John Hardy: My green school dream

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I grew up

Odrastao sam

in a very small village in Canada,

u jako malom selu u Kanadi,

and I'm an undiagnosed

i ja sam nedijagnosticirani

dyslexic.

disleksičar.

I had a really hard time in school.

Bilo mi je jako teško u školi.

In fact, my mother told me eventually

U stvari, moja mama mi je konačno rekla

that I was the little kid in the village

kako sam bio maleno seosko dijete

who cried all the way to school.

koje je plakalo cijelim putem do škole.

I ran away.

Pobjegao sam.

I left when I was 25 years old to go to Bali,

Otišao sam kada sam imao 25 godina za Bali.

and there I met my incredible wife, Cynthia,

I tamo sam upoznao svoju nevjerojatnu ženu, Cynthiu,

and together, over 20 years,

i zajedno kroz 20 godina,

we built an amazing jewelry business.

izgradili smo sjajni posao s nakitom.

It was a fairy tale, and then we retired.

To je bila bajka, i onda smo otišli u mirovinu.

Then she took me to see a film

Onda me ona odvela da pogledamo film

that I really didn't want to see.

koji nisam želio gledati.

It ruined my life --

To je uništilo moj život --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"The Inconvenient Truth" and Mr. Gore.

"Neugodna istina" i gosp. Gore.

I have four kids,

Imam četvero djece,

and even if part of what he says is true,

i čak ako je samo dio onoga o čemu priča istinit,

they're not going to have the life that I had.

oni neće imati život koji sam ja imao.

And I decided at that moment

I u tom trenutku sam odlučio

that I would spend the rest of my life

da ću provesti ostatak života

doing whatever I could

radeći što god mogu

to improve their possibilities.

kako bi im poboljšao mogućnosti.

So here's the world,

Dakle, tu je svijet,

and here we are in Bali.

a tu smo mi na Baliju.

It's a tiny, little island --

To je sićušni, maleni otok --

60 miles by 90 miles.

96,5 km sa 145 km.

It has an intact Hindu culture.

Ima nedirnutu Hindusku kulturu.

Cynthia and I were there.

Cynthia i ja smo bili tamo.

We had had a wonderful life there,

Imali smo prekrasan život tamo,

and we decided to do something unusual.

i odlučili smo napraviti nešto neuobičajeno.

We decided to give back

Odlučili smo vratiti nazad

locally.

lokalno.

And here it is: it's called the Green School.

I evo je; zovemo ju Zelena škola.

I know it doesn't look like a school,

Znam da ne izgleda kao škola,

but it is something we decided to do,

ali to je nešto što smo odlučili napraviti,

and it is extremely,

i ekstremno je,

extremely green.

ekstremno zelena.

The classrooms have no walls.

Učionice nemaju zidove.

The teacher is writing on a bamboo blackboard.

Učitelji pišu na ploče od bambusa.

The desks are not square.

Stolovi nisu kvadratni.

At Green School, the children are smiling --

U Zelenoj školi, djeca se smiju --

an unusual thing for school, especially for me.

neobična stvar za školu, posebno za mene.

And we practice holism.

I mi prakticiramo holistički pristup.

And for me it's just the idea

I za mene je to samo ideja

that, if this little girl

da, ako ova djevojčica

graduates as a whole person,

završi školu kao cjelovita osoba,

chances are

šanse su

she'll demand a whole world --

da će zahtjevati cjelovit svijet --

a whole world --

cjelovit svijet --

to live on.

u kojem će živjeti.

Our children spend 181 days

Naša djeca potroše 181 dan

going to school in a box.

hodajući u škole u kutiji.

The people that built my school

Ljudi koji su izgradili moju školu

also built the prison and the insane asylum

također su izgradili zatvor i azil za umobolne

out of the same materials.

iz istog materijala.

So if this gentleman

Dakle, da je ovaj gospodin

had had a holistic education,

imao holističku edukaciju

would he be sitting there?

zar bi sjedio tamo?

Would he have had more possibilities in his life?

