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Graham Hill: Why I'm a weekday vegetarian
Graham Hill: Prečo som cez týždeň vegetariánom
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Všetci poznáme argumenty, ktoré hovoria že byť vegetariánom je lepšie pre životné prostredie a pre zvieratá -- ale v mäsožravej kultúre môže byť ťažké urobiť takú zmenu. Graham Hill má silný, pragmatický návrh...
Graham Hill - Journalist
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. Full bio
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill. Full bio
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About a year ago,
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Asi pred rokom
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I asked myself a question:
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som sa spýtal sám seba:
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"Knowing what I know,
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"Keďže viem to, čo viem,
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why am I not a vegetarian?"
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ako to, že nie som vegetarián?"
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After all, I'm one of the green guys:
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Koniec koncov, som jeden zo zelených chlapíkov.
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I grew up with hippie parents in a log cabin.
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Vyrástol som s hipisáckymi rodičmi v zrube.
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I started a site called TreeHugger --
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Založil som stránku nazvanú Objímač stromov (Treehugger).
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I care about this stuff.
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Záleží mi na takýchto veciach.
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I knew that eating a mere hamburger a day
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Vedel som, že zjedenie jedného hamburgera za deň
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can increase my risk of dying by a third.
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môže riziko smrti zvýšiť o tretinu.
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Cruelty: I knew that the 10 billion
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Krutosť, vedel som, že 10 miliárd
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animals we raise each year for meat
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zvierat, ktoré chováme pre mäso,
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are raised in factory farm conditions
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sú chované v podmienkach výrobných fárm,
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that we, hypocritically, wouldn't even consider
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ktoré by sme, pokrytecky, ani nebrali do úvahy
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for our own cats, dogs and other pets.
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pre naše mačky, psov a iných domácich miláčikov.
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Environmentally, meat, amazingly,
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Čo sa týka životného prostredia, mäso, prekvapujúco,
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causes more emissions
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spôsobuje viac emisií
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than all of transportation combined:
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ako všetky spôsoby prepravy dokopy,
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cars, trains, planes, buses, boats, all of it.
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autá, vlaky, lietadlá, autobusy, lode, všetko.
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And beef production uses 100 times the water
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A produkcia hovädziny využíva stokrát viac vody
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that most vegetables do.
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ako väčšina zeleniny.
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I also knew that I'm not alone.
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Tiež som vedel, že na to nie som sám.
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We as a society
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My ako spoločnosť
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are eating twice as much meat
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jeme dvakrát toľko mäsa
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as we did in the 50s.
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ako sme jedli v päťdesiatych rokoch.
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So what was once the special little side treat
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Takže čo sme kedysi brali ako špecialitu, iba ako malú prílohu,
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now is the main, much more regular.
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to je teraz hlavným jedlom, oveľa bežnejším.
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So really, any of these angles
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Takže naozaj, ktorýkoľvek z týchto uhlov pohľadu
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should have been enough to convince me to go vegetarian.
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by mal stačiť na to, aby som sa stal vegetariánom.
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Yet, there I was -- chk, chk, chk --
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A aj tak, tam som bol a, chk, chk, chk,
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tucking into a big old steak.
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napchával som sa tučným, starým dobrým stejkom.
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So why was I stalling?
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Takže prečo som sa vykrmoval?
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I realized that what I was being pitched
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Uvedomil som si, že to, v čom som bol zaseknutý,
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was a binary solution.
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bolo binárne riešenie.
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It was either
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Bolo to buď
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you're a meat eater or you're a vegetarian,
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ješ mäso, alebo si vegetarián.
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and I guess I just wasn't quite ready.
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A hádam, že som nebol úplne pripravený.
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Imagine your last hamburger.
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Predstavte si svoj posledný hamburger.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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So my common sense,
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Takže môj zdravý rozum,
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my good intentions,
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moje dobré úmysly
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were in conflict with my taste buds.
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boli v konflikte s mojimi chuťovými pohárikmi.
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And I'd commit to doing it later,
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A sľúbil som si, že to spravím neskôr.
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and not surprisingly, later never came.
