A garden in my apartment | Britta Riley

Translator: Laime Noreikiene Reviewer: Anna-Liisa Ševeljova

Mina, nagu ka suur osa teist,

I, like many of you,

olen üks kahest miljardist inimesest maakeral,

am one of the two billion people on Earth who live in cities.

kes elavad linnas.

And there are days -- I don't know about the rest of you --

Ma ei tea kuidas teil, aga minul on selliseid päevi,

but there are days when I palpably feel

kui ma tunnen selgelt,

how much I rely on other people

kui palju ma sõltun teistest inimestest

for pretty much everything in my life.

peaaegu kõige jaoks oma elus.

And some days, that can even be a little scary.

Mõnel päeval võib see olla isegi natuke hirmutav.

But what I'm here to talk to you about today

Kuid tegelikult olen täna siia tulnud rääkima sellest,

kuidas seesama vastastikune sõltuvus

is how that same interdependence

is actually an extremely powerful social infrastructure

on tegelikult äärmiselt võimas sotsiaalne infrastruktuur,

mida me võime rakendada,

that we can actually harness

to help heal some of our deepest civic issues,

et lahendada mõned tõsised ühiskonnaprobleemid,

if we apply open-source collaboration.

juhul kui me töötame koos vaba tarkvaraga.

Paar aastat tagasi,

A couple of years ago,

I read an article by New York Times writer Michael Pollan,

lugesin The New York Times ajakirjaniku Michael Pollani artiklit,

kus ta väitis, et kui kasvatada kasvõi osa enda toidust ise,

in which he argued that growing even some of our own food

on see üks parimaid asju,

is one of the best things that we can do for the environment.

mida me saame keskkonna heaks teha.

Siis, kui ma seda artiklit lugesin,

Now at the time that I was reading this,

oli talve keskpaik

it was the middle of the winter

and I definitely did not have room for a lot of dirt

ja mul ei olnud kindlasti ruumi suurele mullakogusele

minu New Yorgi korteris.

in my New York City apartment.

So I was basically just willing to settle

Nii et ma olin põhimõtteliselt valmis leppima

for just reading the next Wired magazine

järgmise Wired ajakirja lugemisega,

and finding out how the experts were going to figure out

kavatsedes teada saada, kuidas eksperdid püüavad leida lahenduse

how to solve all these problems for us in the future.

meie kõikidele tulevikuprobleemidele.

Aga see oli tegelikult täpselt see mõte,

But that was actually exactly the point

that Michael Pollan was making in this article --

mida Michael Pollan oma artiklis väljendas -

it's precisely when we hand over

just sellel hetkel, kui me anname

the responsibility for all these things to specialists

vastutuse kõikide asjade eest üle spetsialistidele,

loome me sellise segaduse,

that we cause the kind of messes that we see with the food system.

mida me näeme toidusüsteemis.

So, I happen to know a little bit from my own work

Niisiis, juhtumisi tean ma tänu oma tööle,

about how NASA has been using hydroponics

kuidas NASA on kasutanud hüdropoonikat,

to explore growing food in space.

et uurida toidu kasvatamist kosmoses.

Ja tegelikult on võimalik saada korralikku toitainete saaki,

And that you can actually get optimal nutritional yield

kasutades kõrge kvaliteediga vedelat pinnast,

by running a kind of high-quality liquid soil over plants' root systems.

mis voolab üle taimede juurestiku.

Köögivilja taimedele

Now to a vegetable plant,

my apartment has got to be about as foreign as outer space.

tundub minu korter ilmselt

sama võõras nagu väliskosmos.

Aga ma võin pakkuda veidi loomulikku valgust

But I can offer some natural light

and year-round climate control.

ja aastaringselt kliima-automaatikat.

Aega edasi kerides - kaks aastat hiljem:

Fast-forward two years later:

nüüd on meil aknafarmid,

we now have window farms,

which are vertical, hydroponic platforms

mis on vertikaalsed hüdropoonilised platvormid

toidu kasvatamiseks siseruumides.

for food-growing indoors.

And the way it works is that there's a pump at the bottom,

Ja kuidas see toimib - seal on pump allosas,

which periodically sends this liquid nutrient solution up to the top,

mis saadab perioodiliselt osa sellest toitelahuse vedelikust üles,

mis siis valgub allapoole läbi taimede juurestiku,

which then trickles down through plants' root systems

that are suspended in clay pellets --

mis on kinnitatud savigraanulites -

seega ei ole seal mulda.

so there's no dirt involved.