Bi li imao više mogućnosti u svom životu?

The classrooms have natural light.

Učionice imaju prirodno svjetlo.

They're beautiful. They're bamboo.

One su prekrasne. One su od bambusa.

The breeze passes through them.

Povjetarac prolazi kroz njih.

And when the natural breeze isn't enough,

I kada nije dovoljan prirodni povjetarac,

the kids deploy bubbles,

djeca uposle balone,

but not the kind of bubbles you know.

ali ne onu vrstu balona koja je vama poznata.

These bubbles are made from natural cotton

Ti baloni su napravljeni od prirodnog pamuka

and rubber from the rubber tree.

i gume od kaučukovca.

So we basically turned the box

Tako smo u osnovi pretvorili kutiju

into a bubble.

u balon.

And these kids know

I ta djeca sada znaju

that painless climate control

kako bezbolna kontrola klime

may not be

ne može biti

part of their future.

djelom njihove budućnosti.

We pay the bill at the end of the month,

Plaćamo račun krajem mjeseca,

but the people that are really going to pay the bill

ali ljudi koji će stvarno platiti račun

are our grandchildren.

su naši unuci.

We have to teach the kids

Moramo naučiti djecu

that the world is not indestructible.

da svijet nije nesalomljiv.

These kids did a little graffiti on their desks,

Ova djeca su napravila malene grafite na svojim stolovima,

and then they signed up for two extra courses.

i onda su upisala dva dodatna predmeta.

The first one was called sanding

Prvi se zvao pjeskarenje,

and the second one was called re-waxing.

a drugi se zvao ponovno premazivanje voskom.

But since that happened,

Ali otkada se to dogodilo,

they own those desks.

oni posjeduju te stolove.

They know they can control their world.

Oni znaju kako mogu kontrolirati svoj svijet.

We're on the grid. We're not proud of it.

Mi smo u mreži; ne ponosimo se time.

But an amazing alternative energy company in Paris

Ali jedna nevjerojatna kompanija iz Pariza koja se bavi alternativnom energijom

is taking us off the grid with solar.

nam pomaže u neovisnosti kroz upotrebu solarne energije.

And this thing

I ta stvar

is the second vortex to be built in the world,

je drugi vrtlog koji će biti izgrađen na svijetu,

in a two-and-a-half meter drop on a river.

na dubini od dva i pola metra u rijeci.

When the turbine drops in,

Kada se ubaci turbina,

it will produce 8,000 watts of electricity,

i proizvoditi će 8.000 vati struje,

day and night.

danju i noću.

And you know what these are.

I znate li što je ovo.

There's nowhere to flush.

Ne postoji kotlić.

And as long as we're taking our waste

I dokle god uzimamo naš otpad

and mixing it with a huge amount of water --

i mješamo ga s ogromnim količinama vode --

you're all really smart, just do the math.

stvarno smo pametni, samo izračunajte.

How many people times how much water.

Koliko ljudi puta koliko vode.

There isn't enough water.

Nema dovoljno vode.

These are compost toilets,

Ovo su kompostni zahodi.

and nobody at the school wanted to know about them,

I nitko u školi ne želi znati za njih,

especially the principal.

posebno ravnatelj.

And they work. People use them. People are okay.

I oni rade; ljudi ih koriste. Ljudima su dobri.

It's something you should think about doing.

I vi razmislite o njihovom korištenju.

Not many things didn't work.

Malo je stvari s kojima nismo uspjeli.

The beautiful canvas and rubber skylights

Divna platna i gumeni vidikovci

got eaten by the sun in six months.

pojedeni su od sunca u šest mjeseci.

We had to replace them with recyclable plastic.

Morali smo ih zamijeniti s recikliranom plastikom.

The teachers dragged giant PVC whiteboards

Učitelji su dovukli ogromne PVC ploče

into the classrooms.

u učionice,

So we had some good ideas:

a mi smo imali nekoliko dobrih ideja.

we took old automobile windshields, put paper behind them

Uzeli smo nekoliko starih automobilskih vjetrobranskih stakla, stavili papir iz njih

and created the first alternative

i kreirali prve alternative

to the whiteboard.

bijelim pločama za pisanje.

