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Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic
Van Jones: plastiku majanduslik ebaõiglus
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Van Jones tutvustab plastikureostuse probleemi sotsiaalse õigluse vaatepunktist. Plastikprügi lööb esimesena ja valusamini just vaesemaid inimesi ja riike. Tagajärjed mõjutavad aga meid kõiki, hoolimata meie elukohast ja palgast. TEDxGPGP-s pakub ta välja mõned kasulikud ideed, et reostatud planeet meile tagasi võita.
Van Jones - Social justice and green energy activist
Van Jones sees a clear link between social justice and green energy -- and works for both. Full bio
Van Jones sees a clear link between social justice and green energy -- and works for both. Full bio
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I am honored to be here,
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Mul on au siin olla
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and I'm honored to talk about this topic,
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ja mul on au rääkida sellel teemal,
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which I think is of grave importance.
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mis on minu arvates väga tähtis.
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We've been talking a lot about
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Oleme palju rääkinud
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the horrific impacts of plastic
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plastiku kohutavast mõjust
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on the planet and on other species,
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planeedile ja teistele liikidele,
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but plastic hurts people too,
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aga plastik teeb kahju ka inimestele,
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especially poor people.
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eriti vaestele inimestele.
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And both in the production of plastic,
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Ja nii plastiku tootmises,
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the use of plastic and the disposal of plastic,
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plastiku kasutamises kui ka plastiku äraviskamisel
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the people who have the bull's-eye on their foreheads
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saavad valusaima tabamuse
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are poor people.
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vaesed inimesed.
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People got very upset
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Inimesed said väga vihaseks,
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when the BP oil spill happened
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kui toimus British Petroleumi õlileke
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for very good reason.
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ja seda õigusega.
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People thought about, "Oh, my God.
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Inimesed mõtlesid: " Jumal küll.
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This is terrible, this oil -- it's in the water.
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See õli on kohutav, see on vees.
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It's going to destroy
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See hävitab
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the living systems there.
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sealsed elusüsteemid.
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People are going to be hurt.
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Inimesed saavad viga.
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This is a terrible thing,
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See on kohutav,
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that the oil is going to hurt the people in the Gulf."
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et õli toob kahju lahe ääres elavatele inimestele."
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What people don't think about
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Aga inimesed ei mõtle sellele,
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is: what if the oil had made it safely to shore?
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mis oleks juhtunud, kui õli oleks turvaliselt rannikule jõudnud.
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What if the oil actually got where it was trying to go?
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Mis siis, kui õli oleks oma õigesse sihtpunkti jõudnud?
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Not only would it have been burned in engines
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See oleks mootorites põlenud,
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and added to global warming,
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andnud hoogu globaalsele soojenemisele,
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but there's a place called "Cancer Alley,"
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ja jõudnud kohta, mida nimetatakse "vähktõve tänavaks",
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and the reason it's called "Cancer Alley"
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ja seda kutsutakse "vähktõve tänavaks" seetõttu,
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is because the petrochemical industry
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et petrooleumitööstus
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takes that oil and turns it into plastic
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võtab selle õli ja muudab selle plastikuks
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and, in the process, kills people.
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ja selle protsessi käigus tapab inimesi.
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It shortens the lives of the people who live there in the Gulf.
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See lühendab lahe ääres elavate inimeste eluiga.
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So oil and petrochemicals are not just a problem where there's a spill;
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Seega pole õli ja kemikaalid probleemsed ainult siis, kui toimub õlileke,
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they're a problem where there's not.
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vaid ka siis, kui õnnetusi ei ole.
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And what we don't often appreciate
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Ja sageli ei oska me väärtustada seda hinda,
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is the price that poor people pay
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mida maksavad vaesed inimesed selleks,
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for us to have these disposable products.
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et me saaks neid ühekordseid tooteid kasutada.
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The other thing that we don't often appreciate
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Teine asi, mida me sageli hinnata ei oska,
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is it's not just at the point of production that poor people suffer.
