A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Kadri Kalle Reviewer: Siim Kumpas

I live in South Central.

Ma elan Kesk-Lõunas.

This is South Central:

See on Kesk-Lõuna:

liquor stores,

alkoholipoed,

fast food,

kiirtoit,

vacant lots.

tühjad maatükid.

So the city planners, they get together and they figure

Linnaplaneerijad tulid kokku ja

they're going to change the name South Central to make it represent something else,

muutsid piirkonna nime, et see esindaks midagi muud.

so they change it to South Los Angeles,

Sellest sai Lõuna-Los Angeles,

like this is going to fix what's really going wrong in the city.

nagu see lahendaks linna probleemid.

This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)

See on Lõuna-Los Angeles. (Naer)

Liquor stores,

Alkoholipoed,

fast food,

kiirtoit,

vacant lots.

tühjad maatükid.

Just like 26.5 million other Americans,

Nagu 26,5 miljonit teist ameeriklast,

I live in a food desert,

elan ma toidukõrbes,

South Central Los Angeles,

Los Angelese Kesk-Lõuna,

home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.

läbisõidurestoranide ja möödasõidutulistamiste kodus.

Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.

Kusjuures läbisõidurestoranid tapavad rohkem kui möödasõidutulistamised.

People are dying from curable diseases

Inimesed surevad Los Angelese Kesk-Lõunas

in South Central Los Angeles.

ravitavatesse haigustesse.

For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood

Ülekaalulisuste hulk minu kodukandis on

is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,

viis korda suurem kui Beverly Hillsis,

which is probably eight, 10 miles away.

mis on vaid 13–16 km kaugusel.

I got tired of seeing this happening.

Ma väsisin selle nägemisest.

And I was wondering, how would you feel

Kuidas sina end tunneksid,

if you had no access to healthy food,

kui ei pääseks ligi tervislikule toidule,

if every time you walk out your door you see the ill effects

kui koduuksest välja astudes näeksid sa iga kord

that the present food system has on your neighborhood?

valitseva toidusüsteemi halba mõju oma kodukandile?

I see wheelchairs bought and sold

Ratastoole ostetakse ja müüakse

like used cars.

nagu kasutatud autosid.

I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.

Dialüüsikeskused kerkivad nagu Starbucksi kohvikud.

And I figured, this has to stop.

See pidi lõppema.

So I figured that the problem is the solution.

Taipasin, et lahendus võib peituda probleemis endas.

Food is the problem and food is the solution.

Toit on nii probleem kui lahendus.

Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip

Lisaks oli mul villand 45-minutilistest sõitudest,

to get an apple that wasn't impregnated with pesticides.

et osta pestitsiidivabu õunu.

So what I did, I planted a food forest in front of my house.

Seega istutasin oma maja ette toidumetsa.

It was on a strip of land that we call a parkway.

See sai rohusele maaribale autotee ääres.

It's 150 feet by 10 feet.

See on 45x3 meetrit.

Thing is, it's owned by the city.

Asi on selles, et see kuulub linnale.

But you have to maintain it.

Aga kodanikud peavad seda hooldama.

So I'm like, "Cool. I can do whatever the hell I want,

Ütlesin endale: "Lahe. Võin teha sellega mida iganes,

since it's my responsibility and I gotta maintain it."

kuna see on minu vastutusel ja mina pean seda hooldama.

And this is how I decided to maintain it.

Ja ma otsustasin seda teha nii."

So me and my group, L.A. Green Grounds, we got together

Koos grupiga L.A. Green Grounds hakkasime

and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,

mu toidumetsa istutama viljapuid,

you know, the whole nine, vegetables.

aedvilju, kõike muud sellist.

What we do, we're a pay-it-forward kind of group,

Lähtume edasiandmise põhimõttest.

where it's composed of gardeners from all walks of life,

Oleme aednikud igast eluvaldkonnast,

from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer,

üle kogu linna, tegutseme vabatahtlikena

and everything we do is free.

ja me teeme kõike seda tasuta.

And the garden, it was beautiful.

Sellest sai ilus aed,

And then somebody complained.

kuid siis esitas keegi kaebuse.

The city came down on me,

Linnaametnikud tulid minu juurde

and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,

hoiatusega, mis käskis aia eemaldada,

which this citation was turning into a warrant.

muutes selle käskkirjaks.

And I'm like, "Come on, really?

Mõtlesin, et kas nad räägivad tõsiselt.

A warrant for planting food on a piece of land

Käskkiri toidu istutamise eest maaribale,

that you could care less about?" (Laughter)

millest te vähimatki ei hooli? (Naer)

And I was like, "Cool. Bring it."

Vastasin: "Lahe. Laske tulla."

Because this time it wasn't coming up.

Sest see pidi välja tulema.