Green School sits in south-central Bali,

Zelena škola je smještena u južno-centralnom Baliju,

and it's on 20 acres

i zauzima oko 81.000 m2

of rolling garden.

valovitog vrta.

There's an amazing river traveling through it,

Jedna nevjerojatna rijeka teče kroz nju,

and you can see there

i tamo možete vidjeti

how we manage to get across the river.

kako prelazimo rijeku.

I met a father the other day; he looked a little crazed.

Prije nekoliko dana upoznao sam jednog oca, izgledao je pomalo sluđeno.

I said, "Welcome to Green School."

Rekao sam mu, "Dobrodošli u Zelenu školu."

He said, "I've been on an airplane for 24 hours."

On je rekao, "Bio sam u avionu 24 sata."

I asked him, "Why?"

Pitao sam ga, "Zašto?"

He said, "I had a dream once about a green school,

On je odgovorio, "Imao sam jednom san o zelenoj školi,

and I saw a picture of this green school,

i vidio sam sliku Zelene škole,

I got on an airplane.

i sjeo sam na avion.

In August I'm bringing my sons."

U kolovozu ću dovesti sinove."

This was a great thing.

To je bila sjajna stvar.

But more than that,

Ali više od toga,

people are building green houses around Green School,

ljudi grade zelene domove oko Zelene škole,

so their kids can walk to school on the paths.

kako bi njihova djeca mogla do škole doći stazama.

And people are bringing their green industries,

I ljudi dovode svoje zelene industrije,

hopefully their green restaurants,

nadam se svoje zelene restorane,

to the Green School.

u Zelenu školu.

It's becoming a community.

Postajemo zajednica.

It's becoming a green model.

Postajemo ekološki model.

We had to look at everything.

Morali smo gledati na sve.

No petrochemicals in the pavement.

Bez petrokemije u kolnicima.

No pavement.

Bez kolnika.

These are volcanic stones laid by hand.

Ovo su vulkanske stijene postavljene rukama.

There are no sidewalks.

Nema pločnika.

The sidewalks are gravel. They flood when it rains,

Pločnici su od šljunka, oni poplave kada pada kiša,

but they're green.

ali su ekološki.

This is the school buffalo.

Ovo je školski bizon.

He's planning to eat that fence for dinner.

On planira pojesti tu ogradu za večeru.

All the fences at Green School are green.

Sve ograde u Zelenoj školi su ekološke.

And when the kindergarten kids

I kad su djeca iz vrtića

recently moved their gate,

nedavno pomaknula svoju kapiju,

they found out the fence was made out of tapioca.

otkrila su kako je ograda napravljena od tapioke.

They took the tapioca roots up to the kitchen,

Uzeli su korijenje tapioke u kuhinju,

sliced them thinly and made delicious chips.

izrezali ih tanko i napravili slasni čips.

Landscaping.

Uređenje okoline.

We manage to keep the garden that was there

Uspjevamo održati vrt koji je bio tamo

running right up to the edge of each of the classrooms.

pružajući se desno do ruba svake od učionica.

We dropped them gently in.

Nježno smo ih ubacili.

We made space for these guys

Ostavili smo prostor za ove dečke

who are Bali's last black pigs.

koji su zadnje crne svinje na Baliju.

And the school cow

A školska krava

is trying to figure out

pokušava otkriti

how to replace the lawnmower

kako može zamijeniti kosilicu

on the playing field.

na igralištu.

These young ladies

Ove mlade dame

are living in a rice culture,

žive u kulturi riže,

but they know something that few people know in a rice culture.

ali one znaju nešto što jako malo ljudi u kulturi riže zna.

They know how to plant organic rice,

One znaju kako posaditi organsku rižu,

they know how to look after it,

znaju kako se o njoj brinuti,

they know how to harvest and they know how to cook it.

znaju kako je pobrati i kako je skuhati.

