TED演講者：Ayana Elizabeth Johnson / 阿亞娜 伊麗莎白 約翰遜

演講標題：How to find joy in climate action / 如何在氣候行動中找到樂趣

內(nèi)容概要：We can all play a role in the climate movement by tapping into our skills, resources and networks in ways that bring us satisfaction, says climate leader Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. She suggests drawing a Venn diagram to map these questions: What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing? And what brings you joy? Where your answers intersect is where you should put your climate action effort. "Averting climate catastrophe: this is the work of our lifetimes," Johnson says.

氣候領袖阿亞娜-伊麗莎白-約翰遜說，我們都可以通過利用我們的技能、資源和網(wǎng)絡的方式在氣候運動中發(fā)揮作用，給我們帶來滿足。她建議畫一個維恩圖來描繪這些問題。你擅長的是什么？什么是需要做的工作？什么能帶給你快樂？你的答案的交叉點就是你應該把你的氣候行動努力的地方。"約翰遜說："避免氣候災難：這是我們一生中的工作。

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【1】People often ask me what they can do to help address the climate crisis.

人們經(jīng)常問我 他們能做什么來幫助解決氣候危機。

【2】But what they usually mean is what's one quick, easy, simple thing they can do.

但他們通常的意思是 他們能做什么快速,容易,簡單的事情。

【3】Well, that particular ship has sailed.

好,那艘特別的船已經(jīng)航行了。

【4】The climate challenge is gargantuan.

氣候的挑戰(zhàn)是巨大的。

【5】Thanks largely to fossil fuel executives and the PR firms and politicians doing their bidding.

這主要歸功于化石燃料高管 以及他們服務的公關公司和政治家。

【6】We need to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from electricity, transportation, agriculture, industry and buildings.

我們需要消除溫室氣體排放 從電力,交通,農(nóng)業(yè),工業(yè)和建筑。

【7】We need to protect and restore ecosystems.

我們需要保護和恢復生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。

【8】We need to change society, policy, economy and culture.

我們需要改變社會, 政策,經(jīng)濟和文化。

【9】This is about transformation, and the stakes for humanity are greater than my heart and mind can fully fathom.

這是關于轉(zhuǎn)型, 人類遇到的風險比我的心和頭腦 所能完全理解的要大。

【10】So I find the best way to cope with this is to avoid dwelling on the terrifying scientific projections and instead pivot quickly to solutions.

因此,我找到了 對付這個問題的最佳方法 是避免糾結(jié)于可怕的科學預測, 而是迅速轉(zhuǎn)向解決方案。

【11】Now, the climate movement and the media all too often ask each of us to do the same things.

現(xiàn)在,氣候運動和媒體 都經(jīng)常要求我們每一個人 做同樣的事情。

【12】To vote, protest, donate, spread the word, lower our carbon footprint.

投票,抗議,捐贈,傳播信息, 降低我們的碳足跡。

【13】That term, by the way, carbon footprint, was popularized by fossil fuel corporations in an attempt to put the blame on us as individuals.

順便說一下,碳足跡這個詞 是由化石燃料公司推廣的 試圖將責任推給我們個人。

【14】But yes, it is good to do those things.

但是,做這些事情很好。

【15】I do those things.

我做那些事。

【16】However, all too rarely are we asked to contribute our special talents, our superpowers, to climate solutions.

然而,我們很少被要求 為氣候解決方案貢獻 我們的特殊才能,我們的超能力。

【17】And what a failing.

而這是多么失敗的事情。

【18】For that would actually enable the radical changes we need.

因為這實際上會促成 我們所需要的根本性改變。

【19】So where do we each begin?

那么我們每個人應該從哪里開始呢？

【20】Here's my best answer.

這是我的最佳答案。

【21】A Venn diagram.

維恩圖。

【22】The first circle is: What are you good at, what are your areas of expertise?

第一個圈是: 你擅長什么,你的專業(yè)領域是什么？

【23】What can you bring to the table?

你能帶來什么？

【24】Think about your skills, resources and networks.

想一想你的技能,資源和網(wǎng)絡。

【25】The second circle is: What is the work that needs doing?