Now light and temperature vary with each window's microclimate,

Valgus ja temperatuur varieerub

iga akna mikrokliimaga,

nii et aknafarm

so a window farm requires a farmer,

nõuab talupidajat,

kes peab otsustama,

and she must decide

what kind of crops she is going to put in her window farm,

millised põllukultuure ta oma aknafarmis kasvatama hakkab

ja kas ta hakkab oma taimi toitma orgaaniliselt.

and whether she is going to feed her food organically.

Tol ajal polnud aknafarm midagi muud,

Back at the time,

a window farm was no more than a technically complex idea

kui tehniliselt keerukas mõte,

that was going to require a lot of testing.

mis nõudis palju testimist.

And I really wanted it to be an open project,

Ja ma tõesti tahtsin, et see oleks avatud projekt,

sest hüdropoonika

because hydroponics

is one of the fastest growing areas of patenting

on praegu üks kiiremini kasvavaid patenteerimise valdkondi

Ameerika Ühendriikides

in the United States right now,

and could possibly become another area like Monsanto,

ja see võib muutuda

veel üheks selliseks valdkonnaks nagu Monsanto,

where we have a lot of corporate intellectual property

kus meil on paljude ettevõtete intellektuaalomand

in the way of people's food.

takistusena inimeste toidu teel.

So I decided that, instead of creating a product,

Nii et ma otsustasin, et selle asemel, et luua toode,

võiksin hoopis avada selle projekti

what I was going to do

was open this up to a whole bunch of codevelopers.

tervele hulgale koos töötavatele arendajatele.

The first few systems that we created, they kind of worked.

Paar esimest süsteemi, mille me lõime, võiks öelda - töötasid.

We were actually able to grow about a salad a week

Me suutsime kasvatada umbes ühe salati nädalas

in a typical New York City apartment window.

tüüpilise New Yorgi korteri aknal.

Ja me suutsime kasvatada kirsstomatit ja

And we were able to grow cherry tomatoes

kurke ning igasuguseid teisi taimi.

and cucumbers, all kinds of stuff.

Kuid paar esimest süsteemi

But the first few systems

were these leaky, loud power-guzzlers

olid lekkivad ja valjud energiatarbijad,

mida Martha Stewart ei oleks kindlasti kunagi heaks kiitnud.

that Martha Stewart would definitely never have approved.

(Naer)

(Laughter)

So to bring on more codevelopers,

Selleks et saada kokku rohkem arendajaid,

lõime sotsiaalse meedia saidi,

what we did was we created a social media site

kuhu paigustasime disainilahendused,

on which we published the designs,

selgitasime, kuidas nad töötasid,

we explained how they worked,

ja me läksime isegi nii kaugele,

and we even went so far

as to point out everything that was wrong with these systems.

et tõime välja nende süsteemide vead.

And then we invited people all over the world

Ja siis me kutsusime inimesi üle kogu maailma

meiega koos ehitama ja katsetama.

to build them and experiment with us.

So actually now on this website,

Nii et tegelikult on sellel leheküljel

we have 18,000 people.

nüüd 18 000 inimest.

And we have window farms all over the world.

Ja meil on aknafarmid

üle kogu maailma.

What we're doing is what NASA or a large corporation

Mida me teeme,

on see, mida NASA või suurettevõtja

would call R&D, or research and development.

kutsuks U&A ehk uurimis-ja arendustegevus.

Aga meie nimetame seda U & A-S-I,

But what we call it is R&D-I-Y,

or "research and develop it yourself."

ehk uuri ja arenda seda ise.

(Laughter)

Näiteks

So, for example, Jackson came along

Jackson tegi ettepaneku,

and suggested that we use air pumps instead of water pumps.

et me kasutaksime õhupumpasid veepumpade asemel.

It took building a whole bunch of systems to get it right,

Me ehitasime terve hulga süsteeme, et see õigesti tööle saada,

aga kui me lõpuks seda suutsime,

but once we did, we were able to cut our carbon footprint nearly in half.

vähendas see meie süsiniku jalajälge peaaegu poole võrra.

Tony Chicagos võttis ette kasvatamise eksperimente,

Tony in Chicago has been taking on growing experiments,

nagu paljud teised aknafarmerid,

like lots of other window farmers,

and he's been able to get his strawberries to fruit

ja tal õnnestus panna oma maasikaid vilja kandma

for nine months of the year in low-light conditions

üheksa kuu vältel vähese valguse tingimustes

by simply changing out the organic nutrients.

lihtsalt muutes orgaanilisi toitaineid.

And window farmers in Finland have been customizing their window farms

Ja Soome aknafarmerid

kohandasid oma akende talud

for the dark days of the Finnish winters

pimedatele Soome talvepäevadele,

varustades need LED tuledega taimete kasvatamiseks

by outfitting them with LED grow lights

that they're now making open source and part of the project.

ja nüüd on nende projekt vabalt kättesaadav.

