Your Empty Wine Bottle Could Help Rebuild Coastlines | Franziska Trautmann | TED

Translator: Jenneiah Delos Santos

As a kid growing up on a Louisiana bayou,

Bilang bata na lumaki sa Bayou ng Louisiana,

the boogeyman was the existential threat

ang boogeyman ay ang umiiral na banta

of my state being washed away with the Mississippi River.

ng pagkawala ng aking estado sa pamamagitan ng Ilog Mississippi.

Louisiana loses a football field's worth of land every 100 minutes

Bawat 100 minuto, nawawalan ang Louisiana ng isang football field na lupa

due to coastal erosion.

dahil sa coastal erosion.

It's an unimaginably large amount to a kid.

Isang hindi maiisip na malaking halaga para sa isang bata,

But in my lifetime so far,

ngunit sa aking buhay,

we've lost over 600 square miles.

higit sa 600 square miles na ang nawala

That's more area than New York City,

Mas malawak ito kaysa sa pinagsamang New York City,

San Francisco, DC and Atlanta combined.

San Francisco, Washington D.C., at Atlanta.

It's due to sea level rise,

Dulot ito ng pagtaas ng antas ng dagat.

warming waters, increasingly severe storms

pag-init ng tubig, lalong matitinding bagyo,

and exploration of the oil and gas industry.

at pagsasamantala ng industriya ng langis at gas.

Fast forward to 2020,

Lumipas ang mga taon at noong 2020,

in my last full semester as an engineering student

sa aking huling buong semestre bilang estudyanteng inhinyero,

and over a Two-Buck Chuck,

Habang umiinom ng Two Buck Chuck,

my boyfriend and I lamented over the lack

nagreklamo kami ng aking boyfriend sa kakulangan

of glass recycling in Louisiana.

ng pag-recycle ng baso sa Louisiana.

My state was landfilling about 295 million pounds of glass annually.

Nagtatapon ang estado namin ng 295M lbs ng baso taun-taon.

The bottle we just finished would likely end up in a landfill.

Ang bote na natapos namin ay malamang na mapupunta sa isang landfil.

It felt like a total waste,

Na tila isang ganap na pag-aaksaya,

and we wanted to figure out how we could get all of this glass recycled.

Nais naming malaman kung paano namin ma-recycle ang lahat ng basong ito.

The next day,

Kinabukasan,

it took a quick Google search to remember that glass comes from sand,

Mabilis kong naalala sa Google na ang baso ay mula sa buhangin.

and that sand is an increasingly finite resource.

at ang buhangin ay isang unti-unting nauubos na yaman.

We also learned about everything sand is needed for,

Nalaman namin kung gaano kahalaga ang buhangin,

including toothpaste, by the way.

kabilang ang toothpaste.

And the last puzzle piece we found was this small, human-sized machine

At ang huling piraso ng palaisipan na natagpuan namin ay ang maliit na makinang

that could crush one bottle at a time into sand,

kayang durugin ang isang bote sa buhangin.

and we jumped into action,

Nagsimula kami

setting up a GoFundMe campaign

ng GoFundMe campaign

and a pilot project in the backyard of a fraternity house.

at isang pilot project sa likod ng bahay ng isang fraternity.

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

Now you might be thinking to yourself,

Ngayon, maaaring nag-iisip kayo

how in the world would two college kids

kung paano nga ba magagawa ito ng dalawang estudyante?

ever be able to make a dent in these problems?

ang isang bagay sa mga problemang ito.

And that would be valid.

At oo, iyon ay makatotohanan.

Plenty of people told us the exact same thing.

Marami ang nagsabi sa amin na hindi namin kaya,

But we didn’t listen, because we knew

ngunit hindi kami nakinig.

that no matter how small of an impact we made,

Alam namin na kahit gaano kaliit ang aming magiging epekto,

it would be worth it.

magiging sulit ito.

It felt like we could alleviate two problems with one solution:

Para bang puwedeng solusyunan ng isang hakbang ang dalawang problema:

convert the otherwise landfilled glass back into sand

i-convert ang mga basong na landfill pabalik sa buhangin

and use it in restoration projects across the state.

at gamitin ito sa mga proyekto ng restoration sa buong estado

Easy, right?

Madali, di ba?

(Laughs)

(Tawa)

Ngunit hindi namin pinansin ang mga nag-aalinlangan.

But we didn't listen to the haters,

which is actually why we named our company Glass Half Full.

Kaya nga tinawag namin ang aming kumpanya na Glass Half Full.

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

But that glass-half-empty mindset

Ngunit ang mindset na ‘glass half empty’

might actually be one of the biggest threats we face today.

ay maaaring isa sa pinakamalaking banta na kinakaharap natin ngayon.