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A žiadne prekvapenie, neskôr neprišlo nikdy.
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Sound familiar?
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Znie to povedome?
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So I wondered,
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A tak som uvažoval,
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might there be a third solution?
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mohlo by tu byť tretie riešenie?
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And I thought about it, and I came up with one.
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A rozmýšľal som o tom. A prišiel som na niečo.
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I've been doing it for the last year, and it's great.
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A robím to už celý rok, a je to skvelé.
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It's called weekday veg.
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Volá sa to cez týždeň vegetarián.
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The name says it all:
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Meno hovorí za všetko.
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Nothing with a face Monday through Friday.
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Nič s tvárou od pondelka do piatku.
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On the weekend, your choice.
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Cez víkend máš na výber.
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Simple.
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Jednoduché.
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If you want to take it to the next level,
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Ak to chcete posunúť na vyšší level,
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remember, the major culprits
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zapamätajte si, hlavnými obžalovanými,
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in terms of environmental damage and health
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v prípade poškodzovania životného prostredia a zdravia,
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are red and processed meats.
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je červené a spracované mäso.
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So you want to swap those out
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Takže potom chcete vymeniť tie
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with some good, sustainably harvested fish.
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za nejakú dobrú rybu zo schváleného lovu.
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It's structured,
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Je to štrukturované,
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so it ends up being simple to remember,
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takže si to ľahko zapamätáte.
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and it's okay to break it here and there.
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A je v poriadku sem-tam to porušiť.
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After all, cutting five days a week
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Koniec koncov, odrezanie piatich dní do týždňa
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is cutting 70 percent of your meat intake.
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je odrezanie 70 percent vášho príjmu mäsa.
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The program has been great, weekday veg.
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Ten program bol skvelý, cez týždeň vegetariánom.
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My footprint's smaller,
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Zanechávam za sebou menej,
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I'm lessening pollution,
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znižujem znečistenie.
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I feel better about the animals,
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Čo sa týka zvierat, cítim sa lepšie.
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I'm even saving money.
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Dokonca šetrím peniaze.
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Best of all, I'm healthier,
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Najlepšie zo všetkého, som zdravší,
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I know that I'm going to live longer,
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viem, že budem žiť dlhšie,
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and I've even lost a little weight.
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a dokonca som trochu schudol.
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So, please ask yourselves,
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Takže prosím, spýtajte sa sami seba,
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for your health,
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pre vaše zdravie,
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for your pocketbook,
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pre váše vreckové,
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for the environment, for the animals:
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pre životné prostredie, pre zvieratá,
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What's stopping you from giving weekday veg a shot?
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čo vám bráni dať šancu tomu, aby ste boli cez týždeň vegetariánmi?
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After all, if all of us
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Napokon, ak by všetci z nás
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ate half as much meat,
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zjedli polovicu mäsa,
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it would be like half of us
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bolo by to akoby polovica z nás
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were vegetarians.
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boli vegetariánmi.
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Graham Hill - JournalistGraham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He tweets at @GHill.
Why you should listen
Graham Hill is the founder of LifeEdited, dedicated to helping people design their lives for more happiness with less stuff. When he started the company in 2010, it brought the ideas of his previous project, the eco-blog and vlog TreeHugger.com, into design and architecture. (The TreeHugger team joined the Discovery Communications network as a part of their Planet Green initiative, and Hill now makes appearances on the green-oriented cable channel.)
Before Treehugger, Hill studied architecture and design (his side business is making those cool ceramic Greek coffee cups). His other company, ExceptionLab, is devoted to creating sustainable prototypes -- think lamps made from recycled blinds and ultra-mod planters that are also air filters.
Hill is the author of Weekday Vegetarian, available as a TED Book on Amazon and Apple's iBooks.
More profile about the speakerBefore Treehugger, Hill studied architecture and design (his side business is making those cool ceramic Greek coffee cups). His other company, ExceptionLab, is devoted to creating sustainable prototypes -- think lamps made from recycled blinds and ultra-mod planters that are also air filters.
Hill is the author of Weekday Vegetarian, available as a TED Book on Amazon and Apple's iBooks.
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