Jeff Kirschner: This app makes it fun to pick up litter
Jeff Kirschner: هذا التطبيق يجعل التقاط القمامة أمرًا ممتعًا
Jeff Kirschner created a global community that's eradicating litter one piece at a time. Full bio
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a plastic tub of cat litter in a creek.
لفضلات القطط مرمى في جدول ماء.
it reminded me of summer camp.
ذكّرتني بالمخيم الصيفي.
parents come barreling through the gates,
كانوا يأتون مسرعين نحو البوابات،
five pieces of litter."
each picking up five pieces,
a much cleaner camp.
cleanup model to the entire planet?
المساهمة الجماعية في الكوكب بأكمله؟
for Litterati.
a litter-free world.
using Instagram.
and approachable;
I had 50 photos on my phone
كان عندي 50 صورة على هاتفي
I was having on the planet.
what I was doing,
than just pretty pictures;
مجرد صور جميلة؛
that was collecting data.
where pieces were being picked up.
the community grew
right in that bullseye.
the background of our lives.
to the forefront?
what was on our streets,
to make a difference?
what percentage of litter was cigarettes.
القمامة الناتجة عن السجائر.
in the streets
on all cigarette sales.
على جميع مبيعات السجائر.
with pencils and clipboards
باستخدام الأقلام و اللوحات
if our technology could help.
التكنولوجيا الخاصة بنا قد تفيد.
was my Instagram account --
حسابي على انستجرام --
if that's a Parliament or a Pall Mall.
"بارلامنت" أو" بول مول".
is geotagged and time-stamped,
to not only defend but double the tax,
ليس للدفاع فقط بل لمضاعفة الضريبة،
of four million dollars
تبلغ أربعة ملايين دولار
I learned two things:
has a unique litter fingerprint,
بصمة فريدة للتخلص من القمامة،
both the source of the problem
the percentage of cigarettes,
well, how about Oakland
حسنََا، ماذا عن أوكلاند
and economic interests?
that's covered in blight.
محاط بالآفات.
and picked up 1,500 pieces.
from a very well-known taco brand.
التجارية الشهيرة جدا.
were their own hot sauce packets,
هي أكياس الصلصة الحارة.
hadn't even been opened.
to the solution --
gives out hot sauce upon request
صلصة حارة عند الطلب
sustainable packaging.
an environmental hazard,
than with our kids.
1,247 pieces of litter
بجمع1,247 قطعة من القمامة
common type of litter
from their own cafeteria.
من مطعمهم الخاص.
to their principal and asked,
they could each make a difference,
if you're a student or a scientist,
in the Northern California woods,
في غابات كليفورنيا الشمالية،
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jeff Kirschner - EntrepreneurJeff Kirschner created a global community that's eradicating litter one piece at a time.
Why you should listen
When his 4-year old daughter saw a plastic tub of cat litter in the woods, little did Jeff Kirschner realize that it would be the spark for creating Litterati -- a global movement that's "crowdsource-cleaning" the planet one piece of litter at a time.
Featured in National Geographic, Time Magazine, Fast Company and USA Today, Litterati has become a shining example of how communities are using technology and data to solve our world's most complex problems.
Kirschner has shared the Litterati story at Fortune 500 companies such as Google, Facebook and Uber, keynoted environmental summits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Keep America Beautiful, as well as leading schools including Stanford, MIT and the University of Michigan. He was recently a TED Resident, where he developed Litterati into an idea worth spreading.
Jeff Kirschner | Speaker | TED.com