A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Translator: Ján Špánik Reviewer: Lucia Lukanova

I live in South Central.

Žijem v South Central.

This is South Central:

Toto je South Central:

liquor stores,

obchody s alkoholom,

fast food,

rýchle občerstvenie,

vacant lots.

nevyužité pozemky.

So the city planners, they get together and they figure

Mestskí projektanti sa stretli a usúdili,

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

že premenujú South Central na niečo iné.

so they change it to South Los Angeles,

Zmenili ho teda na South Los Angeles,

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

akože to vyrieši problémy mesta.

This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)

Toto je South Los Angeles. (Smiech)

Liquor stores,

Obchody s alkoholom,

fast food,

rýchle občerstvenie,

vacant lots.

nevyužité pozemky.

Just like 26.5 million other Americans,

Ako 26.5 milióna Američanov

I live in a food desert,

aj ja žijem na potravinovej púšti

South Central Los Angeles,

South Central Los Angeles,

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

domov drive-thru a drive-by.

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

Zaujímavé, drive-thru zabíja viac ľudí ako drive-by.

People are dying from curable diseases

Ľudia v South Central Los Angeles

in South Central Los Angeles.

zomierajú na vyliečiteľné choroby.

For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood

Napríklad miera obezity v mojom susedstve

is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,

ja päť krát vyššia ako, povedzme,

which is probably eight, 10 miles away.

v Beverly Hills, čo je asi 8-10 míľ ďalej.

I got tired of seeing this happening.

Bolo to únavné.

And I was wondering, how would you feel

Veď ako by ste sa cítili

if you had no access to healthy food,

bez prístupu k zdravému jedlu

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

pozerajúc sa na škodlivé následky súčasného

that the present food system has on your neighborhood?

stravovacieho systému na vaše susedstvo?

I see wheelchairs bought and sold

Invalidné vozíky sa kupujú a predávajú

like used cars.

ako použité autá.

I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.

Dialyzačné strediská pribúdajú ako Starbucks.

And I figured, this has to stop.

Podľa mňa to musí skončiť.

So I figured that the problem is the solution.

Napadlo ma, že problém je riešením.

Food is the problem and food is the solution.

Jedlo je problém a jedlo je riešenie.

Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip

Unovavovala ma 45 minútová okružná jazda

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

za jablkom bez pesticídov.

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

Vysadil som si teda pred domom les potravín.

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

Bol na páse zeme, ktorý voláme parkway.

It's 150 feet by 10 feet.

Je to 150 stôp krát 10 stôp.

Thing is, it's owned by the city.

Vlastní ho mesto.

But you have to maintain it.

Ale vy sa oň musíte starať.

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

Povedal som si: "Cool, môžem spraviť čo chcem,

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

je mojou zodpovednosťou sa oň postarať."

And this is how I decided to maintain it.

A tak som sa rozhodol oň postarať.

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

Spojil som sa so skupinou L.A. Green Grounds (Zelené pozemky)

and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,

a začali sme sadiť môj les s potravinami,

you know, the whole nine, vegetables.

ovocné stromy, viete, presne deväť, zeleninu.

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

Sme skupina zaplať-to-dopredu,

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

zložená zo záhradníkov zo všetkých oblastí života

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

z celého mesta, úplne dobrovoľnícka

and everything we do is free.

a všetko, čo robíme, je zadarmo.

And the garden, it was beautiful.

A záhrada bola krásna.

And then somebody complained.

Potom sa niekto sťažoval.

The city came down on me,

Mesto išlo po mne

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

s príkazom odstrániť moju záhradu,

which this citation was turning into a warrant.

tento príkaz sa stal sankciou.

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

A ja: " No tak, naozaj?

A warrant for planting food on a piece of land

Sankcia za výsadbu potravín na kúsku zeme,

that you could care less about?" (Laughter)

do ktorej vás nič?" (Smiech)

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

Povedal som si: "Super. Prinúťte ma."

Because this time it wasn't coming up.

Pretože tentokrát to nesedelo.

