David Lang: Let's protect the oceans like national parks
大卫 · 朗: 让我们像保护国家公园一样保护海洋
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,
from our house in Minneapolis,
we stopped at the Badlands,
还在恶地(Badlands)驻足,
在我的印象中,那成了一次探险。
I remember this as an adventure.
about the National Park System
留出了这片最好的土地,
to set aside the very best places,
in the country, for everyone.
just how prescient that idea was,
of the National Parks Service.
1872年成立的黄石公园。
national park was Yellowstone, in 1872.
the poet, naturalist,
约翰 · 缪尔(John Muir),
by the idea of conservation --
the best places and protect them.
of Teddy Roosevelt and John Muir
他们俩去优胜美地徒步旅行,
during his presidency,
just the two of them.
off the grid for four days?
on Theodore Roosevelt.
西奥多 · 罗斯福的影响很大。
国家野生动物保护区。
of national wildlife refuges.
but it wasn't a done deal.
之后还不到10年,
after he created all of those new places,
was very much in doubt.
Stephen Mather,
怒气冲天的信,他说,
to the Department of the Interior, saying,
protecting and preserving these places."
wrote him back.
so much about this,
and do it yourself?"
of the Interior,
he started a campaign.
two blocks from here, in 1914,
两个街区的地方开了个会,
superintendents and a few other people
they hatched a campaign
在1916年成立。
National Park Service in 1916.
保护这些地方的想法
that we should protect these places
and carry that idea forward
去体验这些奇妙的经历。
and have these amazing experiences.
of the National Parks on land.
to talk to you about today,
落后了几乎整整100年。
100 years behind.
sanctuary was in 1972,
in taking that concept
to underwater environments.
希尔维亚席 · 厄尔博士,
who's Dr. Sylvia Earle,
protected areas around the world.
of bad news about the ocean,
过度捕捞——
coral bleaching, over-fishing --
自己恢复的想法正在起作用。
places for nature is working.
set these places aside,
我们可以保持海洋的健康。
and we can keep the oceans healthy.
has been influential, like John Muir,
为保护海洋都做出了卓越的贡献,
were both fantastic ocean presidents,
all around the country.
or a liberal idea,
to roll back a lot of the progress
倒行逆施,抹去过去20年
Stephen Mather did 100 years ago.
在100年前做过的事情。
to get people engaged with this idea.
of citizen scientists for the ocean.
and I know that it's possible.
underwater robots,
可以帮你看到水下。
with lights that you can see underwater.
in his garage five years ago,
of people around the world,
看到美丽海洋的人。
should have access to these places.
to go and explore.
当地的海星正在死亡。
sea stars in her area were dying.
citizen science campaign,
海星消瘦综合症的认识,
for sea-star wasting syndrome,
what was happening there.
marine protected areas
以保护这个物种的未来。
to protect the future of this species.
people the tools,
史蒂芬 · 马瑟的剧本。
Stephen Mather's playbook.
was he focused on infrastructure.
a time for the parks,
an important part of American culture.
associations around the country
可以通向这些公园。
out to these parks.
是汽车露营的发明者。
invented car camping.
didn't go to these places,
and they wouldn't care.
idea that he had.
on visionary philanthropy.
来自芝加哥的成功商人,
businessman from Chicago,
a parks association that needed funding,
association that needed funding,
the checks, make it happen.
(William Kent),有一个很精彩的故事,
of his friend William Kent,
山脚下发现了一小片红杉,
of redwoods left on the base of Mount Tam,
to this National Parks effort.
national parks in the whole country.
from Minnesota,
care about this talk,
is going to Muir Woods.
第一次会议上,他说:
around this new system, he said,
你能把这个写出来。
I want you to write about this.
你把这告诉你的俱乐部和公司。
to tell your clubs and your organizations.
你能推行监管措施。”
I want you to pass regulation."
have a role to play
for future generations."
simple, three-point plan.
国家纪念碑的时候,
when Obama created
但祝你能顺利抵达。”
trying to get there."
on the technology of our time,
属于我们这个时代的技术,
digital infrastructure
with the oceans.
wonderful VR 360 videos,
那些地方是什么样子的。
and see what these places look like.
Trident水下无人潜航器,
the trident underwater drone,
可以放在背包里,
you can fit it in a backpack,
比大多数潜水者都要深。
deeper than most divers can go.
that most people have never had access to.
and we need even better tools.
我们还需要更好的工具。
more visionary philanthropists.
这个项目的时候,我们没有钱,
we didn't have any money,
we've raised on Kickstarter,
to get engaged
让人们参与进来,
philanthropists themselves.
traditional philanthropists,
the Science Education and Exploration,
把捐款送达第一线的人,
units out to people on the frontlines,
people who are telling the stories,
看看人们在做什么,
and see what people are doing,
spur you to get involved.
to get involved.
for telling these stories.
this is all about engagement.
new ways for people to participate
are going down and swimming transects
在水下进行横断面游泳,
信息来保护这些地方。
to protect these places.
participate in MPA Watch.
going on in these different areas.
to participate here.
for our grandkids' grandkids.
25 miles off the Gate.
as kind of a bird sanctuary,
at the life beneath the surface.
really important ecosystems.
wild world we haven't yet explored.
探索过的野生世界。
让大家一起参与。
to keep people engaged.
order came out,
areas, under review,
who commented online.
is the right thing to do."
those 100,000 letters is:
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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