A guerilla gardener in South Central LA | Ron Finley

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevodilac: Lektor: Mile Živković

I live in South Central.

Živim u Južnom Centralu.

This is South Central:

Ovo je Južni Central.

liquor stores,

Prodavnice pića,

fast food,

brza hrana,

vacant lots.

prazni placevi.

So the city planners, they get together and they figure

Tako su se urbanisti sastali i odlučili da

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

promene ime Južni Central, kako bi zapravo predstavljao nešto drugo

so they change it to South Los Angeles,

i tako ga promenili u južni Los Anđeles,

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

kao da će to popraviti ono što se u stvari dešava u gradu.

This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)

Ovo je južni Los Anđeles. (Smeh)

Liquor stores,

Prodavnice pića,

fast food,

brza hrana,

vacant lots.

prazni placevi.

Just like 26.5 million other Americans,

Kao i 26,5 miliona drugih Amerikanaca,

I live in a food desert,

i ja živim u prehrambenoj pustinji;

South Central Los Angeles,

južni centralni Los Anđeles,

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

dom brze hrane iz automobila i ubistava iz automobila.

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

Čudno je to da prvo zapravo ubija više ljudi od drugog.

People are dying from curable diseases

Ljudi umiru od izlečivih bolesti

in South Central Los Angeles.

u južnom centralnom Los Anđelesu.

For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood

Na primer, stepen gojaznosti u mom kraju

is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,

je pet puta viši nego recimo na Beverli Hilsu,

which is probably eight, 10 miles away.

koji je otprilike udaljen oko 16 km.

I got tired of seeing this happening.

Umorio sam se od gledanja ovog.

And I was wondering, how would you feel

I pitao sam se, kako biste se vi osećali

if you had no access to healthy food,

da nemate pristup zdravoj hrani,

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

da svaki put kad izađete iz kuće vidite negativne posledice

that the present food system has on your neighborhood?

koje sadašnji režim ishrane ima na vašu sredinu?

I see wheelchairs bought and sold

Gledam kako se invalidska kolica kupuju i prodaju

like used cars.

kao polovni automobili.

I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.

Gledam centre za dijalizu kako niču svuda kao Starbaks.

And I figured, this has to stop.

I pomislio sam, ovo mora da prestane.

So I figured that the problem is the solution.

I tako sam shvatio da je problem zapravo rešenje.

Food is the problem and food is the solution.

Hrana je problem i hrana je rešenje.

Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip

Plus, umorio sam se od vozanja okolo po 45 minuta

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

da bih kupio jabuku koja nije napumpana pesticidima.

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

I šta sam uradio - zasadio sam šumu hrane ispred moje kuće.

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

Bila je na delu zemlje koju zovemo stazica.

It's 150 feet by 10 feet.

Veličine je 45 sa 3 metra.

Thing is, it's owned by the city.

Stvar je u tome da je vlasništvo grada.

But you have to maintain it.

Ali moraš je održavati.

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

I ja razmišljam: ''Kul. Mogu da radim šta god hoću,

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

s obzirom da je moja odgovornost i ja treba da je održavam.''

And this is how I decided to maintain it.

A ja sam odlučio da je održavam ovako.

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

Moja grupa, L.A. Zelene Površine i ja smo se okupili

and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,

i počeli smo da sadimo moju šumu hrane, voćke,

you know, the whole nine, vegetables.

znate, pun paket, povrće.

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

Mi smo grupa koja čini dobro drugima,

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

koja broji baštovane različitih profesija, sredina,

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

iz svih delova grada i potpuno je volonterski

and everything we do is free.

i sve što radimo, radimo besplatno.

And the garden, it was beautiful.

I bašta, bila je predivna.

And then somebody complained.

I onda se neko žalio.

The city came down on me,

Grad se obrušio na mene,

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

i zapravo su mi dali uput da uklonim baštu,

which this citation was turning into a warrant.