So window farms have been evolving

Nii et aknafarmid arenevad

läbi kiire kohandamise protsessi

through a rapid versioning process similar to software.

ja on sarnased tarkvarale.

And with every open source project,

Ja iga avaliku projekti

the real benefit is the interplay

tegelik kasu on koosmõju,

between the specific concerns of people customizing their systems

ühelt poolt selliste probleemide vahel,

mida inimesed kogevad oma süsteeme kohandades,

for their own particular concerns,

oma konkreetsete vajaduste jaoks, ja teiselt poolt

and the universal concerns.

universaalsete murede vahel.

So my core team and I

Nii et minu põhimeeskonnal ja minul

are able to concentrate on the improvements

on võimalik keskenduda täiustamisele,

mis tegelikult toob kasu kõigile.

that really benefit everyone.

And we're able to look out for the needs of newcomers.

Ja me saame tähelepanu pöörata uustulnukate vajadustele.

So for do-it-yourselfers,

Tee-seda-ise huvilistele

we provide free, very well-tested instructions

pakume tasuta, hästi testitud juhiseid,

so that anyone, anywhere around the world,

nii et igaüks, kõikjal maailmas,

can build one of these systems for free.

saab sellise süsteemi endale tasuta ehitada.

And there's a patent pending on these systems as well

Ja selle süsteemi patenteerimine on praegu käigus ning

that's held by the community.

õigus kulub kogukonnale.

And to fund the project,

Ja et seda projekti rahastada,

we partner to create products

aitame luua tooteid,

that we then sell to schools and to individuals

mida me müüme koolidele ja eraisikutele,

who don't have time to build their own systems.

kellel ei ole aega, et ehitada oma süsteeme.

Now within our community, a certain culture has appeared.

Meie kogukonnas

on esile kerkinud teatud kultuur.

In our culture, it is better to be a tester

Meie kultuuris on parem olla testija,

kes toetab kellegi teise ideed,

who supports someone else's idea

than it is to be just the idea guy.

kui olla lihtsalt ideede looja.

What we get out of this project is support for our own work,

Mida me sellest projektist saame?

Me saame toetust oma tööle,

as well as an experience of actually contributing

samuti võimaluse reaalselt aidata kaasa

to the environmental movement

keskkonnahoiule

in a way other than just screwing in new light bulbs.

muul moel, kui lihtsalt uusi lambipirne sisse kerides.

Aga ma arvan, et Eileen väljendab kõige paremini,

But I think that Eleen expresses best

mida me tegelikult sellest saame,

what we really get out of this,

which is the actual joy of collaboration.

mis on koostöötamise rõõm.

So she expresses here what it's like

Nii ta väljendas, mis tunne on näha,

to see someone halfway across the world

et keegi teises mailma otsas

having taken your idea, built upon it

võttis kasutusele sinu idee, ehitas selle üles

ja siis tunnustas sind panuse eest.

and then acknowledging you for contributing.

If we really want to see the kind of wide consumer behavior change

Kui me tõesti tahame näha sellist laia tarbijakäitumise muutumist,

that we're all talking about as environmentalists and food people,

millest me kõik räägime,

keskkonnakaitsjate ja toiduinimestena,

maybe we just need to ditch the term "consumer"

võibolla me peame lihtsalt loobuma mõistest "tarbija"

and get behind the people who are doing stuff.

ja järgima inimesi, kes teevad asju.

Open source projects tend to have a momentum of their own.

Avatud projektidel on tavaliselt oma hoog.

And what we're seeing is that R&D-I-Y

Ja mida me näeme, on see, et U & A-S-I

has moved beyond just window farms and LEDs

on jõudnud kaugemale lihtsatest aknafarmides ja LED'idest

into solar panels and aquaponic systems.

kuni päikesepaneelide ja akvapooniliste süsteemideni.

And we're building upon innovations of generations who went before us.

Ja me ehitame eelnevate põlvkondade

innovaatiliste ideede vundamendile.

And we're looking ahead at generations

Ja tuleviku põlvkondadel on tõesti vaja,

who really need us to retool our lives now.

et me muudaksime oma eluviise juba nüüd.

So we ask that you join us

Seega kutsume teid meiega ühinema,

in rediscovering the value of citizens united,

uuesti avastama

ühinenud kodanike väärtust,

and to declare that we are all still pioneers.

ning kuulutama,

et me kõik oleme jätkuvalt pioneerid.

(Applause)

(Aplaus)