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

Chytili sa toho noviny L.A. Times. Steve Lopez o tom napísal,

and talked to the councilman,

hovoril s členom mestskej rady

and one of the Green Grounds members,

a s jedným z členov Green Grounds,

they put up a petition on Change.org,

spravili petíciu na Change.org

and with 900 signatures, we were a success.

s 900 podpismi - bol to úspech.

We had a victory on our hands.

V rukách sme mali víťazstvo.

My councilman even called in and said how they endorse

Člen mestskej rady mi dokonca zavolal,

and love what we're doing.

že schvaľujú a milujú našu prácu.

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

No veď prečo nie?

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

L.A. vedie v USA nevyužitými pozemkami.

They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.

Mesto vlastní 26 štvorcových míľ nevyužitých pozemkov.

That's 20 Central Parks.

Je to ako 20 Central Parkov.

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

Dosť miesta na vysadenie 725 mil. sadeníc rajčín.

Why in the hell would they not okay this?

Prečo by sa im to do čerta nepáčilo?

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

Jedna rastlina dá 1.000-10.000 semien.

When one dollar's worth of green beans

Zelená fazuľka v hodnote 1 dolára

will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.

vám vyprodukuje 75 dolárov.

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

Mojim evanjeliom pre ľudí je, aby si sami dopestovali jedlo.

Growing your own food is like printing your own money.

Pestovanie vlastného jedla je ako tlačenie vlastných peňazí.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

See, I have a legacy in South Central.

V South Central mám dedičstvo.

I grew up there. I raised my sons there.

Vyrástol som tam, vychoval tam synov.

And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality

Odmietam byť časťou reality

that was manufactured for me by some other people,

vyrobenej pre mňa inými ľuďmi,

and I'm manufacturing my own reality.

vyrábam si vlastnú realitu.

See, I'm an artist.

Vidíte, som umelec.

Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.

Záhradkárstvo je moje grafity. Pestujem si umenie.

Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,

Ako umelec grafity skrášľuje múry,

me, I beautify lawns, parkways.

ja skrášľujem trávniky.

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

Používam záhradu a pôdu ako kúsok plátna,

and the plants and the trees,

rastliny a stromy sú

that's my embellishment for that cloth.

výzdobou tohoto plátna.

You'd be surprised what the soil could do

Boli by ste prekvapení, čo dokáže pôda,

if you let it be your canvas.

keď ju použijete ako plátno.

You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is

Neviete si ani predstaviť jedinečnosť slnečnice

and how it affects people.

a ako ovplyvňuje ľudí.

So what happened?

Čo sa teda stalo?

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

Moja záhrada sa stala nástrojom vzdelávania,

a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.

nástrojom na transformáciu môjho susedstva.

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

Na zmenu komunity musíte zmeniť zloženie pôdy.

We are the soil.

My sme pôda.

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

Boli by ste prekvapení, ako to vplýva na deti.

Gardening is the most therapeutic

Záhradkárstvo je najterapeutickejšou

and defiant act you can do,

výzvou, ktorej sa môžte oddať,

especially in the inner city.

najmä uprostred mesta.

Plus you get strawberries.

A získate ňou jahody.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

I remember this time,

Spomínam si, ako

there was this mother and a daughter came,

prišla matka s dcérou okolo 22:30,

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

vyšiel som na dvor,

and I came out and they looked so ashamed.

vyzerali tak zahanbene.

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

Cítil som sa z toho zle a

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

povedal im, ako to je.

This is on the street for a reason.

Na ulici je to z nejakého dôvodu.

It made me feel ashamed to see people

Zahanbila ma taká blízka

that were this close to me that were hungry,

prítomnosť hladných ľudí

and this only reinforced why I do this,

a len posilnila dôvody, prečo to robím.

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

Ľudia sa ma pýtajú: "Fin, nebojíš sa,

people are going to steal your food?"

že ti ľudia ukradnú jedlo?"

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

A ja: "Nie, do čerta, nebojím sa krádeže.

That's why it's on the street.

Nato je to na ulici.