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on see, et vaesed inimesed ei kannata ainult tootmisprotsessi käigus.
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Poor people also suffer
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Nad kannatavad ka
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at the point of use.
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tarbimise käigus.
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Those of us who earn a certain income level,
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Neil, kes teenivad piisaval hulgal raha,
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we have something called choice.
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on olemas valikuvõimalus.
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The reason why you want to work hard and have a job
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Põhjus, miks me tahame kõvasti tööd teha
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and not be poor and broke
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ja mitte olla vaesed,
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is so you can have choices, economic choices.
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on see, et saada valikuvõimalusi.
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We actually get a chance to choose
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Me saame võimaluse valida
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not to use products
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jätta ostamata tooted,
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that have dangerous, poisonous plastic in them.
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milles on ohtlikku ja mürgist plastikut.
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Other people who are poor don't have those choices.
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Vaestel inimeste aga pole selliseid valikuvõimalusi.
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So low-income people often are the ones
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Niisiis on madala sissetulekuga inimesed tavaliselt need,
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who are buying the products
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kes ostavad tooteid,
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that have those dangerous chemicals in them that their children are using.
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mis sisaldavad nende laste jaoks ohtlikke kemikaale.
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Those are the people who wind up
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Nemad on inimesed,
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actually ingesting a disproportionate amount
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kelle organism saab suure hulga
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of this poisonous plastic and using it.
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mürgist plastikut.
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And people say, "Well, they should just buy a different product."
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Ja inimesed ütlevad: "Noh, nad peaks lihtsalt teise toote ostma."
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Well, the problem with being poor is you don't have those choices.
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Aga vaesusega ongi see probleem, et sul ei ole selliseid valikuvõimalusi.
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You often have to buy the cheapest products.
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Sa pead ostma odavaimaid tooteid.
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The cheapest products are often the most dangerous.
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Ja odavaimad tooted on sageli kõige ohtlikumad.
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And if that weren't bad enough,
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Ja nagu sellest poleks veel küllalt,
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if it wasn't just the production of plastic
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lisaks plastiku tootmisele,
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that's giving people cancer in places like "Cancer Alley" and shortening lives
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mis põhjustab vähki ja lühendab inimeste eluiga
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and hurting poor kids at the point of use,
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ja toob kahju vaestele lastele, kes seda plastikut kasutavad,
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at the point of disposal,
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ka äraviskamisel
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once again, it's poor people
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on just vaesed inimesed need,
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who bear the burden.
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kes kannavad raskeimat koormat.
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Often, we think we're doing a good thing.
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Sageli arvame, et me teeme heateo.
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You're in your office,
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Sa oled kontoris,
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and you're drinking your bottled water, or whatever it is,
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jood pudelivett või muud jooki
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and you think to yourself, "Hey, I'm going to throw this away.
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ja mõtled endamisi: "Vot, ma ei viska seda ära.
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No, I'm going to be virtuous.
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Ei, ma olen vooruslik.
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I'm going to put it in the blue bin."
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Ma panen selle pudelikonteinerisse."
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You think, "I put mine in the blue bin,"
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Sa mõtled: "Ma panen oma pudeli pudelikonteinerisse."
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and then you look at your colleague and say,
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Ja siis sa vaatad oma töökaaslast ja ütled:
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"Why, you cretin.
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"Sa kretiin.
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You put yours in the white bin."
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Sa paned oma pudeli tavalisse prügikasti."
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And we use that as a moral tickle.
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Ja see on meile nagu moraalne kõdi.
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We feel so good about ourselves.
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Meil on enda üle nii hea meel.
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Maybe I'll feel good myself.
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Võib-olla ma andestan endale.
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Not you, but I feel this way.
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Mitte sina, aga mina tunnen niimoodi.
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And so we kind of have this kind of moral feel-good moment.