They're part of the rice cycle

One su dio ciklusa riže,

and these skills will be valuable

a te će vještine biti vrijedne

for them in their future.

za njihovu budućnost.

This young man is picking organic vegetables.

Ovaj mladi čovjek bere organsko povrće.

We feed 400 people lunch every day

Svaki dan napravimo ručak za 400 ljudi.

and it's not a normal lunch. There's no gas.

I to nije normalni ručak; nema plina.

Local Balinese women

Lokalne žene Balija

cook the food on sawdust burners

kuhaju hranu u pećnicama na drva

using secrets that only their grandmothers know.

koristeći tajne koje znaju samo njihove bake.

The food is incredible.

Hrana je nevjerojatna.

Green School is a place of pioneers,

Zelena škola je mjesto pionira,

local and global.

lokalnih i globalnih.

And it's a kind of microcosm

I to je neka vrsta mikrosvemira

of the globalized world.

globaliziranog svijeta.

The kids are from 25 countries.

Djeca su iz 25 zemalja.

When I see them together,

Kada ih vidim zajedno,

I know that they're working out

znam da razmišljaju

how to live in the future.

kako živjeti u budućnosti.

Green School is going into its third year

Zelena škola ide u svoju treću godinu

with 160 children.

sa 160 djece.

It's a school where you do learn reading --

To je škola u kojoj naučite čitati --

one of my favorites --

jedna od mojh omiljenih --

writing -- I was bad at it --

pisati -- ja sam bio loš u tome --

arithmetic.

aritmetiku.

But you also learn other things.

Ali također naučite i druge stvari.

You learn bamboo building.

Naučite kako graditi od bambusa.

You practice

Prakticirate

ancient Balinese arts.

staru umjetnost Balija.

This is called mud wrestling in the rice fields.

Ovo se zove hrvanje u blatu rižinih polja.

The kids love it.

Djeca to obožavaju.

The mothers aren't quite convinced.

Majke nisu stvarno uvjerene.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We've done a lot of outrageous things in our lives,

Napravili smo puno nepriličnih stvari u našim životima,

and we said, okay, local, what does "local" mean?

i rekli smo, dobro, lokalno. Što to znači lokalno?

Local means

Lokalno znači

that 20 percent of the population of the school

da 20% populacije škole

has to be Balinese,

mora biti iz Balija.

and this was a really big commitment.

I to je bila stvarno velika obveza.

And we were right.

I bili smo u pravu.

And people are coming forward

A ljudi nam dolaze

from all over the world

iz cijelog svijeta

to support the Balinese Scholarship Fund,

kako bi poduprli Balijski fond za školovanje,

because these kids will be Bali's next green leaders.

jer će ta djeca za Bali biti slijedeći ekološki lideri.

The teachers are as diverse

Učitelji su toliko raznoliki

as the student body,

koliko i učenici.

and the amazing thing

I nevjerojatna stvar

is that volunteers are popping up.

je što volonteri stalno dolaze.

A man came from Java

Čovjek je došao s Jave

with a new kind of organic agriculture.

s novom vrstom organske poljoprivrede.

A woman came from Africa with music.

Žena iz Afrike je došla s muzikom.

And together these volunteers and the teachers

I zajedno ti volonteri i učitelji

are deeply committed

su duboko predani

to creating a new generation

kreiranju nove generacije

of global, green leaders.

globalnih, ekoloških lidera.

The Green School effect --

Efekt Zelene škole --

we don't know what it is.

ne znamo koji je.

We need someone to come and study it.

Trebamo nekoga tko će doći i proučiti nas.

But what's happening, our learning-different kids --

Ali ono što se događa, naša djeca koja uče drugačije --

dyslexic --

disleksična --

we've renamed them prolexic --

preimenovali smo ih u proleksične --

are doing well in these beautiful, beautiful classrooms.

sjajno napreduju u ovim prekrasnim, prekrasnim učionicama.

And all the kids are thriving.

I sva djeca napreduju.

And how did we do all this?

A kako smo to sve napravili?