第二個圈是: 需要做的工作是什么？

【26】Are there particular climate and justice solutions that you're keen on?

有什么特別的氣候和正義解決方案 是你所熱衷的嗎？

【27】Think about systems level changes, things that can replicate or scale.

想一想系統(tǒng)層面的改變, 可以復制或擴展的東西。

【28】Things like composting initiatives, insulating buildings, restoring wetlands, getting climate candidates elected.

例如堆肥倡議, 絕緣建筑,恢復濕地, 讓氣候候選人當選等。

【29】And electrifying everything.

并使一切都充滿活力。

【30】There are heaps of options.

有很多選擇。

【31】The third circle is: What brings you joy or satisfaction?

第三個圈是: 什么能帶給你快樂或滿足？

【32】There is so much work to be done.

有太多的工作要做。

【33】Please do not choose something that makes you miserable.

請不要選擇讓你痛苦的一些事情。

【34】This is the long haul.

這是一個漫長的過程。

【35】So it's critical to avoid burnout.

因此,避免倦怠是至關重要的。

【36】Choose things that enliven you.

選擇能使你活躍起來的事物。

【37】The goal is to be at the heart of this Venn diagram for as many minutes of your life as you can.

目標是在你生命中盡可能多的時間里 處于這個維恩圖的中心。

【38】If you're familiar with the Japanese concept of Ikigai for finding your purpose, you can consider this a simplified, climate-focused version of that.

如果你熟悉日本人的Ikigai概念 以找到你的目的, 你可以讓認為這是一個簡化的, 以氣候為中心的版本。

【39】Taking this approach will enable way more progress on climate solutions than if we each obsess about our individual footprints.

采用這種方法將使氣候解決方案 取得更大的進展, 如果我們每一個人 都癡迷于自己的足跡相比。

【40】For example, nine months after being inspired, when I took him to his first climate protest, Boris Khentov, a financial tech executive, launched a climate impact investing fund.

例如, 在受到啟發(fā)的九個月后, 當我?guī)麉⒓铀牡谝淮?抗議氣候活動時, 金融技術主管鮑里斯-肯托夫 發(fā)起了一個氣候影響投資基金。

【41】And honestly, I don't care if Boris never goes to another protest again.

老實說,我不在乎鮑里斯是否還會 參加任何一場抗議活動。

【42】Sarah Stillman, a journalist who covers systemic injustices in immigration and worker's rights, has started including a deep and nuanced climate context for these issues in her reporting.

莎拉-斯蒂爾曼 是一名報道移民和 工人權利方面系統(tǒng)性不公正 現(xiàn)象的記者, 她已經(jīng)開始為這些問題 提供深刻而細致的氣候背景 在她的報道中。

【43】And my own mother, a retired English teacher, became a small but mighty part of getting fracking banned in New York state.

而我自己的母親, 一位退休的英語老師, 成為禁止開裂的一個小而強大的部分 在紐約州。

【44】And is now mothering chickens and converting her lawn into a model for small-scale regenerative farming.

而且現(xiàn)在正在養(yǎng)雞, 并將她的草坪改造成 小型再生農(nóng)業(yè)的規(guī)模。

【45】I call these climate action Venn diagrams, and having now seen many of them, in doing crayon versions by children, delightfully detailed versions by adults, this is one of my favorites.

我把這些氣候行動成為維恩圖, 現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)看到了許多這樣的圖 孩子們用蠟筆畫的版本, 成人的令人愉快的詳細版, 這是我最喜歡的圖之一。

【46】I have a few additional parameters to offer before you draw your own.

我有幾個額外的參數(shù)要提供 在你自己畫之前。

【47】This does not necessarily mean you should quit your job, or go start a non-profit.

這并不一定意味著你應該辭掉工作, 或去創(chuàng)辦一個非營利組織。

【48】Quite possibly, you are most powerful in your existing roles, where you already have specialized knowledge and robust networks.

很可能,你在你 現(xiàn)有的角色中是最強大的, 在那里你已經(jīng)擁有 專業(yè)的知識和強大的網(wǎng)絡。

【49】So how might you lean in to those talents?