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Ja niisiis meil on selline moraalse heaolutunde hetk.
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But if we were to be able to follow that little bottle
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Aga kui me saaks sellele pudelile
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on its journey,
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tema teekonnal järgneda,
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we would be shocked to discover that, all too often,
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siis meid šokeeriks avastus, et väga sageli
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that bottle is going to be put on a boat,
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pannakse see pudel laevale.
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it's going to go all the way across the ocean
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See reisib mingi kuluga
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at some expense,
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üle ookeani.
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and it's going to wind up in a developing country -- often China.
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Ja see jõuab lõpuks arengumaale, sageli Hiinasse.
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I think in our minds we imagine somebody's going to take the little bottle,
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Ma arvan, et meil on peas kujutluspilt, et keegi võtab väikese pudeli
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say, "Oh, little bottle.
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ja ütleb: "Oh, väike pudelike.
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We're so happy to see you, little bottle."
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Meil on nii hea meel sind näha, väike pudelike."
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(Laughter)
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(Naer)
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"You've served so well."
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"Sa oled meid hästi teeninud"
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He's given a little bottle massage,
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Talle tehakse väike pudelimassaaž,
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a little bottle medal.
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antakse väike pudelimedal.
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And say, "What would you like to do next?"
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Ja küsitakse: "Mida sulle järgmiseks teha meeldiks?"
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The little bottle says, "I just don't know."
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Väike pudel ütleb: "Mul pole aimugi."
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But that's not actually what happens.
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Aga päriselt seda ei juhtu.
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That bottle
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See pudel
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winds up getting burned.
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põletatakse lõpuks ära.
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Recycling of plastic in many developing countries
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Plastmassi taaskasutus tähendab paljudes arengumaades
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means the incineration of the plastic,
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plastiku tuhastamist,
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the burning of the plastic,
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plastiku põletamist,
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which releases incredible toxic chemicals
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millest eraldub toksilisi kemikaale,
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and, once again, kills people.
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mis jällegi tapab inimesi.
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And so poor people
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Ja vaesed inimesed,
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who are making these products
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kes neid tooteid valmistavad,
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in petrochemical centers like "Cancer Alley,"
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petrokeemilistes keskustes nagu "vähktõve tänaval",
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poor people who are consuming these products disproportionately,
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vaesed inimesed, kes tarbivaid neid tooteid ebaloomulikult palju,
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and then poor people,
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ja vaesed inimesed,
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who even at the tail end of the recycling
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kes on taaskasutuse tsükli lõpus,
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are having their lives shortened,
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elavad seetõttu lühemat elu
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are all being harmed greatly
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ja saavad palju kahju
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by this addiction that we have
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selle äraviskamise sõltuvuse tõttu,
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to disposability.
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mille all me kannatame.
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Now you think to yourself -- because I know how you are --
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Nüüd te mõtlete endamisi - ma tean küll, millised te olete -
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you say, "That sure is terrible
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te ütlete: "See on nende vaeste inimeste jaoks
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for those poor people.
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tõepoolest kohutav.
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It's just awful,
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See on nende vaeste inimeste jaoks
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those poor people.
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lihtsalt õudne.
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I hope someone does something to help them."
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Ma loodan, et keegi võtab nende aitamiseks midagi ette."
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But what we don't understand is --
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Aga mis meil kahe silma vahele jääb, on see,
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is, here we are in Los Angeles.
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mis toimub Los Angeleses.
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We worked very hard to get the smog reduction
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Me oleme näinud palju vaeva, et vähendada sudu
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happening here in Los Angeles.
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siin Los Angeleses.
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But guess what?
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Aga teate mis?
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Because they're doing so much dirty production in Asia now,
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Kuna Aasias on praegu nii palju saastavat tööstust,
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because the environmental laws
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kuna keskkonnahoiu seadused
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don't protect the people in Asia now,
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ei kaitse praegu Aasia inimesi,
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almost all of the clean air gains
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siis peaaegu kogu see puhas õhk,
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and the toxic air gains
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mis me reostunud õhu arvelt tagasi võitsime,
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that we've achieved here in California
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mida me oleme siin Californias saavutanud,
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have been wiped out by dirty air coming over from Asia.
