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Ron Finley: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley: 洛杉矶南区的游击园丁
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Ron Finley在洛杉矶南区种植菜园－在废弃的空地上，在路边的花园带上。为什么？为了寻开心，为了反抗，为了美观以及为了在”得来速杀死的人比飞车杀死的人还多“的社区中给人们提供除了快餐外的其他选择。
Ron Finley - Gardener
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
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00:16
I live in South Central.
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我生活在洛杉矶南区。
00:19
This is South Central:
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这就是洛杉矶南区：
00:21
liquor stores,
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贩酒店，
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fast food,
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快餐店，
00:26
vacant lots.
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闲置的土地。
00:29
So the city planners, they get together and they figure
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因此城市的规划者他们坐在一起讨论
00:30
they're going to change the name South Central to make it represent something else,
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想把洛杉矶南区这个名字改的代表点别的什么含义，
00:34
so they change it to South Los Angeles,
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所以他们把它改成了南洛杉矶，
00:37
like this is going to fix what's really going wrong in the city.
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好像这将要解决这个城市真正的问题似的。
00:41
This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)
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这是南洛杉矶（笑）
00:44
Liquor stores,
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贩酒店，
00:47
fast food,
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快餐店，
00:49
vacant lots.
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闲置的土地。
00:52
Just like 26.5 million other Americans,
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和其他两千六百五十万的美国人一样，
00:55
I live in a food desert,
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我生活在食物的荒漠，
00:58
South Central Los Angeles,
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洛杉矶南区，
01:00
home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.
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是得来速（快餐商业模式，顾客不用下车即可获得服务）和飞车的家园。
01:04
Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.
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有趣的是得来速比飞车杀死的人更多。
01:09
People are dying from curable diseases
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在洛杉矶南区，
01:12
in South Central Los Angeles.
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人们死于可治愈的疾病。
01:15
For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood
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举个例子，我所住的街区的肥胖率
01:17
is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,
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要比相距我们10英里不到的比佛利山庄
01:21
which is probably eight, 10 miles away.
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高出5倍，也许是8倍。
01:24
I got tired of seeing this happening.
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我厌倦了这些现实。
01:28
And I was wondering, how would you feel
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同时我在考虑，如果没有途径去得到健康的食物
01:30
if you had no access to healthy food,
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你的感受是什么，
01:33
if every time you walk out your door you see the ill effects
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如果每次你从家里出来，看到在你的社区
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that the present food system has on your neighborhood?
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现有的食物系统的不良影响，你的感受是什么？
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I see wheelchairs bought and sold
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我看到轮椅像二手汽车一样
01:42
like used cars.
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进行买卖。
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I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.
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我看到透析中心像星巴克一样不断涌现。
01:48
And I figured, this has to stop.
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我想不能再这样下去了。
01:52
So I figured that the problem is the solution.
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我认为答案已经藏在问题之中。
01:58
Food is the problem and food is the solution.
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食物是问题，食物也是解决方案。
02:01
Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip
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再加上我着实厌倦了开45分钟的来回
02:04
to get an apple that wasn't impregnated with pesticides.
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去买个没打过杀虫剂的苹果。
02:08
So what I did, I planted a food forest in front of my house.
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因此我做的，就是在我的房子前种上食物森林。
02:13
It was on a strip of land that we call a parkway.
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它位于我们称为公园路的绿化带上。
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It's 150 feet by 10 feet.
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150英尺乘以10英尺大小。
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Thing is, it's owned by the city.
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绿化带归政府所有。
02:21
But you have to maintain it.
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但是总需要有人维护它。
02:24
So I'm like, "Cool. I can do whatever the hell I want,
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因此我觉得，“太好了！这是我的责任，我必须维护它，
02:28
since it's my responsibility and I gotta maintain it."
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所以我想做什么就可以做什么了！”
02:32
And this is how I decided to maintain it.
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这是我为何要维护它的原因。
02:35
So me and my group, L.A. Green Grounds, we got together
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因此我和我的团队，“洛杉矶绿地”，我们聚在一起
02:38
and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,
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开始种植自己的食物森林，果树，
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you know, the whole nine, vegetables.