On giant grass.

Ogromnom travom.

It's bamboo.

To je bambus.

It comes out of the ground like a train.

Izlazi iz zemlje kao vlak.

It grows as high as a coconut tree in two months

Naraste do veličine stabla kokosa za dva mjeseca.

and three years later it can be harvested

I nakon tri godine može se koristiti

to build buildings like this.

za izgradnju zgrada poput ove.

It's as strong and dense as teak

Jak je i gust kao tikovina.

and it will hold up any roof.

I držati će svaki krov.

When the architects came, they brought us these things,

Kada su arhitekti došli, donijeli su te stvari,

and you've probably seen things like this.

i vi ste vjerojatno već vidjeli ovo.

The yellow box was called the administration complex.

Žuta kutija koju nazivamo administracijski kompleks.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

We squashed it, we rethought it,

Zgnječili smo to, ponovno promislili,

but mainly we renamed it

ali uglavnom smo ga preimenovali --

"the heart of school,"

u srce škole.

and that changed everything forever.

I to je sve promijenilo zauvijek.

It's a double helix.

To je dvostruki heliks.

It has administrators in it

Unutra ima administraciju

and many, many other things.

i puno, puno drugih stvari.

And the problem of building it --

I problem u njegovoj izgradnji --

when the Balinese workers

kada su radnici s Balija

saw long reams of plans,

vidjeli duge papire planova,

they looked at them and said, "What's this?"

pogledali su ih i rekli, "Što je to?"

So we built big models.

Tako smo izgradili velike modele.

We had them engineered by the engineers.

Njih su izgradili inžinjeri.

And Balinese carpenters like this

A Balijski stolari poput ovih

measured them with their bamboo rulers,

su ih izmjerili s bambusovim metrima,

selected the bamboo and built the buildings

izabrali bambus i sagradili zgrade

using age-old techniques,

koristeći se prastarim tehnikama,

mostly by hand.

uglavnom rukama.

It was chaos.

Bio je kaos.

And the Balinese carpenters want to be as modern as we do,

A Balijski stolari žele biti moderni poput nas,

so they use metal scaffolding

tako su koristili metalne skele

to build the bamboo building

kako bi sagradili zgradu od bambusa.

and when the scaffolding came down,

I kada su rastavili skele,

we realized that we had a cathedral,

shvatili smo da imamo katedralu,

a cathedral to green,

ekološku katedralu,

and a cathedral to green education.

i katedralu ekološke edukacije.

The heart of school has seven kilometers

Srce škole ima sedam kilometara

of bamboo in it.

bambusa u sebi.

From the time the foundations were finished,

Od vremena od kada su temelji završeni,

in three months it had roofs and floors.

unutar tri mjeseca sagrađeni su krov i podovi.

It may not be the biggest bamboo building in the world,

Možda to nije najveća zgrada od bambusa na svijetu

but many people believe

ali mnogi ljudi vjeruju

that it's the most beautiful.

kako je najljepša.

Is this doable in your community?

Je li to moguće napraviti i u vašoj zajednici?

We believe it is.

Mi mislimo da je.

Green School is a model we built for the world.

Zelena škola je model koji smo sagradili za svijet.

It's a model we built for Bali.

To je model koji smo sagradili za Bali.

And you just have to follow these simple, simple rules:

I trebate samo pratiti ta jednostavna, jednostavna pravila:

be local,

budite lokalni,

let the environment lead

pustite da vas priroda vodi

and think about

i razmislite o tome

how your grandchildren might build.

kako bi vaši unuci htjeli da se izgradi.

So, Mr. Gore, thank you.

Dakle, gosp. Gore, hvala vam.

You ruined my life,

Upropastili ste mi život,

but you gave me an incredible future.

ali ste mi dali nevjerojatnu budućnost.

And if you're interested in being involved

I ako vas zanima da se uključite

in finishing Green School

u završetak Zelene škole

and building the next 50 around the world,

i izgradnju još 50 širom svijeta,

please come and see us.

molim vas dođite i vidite nas.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)