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on nullitud, kuna Aasiast tuleb nii palju saastunud õhku.
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So, we all are being hit. We all are being impacted.
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Seega mõjutab see meid kõiki.
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It's just the poor people get hit first and worst.
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Aga just vaesed inimesed saavad suurima löögi.
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But the dirty production, the burning of toxins,
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Aga saastav tööstus, mürgiste ainete põletamine,
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the lack of environmental standards in Asia
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keskkonnastandardite vähesus Aasias,
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is actually creating so much dirty air pollution
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toob endaga kaasa nii palju saastatud õhku,
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it's coming across the ocean and has erased our gains here in California.
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mis tuleb üle ookeani ja teeb kasutuks meie saavutused Californias.
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We're back where we were in the 1970s.
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Me oleme samas seisus nagu 1970. aastatel.
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And so we're on one planet,
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Me oleme samal planeedil
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and we have to be able to get to the root of these problems.
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ja me peame jõudma nende probleemide juurteni.
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Well the root of this problem, in my view,
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Minu arvates on probleemi juureks
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is the idea of disposability itself.
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ühekordse kasutamise idee iseenesest.
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You see, if you understand the link
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Kui te tabate ära selle,
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between what we're doing
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kuidas on omavahel seotud
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to poison and pollute the planet
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planeedi mürgitamine ja reostamine
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and what we're doing to poor people,
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ja selle tagajärjed vaestele inimestele,
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you arrive at a very troubling,
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jõuate te väga murettekitava,
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but also very helpful, insight:
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aga ühtlasi väga kasutoova arusaamiseni:
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In order to trash the planet,
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selleks et risustada planeeti,
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you have to trash people.
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on vaja risustada ka inimesi.
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But if you create a world where you don't trash people,
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Aga kui loote maailma, kus te ei risusta inimesi,
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you can't trash the planet.
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ei risusta te ka planeeti.
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So now we are at a moment
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Praegusel hetkel,
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where the coming together of social justice as an idea
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kui sotsiaalse õigluse ja ökoloogia idee
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and ecology as an idea,
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lähenevad üksteisele,
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we finally can now see
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näeme lõpuks,
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that they are really, at the end of the day, one idea.
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et tegelikult on see üks ja sama idee.
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And it's the idea that we don't have disposable anything.
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Ja see idee seisneb selles, et mitte midagi ei saa ära visata.
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We don't have disposable resources.
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Meil ei ole ressursse, mida saaks ära visata.
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We don't have disposable species.
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Meil ei ole liike, mida saaks ära visata.
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And we don't have disposable people either.
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Ja meil ei ole ka inimesi, keda saaks ära visata.
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We don't have a throwaway planet,
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Meil ei ole äravisatavat planeeti
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and we don't have throwaway children -- it's all precious.
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ega äravisatavaid lapsi - kõigel on väärtus.
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And as we all begin to come back to that basic understanding,
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Ja kui me kõik jõuame selle lihtsa arusaamani,
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new opportunities for action begin to emerge.
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hakkavad esile kerkima uues võimalused tegutsemiseks.
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Biomimicry,
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Biomimikri,
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which is something
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mis on praegu
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that is an emerging science,
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esiletõusev teadusharu,
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winds up being a very important social justice idea.
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kannab endas tegelikult väga olulist ideed sotsiaalsest õiglusest.
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People who are just learning about this stuff,
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Nende jaoks, kes selle mõistega alles tuttavaks on saanud -
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biomimicry means
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biomimikri tähendab
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respecting the wisdom of all species.
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kõikide liikide tarkuse austamist.
