John Hardy: My green school dream

Translator: Daniel Stupavsky Reviewer: Michal Ferenc

I grew up

Vyrastal som

in a very small village in Canada,

v malej dedinke v Kanade

and I'm an undiagnosed

a som nediagnostikovaný

dyslexic.

dyslektik.

I had a really hard time in school.

So školou som mal fakt veľké problémy.

In fact, my mother told me eventually

Moja mama mi napokon aj povedala,

that I was the little kid in the village

že som bol malé dedinské dieťa,

who cried all the way to school.

ktoré plakalo celou cestou do školy.

I ran away.

Utiekol som.

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

Odišiel som, keď som mal 25 rokov, na Bali.

and there I met my incredible wife, Cynthia,

Tu som stretol moju fantastickú manželku Cynthiu

and together, over 20 years,

a spolu sme viac ako 20 rokov

we built an amazing jewelry business.

budovali vynikajúci klenotnícky biznis.

It was a fairy tale, and then we retired.

Všetko bolo ako z rozprávky a potom sme odišli do dôchodku.

Then she took me to see a film

Raz mi ukázala jeden film,

that I really didn't want to see.

kotrý som ani veľmi nechcel vidieť.

It ruined my life --

Zničilo to môj život --

(Laughter)

(smiech)

"The Inconvenient Truth" and Mr. Gore.

"Nepríjemná pravda" a pán Gore.

I have four kids,

Mám štyri deti

and even if part of what he says is true,

a ak len časť z toho, čo hovorí je pravda,

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

tak potom nebudú mať taký život, aký som mal ja.

And I decided at that moment

Od toho momentu som sa rozhodol,

that I would spend the rest of my life

že zvyšok svojho života budem robiť

doing whatever I could

čokoľvek budem môcť,

to improve their possibilities.

aby som zlepšil ich možnosti.

So here's the world,

Tak, tu máme svet,

and here we are in Bali.

tu sme na Bali.

It's a tiny, little island --

Je to maličký ostrovček --

60 miles by 90 miles.

Približne 100 krát 150 kilometrov.

It has an intact Hindu culture.

Má neporušenú hindskú kultúru.

Cynthia and I were there.

Cynthia a ja sme boli tu.

We had had a wonderful life there,

Prežili sme tu prekrásny život

and we decided to do something unusual.

a rozhodli sme sa urobiť niečo nezvyčajné.

We decided to give back

Rozhodli sme sa vrátiť to, čo sme dostali

locally.

lokálne.

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

A tu to je; volá sa to Zelená škola.

I know it doesn't look like a school,

Viem, že to nevyzerá ako škola,

but it is something we decided to do,

ale je to niečo, čo sme sa rozhodli urobiť

and it is extremely,

a je to nesmierne,

extremely green.

nesmierne zelené.

The classrooms have no walls.

Triedy nemajú steny.

The teacher is writing on a bamboo blackboard.

Učiteľ píše na tabuľu z bambusu.

The desks are not square.

Lavice nie sú hranaté.

At Green School, the children are smiling --

V Zelenej škole sa deti usmievajú --

an unusual thing for school, especially for me.

netypická vec pre školu, zvlášť pre mňa.

And we practice holism.

Praktizujeme holizmus.

And for me it's just the idea

Pre mňa je to práve myšlienka,

that, if this little girl

že keď toto dievčatko

graduates as a whole person,

absolvuje ako osoba ako celok,

chances are

tak existuje šanca,

she'll demand a whole world --

že si bude nárokovať svet ako celok --

a whole world --

svet ako celok --

to live on.

pre svoj život.

Our children spend 181 days

Naše deti trávia 181 dní

going to school in a box.

v škole ako v krabici.

The people that built my school

Ľudia, ktorí postavili moju školu,

also built the prison and the insane asylum

takisto postavili väznicu a ústav pre duševne chorých

out of the same materials.

z rovnakých materiálov.