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还有整整九种蔬菜。
02:42
What we do, we're a pay-it-forward kind of group,
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我们是一个自由的组织，
02:45
where it's composed of gardeners from all walks of life,
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由来自不同行业不同城市的园丁组成。
02:50
from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer,
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大家全都是志愿者，
02:53
and everything we do is free.
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我们所做的一切都是义务的。
02:54
And the garden, it was beautiful.
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花园非常的美丽，
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And then somebody complained.
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但是很快就有人抱怨。
03:00
The city came down on me,
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政府指责我，
03:02
and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,
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给了我张告票通知我必须移除我的花园，
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which this citation was turning into a warrant.
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之后告票变成了警告函。
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And I'm like, "Come on, really?
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我心想“搞什么，来真的？
03:12
A warrant for planting food on a piece of land
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禁止在一小块土地上种食物
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that you could care less about?" (Laughter)
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而之前这块土地却没人关心？（笑）
03:18
And I was like, "Cool. Bring it."
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然后我想，”酷，就这样吧。“
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Because this time it wasn't coming up.
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因为这次什么都没发生。
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So L.A. Times got ahold of it. Steve Lopez did a story on it
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所以洛杉矶时报报道了，斯蒂夫·洛佩兹写了个关于它的故事
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and talked to the councilman,
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并和议员以及一个绿地组织的成员
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and one of the Green Grounds members,
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进行了交谈，
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they put up a petition on Change.org,
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他们将请愿书上传到了Change.org，
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and with 900 signatures, we were a success.
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并且收集到了900个签名，我们成功 了！
03:39
We had a victory on our hands.
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我们用我们的双手获得成功。
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My councilman even called in and said how they endorse
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议员甚至前来拜访，表达了他有多么赞赏
03:44
and love what we're doing.
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和热爱我们所做的。
03:47
I mean, come on, why wouldn't they?
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我的意思是，当然啦，他们怎么能不这么做呢？
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L.A. leads the United States in vacant lots that the city actually owns.
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洛杉矶所拥有的空地的数量在美国名列前茅。
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They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.
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它拥有26平方公里的空地。
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That's 20 Central Parks.
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那是20个中央公园。
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That's enough space to plant 725 million tomato plants.
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有足够的空间去种植七亿两千五百万的番茄。
04:10
Why in the hell would they not okay this?
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他们究竟为什么觉得这样不好呢？
04:15
Growing one plant will give you 1,000, 10,000 seeds.
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种一棵树能够收到一千，甚至一万颗种子。
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When one dollar's worth of green beans
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一美元的绿豆可以为你
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will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.
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带来75美元的收成。
04:26
It's my gospel, when I'm telling people, grow your own food.
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这是我的信条，我告诉人们，种植你们自己的食物吧。
04:29
Growing your own food is like printing your own money.
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自己种食物就好像自己印钱似的。
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(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
04:39
See, I have a legacy in South Central.
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瞧，在洛杉矶我有了遗产。
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I grew up there. I raised my sons there.
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我在那里成长，我在那里养育我的儿子。
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And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality
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我拒绝成为由别人为我打造的
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that was manufactured for me by some other people,
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这种现实的一部分
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and I'm manufacturing my own reality.
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我要自己创造自己的现实。
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See, I'm an artist.
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看到了吧，我是个艺术家。
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Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.
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园艺工作就是我的涂鸦，我创造自己的艺术。
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Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,
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就好像涂鸦艺术家一样，他们美化墙壁。
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me, I beautiful lawns, parkways.
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而我，美化草坪，绿化带。
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I use the garden, the soil, like it's a piece of cloth,
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我把花园和土地视为画布，
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and the plants and the trees,
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而植物和树木
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that's my embellishment for that cloth.
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就是我在画布上的装饰。
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You'd be surprised what the soil could do
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你可能会震惊土地所能做的
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if you let it be your canvas.
