree every day, but if you have a tree in your heart then you can take care of the whole environment. If we make the effort to change the inside, we can also change the outside world," Luo said. So the slogan (标语) of Million Forest was changed to "Plant a tree in your heart".
