David Lang: Let's protect the oceans like national parks
大衛連: 讓我們把海洋當作國家公園一樣來好好保護吧
David Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots. Full bio
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with me and my brothers,
載著我和我的兄弟們,
from our house in Minneapolis,
we stopped at the Badlands,
還順路去了惡地國家公園,
I remember this as an adventure.
這次西行對我來說才是奇特之旅,
about the National Park System
to set aside the very best places,
in the country, for everyone.
just how prescient that idea was,
國家公園管理局的歷史。
of the National Parks Service.
national park was Yellowstone, in 1872.
是 1872 年成立的黃石公園。
the poet, naturalist,
及自然主義者約翰繆爾,
by the idea of conservation --
the best places and protect them.
最棒的地方並保護它們。
of Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir
during his presidency,
just the two of them.
在那裡整整一起待了四天。
off the grid for four days?
on Theodore Roosevelt.
of national wildlife refuges.
國家野生動植物庇護所。
but it wasn't a done deal.
但並非已成舟的木。
after he created all of those new places,
之後還不到十年,
was very much in doubt.
Stephen Mather,
to the Department of the Interior, saying,
protecting and preserving these places."
對這些地方的保護和保育。」
內政部回信給他:
wrote him back.
so much about this,
and do it yourself?"
of the Interior,
he started a campaign.
two blocks from here, in 1914,
以外的地方,他開了一場會議,
superintendents and a few other people
they hatched a campaign
並策劃了一項活動,
National Park Service in 1916.
建立了國家公園管理局。
that we should protect these places
and carry that idea forward
and have these amazing experiences.
能親身體驗這些的非凡經歷。
of the National Parks on land.
to talk to you about today,
100 years behind.
sanctuary was in 1972,
in taking that concept
to underwater environments.
who's Dr. Sylvia Earle,
就是席薇亞厄爾博士,
在全世界創立海洋保護區。
protected areas around the world.
of bad news about the ocean,
coral bleaching, over-fishing --
places for nature is working.
想法是行得通的,
set these places aside,
你把這些地方留下來,
and we can keep the oceans healthy.
能夠讓海洋保持健康生態,
has been influential, like John Muir,
一直很有影響力——
were both fantastic ocean presidents,
很棒的海洋總統,
all around the country.
or a liberal idea,
或是自由派的想法,
這就只是一個好的想法。
to roll back a lot of the progress
要把我們過去二十年
Stephen Mather did 100 years ago.
一百年前的斯蒂芬馬徹,
to get people engaged with this idea.
讓大家參與和支持這個想法。
of citizen scientists for the ocean.
建立一個公民科學家聯盟。
and I know that it's possible.
我知道它是可能的。
underwater robots,
開始建造水底機器人,
with lights that you can see underwater.
配有燈光,在水下也看得清。
in his garage five years ago,
他的車庫建造這些機器人,
這全世界數千人組成的團體,
of people around the world,
should have access to these places.
to go and explore.
能去那些地方探索的工具。
sea stars in her area were dying.
她所在區域的海星正在消失。
citizen science campaign,
for sea-star wasting syndrome,
對海星萎縮狀況的注意,
what was happening there.
marine protected areas
to protect the future of this species.
以保護此物種的未來,
people the tools,
Stephen Mather's playbook.
was he focused on infrastructure.
就是把焦點放在基礎設施上。
a time for the parks,
an important part of American culture.
associations around the country
高速公路協會合作,
out to these parks.
大型、美麗的高速公路。
invented car camping.
可說是他發明了汽車露營。
didn't go to these places,
and they wouldn't care.
也就不會在乎這些公園。
idea that he had.
on visionary philanthropy.
businessman from Chicago,
芝加哥的成功商人,
a parks association that needed funding,
公園協會需要資助,
association that needed funding,
the checks, make it happen.
資助他們做該做的事情。
of his friend William Kent,
有一個很棒的故事,
of redwoods left on the base of Mount Tam,
山麓有一小片紅杉林,
to this National Parks effort.
全國最受歡迎的國家公園之一。
national parks in the whole country.
from Minnesota,
care about this talk,
要去穆爾伍茲森林看看。
is going to Muir Woods.
around this new system, he said,
所開的其中一場會議上,他說:
I want you to write about this.
我想請你寫這個議題。
to tell your clubs and your organizations.
跟你的俱樂部和組織說這件事。
我想請你通過這些規定。」
I want you to pass regulation."
都能發揮自己的作用,
have a role to play
for future generations."
simple, three-point plan.
很簡單,只有三個重點,
when Obama created
頭條是這樣寫的:
trying to get there."
就只能說祝你好運了。」
on the technology of our time,
放在我們這個時代的科技上,
digital infrastructure
讓人嘆為觀止的數位基礎設施,
with the oceans.
wonderful VR 360 videos,
360 度虛擬實境影片,
and see what these places look like.
這些地方是什麼樣子的。
the trident underwater drone,
三叉水底無人機,
you can fit it in a backpack,
你可以把它放到背包裡,
deeper than most divers can go.
潛水者能到的深度還更深。
that most people have never had access to.
無法進入的這些環境。
and we need even better tools.
還需要更好的工具。
more visionary philanthropists.
we didn't have any money,
一點錢也沒有,
找到了超過一千八百人,
we've raised on Kickstarter,
我們募到了近一百萬美金,
我想要成為其中一份子。」
to get engaged
philanthropists themselves.
traditional philanthropists,
the Science Education and Exploration,
units out to people on the frontlines,
交給在第一線工作的人,
people who are telling the stories,
and see what people are doing,
網站上看看大家在做什麼,
spur you to get involved.
to get involved.
for telling these stories.
訴說的故事有怎樣的想法。
this is all about engagement.
重點就在於參與。
new ways for people to participate
are going down and swimming transects
浮潛者會潛下去,在樣帶遊走,
to protect these places.
保護這些地方所需要的資訊。
participate in MPA Watch.
「海洋保護區看管」活動,
going on in these different areas.
地區所看到的活動。
to participate here.
for our grandkids' grandkids.
建立一個未來。
25 miles off the Gate.
大約 25 英哩的法拉隆群島。
as kind of a bird sanctuary,
at the life beneath the surface.
really important ecosystems.
非常非常重要的生態系統。
wild world we haven't yet explored.
尚未探索過的野生世界。
to keep people engaged.
訂一個計畫,讓大家參與。
order came out,
areas, under review,
who commented online.
is the right thing to do."
保護這些地方才是正確的行為。」
those 100,000 letters is:
這十萬封信的回應訊息是:
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Lang - MakerDavid Lang is a maker and the co-founder of OpenROV, a community of ocean lovers who build underwater robots.
Why you should listen
David Lang is a maker whose craving for adventure turned him into an amateur ocean explorer. A few years ago Lang and NASA engineer Eric Stackpole went looking for lost gold (literally) in an underwater cave in the foothills of the Sierra Navada. But they weren't quite sure how to go about it. Without much expertise (or money), the two put initial designs for an underwater robot explorer online. Soon OpenROV was born: a community of citizen ocean explorers who build and constantly improve upon these small remote operated underwater robots.
Lang is also the author of Zero to Maker and a 2013 TED Fellow. He lives on a sailboat in the San Francisco Bay.
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