那么,你如何才能發(fā)揮這些才能呢？

【50】Can you help your town, company, church or school charge ahead with climate solutions?

你可以幫助你的城鎮(zhèn), 公司,教會或?qū)W校 提前解決氣候問題嗎？

【51】Because what we need is change in every sector and in every community.

因為我們需要的是每個部門 和每個社區(qū)的改變。

【52】And be gentle with yourself on the "what are you good at" question.

在“你擅長什么”的問題上 對自己溫和一點。

【53】Set your insecurities aside and simply consider what you have to offer.

把你的不安全感放在一邊 簡單地考慮你能提供什么？

【54】Over the last year since I've been sharing this concept, lots of people have been drawing their own and posting them on Instagram.

在過去的一年里, 自從我分享這個概念以來, 許多人都在畫他們自己的圖 并將它們發(fā)布在Instagram上。

【55】It's been super exciting to see what people have been coming up with.

看到人們想出的主意 是非常令人興奮的。

【56】But I've noticed that a lot of them are landing on some version of: "Communicate about climate."

但我注意到他們中的很多人 都在使用某種版本: “交流氣候”。

【57】Now, I fully appreciate the irony, given that I am standing here talking to you about climate, but we can't all just talk about it.

現(xiàn)在,我完全可以理解這種諷刺, 因為我站在這里和你們談論氣候, 但我不能都只談論它。

【58】We need doers, we need mutual aid organizers and city council members.

我們需要行為者, 我們需要互助組織者 和市儀會成員。

【59】We need green building retrofitters and wind turbine installers and bike lane planners.

我們需要綠色建筑改造商 和風力渦輪機安裝者, 以及自行車道規(guī)劃者。

【60】We need culture shapers and policy nerds.

我們需要文化塑造者和政策書呆子。

【61】We need employees pushing their corporate employers to change.

我們需要員工去推動 他們的企業(yè)雇主做出改變。

【62】Here's where I will offer what I consider to be the sexiest word in the English language: implementation.

在這里,我將提供 我認為是英語中最性感的詞: 執(zhí)行。

【63】Because we already have most of the solutions we need.

因為我們已經(jīng)擁有了 我們需要的大部分解決方案。

【64】We need to get to work and to pick up the pace.

我們需要開始工作并加快步伐。

【65】We need to build the biggest, strongest team possible to tackle this most enormous challenge humanity has ever faced.

我們需要建立盡可能 最大,最強的團隊 來應對人類有史以來 所面臨的這一最巨大的挑戰(zhàn)。

【66】Another word I love that is perfect for this moment is leaderful.

我喜歡的另外一個詞非常適合這一刻 是領導力。

【67】I learned this term from Black Lives Matter activists who use it as an organizing principle.

我是從“黑人的性命至關重要” 活動家那里學到這個詞 他們把它作為一個組織原則。

【68】Social movements can be fragile when they're helmed by a few prominent leaders.

社會運動會很脆弱 由少數(shù)著名領導人掌舵時。

【69】We need many leaders to accelerate this transformation from a fossil fueled economy to a regenerative one.

我們需要許多領導者來加速這種轉(zhuǎn)變 從化石燃料經(jīng)濟到再生經(jīng)濟。

【70】Maybe you are one of those leaders.

也許你是那領導者之一。

【71】Or maybe you don't want to be out front.

或者也許你不想站在前面。

【72】That is more than OK.

這是很正常的。

【73】This is not about being a hero or an influencer.

這與成為一個英雄或影響者無關。

【74】This is about being useful.

這就是要成為有用的人。

【75】and advancing solutions.

并推進解決方案。

【76】Contribute to an existing effort, make it possible, build the website, raise the funds, plan the events, recruit the talent.

為現(xiàn)有的努力做出貢獻, 使其成為可能, 建立網(wǎng)站,籌集資金, 計劃活動,招募人才。

【77】The question should not merely be, "What can I do to help address the climate crisis?"

問題不應該只是, “我可以做什么來幫助氣候危機？”

【78】But, "What can we do together?"

但是,“我們能一起做什么？”

【79】Join something.

