ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.

Why you should listen

After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.

Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)

A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.

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Cameron Sinclair: The refugees of boom-and-bust

Cameron Sinclair: Ehitusmulli põgenikud

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Cameron Sinclair räägib TEDGlobal U-l lõhkenud kinnisvaraturu hiigelprojektide varjatud hinnast: tuhanded sisserännanud ehitustöölised on nurka surutud ja rahatud. Ta tuletab oma arhitektidest ametivendadele meelde, et sellele olukorrale on vaid üks eetiline lahendus.
- Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs. Full bio

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A fewvähe yearsaastaid agotagasi, my eyessilmad were openedavatud
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Paar aastat tagasi avastasin ma
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to the darktume sidekülg of the constructionEhitus industrytööstus.
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ehitustööstuse tumeda poole.
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In 2006, youngnoor QatariQuatari studentsõpilased
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2006. aastal viisid noored Katari tudengid
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tookvõttis me to go and see the migrantsisserändaja workertöötaja campslaagrid.
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mind vaatama sisserännanute töölaagreid.
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And sincesest then I've followedjärgneb the unfoldinglahtivõetav issueprobleem of workertöötaja rightsõigused.
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Sellest ajast saadiks olen ma end
tööliste õiguste teemaga kursis hoidnud.
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In the last sixkuus monthskuud, more than 300 skyscraperskõrghooneid
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Viimase 6 kuu jooksul on
Ühendemiraatides
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in the UAEAÜE have been put on holdpidage kinni or canceledtühistatud.
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peatatud või tühistatud enam kui
300 pilvelõhkuja ehitus.
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BehindTaga the headlinespealkirjad that laypanema behindtaga these buildingsehitised
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Nende hoonete ja uudiste taha on
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is the fatesaatus of the often-indenturedsageli indentured constructionEhitus workertöötaja.
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peidetud lepinguliste ehitustööliste lood.
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1.1 millionmiljonit eurot of them.
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1,1 miljoni ehitustöölise.
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MainlyPeamiselt IndianIndia, PakistaniPakistani, SriSri LankanLanka
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Need peamiselt India, Pakistani, Sri Lanka
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and NepaleseNepali, these laborerstöötegijaid riskrisk everything
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ja Nepaali töölised riskivad kõigega,
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to make moneyraha for theiroma familiesperekonnad back home.
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et teenida elatist oma peredele
kaugel kodumaal.
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They paymaksma a middle-manLähis-man thousandstuhat of dollarsdollarit to be there.
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Vahendajale makstakse tuhandeid dollareid.
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And when they arrivesaabuma, they find themselvesise in labortöö campslaagrid with no watervesi,
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Saabudes leiavad nad end aga töölaagrites,
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no airõhk conditioningkonditsioneerimine, and theiroma passportspassid takenvõetud away.
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kus ei pole ega konditsioneeri ning
nende passid on ära võetud.
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While it's easylihtne to pointpunkt the fingersõrm at localkohalik officialsametnike and higherkõrgem authoritiesasutused,
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On kerge süüdistada kohalikke võime,
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99 percentprotsenti of these people are hiredpalgatud by the privateprivaatne sectorsektor,
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kuid 99% neist saab tööd erasektorilt
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and so thereforeseetõttu we're equallyvõrdselt, if not more, accountablevastutav.
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ja seega oleme me samamoodi,
kui mitte rohkem vastutavad.
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GroupsRühmad like BuildsafeBuildsafe UAEAÜE have emergedtekkis,
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On tekkinud grupid nagu Buildsafe UAE,
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but the numbersnumbrid are simplylihtsalt overwhelmingülekaalukas.
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kuid tööliste hulgad on liiga suured.
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In AugustAugust 2008,
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2008. aasta augustis
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UAEAÜE publicavalik officialsametnike notedmärkida
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teatasid Ühendemiraatide ametnikud,
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that 40 percentprotsenti of the country'sriigi 1,098 labortöö campslaagrid
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et 40% riigi 1098 töölaagrist oli rikkunud
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had violatedrikutud minimumminimaalne healthtervis and firetuli safetyohutus regulationsmäärused.
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esmaseid tervise- ja tööohutusnõudeid.
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And last summersuvi, more than 10,000 workerstöötajatele
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Eelmisel suvel protesteeris
üle 10 000 töölise
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protestedprotesteeris for the non-paymentmaksmata of wagespalgad,
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palkade mittemaksmise,
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for the poorvaene qualitykvaliteet of foodtoit, and inadequateebapiisav housingeluase.
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toidu halva kvaliteedi ja ebasobivate
elamistingimuste pärast
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And then the financialrahaline collapsekollaps happenedjuhtus.
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Ja siis tuli majanduskriis.
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When the contractorstöövõtjad have goneläinud bustbüst,
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Kui tööandjad on läinud pankrotti,