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Democracy, by the way,
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Muide, demokraatia
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means respecting the wisdom of all people -- and we'll get to that.
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tähendab kõigi inimeste tarkuse austamist - ja me jõuame selleni.
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But biomimicry means respecting the wisdom of all species.
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Aga biomimikri tähendab kõigi liikide teadmiste austamist.
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It turns out we're a pretty clever species.
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Tuleb välja, et me oleme päris nutikas liik.
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This big cortex, or whatever, we're pretty proud of ourselves.
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Meie ulatuslik ajukoor, me oleme selle üle päris uhked.
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But if we want to make something hard,
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Aga kui me soovime teha tugevat materjali,
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we come up, "I know, I'm going to make a hard substance.
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mõtleme: "Ma tean, ma teen kõva materjali.
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I know, I'm going to get vacuums and furnaces
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Ma võtan vaakumi ja suured põletusahjud
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and drag stuff out of the ground
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ja kisun maapõuest asju välja
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and get things hot and poison and pollute,
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ja ajan asjad kuumaks ja mürgitan ja saastan,
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but I got this hard thing.
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aga lõpuks ma ju saan selle materjali tugevaks.
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I'm so clever,"
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Ma olen nii nutikas."
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and you look behind you, and there's destruction all around you.
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Ja kui sa vaatad selja taha, siis sa näed hävitustööd.
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But guess what? You're so clever,
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Aga tead mis? Sa oled nutikas,
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but you're not as clever as a clam.
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aga mitte nii nutikas nagu merekarp.
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A clamshell's hard.
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Merekarbi karp on tugev.
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There's no vacuums. There's no big furnaces.
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Seal ei ole vaakumit ega põletusahjusid,
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There's no poison. There's no pollution.
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seal pole mürki ega reostust.
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It turns out that our other species
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Selgub, et teised liigid
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has figured out a long time ago
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on tükk aega tagasi aru saanud,
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how to create many of the things that we need
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kuidas luua suurt hulka nendest asjadest, mida meie vajame,
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using biological processes that nature knows how to use well.
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kasutades bioloogilisi protsesse, mida loodus oskab hästi kasutada.
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Well that insight of biomimicry,
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Tänu biomimikrile
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of our scientists finally realizing
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on meie teadlased lõpuks mõistnud,
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that we have as much to learn from other species.
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et meil on teistelt liikidelt palju õppida.
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I don't mean taking a mouse
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Ma ei pea silmas hiirtega
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and sticking it with stuff.
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katsete tegemist.
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I don't mean looking at it from that way -- abusing the little species.
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Ma ei mõtle seda niimoodi, väikeseid liike ära kasutades -
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I mean actually respecting them, respecting what they've achieved.
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ma pean silmas nende austamist ja nende saavutuste austamist.
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That's called biomimicry,
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Seda nimetataksegi biomimikriks
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and that opens the door
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ja see avab ukse
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to zero waste production,
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jäätmevabale tootmisele,
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zero pollution production --
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saastevabale tootmisele -
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that we could actually enjoy
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et me saaks nautida
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a high quality of life, a high standard of living
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kõrget elukvaliteeti
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without trashing the planet.
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ilma planeeti reostamata.
08:48
Well that idea of biomimicry,
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Biomimikri idee,
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respecting the wisdom of all species,
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kõigi liikide tarkuse austamine,
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combined with the idea
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ühendatud demokraatia
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of democracy and social justice,
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ja sotsiaalse õigluse ideega,
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respecting the wisdom and the worth of all people,
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austades kõigi inimeste tarkust ja väärtust,
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would give us a different society.
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annaks meile teistsuguse ühiskonna.
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We would have a different economy.
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Meil oleks teistsugune majandus.
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We would have a green society
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Meil oleks roheline ühiskond,
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that Dr. King would be proud of.
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mille üle dr King uhke oleks.
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That should be the goal.
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See peaks olema meie siht.