So L.A. Times got ahold of it. Steve Lopez did a story on it

L.A. Times sai asjast teada ja Steve Lopez kirjutas sellest loo

and talked to the councilman,

ja rääkis volikogu liikmega

and one of the Green Grounds members,

ja üks Green Groundsi liige

they put up a petition on Change.org,

algatas Change.org portaalis petitsiooni,

and with 900 signatures, we were a success.

millele kogusime 900 allkirja.

We had a victory on our hands.

Olime võitmas.

My councilman even called in and said how they endorse

Üks volikogu liige helistas mulle ja ütles, et nad toetavad

and love what we're doing.

ja kiidavad meie tegevust.

I mean, come on, why wouldn't they?

Miks nad ei peakski?

L.A. leads the United States in vacant lots that the city actually owns.

LA on USA-s eesrinnas linnale kuuluvate tühjade maatükkide osas.

They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.

Linnale kuulub 67 ruutkilomeetri jagu tühje maatükke.

That's 20 Central Parks.

Sellele alale mahuks 20 Central Parki.

That's enough space to plant 725 million tomato plants.

Sellele alale saaks istutada 725 miljonit tomatitaime.

Why in the hell would they not okay this?

Miks nad ei peaks seda mõtet heaks kiitma?

Growing one plant will give you 1,000, 10,000 seeds.

Ühest taimest saab 1000–10 000 seemet.

When one dollar's worth of green beans

Ühe dollari väärtuses aedube

will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.

annab 75 dollari väärtuses saaki.

It's my gospel, when I'm telling people, grow your own food.

See on minu mantra, ma räägin inimestele, et nad kasvataksid ise oma toitu.

Growing your own food is like printing your own money.

Omale toidu kasvatamine on nagu raha trükkimine iseenda jaoks.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)

See, I have a legacy in South Central.

Mul on Kesk-Lõunaga oma side.

I grew up there. I raised my sons there.

Kasvasin siin üles, kasvatasin siin oma pojad üles.

And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality

Ma ei taha olla osa sellest tehislikust

that was manufactured for me by some other people,

reaalsusest, mille on keegi teine mulle tootnud.

and I'm manufacturing my own reality.

Ma loon ise oma reaalsuse.

See, I'm an artist.

Ma pean end kunstnikuks.

Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.

Aiandus on minu graffiti. Ma kasvatan oma kunsti.

Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,

Nagu tänavakunstnikud kaunistavad seinu,

me, I beautify lawns, parkways.

kaunistan mina muru ja tänavaääri.

I use the garden, the soil, like it's a piece of cloth,

Kasutan aeda ja mulda riidetükina

and the plants and the trees,

ning taimed ja puud

that's my embellishment for that cloth.

on minu jaoks selle riide kaunistused.

You'd be surprised what the soil could do

Te ei oska aimatagi, mida muld suudab teha,

if you let it be your canvas.

kui sellest saab teie lõuend.

You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is

On uskumatu, kui imeline on päevalill

and how it affects people.

ja kuidas see võib inimesi mõjutada.

So what happened?

Seega mis juhtus?

I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education,

Minu aiast on saanud õppevahend,

a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.

mille abil mu naabruskond on muutunud.

To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil.

Kogukonna muutmiseks on vaja muuta mulla koostist.

We are the soil.

Meie olemegi see muld.

You'd be surprised how kids are affected by this.

Teid üllataks, kui positiivselt see lastele mõjub.

Gardening is the most therapeutic

Aiandus on kõige teraapilisem

and defiant act you can do,

ja trotsivam asi, mida sa teha saad,

especially in the inner city.

eriti linna südames.

Plus you get strawberries.

Lisaks saad sa maasikaid.

(Laughter)

(Naer)

I remember this time,

Mäletan ühte korda,

there was this mother and a daughter came,

kui üks ema tuli koos oma tütrega hilja õhtul,

it was, like, 10:30 at night, and they were in my yard,

kella 22.30 paiku minu aeda.

and I came out and they looked so ashamed.

Ma tulin välja ja nägin, et nad tundsid piinlikkust.

So I'm like, man, it made me feel bad that they were there,

See kurvastas mind, et nad nõnda olid

and I told them, you know, you don't have to do this like this.

ning ütlesin neile, et nad ei pea seda häbenema.

This is on the street for a reason.

See aed on põhjusega tänaval.

It made me feel ashamed to see people

Tundsin ise häbi, nähes näljaseid inimesi

that were this close to me that were hungry,

toidule nii lähedal.

and this only reinforced why I do this,

See innustas mind veelgi enam.

and people asked me, "Fin, aren't you afraid

Kui mult küsitakse: "Fin, kas sa ei karda,

people are going to steal your food?"

et su toit varastatakse?"

And I'm like, "Hell no, I ain't afraid they're gonna steal it.

Vastan neile: "Kindlasti mitte!

That's why it's on the street.

Sellepärast see ju ongi tänaval.

That's the whole idea.

See ongi asja mõte.