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as they'venad on been overleveragedoverleveraged like everyonekõik elsemuidu,
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kuna nad on ülemäära võlgu nagu kõik,
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the differencevahe is everything goesläheb missingpuudu,
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lähevad asjad kaotsi.
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documentationdokumentatsioon, passportspassid,
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Dokumendid, passid
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and ticketspiletid home for these workerstöötajatele.
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ja tööliste tagasisõidu piletid.
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CurrentlyPraegu, right now, thousandstuhat of workerstöötajatele are abandonedmahajäetud.
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Tuhanded töölised on kõrvale heidetud.
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There is no way back home.
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Neil pole võimalust koju tagasi minna
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And there is no way, and no prooftõend of arrivalsaabumine.
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ja pole mingit tõendit, et nad
kunagi saabunud on.
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These are the boom-and-bustbuum ja rind refugeespagulased.
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Nad on ehitusmulli põgenikud.
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The questionküsimus is, as a buildinghoone professionalprofessionaalne,
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Siin on küsimus ehitusspetsialistile,
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as an architectarhitekt, an engineerinsener, as a developerarendaja,
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arhitektile, insenerile, arendajale.
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if you know this is going on,
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Kui sa tead, et midagi sellist toimub,
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as we go to the sightsvaatamisväärsused everyigaüks singleüksi weeknädal,
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sest käime ehitusplatsidel igal nädalal,
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are you complacentvalvsust or complicitkaasosalised
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kas sa oled siis inimõiguste rikkumises
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in the humaninimene rightsõigused violationsrikkumiste?
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kaasosaline või enesega rahul?
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So let's forgetunustage your environmentalkeskkonna footprintjalajälg.
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Heidame ökoloogilise jalajälje kõrvale.
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Let's think about your ethicaleetiline footprintjalajälg.
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Mõelgem hoopis eetilisele jalajäljele.
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What good is it
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Mis kasu on
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to buildehitama a zero-carbonnull-carbon, energyenergia efficientefektiivne complexkeeruline,
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ehitada CO2-neutraalne,
energiasäästlik hoone,
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when the labortöö producingtootmine this architecturalarhitektuurne gempärl
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kui seda arhitektuurilist pärli ehitanud
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is unethicalebaeetiline at bestparim?
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tööjõud on ebaeetiline, parimal juhul?
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Now, recentlyhiljuti I've been told I've been takingvõttes the highkõrge roadtee.
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Mulle on öeldud, et lähtun liiga
kõrgest moraalist.
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But, quiteüsna franklyausalt öeldes, on this issueprobleem,
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Kuid selle teema puhul
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there is no other roadtee.
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ei ole teist võimalust.
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So let's not forgetunustage who is really payingmaksavad the pricehind of this financialrahaline collapsekollaps.
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Ärgem unustagem kes maksab selle
majanduskriisi eest.
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And that as we worrymuretsema about our nextjärgmine jobtöökoht in the officekontoris,
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Samal ajal, kui me muretseme järgmise
kontoritöö pärast,
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the nextjärgmine designdisain that we can get, to keep our workerstöötajatele.
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järgmise projekti pärast, et
oma töölisi säilitada.
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Let's not forgetunustage these menmehed, who are trulytõesti dyingsuremas to work.
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Ärgem unustagem neid mehi, kes
päriselt surevad tööd tehes.
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Thank you.
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Aitäh.
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(ApplauseAplaus)
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(Aplaus)
Translated by Kadri Kalle
Reviewed by Siim Kumpas

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Cameron Sinclair - Co-founder, Architecture for Humanity
2006 TED Prize winner Cameron Sinclair is co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that seeks architecture solutions to global crises -- and acts as a conduit between the design community and the world's humanitarian needs.

Why you should listen

After training as an architect, Cameron Sinclair (then age 24) joined Kate Stohr to found Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit that helps architects apply their skills to humanitarian efforts. Starting with just $700 and a simple web site in 1999, AFH has grown into an international hub for humanitarian design, offering innovative solutions to housing problems in all corners of the globe.

Whether rebuilding earthquake-ravaged Bam in Iran, designing a soccer field doubling as an HIV/AIDS clinic in Africa, housing refugees on the Afghan border, or helping Katrina victims rebuild, Architecture for Humanity works by Sinclair's mantra: "Design like you give a damn." (Sinclair and Stohr cowrote a book by the same name, released in 2006.)

A regular contributor to the sustainability blog Worldchanging.com, Sinclair is now working on the Open Architecture Network, born from the wish he made when he accepted the 2006 TED Prize: to build a global, open-source network where architects, governments and NGOs can share and implement design plans to house the world.

More profile about the speaker
Cameron Sinclair | Speaker | TED.com