《Indoor Generation 室内族》

June 25, 2019

This is a story about us. The Indoor Generation. A generation that spends 90% of its life indoors.

这是一个关于我们大家的故事。

It all started the day we left nature behind. We filled our homes with lovely things and all the stuff we wanted. Our home became places you would never want to leave.

自从我们背弃大自然，我们建造了一个让我们舍不得离开的家。

Artificial light replaced daylight. And we built our houses so that nothing could escape. We cooked and showered. Breathed and played. Slept and sweated. But we had closed ourselves in to a point where nothing could get out.

我们日常所需都在家里完成。连电灯也取代了阳光，直到我们成功建造了一个密不透风的家。

So when the air turned bad inside, we tried fixing it with chemicals. And we put in little artificial suns everywhere to make the darkness bearable.

我们利用空气清新剂和人造光源让我们有阳光和新鲜空气的错觉。

That's when things started to happen. Hard to notice in the beginning. Some needed help. To sleep. To breathe. To not itch. Many of us even started to feel sad. So we turn on happy lamps to make the sadness go away.

渐渐地我们身体开始传出警讯。有人难以入眠，呼吸困难，身体疼痛，情绪低落。所以我们打开让我们开心的银幕转移我们的视线。

Then scientist discovered that the air inside our homes is up to five times more polluted than the air outside. And that the lack of daylight can affect children's learning and increase blood pressure. It turns out that kids' rooms often have the highest concentration of toxicants in the house. In fact, millions of homes are unhealthy to live in. they discovered that living in damp and moldy homes increases the risk of asthma by 40%. And millions of people suffer from asthma and allergies caused by a bad indoor environment.

研究所示室内空气污染是室外的五倍，其中小孩的房间更是家中污染指数最高的。长期处在潮湿的家里会使患上哮喘病的机率提高40%。

How this story ends is up to you, because it's not written yet. If you care about the indoor generation, do something. Begin to think and live differently. Let light and fresh air into your life again. Even small changes can make a huge difference for coming generations.

我们的故事还在继续中，你可以从你的日常生活中作出改变。让新鲜空气及阳光加入你的生活。