That's the whole idea.

V tom je podstata.

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

Chcem, aby si to vzali a

I want them to take back their health."

vrátilo sa im zdravie."

There's another time when I put

Raz som zakladal záhradu

a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.

v útulku pre bezdomovcov v centre Los Angeles.

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

Títo chlapíci mi pomohli vyložiť auto.

It was cool, and they just shared the stories

Bolo chladno a rozprávali príbehy,

about how this affected them and how

že sa ich to dotklo,

they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,

pestovali s mamou a starou mamou,

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

bolo super sledovať, ako ich to zmenilo

if it was only for that one moment.

aj keď len na chvíľu.

So Green Grounds has gone on to plant

Green Grounds pokračovali

maybe 20 gardens.

s výsadbou asi 20 záhrad.

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

Asi 50-ti sme chodili kopať

and participate, and it's all volunteers.

a všetci dobrovoľníci.

If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.

Ak si deti dopestujú kel, jedia kel.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

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

Ak si vypestujú paradajky, jedia paradajky. (Aplauz)

But when none of this is presented to them,

Keď im ale neukážeme,

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

ako jedlo ovplyvňuje myseľ a telo,

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

slepo zjedia, čo pred ne postavíte.

I see young people

Mladí ľudia

and they want to work,

chcú pracovať,

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

ale sú akoby uväznení --

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

Deti farby sledujú

that's designed for them,

predurčenú cestu,

that leads them to nowhere.

ktorá nikam nevedie.

So with gardening, I see an opportunity

V záhradkárstve vidím príležitosť

where we can train these kids

naučiť tieto deti,

to take over their communities,

aby prevzali svoje komunity,

to have a sustainable life.

aby mali udržateľný život.

And when we do this, who knows?

Veď kto vie?

We might produce the next George Washington Carver.

Možno splodíme ďalšieho Georga Washingtona Carvera,

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

ak ale nezmeníme zloženie pôdy,

we will never do this.

nedosiahneme nič.

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

A to je mojim plánom, čo chcem urobiť.

I want to plant a whole block of gardens

Chcem vysadiť celý blok záhrad,

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

v ktorom sa ľudia podelia o jedlo.

I want to take shipping containers

Chcem zmeniť prepravné kontajnery

and turn them into healthy cafes.

na zdravé kaviarne.

Now don't get me wrong.

Nechápte ma zle.

I'm not talking about no free shit,

Nehovorím o blbostiach zadarmo,

because free is not sustainable.

lebo 'zadarmo' je neudržateľné.

The funny thing about sustainability,

Sranda na trvalej udržateľnosti je,

you have to sustain it.

že sa musí udžať.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smiech) (Aplauz)

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

Hovorím o zamestnanosti ľudí,

and getting kids off the street, and letting them know

chcem dať deťom z ulice radosť,

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

pýchu a česť z pestovania vlastného jedla,

opening farmer's markets.

otvorenia farmárskych trhov.

So what I want to do here,

Chcem dosiahnuť,

we gotta make this sexy.

aby to bolo sexy.

So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,

Chcem, aby sme sa stali evolučnými pirátmi,

gangstas, gangsta gardeners.

gangstrami, gangsterskými záhradníkmi.

We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.

Musíme zmeniť význam Gangstera.

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

Ak nie si záhradník, nie si gangster.

Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?

Staň sa gangstrom s lopatou jasné?

And let that be your weapon of choice.

A zvoľ si ju za svoju zbraň.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So basically, if you want to meet with me,

Ak ma chcete stretnúť,

you know, if you want to meet,

nevolajte mi, ak si chcete

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

sadnúť do pohodlných kresiel

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

a rozprávať sa o robení somarín --

where you talk about doing some shit.

kde budeme kecať o robení somarín.

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

Ak ma chcete stretnúť, príďte do záhrady

with your shovel so we can plant some shit.

s lopatou, aby sme nejaké somariny zasadili.

Peace. Thank you.

Mier. Ďakujem vám.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you. (Applause)

Ďakujem (Aplauz)