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And the way that we get there is to first of all recognize
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Sinna jõudmiseks tuleb esiteks teadvustada,
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that the idea of disposability
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et ühekordse kasutamise idee
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not only hurts
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ei too kahju mitte ainult
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the species we've talked about,
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nendele liikidele, kellest me rääkisime,
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but it even corrupts our own society.
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vaid see rikub ka meie ühiskonda.
09:23
We're so proud to live here in California.
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Me oleme uhked, et elame Californias.
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We just had this vote, and everybody's like,
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Meil oli just hääletamine ja kõik mõtlesid:
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"Well, not in our state.
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"Ei, mitte meie osariigis.
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I don't know what those other states were doing."
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Ma ei tea, mida need teised osariigid tegid."
09:34
(Laughter)
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(naer)
09:36
Just so proud.
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Nii uhked.
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And, yeah, I'm proud, too.
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Jah, mina olen ka uhke.
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But California,
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Aga California,
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though we lead the world in some of the green stuff,
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kuigi me oleme mõnede ökoloogiliste asjadega maailma esirinnas,
09:47
we also, unfortunately, lead the world
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oleme me kahjuks esirinnas
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in some of the gulag stuff.
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ka mõnede gulagi-sarnaste asjadega.
09:52
California has one of the highest incarceration rates
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Californias on üks kõrgemaid tuhastamise osakaale
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of all the 50 states.
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kõigi 50 osariigi hulgas.
09:57
We have a moral challenge in this moment.
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Meil on praegusel hetkel moraalne väljakutse.
10:00
We are passionate about rescuing
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Me päästame suure kirega
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some dead materials from the landfill,
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materjale prügimägedest,
10:05
but sometimes not as passionate
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aga mõnikord päästame hoopis väiksema kirega
10:07
about rescuing living beings, living people.
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elusolendeid, inimesi.
10:10
And I would say that we live in a country --
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Ja ma ütleksin, et me elame riigis,
10:13
five percent of the world's population,
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viis protsenti maailma rahvastikust,
10:15
25 percent of the greenhouse gases,
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25 protsenti kasvuhoonegaasidest,
10:18
but also 25 percent of the world's prisoners.
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aga samuti 25 protsenti maailma vangidest.
10:20
One out of every four people locked up anywhere in the world
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Üks neljast vangist maailmas
10:23
is locked up right here in the United States.
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on vangis siinsamas Ameerikas.
10:25
So that is consistent with this idea
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See on kooskõlas ideega,
10:28
that disposability is something we believe in.
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et me usume äravisatavusse.
10:31
And yet,
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Ja siiski,
10:34
as a movement
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liikumisena
10:36
that has to broaden its constituency,
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mis peab oma poolehoidjate ringi suurendama,
10:38
that has to grow,
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mis peab kasvama,
10:40
that has to reach out beyond our natural comfort zone,
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mis peab oma mugavustsoonist välja ulatuma,
10:43
one of the challenges to the success of this movement,
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on üheks väljakutseks,
10:46
of getting rid of things like plastic and helping the economy shift,
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saamaks lahti plastikust ja muutmaks majandust,
10:49
is people look at our movement with some suspicion.
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saada lahti kahlustavatest pilkudest, millega inimesed meie liikumist vaatavad.
10:52
And they ask a question, and the question is:
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Ja nad küsivad:
10:55
How can these people be so passionate?
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kuidas saavad need inimesed nii kirglikud olla?
10:58
A poor person, a low-income person, somebody in "Cancer Alley,"
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Vaene, madala sissetulekuga inimene "vähktõve tänaval"
11:01
somebody in Watts,
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keegi Wattsis,
11:04
somebody in Harlem, somebody on an Indian reservation,
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keegi Harlemis või indiaanlaste reservatsioonis,
11:06
might say to themselves, and rightfully so,
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võivad endamisi öelda, ja seda õigustatult,
11:08
"How can these people be so passionate
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"Kuidas saavad need inimesed võidelda
11:11
about making sure
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nii kirglikult
11:13
that a plastic bottle
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plastikpudeli
11:15
has a second chance in life,
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või alumiiniumpurgi
11:17
or an aluminum can has a second chance,
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teise võimaluse eest
11:20
and yet, when my child gets in trouble
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ja samal ajal kui minu lapsel on pahandused
11:22
and goes to prison,
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ja ta sattub vangi,
11:24
he doesn't get a second chance?"
