As university doors opened in September for a new year, an estimated six million people across the world took to the streets in a historic week of climate action. The power of this youth-led campaign reflected the urgency for action on the environment. So what now? 【小题1】Here are some ideas about how you can be sustainable as a student.

What you put on your plate matters: nearly a quarter of all greenhouse gases come from agriculture, and most of those are from meat and dairy. Meat and dairy consumption results in excessive (过度的) land use, industrial emissions, methane, water use and deforestation. 【小题2】 A meat-free diet has been recommended as the single-biggest way an individual can reduce their effect on the planet.

Forget fast fashion: keeping your clothes for as long as possible has much more than just monetary value. In the UK, clothing has the fourth-largest environmental effect after housing, transport and food. 【小题3】

For some freshers, this will be your first time living alone, which means doing your own washing, cooking and cleaning. 【小题4】 Wash your clothes at a lower temperature, and choose a bamboo toothbrush or more eco-friendly sanitary (卫生的) products. When shopping, see if there's a zero-waste shop nearby, where all products are free from plastic packaging. Just turn up with your own container. If you're planning a weekend away with new friends, try to travel by train or bus.

【小题5】 But campaigning is important too. University campuses can be the perfect place for this. If you don't know where and how to start, see if there are any societies at your university like Student Climate Network. Students using fossil fuels in 76 universities have now committed to it.

Not getting good sleep can harm your health and mental well-being, leading to issues like low energy, bad focus, and even diseases like Alzheimer’s. 【小题1】 . In order to get that good night’s sleep, here are some tips which can help.

Sticking to a sleep routine

【小题2】. It is a great way of increasing the quality of your sleep. This is because we are creatures of habit and our brains know when to expect a certain event or task. If you are able to from a routine which sees you go to sleep at the same time every evening, you’ll find it far easier to sleep.

Reducing tech use before sleep

When we look at phone or tablet screens, the light from then activates our brains encourages brain activities and keeps us alert. This of course is the last thing that you need when you are going to sleep. 【小题3】 Seeing a timer on your TV to turn off at a certain time is a good idea. This helps prevent sudden noise from waking you up during the night.

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Even natural light will wake the brain up and this is also why you should do all that you can to ensure maximum levels of darkness in your bedroom. Even if you are able to fall asleep with the light on, your brain won’t allow you to fall into a deep sleep because the light which it recognizes will keep it alert.

Watching your diet

To get the best quality of sleep you’d better eat nothing but water in the final 3 hours before you sleep. Remember that food is a source of energy. If you have a large meal before bed, your body will mainly focus on breaking down the recently eaten nutrients (营养物质). 【小题5】

One of the big challenges that students face in applying to universities abroad is writing the application essay.

【小题1】 Admissions officers(招生负责人)attempt to get at what type of person you are, what motivates you, and what you feel passion for. In a single 500-word piece of writing, they attempt to gather all about you. So your task is to put the stamp of your personality on the essay and make yourself special.

You can try and guess what the admissions officers like. 【小题2】 The essay will sound empty and become another dull piece of writing, which admissions officers get thousands of each year.

It is true that admissions officers aren’t exactly looking for anything. 【小题3】 If they ask for someone who has inspired you, it could be anyone. It could be a grandmother, a teacher, or even a character from a movie. A lot of people will say their dad. But since you really feel it, you’ll have a lot to write about.

There are some important things to remember. These admissions officers want good writers. You don’t have to be Ernest Hemingway, but you have to be able to form an interesting story. That means revision and editing, cutting out stupid grammar mistakes, reading it over several times, leaving it for a few days and looking at it again.【小题4】

Also, you should use exciting language and really make the reader feel the same passion as you do. It also means finding something unique about your point of view, something that other people might not think of. For example, if you want to write about your dad, you can focus on a specific anecdote(趣闻)about him.【小题5】