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如果你把它当成你的画布。
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You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is
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你无法想象向日葵有多么的神奇，
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and how it affects people.
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以及它将对人产生何种影响。
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So what happened?
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会发生什么呢？
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I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education,
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我目睹了我的花园变为了教育的工具，
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a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.
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变为了我社区改革的工具。
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To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil.
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为了改变社区，你必须改变土壤的成分。
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We are the soil.
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我们就是土壤。
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You'd be surprised how kids are affected by this.
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你会为孩子们如何被影响而震惊。
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Gardening is the most therapeutic
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园艺活动是最有益于身体健康以及
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and defiant act you can do,
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挑战性十足的活动，
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especially in the inner city.
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尤其是这项活动在市中心进行。
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Plus you get strawberries.
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再加上你还能收获草莓。
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(Laughter)
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（笑）
06:17
I remember this time,
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我记得有次，
06:19
there was this mother and a daughter came,
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一个妈妈和女儿在
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it was, like, 10:30 at night, and they were in my yard,
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差不多晚上10点半的时候偷偷摸摸的出现在我的菜园，
06:25
and I came out and they looked so ashamed.
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当我出来看到她们，她们显得非常难为情。
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So I'm like, man, it made me feel bad that they were there,
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她们的出现使我感觉非常糟糕，
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and I told them, you know, you don't have to do this like this.
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我告诉他们，你们不用像这样来拿食物。
06:35
This is on the street for a reason.
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这是菜园在街上的原因。
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It made me feel ashamed to see people
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当我看到我身边的人们
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that were this close to me that were hungry,
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饿着肚子时，这让我觉得非常羞愧。
06:43
and this only reinforced why I do this,
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这加强了我做（食物森林）的决心。
06:46
and people asked me, "Fin, aren't you afraid
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人们问我，“Fin，你难道不怕
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people are going to steal your food?"
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人们来偷你食物吗？”
06:51
And I'm like, "Hell no, I ain't afraid they're gonna steal it.
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我回答说，“当然不啦，我当然不怕人们会偷它，
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That's why it's on the street.
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而这也是为什么它在街上的原因。
06:55
That's the whole idea.
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这正是我想要的。
06:58
I want them to take it, but at the same time,
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我想要人们拿走它，但是同时，
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I want them to take back their health."
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我也希望人们能够重归健康的身体。”
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There's another time when I put
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还有一次当我
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a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.
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在洛杉矶市中心的一个流浪汉之家安置了一个花园。
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These are the guys, they helped me unload the truck.
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这些小伙子帮助我卸了货。
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It was cool, and they just shared the stories
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这很酷，他们分享了关于花园如何对他们
07:17
about how this affected them and how
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产生影响以及他们如何与自己的
07:20
they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,
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母亲以及祖母一起种植的故事，
07:23
and it was just cool to see how this changed them,
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看到花园可以改变他们真是一件非常酷的事情，
07:26
if it was only for that one moment.
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仅仅为了这一刻，
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So Green Grounds has gone on to plant
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绿地组织又开始安置
07:35
maybe 20 gardens.
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也许是20个花园。
07:37
We've had, like, 50 people come to our dig-ins
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我们已经有大约50人参与到我们的团队中来，
07:41
and participate, and it's all volunteers.
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他们全都是志愿者。
07:44
If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.
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如果孩子们种植甘蓝，孩子们就会吃甘蓝。
07:47
(Laughter)
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（笑）
07:49
If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. (Applause)
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如果他们种植番茄，他们就会吃番茄。（掌声）
07:54
But when none of this is presented to them,
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但是当这些都没有呈现在孩子们眼前，
07:57
if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body,
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如果他们并没有体会到食物是如何影响人的想法和身体的，
08:01
they blindly eat whatever the hell you put in front of them.