Because climate apathy might be the new climate denial.

Dahil ang climate apathy ay maaaring bagong climate denial.

Meaning that the biggest threat to our environment

Na nangangahulugang ang pinakamalaking banta sa ating kapaligiran

may no longer be people who deny our part in the changing climate

ay hindi na ang mga taong tumatanggi sa ating epekto sa nagbabagong klima,

but people who deny that we can actually make a difference.

ay mga taong nagsasabing walang magagawa ang mga indibidwal.

Now climate change is happening right before our eyes.

Ngayon, nangyayari ang climate change sa ating harapan.

It's terrifying.

Nakakatakot.

I've witnessed firsthand the severity of rapidly intensifying hurricanes

Nasaksihan ko mismo ang tindi ng mga bagyong mabilis na lumalakas,

like Ida.

tulad ng kay Ida.

But dread, doom and gloom tend to get us nowhere.

Ngunit ang takot at lungkot ay hindi magdadala sa atin kahit saan;

Whereas hope, combined with action,

samantalang ang pag-asa na may kasamang aksyon

can be one of the most powerful tools to enact change.

ay isa sa mga pinakamakapangyarihang kasangkapan para sa pagbabago.

(Applause)

(Palakpakan)

Since that late night wine-fueled idea over four years ago,

Mula sa ideyang iyon na may kasamang alak mahigit apat na taon na ang nakalipas

we've been able to divert more than eight million pounds of glass

nakapag-layo kami ng mahigit 8 milyong pounds ng baso

from our landfills.

mula sa aming mga landfill.

Thank you.

Salamat.

(Cheers and applause)

(Palakpakan at Pag-cheer)

We quickly grew out of that small, tiny machine

Mabilis kaming lumaki mula sa maliit na makinang iyon

and upgraded a lot along the way.

at nag-upgrade nang ilang beses sa daan.

We continue to work with over 50 scientists and engineers

Patuloy kaming nakikipagtulungan sa mahigit 50 siyentipiko at inhinyero

across the Gulf South.

sa Gulf South,

And they helped me learn if this is good-smelling mud or not.

na tumutulong sa akin matutunan kung amoy mabango ba ang putik na ito o hindi,

But also understanding the interactions of our sand with the plants, animals

At kung paano nakikipag-ugnayan ang aming buhangin sa mga halaman, hayop,

and even fungi of our region.

at maging fungi sa aming rehiyon.

We've also answered difficult scientific questions

Nasagot din namin ang mga mahihirap na tanong pang-agham,

as well as questions like,

tulad ng tanong na

can you actually walk on sand made from glass?

puwede bang maglakad sa buhangin na gawa sa baso?

And I exposed my toes to the internet to answer that.

Ipinakita ko ang aking mga paa sa internet para masagot iyon

In a few short months, we'll be opening up our new facility,

Sa loob ng ilang buwan, magbubukas na kami ng bago naming pasilidad,

enabling us to recycle the 295 million pounds of glass

na magpapahintulot sa amin na i-recycle ang 295 milyong pounds ng baso

entering our landfills annually.

ang napupunta sa landfill taun-taon.

(Cheers and applause)

(Palakpakan at Pag-cheer)

And with a combination of biodegradable sandbags and native marsh grasses,

Sa tulong ng mga biodegradable na sandbags at mga katutubong damo sa marsh,

we've already restored thousands of square meters along our coast,

naibalik na namin ang libu-libong metro kuwadrado ng baybayin,

converting open water back into thriving wetlands.

na ginagawang open water pabalik sa umuunlad na mga wetlands.

(Cheers and applause)

(Palakpakan at Pag-cheer)

But the key to our success so far

Ang susi sa aming tagumpay

isn’t that we had all of the answers in the beginning

ay hindi dahil sa lahat ng sagot na alam namin sa simula.

or tons of money to try this thing out.

o ng malaking pera para subukan ito.

The key was that we simply started,

Ang susi ay nagsimula kami,

and we kept going.

at nagpatuloy.

Somewhere, the belief that we, as individuals, could enact change

Sa isang lugar, ang paniniwala na hindi makakagawa ng pagbabago ang isang tao

trumped our doubts.

ay nanaig sa aming mga pagdududa.

And for us, finding a way to help with a problem

At para sa amin, ang paghanap ng paraan upang makatulong

much, much bigger than us

mas malaki pa sa amin

meant taking that first step.

ay nangangahulugang kumuha ng unang hakbang.

And in our case, it was a step in the sand,

Sa aming kaso, ito ay hakbang sa buhangin

in an eroding but once magnificent swamp.

sa isang nag-eeros na ngunit minsang kamangha-manghang swamp.

Thank y’all.

Salamat.

(Cheers and applause)

(Palakpakan at Pag-cheer)