I want them to take it, but at the same time,

Ma tahan, et sealt võetaks toitu,

I want them to take back their health."

mis annab inimestele tagasi nende tervise."

There's another time when I put

Kord rajasin ma sellise aia

a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angelese kesklinnas olevasse kodutute varjupaika.

These are the guys, they helped me unload the truck.

Paar meest aitasid mul asju kaubikult maha laadida.

It was cool, and they just shared the stories

Oli tore kuulata neid rääkimas,

about how this affected them and how

kuidas see neid mõjutab

they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,

ja kuidas nad oma ema ja vanaemaga olid taimi istutanud.

and it was just cool to see how this changed them,

Oli väga lahe näha neis muutust,

if it was only for that one moment.

isegi kui see oli vaid korraks.

So Green Grounds has gone on to plant

Green Grounds on praeguseks rajanud

maybe 20 gardens.

umbes 20 aeda.

We've had, like, 50 people come to our dig-ins

Meid on selles aidanud umbes viiekümnend inimest,

and participate, and it's all volunteers.

kes on kõik seda vabatahtlikult teinud.

If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.

Kui lapsed kasvatavad kapsast, siis nad söövad kapsast.

(Laughter)

(Naer)

If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. (Applause)

Kui nad kasvatavad tomateid, siis nad söövad tomateid.

But when none of this is presented to them,

Kui neile seda võimalust ei anta,

if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body,

kui neile ei näidata, kuidas toit mõjutab vaimu ja keha,

they blindly eat whatever the hell you put in front of them.

siis nad söövadki pimesi kõike, mida neile ette antakse.

I see young people

Näen noori inimesi,

and they want to work,

kes tahavad tööd teha,

but they're in this thing where they're caught up --

kuid on justkui kuhugi kinni jäänud.

I see kids of color and they're just on this track

Näen tumedanahalisi noori,

that's designed for them,

kes on justkui neile ettekirjutatud rajal,

that leads them to nowhere.

mis ei vii kuhugi.

So with gardening, I see an opportunity

Näen aianduses võimalust

where we can train these kids

panna need noored vastutama

to take over their communities,

oma kogukonna eest

to have a sustainable life.

ja muuta see jätkusuutlikuks.

And when we do this, who knows?

Kui suudame seda, siis kes teab mida edasi?

We might produce the next George Washington Carver.

Võime aidata kaasa järgmise George Washington Carveri sünnile.

but if we don't change the composition of the soil,

Kui me ei muuda aga mulla koostist,

we will never do this.

siis ei saavuta me seda iial.

Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do.

Minu plaan on järgmine.

I want to plant a whole block of gardens

Ma tahan rajada terve kvartalijagu aedu,

where people can share in the food in the same block.

kus inimesed saavad toitu jagada.

I want to take shipping containers

Ma tahan muuta laevakonteinerid

and turn them into healthy cafes.

tervisekohvikuteks.

Now don't get me wrong.

Ärge saage must valesti aru.

I'm not talking about no free shit,

Ma ei räägi mingitest tasuta asjadest,

because free is not sustainable.

sest tasuta pole jätkusuutlik.

The funny thing about sustainability,

Kummaline asi jätkusuutlikkusega on see,

you have to sustain it.

et see peab kestma.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Naer) (Aplaus)

What I'm talking about is putting people to work,

Ma soovin inimesi uuesti tööle panna,

and getting kids off the street, and letting them know

lapsed tänavatelt ära saada, et nad teaksid,

the joy, the pride and the honor in growing your own food,

millist rõõmu, uhkust ja au pakub toidu kasvatamine,

opening farmer's markets.

soovin avada taluturge.

So what I want to do here,

Tahan muuta selle

we gotta make this sexy.

seksikaks.

So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,

Muutugem ökolutsioonilisteks mässajateks,

gangstas, gangsta gardeners.

gangstadeks, gangsta-aednikeks.

We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.

Peame muutma gangsta tähendust.

If you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta.

Kui sa pole aednik, pole sa gangsta.

Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?

Ole gangsta oma labidaga!

And let that be your weapon of choice.

Olgu see su valitud relv.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)

So basically, if you want to meet with me,

Ehk siis kui sa soovid minuga kohtuda,

you know, if you want to meet,

kui sa soovid minuga kokku saada,

don't call me if you want to sit around in cushy chairs

ära helista mulle, kui tahad pehmetel toolidel istuda

and have meetings where you talk about doing some shit --

ja pidada koosolekuid, kus räägitakse millegi tegemisest,

where you talk about doing some shit.

kus vaid räägitakse millegi tegemisest.

If you want to meet with me, come to the garden

Kui soovid minuga kokku saada, tule mu aeda,

with your shovel so we can plant some shit.

võta labidas kaasa ja istutame midagi.

Peace. Thank you.

Rahu. Aitäh.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)

Thank you. (Applause)

Aitäh. (Aplaus)