Two waste bottles for a pencil, 500 grams of unrecyclable waste for a notebook, and 15 kilograms of waste paper for a soccer ball or basketball－the equations are cemented in the mind of Nyima Dbangmo and all other students at the Second Middle School of Zadoi county, in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Qinghai province.
在青海玉树藏族自治州杂多县第二中学，Nyima Dbangmo和所有其它同学牢记着如下等式：两个废瓶子等于一只铅笔，500克不可回收垃圾等于一个笔记本，15千克废纸等于一个足球或者篮球。
After every weekend, Nyima Dbangmo holds a plastic bag of trash, such as used water bottles, as she returns to school from home.
每周一，当Nyima Dbangmo从家中返回学校时，都会提着一个装满垃圾的塑料袋，里面装着水瓶这样的东西。
The garbage collected by the 14-year-old basically paid for her stationery items last semester, from pencils to notebooks, she says.
14岁的她表示，这些收集起来的垃圾主要用于支付上学期的文具费用，文具小到铅笔，大到笔记本。
"It is habitual for us to pick up the garbage from the ground."
“我们都习惯从地上捡垃圾了。”

Since last March, a program called "Garbage for Stationery" has improved the campus environment and enhanced students' awareness of the environment in six middle schools in Zadoi county along with ecology and environment protection classes.
自去年三月起，杂多县六所中学一项名为“变废为文具”的项目和相应的生态环境保护课，改善了校园环境，提高了学生的环保意识。
According to Nyigya, head of the county's education department, poverty alleviation through education requires not only knowledge, but also cultivating a sense of responsibility among future generations to protect the fragile environment the local people rely on.
据县教育部门领导Nyigya表示，通过教育扶贫，不仅仅需要知识，还需要培养下一代的责任感，以保护当地居民赖以为生的脆弱环境。
Zadoi county, whose economy depends on raising livestock, has an area of 30,000 square kilometers and an average altitude of 4,200 meters. It has a total population of 66,000, with more than 10,000 students registered in primary and middle schools.
杂多县的经济依赖于饲养牲畜，该县占地面积为30000平方公里，平均海拔高度为4200米。总人口为66000人，中小学在校注册生超过10000名。
Students have embraced the program since it started, according to Karma Chonyi, a teacher who is in charge of the program from the Second Middle School.
据负责第二中学该项目的老师Karma Chonyi表示，自从这一项目一启动，学生就积极相应。
Every noon, Karma Chonyi shows up at a special office for the program to count the students' gains and reward them accordingly.
每天中午，Karma Chonyi会出现在一个专为该项目设立的特别办公室里，清点学生的“战利品”，按照规定奖励他们。