So if this gentleman

Ak by tento pán

had had a holistic education,

mal holistické vzdelanie,

would he be sitting there?

sedel by tu?

Would he have had more possibilities in his life?

Mal by viac možností vo svojom živote?

The classrooms have natural light.

Triedy majú prirodzené svetlo.

They're beautiful. They're bamboo.

Sú nádherné. Sú z bambusu.

The breeze passes through them.

Prechádza cez ne vánok.

And when the natural breeze isn't enough,

A keď prirodzený vánok nepostačuje,

the kids deploy bubbles,

deti rozvinú bubliny,

but not the kind of bubbles you know.

ale nie také bubliny, ako poznáte.

These bubbles are made from natural cotton

Tieto bubliny sú vyrobené z prírodnej bavlny

and rubber from the rubber tree.

a guma je z gumovníka.

So we basically turned the box

V podstate sme zmenili krabicu

into a bubble.

na bublinu.

And these kids know

Tieto deti vedia,

that painless climate control

že bezbolestné ovládanie klímy

may not be

možno nebude

part of their future.

súčasťou ich budúcnosti.

We pay the bill at the end of the month,

My platíme účty na konci každého mesiaca,

but the people that are really going to pay the bill

ale ľudia, ktorí budú v skutočnosti platit náš účet

are our grandchildren.

sú naše vnúčatá.

We have to teach the kids

Musíme učiť deti,

that the world is not indestructible.

že svet nie je nezničiteľný.

These kids did a little graffiti on their desks,

Tieto deti popísali svoje lavice

and then they signed up for two extra courses.

a potom sa zapísali do ďalších dvoch prídavných kurzov.

The first one was called sanding

Prvý sa nazýva šmirgľovanie

and the second one was called re-waxing.

a druhý voskovanie.

But since that happened,

Ale odkedy sa to stalo,

they own those desks.

sú to už ich lavice.

They know they can control their world.

Vedia, že môžu ovládať svoj svet.

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

Sme napojení na sieť a nie sme na to hrdí.

But an amazing alternative energy company in Paris

Ale jedna úžasná parížska firma zaoberajúca sa alternatívnou energiou

is taking us off the grid with solar.

nás ide napojiť na solárnu energiu.

And this thing

A táto vec

is the second vortex to be built in the world,

je druhý vír na svete, ktorý má byť postavený

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

v dva a pol metrovom prepade na rieke.

When the turbine drops in,

Keď sa tam dá turbína,

it will produce 8,000 watts of electricity,

tak bude produkovať 8000 wattov elektriny

day and night.

každý deň i noc.

And you know what these are.

A určite viete na čo slúži toto.

There's nowhere to flush.

Tieto sa, však, nesplachujú.

And as long as we're taking our waste

Pokiaľ berieme náš odpad

and mixing it with a huge amount of water --

a zmiešavame ho s obrovským množstvom vody --

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

všetci ste veľmi chytrí, ale len si to prepočítajte.

How many people times how much water.

Koľko ľudí krát koľko vody.

There isn't enough water.

Nemáme jednoducho dostatok vody.

These are compost toilets,

Toto sú kompostové toalety.

and nobody at the school wanted to know about them,

A nikto v škole o nich nechcel ani vedieť -

especially the principal.

- hlavne riaditeľ.

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

A fungujú; ľudia ich používajú a nemajú s tým problém.

It's something you should think about doing.

Je to niečo, o čom by ste mali premýšľať.

Not many things didn't work.

Málo vecí nefungovalo.

The beautiful canvas and rubber skylights

Nádherné plátno a gumený svetlík

got eaten by the sun in six months.

boli zničené slnkom v priebehu šiestich mesiacov.

We had to replace them with recyclable plastic.

Museli sme ich nahradiť recyklovateľným plastom.

The teachers dragged giant PVC whiteboards

Učitelia dotiahli do tried

into the classrooms.

obrovské PVC tabule,

So we had some good ideas:

tak sme dostali nejaké dobré nápady.

we took old automobile windshields, put paper behind them

Zobrali sme staré autosklá, dali za ne papier

and created the first alternative

a vytvorili prvú alternatívu

to the whiteboard.

k PVC tabuli.