加入一些東西。

【80】And if you need a bit of inspiration, here is a list of some climate solutions to consider.

如果你需要一點靈感, 這里列出了一些 可以考慮的氣候解決方案。

【81】So what will you do? Or how will you step it up?

那么你會怎么做？ 或者你會如何加強它？

【82】Actually draw this out.

事實上是把這個畫出來。

【83】What are you good at? What is the work that needs doing?

你擅長的是什么？需要做什么工作？

【84】And what brings you joy?

什么給你帶來快樂？

【85】Also try to avoid diagramming your way to what you're already doing.

還要盡量避免用圖表 來完成你已經(jīng)在做的事情。

【86】Think about this expansively.

廣泛地思考這個問題。

【87】Start with a blank slate, and consider how you can make your best impact.

從一張白紙開始, 考慮如何發(fā)揮最大的影響。

【88】Remember: this is about action.

請記得:這是關于行動。

【89】I've emphasized the importance of everyone contributing to climate solutions.

我已經(jīng)強調(diào)了 每個人對氣候解決方案 做出貢獻的重要性。

【90】So before I close, I want to mention one of the major barriers to participation.

所以在我結(jié)束之前, 我想提一下參與的主要障礙之一。

【91】Inequality.

不平等。

【92】Perhaps you know that around the world, it's people of color who are most heavily impacted by the effects of climate change, whether that's air pollution, hurricanes, droughts or floods.

也許你知道在世界各地, 受氣候變化影響最嚴重的 是色種人 無論是空氣污染, 颶風,干旱或洪水。

【93】But you may not know that it is also people of color who are most concerned about climate and most likely to want to be a part of the solutions.

但你可能不知道 也是有色種人最關注氣候問題 并也最有希望成為解決方案之一。

【94】In the US, where we have robust data on this, 49 percent of white Americans are concerned about climate, compared to 57 percent of Black Americans and 69 percent of Latinx Americans.

在美國,我們有這方面的可靠數(shù)據(jù), 49%的美國白人關注氣候, 而75%的美國黑人 和69%的拉丁裔美國人關注氣候。

【95】Imagine the huge and additional contributions these folks could make if unburdened from the dangerous distraction that is racism.

想象一下,這些人可以做出 巨大和額外的貢獻 如果擺脫種族主義這一危險的干擾。

【96】And goodness, do we need all of that ingenuity and leadership.

天哪,我們需要所有這些 獨創(chuàng)性和領導力。

【97】In other words, help us, help you, help us all save the planet.

換句話說, 幫助我們,幫助你, 幫助我們所有人拯救地球。

【98】My last challenge to you, then, since all our fates are intertwined, is in addition to leveraging your talents, can you help others in using theirs?

那么,我對你最后一個挑戰(zhàn)是, 竟然我們的命運交織在一起, 除了發(fā)揮你的才能之外, 你能否幫助別人利用他們的才能？

【99】And let's work to demolish the societal barriers that prevent people from fully devoting themselves to climate solutions.

讓我們努力拆除社會障礙 這會阻止人們完全致力于 氣候解決方案。

【100】This is what I know.

這是我所知道的。

【101】There are innumerable possible futures.

有無數(shù)種可能的未來。

【102】I know we each get some say in which future we'll collectively have, and a chance to help build it.

我知道我們每個人都對 我們共同擁有的未來有一些方言權, 并有機會幫忙建立它

【103】I know that every 10th of a degree of warming we prevent, every centimeter of sea level rise we avoid, every bit of nature we protect and restore matters

我知道,我們每防止10度的變暖, 我們避免每厘米的海平面上升, 我們保護和恢復 的每一點自然都很重要,

【104】I know that our actions add up.

我知道我們的行動加起來很重要。

【105】This?

這個？

【106】This is an invitation.

這是一個邀請。

【107】Find your role if you haven't already, encourage others to find theirs.

如果你還沒找到你的角色, 鼓勵其他人找到他們的角色。

【108】Averting climate catastrophe: this is the work of our lifetimes.

避免氣候災難: 這是我們一生的工作。

【109】Thank you.

謝謝。