朋友们大家好！本周是NBA的“地球周”。NBA利用自己的平台来宣传地球日和提醒大家注意环境问题，我认为非常有意义。我自认为是一个环保主义者。我在家一直在实践“3R”准则：Reduce(减少原料), Re-use(重新利用), Recycle(物品回收)。我们只有一个地球，必须呵护它。我希望你用实际行动来保护环境。其实将环保意识付诸行动很简单。当你离开房间的时候记得关灯，这样你就减少了二氧化碳的排放；我会重复使用纸箱，不轻易将它们丢进垃圾筒。我知道我一个人力量有限，但如果每个人都能为保护地球做一点努力，那样的效果就是巨大的。

在地球周的比赛中，NBA允许我们穿“绿色球鞋”。虽然绿色不是火箭队的主色调，但我会穿着匹克特别设计的绿色球鞋去推广“地球周”。我的球鞋将由三种颜色组成：白色、银色和绿色。绿色象征着生命、自然和健康。银色象征着人类文明和地球的融合。白色象征着洁净。这些颜色合在一起，旨在提醒我们保护这个星球，爱护环境。鞋底"31 recycling"设计非常酷，这象征着我倡导物品回收，是地球的朋友。

所以本周看NBA时，你们一定要注意我的鞋子哦，其他每个球员也都会穿“绿色球鞋”。我们提醒大家：保护地球，为下一代留下一个美好的环境。

保重，

肖恩

原文如下——

April 5, 2009

Hello friends! This week the NBA is celebrating Earth Week. I think this is great that the NBA is using our platform to raise awareness about Earth Day and the issues that are facing our environment. I like to think that I am an environmentally conscience person. At the Battier household, we try to practice the 3 "R's"......Reduce, Re-use, Recycle. We only have one earth and we must respect it and treat it kindly. I challenge you to reflect on your personal commitment to protecting our earth and its resources. The beauty of having environmental awareness is that it is simple and every small thing will help. If you just turn off the lights when you leave a room, you will be saving our atmosphere from the carbon dioxide that is released when we use electricity. I always try to reuse cardboard boxes and other containers to keep them out of landfills. I know I am only one person, but if everyone just did a little to help preserve our earth, the impact would be tremendous.

To commemorate earth week, the NBA is allowing us to wear "green shoes." Although the Rockets do not have green as one of their primary colors, I will be wearing special Peak shoes that serve to raise awareness for earth week. My shoes will be a combination of white, silver, and green. The green symbolizes life, nature and health. The silver symbolizes civilization, the mixing of earth and concrete. The white in the shoes symbolizes purity and cleanness. The combination of all these colors serves as a reminder to care for our planet and to help keep the environment clean. There is also a really cool "31 recycling" symbol on the back of the shoe that shows that I like to recycle and that I am a friend of the earth!

So when you watch us play this week, take a look at my shoes as well as everyone who wears "green shoes" this week. Let it serve as a reminder that we must protect our planet and take necessary steps to preserve it for future generations.

Take care my friends,

Shane