Green School sits in south-central Bali,

Zelená škola sídli na juhu strednej časti Bali

and it's on 20 acres

na približne 8 hektároch

of rolling garden.

vlniacich sa záhrad.

There's an amazing river traveling through it,

Je tu úžasná rieka cestujúca pomedzi ne

and you can see there

a tu môžete vidieť

how we manage to get across the river.

ako sa nám podarilo cez ňu dostať.

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

Raz som stretol jedného otca, ktorý vyzeral trošku pobláznene.

I said, "Welcome to Green School."

Povedal som: "Vitajte v Zelenej škole."

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

On odpovedal: "Cestoval som v lietadle 24 hodín."

I asked him, "Why?"

Spýtal som sa ho: "Prečo?"

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

Povedal: "Raz som mal sen o zelenej škole

and I saw a picture of this green school,

a potom som videl obrázok tejto zelenej školy,

I got on an airplane.

tak som nasadol na lietadlo.

In August I'm bringing my sons."

V auguste sem dovediem mojich synov."

This was a great thing.

Toto bola úžasná vec.

But more than that,

Okrem toho,

people are building green houses around Green School,

ľudia si stavajú svoje zelené domy okolo Zelenej školy,

so their kids can walk to school on the paths.

aby mohli ich deti ísť do školy peši.

And people are bringing their green industries,

Ľudia sem prinášajú svoje zelené pracovné odvetvia

hopefully their green restaurants,

a snáď aj svoje zelené reštaurácie

to the Green School.

k Zelenej škole.

It's becoming a community.

Začína to byť komunita.

It's becoming a green model.

Začína to byť zelený model.

We had to look at everything.

Museli sme sa pozerať na všetko.

No petrochemicals in the pavement.

Žiadne ropné látky vo vozovke.

No pavement.

Žiadna vozovka.

These are volcanic stones laid by hand.

Toto sú sopečné kamene ukladané ručne.

There are no sidewalks.

Nie sú tu žiadne chodníky.

The sidewalks are gravel. They flood when it rains,

Chodníky sú štrkové, síce sa zaplavujú, keď prší,

but they're green.

ale sú zelené.

This is the school buffalo.

Toto je školský byvol.

He's planning to eat that fence for dinner.

Má v pláne zjesť ten plot na večeru.

All the fences at Green School are green.

Všetky ploty v Zelenej škole sú zelené.

And when the kindergarten kids

A keď deti zo škôlky

recently moved their gate,

nedávno posunuli svoju bránu,

they found out the fence was made out of tapioca.

zistili, že ich plot bol tvorený maniokom.

They took the tapioca roots up to the kitchen,

Zobrali korene manioky do kuchyne,

sliced them thinly and made delicious chips.

natenko ich nakrájali a urobili vynikajúce čipsy.

Landscaping.

Tvorba krajiny.

We manage to keep the garden that was there

Podarilo sa nám zachovať záhradu, ktorá sa

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

vliekla až ku kraju každej triedy.

We dropped them gently in.

Jemne sme ich zasadili do krajiny.

We made space for these guys

Urobili sme miesto pre týchto chlapíkov,

who are Bali's last black pigs.

ktorí sú posledné čierne ošípané na Bali.

And the school cow

A školská krava

is trying to figure out

sa snaží vyšpekulovať

how to replace the lawnmower

ako nahradiť kosačku na trávu

on the playing field.

na ihrisku.

These young ladies

Tieto mladé slečny

are living in a rice culture,

žijú v ryžovej kultúre,

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

ale vedia niečo, čo vie len veľmi málo ľudí v ryžovej kultúre.

They know how to plant organic rice,

Ony vedia ako zasadiť BIO ryžu,

they know how to look after it,

vedia ako sa o ňu starať,

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

vedia ako ju zbierať a vedia ako ju uvariť.