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siis temale ei anta teist võimalust?
11:26
How can this movement be so passionate
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Kuidas saab see liikumine olla nii kirglik,
11:28
about saying we don't have throwaway stuff, no throwaway dead materials,
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öeldes, et meil pole äravisatavaid asju, kasutuid materjale,
11:31
and yet accept
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ja samas aktsepteerida
11:33
throwaway lives and throwaway communities like "Cancer Alley?"
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äravisatavaid elusid ja kogukondi nagu "vähktõve tänav"?"
11:36
And so we now get a chance
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Ja nüüd on meil võimalus
11:39
to be truly proud of this movement.
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selle liikumise üle tõeliselt uhked olla.
11:42
When we take on topics like this,
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Kui me hakkame tegelema selliste teemadega,
11:44
it gives us that extra call
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annab see meile lisapõhjuse
11:46
to reach out to other movements
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otsida kontakti teiste liikumistega
11:48
and to become more inclusive and to grow,
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ja neid kaasata ja seeläbi kasvada.
11:51
and we can finally get out of this crazy dilemma that we've been in.
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Ja me pääseme lõpuks välja sellest segasest dilemmast, mis meil olnud on.
11:55
Most of you are good, softhearted people.
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Enamik teist on heasüdamlikud inimesed.
11:57
When you were younger, you cared about the whole world,
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Kui te olite noored, hoolisite tervest maailmast,
12:00
and at some point
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ja ühel hetkel
12:02
somebody said you had to pick an issue,
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ütles keegi teile, et te peate valima ühe valdkonna,
12:04
you had to boil your love down to an issue.
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te peate suunama oma armastuse ühele teemale.
12:06
Can't love the whole world --
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Tervet maailma ei saa armastada,
12:08
you've got to work on trees,
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sa pead tegelema puudega
12:10
or you've got to work on immigration.
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või immigratsiooniga.
12:12
You've got to shrink it down and be about one issue.
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Sa tagasi tõmbama ja ühe asjaga tegelema.
12:15
And really, they fundamentally told you,
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Ja põhimõtteliselt öeldi sulle:
12:18
"Are you going to hug a tree,
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"Kas sa kallistad puud
12:20
or are you going to hug a child? Pick.
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või kallistad sa last? Vali.
12:22
Are you going to hug a tree,
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Kas sa kallistad puud
12:24
or are you going to hug a child? Pick."
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või last? Vali."
12:26
Well, when you start working on issues like plastic,
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Kui sa hakkad tegelema teemadega nagu plastik,
12:28
you realize that the whole thing is connected,
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saad aru, et kõik on omavahel ühendatud,
12:31
and luckily most of us are blessed to have two arms.
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ja õnneks on enamikul meist kaks kätt.
12:33
We can hug both.
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Me saame mõlemat kallistada.
12:35
Thank you very much.
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Suur aitäh teile.
12:37
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Van Jones - Social justice and green energy activistVan Jones sees a clear link between social justice and green energy -- and works for both.
Why you should listen
Anthony "Van" Jones is founder of the Ella Baker Center for human rights, based in Oakland, California, and of Green for All, an NGO dedicated to "building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty." His work points to the connection between green energy and job creation. He's the author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. In 2009, US President Obama appointed Jones his Special Advisor on Green Jobs; Jones resigned the position later that year.
Jones is a senior fellow at the Center For American Progress and a senior policy advisor at Green For All. He holds a joint appointment at Princeton as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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