Virtual Sports Communities For Li Pengfei, a resident of Hebei Province, fitness used to be the last thing on his mind. But his poor health resulting from obesity (pushed him to choose a new and healthier lifestyle. He joined the e-fitness trend. But his family didn't have much faith in it at first. However, Li stuck to it. Virtual sports communities are made up of users on the same app. In these groups, people share their photos and performances to motivate each other. "Exercise was like a real chore for me in the beginning. But the encouragement of other people builds up my inner strength. "
____ Changchun has witnessed the appearance of a special type of stores recently. Instead of using money to buy goods, people can exchange their used items for things like books and food ingredients. Inside one such store, a poster on the wall features the amount of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) that can be reduced for every recycled item such as a cardboard box. Residents can also take anything they no longer need to the store to trade them for points, and then use these to exchange goods.
Saving Food is Part of Green Lifestyle Recently, The Clear Plate program in China is focusing on the issue of food waste. After a meal, users take photos of their clean plates, post these in a social media platform WeChat, collect points once the image is recognized by the artificial intelligence, and then turn their points into gifts or charity donations, programmers explained. "For our parents, they can still recall the days without food. ‘Clearing your plate' is about saving some food for a rainy day. For us young adults, it is a green and low-carbon lifestyle. "
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