They're part of the rice cycle

Sú súčasťou ryžového kolobehu.

and these skills will be valuable

Tieto skúsenosti budú pre nich

for them in their future.

v budúcnosti užitočné.

This young man is picking organic vegetables.

Tento mladý muž zbiera BIO zeleninu.

We feed 400 people lunch every day

Živíme na obed 400 ľudí každý deň.

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

A nie je to bežný obed; nemáme plyn.

Local Balinese women

Miestne balijské ženy

cook the food on sawdust burners

varia jedlo na spalovači pilín

using secrets that only their grandmothers know.

a používajú tajomstvá, ktoré vedeli len ich staré mamy.

The food is incredible.

Jedlo je fantastické.

Green School is a place of pioneers,

Zelená škola je miesto priekopníkov -

local and global.

- miestnych i svetových.

And it's a kind of microcosm

Je to akýsi mikrokozmos

of the globalized world.

globalizovaného sveta.

The kids are from 25 countries.

Deti sú z 25 krajín.

When I see them together,

Keď ich vidím spolu,

I know that they're working out

viem, že vymýšľajú

how to live in the future.

ako žiť v budúcnosti.

Green School is going into its third year

Zelená škola začína tretí rok

with 160 children.

so 160 deťmi.

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

Je to škola, kde sa naučíte čítať --

one of my favorites --

moje najobľúbenejšie --

writing -- I was bad at it --

písať -- v tom som bol zlý --

arithmetic.

a počítať.

But you also learn other things.

Ale naučíte sa aj iné veci.

You learn bamboo building.

Naučíte sa stavať z bambusu.

You practice

Cvičíte sa

ancient Balinese arts.

v starovekých balijských umeniach.

This is called mud wrestling in the rice fields.

Toto sa nazýva zápas v blate na ryžových poliach.

The kids love it.

Deti to milujú.

The mothers aren't quite convinced.

Matky o tom nie sú príliš presvedčené.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

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

Urobili sme veľa poburujúcich vecí v našich životoch

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

a povedali sme, dobre, lokálne. Čo to ale znamená?

Local means

Lokálne znamená,

that 20 percent of the population of the school

že 20% populácie našej školy

has to be Balinese,

musí byť z Bali.

and this was a really big commitment.

Toto bol naozaj veľký záväzok.

And we were right.

A mali sme pravdu.

And people are coming forward

A ľudia ponúkajú pomoc

from all over the world

z celého sveta,

to support the Balinese Scholarship Fund,

aby podporili Balinejský fond pre štipendiá,

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

lebo tieto deti sú budúci zelení lídri Bali.

The teachers are as diverse

Učitelia sú takisto rôzni

as the student body,

ako sú študenti.

and the amazing thing

A úžasná vec je,

is that volunteers are popping up.

že sa začínajú objavovať dobrovoľníci.

A man came from Java

Prišiel muž z Jávy

with a new kind of organic agriculture.

s novým druhom BIO poľnohospodárstva.

A woman came from Africa with music.

Prišla žena z Afriky s hudbou.

And together these volunteers and the teachers

Títo dobrovoľníci a učitelia sú

are deeply committed

spoločne hlboko angažovaní

to creating a new generation

pre vytvorenie novej generácie

of global, green leaders.

svetových, zelených lídrov.

The Green School effect --

Efekt Zelenej školy --

we don't know what it is.

nevieme, čo to je.

We need someone to come and study it.

Potrebujeme niekoho, aby prišiel a skúmal to.

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

Ale čo sa deje, naše inak-učiace sa deti --

dyslexic --

dyslektici --

we've renamed them prolexic --

premenovali sme ich na prolektikov --

are doing well in these beautiful, beautiful classrooms.

darí sa im v tých nádherných, prenádherných triedach.

And all the kids are thriving.

A všetky deti prospievajú.

And how did we do all this?