što se pretvorilo u nalog.

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

I ja pitam: ''Zar stvarno?

A warrant for planting food on a piece of land

Nalog zbog zasađivanja hrane na parčetu zemlje

that you could care less about?" (Laughter)

koje vas uopšte ne zanima?'' (Smeh)

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

I pomislio sam: ''Kul. Hajde, spreman sam.''

Because this time it wasn't coming up.

Jer ovog puta ne odustajem.

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

L.A. Tajms se dokopao priče. Stiv Lopez je napravio priču o tome

and talked to the councilman,

pričao sa odbornicima

and one of the Green Grounds members,

i sa jednim našim članom,

they put up a petition on Change.org,

postavili su peticiju na sajt Change.org,

and with 900 signatures, we were a success.

i sa 900 potpisa smo uspeli.

We had a victory on our hands.

Imali smo pobedu u rukama.

My councilman even called in and said how they endorse

Moj odbornik je čak zvao i pitao kako mogu da pomognu

and love what we're doing.

i rekao da mu se sviđa šta radimo.

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

Mislim, hajde, kako i ne bi voleli?

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

L.A. je prvi u SAD-u po praznim placevima koji zapravo pripadaju gradu.

They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.

Grad ima 67 kvadratnih kilometara praznih placeva.

That's 20 Central Parks.

To je 20 puta veličine Central parka u Njujorku.

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

Tol je dovoljno prostora da se zasadi 725 miliona sadnica paradajza.

Why in the hell would they not okay this?

Zašto onda dođavola ne bi pristali na ovo?

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

Jedna biljka daće vam 1.000, 10.000 semenki.

When one dollar's worth of green beans

Sadnica boranije vredna 1 dolar

will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.

daće vam proizvod vredan 75 dolara.

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

To je moja priča, kad kažem ljudima - proizvodite sopstvenu hranu.

Growing your own food is like printing your own money.

Proizvodnja sopstvene hrane je kao štampanje sopstvenog novca.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

See, I have a legacy in South Central.

Vidite, moje zaveštanje je u Južnom Centralu.

I grew up there. I raised my sons there.

Odrastao sam tamo. Podigao sam moje sinove tamo.

And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality

I odbijam da budem deo ove proizvedene stvarnosti

that was manufactured for me by some other people,

koju su za mene proizveli drugi ljudi

and I'm manufacturing my own reality.

i ja proizvodim svoju stvarnost.

See, I'm an artist.

Vidite, ja sam umetnik.

Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.

Baštovanstvo su moji grafiti. Ja uzgajam svoju umetnost.

Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,

Kao i umetnik koji crta grafite, koji ulepšavaju zidove,

me, I beautify lawns, parkways.

ja ulepšavam travnjake, stazice.

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

Koristim baštu, zemlju, kao da je parče krpe

and the plants and the trees,

i biljke i drveće,

that's my embellishment for that cloth.

to je moje ulepšavanje za tu krpu.

You'd be surprised what the soil could do

Iznenadili biste se da vidite šta zemlja može da uradi

if you let it be your canvas.

ako joj dozvolite da bude vaše platno.

You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is

Prosto ne možete da zamislite kako je suncokret neverovatan

and how it affects people.

i kako utiče na ljude.

So what happened?

I šta se desilo?

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

Prisustvovao sam tome da je moja bašta postala alat za obrazovanje,

a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.

alat za transformaciju moje sredine.

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

Da biste promenili zajednicu morate da promenite sastav zemlje.

We are the soil.

Mi smo zemlja.

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

Iznenadili biste se da vidite kako to utiče na decu.

Gardening is the most therapeutic

Baštovanstvo je najveća terapeutska

and defiant act you can do,

i prkosna stvar koju možete da uradite

especially in the inner city.

naročito u unutrašnjosti grada.

Plus you get strawberries.