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他们只是盲目的吃着任何摆在他们面前的食物。
08:05
I see young people
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我看到年轻人们
08:07
and they want to work,
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他们想要工作，
08:10
but they're in this thing where they're caught up --
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但是他们都很乐意在这件事上花时间，
08:12
I see kids of color and they're just on this track
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我看到不同肤色的孩子们，他们一直循规蹈矩
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that's designed for them,
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走着别人为他们设计的路，
08:19
that leads them to nowhere.
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而这条路却不知所终。
08:21
So with gardening, I see an opportunity
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当进行园艺活动时，我发现了一个机会
08:24
where we can train these kids
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我们能训练这些孩子们
08:26
to take over their communities,
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接管他们的社区，
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to have a sustainable life.
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过上一种可持续发展的生活。
08:33
And when we do this, who knows?
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我们这么做的时候，谁知道我们是否会
08:35
We might produce the next George Washington Carver.
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培养出下一个乔治华盛顿呢。
08:38
but if we don't change the composition of the soil,
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但是如果我们不改变土壤的成分，
08:40
we will never do this.
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我们永远不会这样做。
08:42
Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do.
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这使我目前计划中的一个。这是我想要做的。
08:45
I want to plant a whole block of gardens
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我想要种一整个街区的菜园
08:49
where people can share in the food in the same block.
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在这个街区人们能够分享食物。
08:52
I want to take shipping containers
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我想要把集装箱
08:54
and turn them into healthy cafes.
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改造为健康的咖啡屋。
08:57
Now don't get me wrong.
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别误会。
08:59
I'm not talking about no free shit,
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我没想着免费，
09:02
because free is not sustainable.
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因为免费是不能持续的。
09:05
The funny thing about sustainability,
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而可持续性的搞笑之处在于
09:07
you have to sustain it.
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你必须维持它。
09:09
(Laughter) (Applause)
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（笑）（掌声）
09:13
What I'm talking about is putting people to work,
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我所讲的就是让人们得到工作，
09:15
and getting kids off the street, and letting them know
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让孩子们远离街道，让他们了解
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the joy, the pride and the honor in growing your own food,
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自己种植食物的喜悦，荣誉和荣耀，
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opening farmer's markets.
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开放农民市场。
09:26
So what I want to do here,
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因此我想要做的
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we gotta make this sexy.
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是想把这个计划弄的更加吸引人。
09:30
So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,
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我想要我们成为环境革命的叛徒，
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gangstas, gangsta gardeners.
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流氓，流氓园丁。
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We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.
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我们要改写流氓的定义
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If you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta.
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如果你不是个园丁，那你就不是个流氓。
09:42
Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?
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当个拿铲子的流氓，怎么样？
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And let that be your weapon of choice.
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让铲子成为你选择的武器吧。
09:50
(Applause)
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（鼓掌）
09:57
So basically, if you want to meet with me,
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基本上，如果你们想见我，
10:03
you know, if you want to meet,
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如果想要碰面，
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don't call me if you want to sit around in cushy chairs
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如果想坐在舒适的椅子上
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and have meetings where you talk about doing some shit --
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讲一些有的没的
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where you talk about doing some shit.
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就别给我打电话。
10:17
If you want to meet with me, come to the garden
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如果想见我，就拿着铁铲来花园吧
10:20
with your shovel so we can plant some shit.
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这样我们就可以种点东西啦。
10:23
Peace. Thank you.
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讲完了，谢谢！
10:26
(Applause)
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（掌声）
10:30
Thank you. (Applause)
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谢谢。（掌声）
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ron Finley - GardenerRon Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating.
Why you should listen
Artist and designer Ron Finley couldn’t help but notice what was going on in his backyard. “South Central Los Angeles,” he quips, “home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.” And it's the drive-thru fast-food stands that contribute more to the area’s poor health and high mortality rate, with one in two kids contracting a curable disease like Type 2 diabetes.
Finley’s vision for a healthy, accessible “food forest” started with the curbside veggie garden he planted in the strip of dirt in front of his own house. When the city tried to shut it down, Finley’s fight gave voice to a larger movement that provides nourishment, empowerment, education -- and healthy, hopeful futures -- one urban garden at a time.
Ron Finley | Speaker | TED.com