Ale ako sme toto všetko spravili?

On giant grass.

Na gigantickej tráve.

It's bamboo.

Na bambuse.

It comes out of the ground like a train.

Vychádza zo zeme ako vlak.

It grows as high as a coconut tree in two months

Narastie do výšky kokosovníka do dvoch mesiacov.

and three years later it can be harvested

O tri roky neskôr sa môže žať, aby mohli

to build buildings like this.

byť postavené budovy ako je táto.

It's as strong and dense as teak

Je silný a hustý ako teak.

and it will hold up any roof.

Udrží akúkoľvek strechu.

When the architects came, they brought us these things,

Keď prišli architekti, priniesli nám tieto veci.

and you've probably seen things like this.

Pravdepodobne ste už také videli.

The yellow box was called the administration complex.

Žltá krabica bola nazvaná administračný komplex.

(Laughter)

(smiech)

We squashed it, we rethought it,

Pokrčili sme to a premysleli,

but mainly we renamed it

ale hlavne, sme to premenovali --

"the heart of school,"

srdce školy.

and that changed everything forever.

A to zmenilo navždy všetko.

It's a double helix.

Je to dvojitá špirála.

It has administrators in it

Sú v nej správcovia

and many, many other things.

a veľa, veľa iných vecí.

And the problem of building it --

A problém s budovaním --

when the Balinese workers

keď balijskí robotníci

saw long reams of plans,

videli veľké haldy plánov,

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

pozreli sa na ne a povedali: "Toto je čo?"

So we built big models.

Tak sme postavili modely.

We had them engineered by the engineers.

Skonštruovali ich pre nás inžinieri.

And Balinese carpenters like this

A balijskí tesári ako tento

measured them with their bamboo rulers,

ich zmerali bambusovými pravítkami,

selected the bamboo and built the buildings

vybrali bambus a postavili budovy

using age-old techniques,

starou technikou

mostly by hand.

väčšinou ručne.

It was chaos.

Bol to chaos.

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

Belijskí tesári chcú byť takisto moderní ako sme my,

so they use metal scaffolding

tak používajú kovové lešenie

to build the bamboo building

na postavenie bambusovej budovy.

and when the scaffolding came down,

Keď zložili lešenie,

we realized that we had a cathedral,

uvedomili sme si, že máme katedrálu.

a cathedral to green,

Katedrálu zeleného

and a cathedral to green education.

a katedrálu zeleného vzdelania.

The heart of school has seven kilometers

Srdce školy má v sebe sedem

of bamboo in it.

kilometrov bambusu.

From the time the foundations were finished,

Od postavenia základov trvalo

in three months it had roofs and floors.

tri mesiace, kým boli dokončené strechy a podlahy.

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

Možno to nie je najväčšia budova z bambusu na svete,

but many people believe

ale veľa ľudí verí,

that it's the most beautiful.

že je najkrajšia.

Is this doable in your community?

Je toto uskutočniteľné vo vašej komunite?

We believe it is.

My veríme, že je.

Green School is a model we built for the world.

Zelená škola je model, ktorý sme postavili pre svet.

It's a model we built for Bali.

Je to model, ktorý sme postavili pre Bali.

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

Musíte len dodržiavať tieto jednoduché, základné pravdilá:

be local,

buďte miestny,

let the environment lead

dovolte životnému prostrediu viesť vás

and think about

a myslite na to,

how your grandchildren might build.

ako vaše vnúčatá možno budú budovať.

So, Mr. Gore, thank you.

Takže, pán Gore, ďakujem vám.

You ruined my life,

Zničili ste mi život,

but you gave me an incredible future.

ale dali ste mi neuveriteľnú budúcnosť.

And if you're interested in being involved

A ak máte záujem sa zapojiť,

in finishing Green School

dokončiť Zelenú školu

and building the next 50 around the world,

a postaviť 50 ďalších po celom svete,

please come and see us.

prosím, príďte sa na nás pozrieť.

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(potlesk)