Plus dobijete jagode.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I remember this time,

Sećam se, jednom,

there was this mother and a daughter came,

došle su majka i ćerka,

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

bilo je oko 10.30 uveče i bile su u mom dvorištu,

and I came out and they looked so ashamed.

ja sam izašao napolje, a njih dve su bile jako posramljene.

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

Bilo mi je neprijatno što stoje tamo

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

i rekao sam im, znate, ne morate da to ovako da radite.

This is on the street for a reason.

Ovo sve je na ulici sa razlogom.

It made me feel ashamed to see people

Bilo me je sramota da vidim ljude

that were this close to me that were hungry,

koji su bili tako blizu mene, gladne,

and this only reinforced why I do this,

i to je samo dodatno pojačalo razlog zašto ovo radim,

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

a ljudi su me pitali: ''Fin, ne bojiš se

people are going to steal your food?"

da će ljudi krasti tvoju hranu?''

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

Kažem: ''Do đavola, naravno da se ne bojim da će krasti hranu.

That's why it's on the street.

Zato je na ulici.

That's the whole idea.

U tome je i poenta.

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

Želim da je uzmu, ali istovremeno,

I want them to take back their health."

želim da vrate svoje zdravlje.''

There's another time when I put

Jednom sam posadio

a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.

baštu u centar beskućnika u centru Los Anđelesa.

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

Momci su bili tu, pomogli su mi da istovarim kamion.

It was cool, and they just shared the stories

Bilo je kul i prosto su podelili priče

about how this affected them and how

kako je ovo uticalo na njih i kako

they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,

su ranije sadili sa svojim majka i bakama

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

i bilo je super videti kako ih je ovo promenilo,

if it was only for that one moment.

pa čak i ako samo za taj trenutak.

So Green Grounds has gone on to plant

Tako su Zelene Površine zasadile

maybe 20 gardens.

možda 20 bašti.

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

Desilo se da je 50-tak ljudi došlo na naša uređenja,

and participate, and it's all volunteers.

učestvovali su, a sve su volonteri.

If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.

Ako deca uzgajaju kelj, deca će ga i jesti.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

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

Ako uzgajaju paradajz, oni će ga i jesti. (Aplauz)

But when none of this is presented to them,

Ali ako im se sve ovo ne pokaže,

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

ako im se ne pokaže kako hrana utiče na telo i um,

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

onda slepo jedu šta god da stavite ispred njih.

I see young people

Vidim mlade ljude,

and they want to work,

koji žele da rade,

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

ali su toliko zaokupljeni drugim stvarima.

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

Vidim decu i oni su prosto na tom putu

that's designed for them,

koji im je namenjen,

that leads them to nowhere.

a koji ih nigde ne vodi.

So with gardening, I see an opportunity

Tako da sa baštovanstvom, ja vidim priliku

where we can train these kids

gde možemo naučiti tu decu

to take over their communities,

da preuzmu svoje zajednice,

to have a sustainable life.

da imaju održiv život.

And when we do this, who knows?

I kad uradimo ovo, ko zna?

We might produce the next George Washington Carver.

Možda proizvedemo novog Džordža Vašingtona Karvera.

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

Ali ako ne promenimo sastav zemlje,

we will never do this.

nikad nećemo ovo uraditi.

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

E, ovo je jedan od mojih planova. To je ono što želim da radim.

I want to plant a whole block of gardens

Želim da pretvorim čitave blokove u bašte,

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

u kojima ljudi mogu deliti hranu.

I want to take shipping containers

Želim da transportne kontejnere

and turn them into healthy cafes.

pretvorim u zdrave kafee.

Now don't get me wrong.

Ali, nemojte me pogrešno shvatiti.

I'm not talking about no free shit,

Ja ne pričam o nečemu besplatnom,

because free is not sustainable.

jer besplatno nije održivo.

The funny thing about sustainability,

Nešto zanimljivo vezano za održivost je,

you have to sustain it.

da je morate održavati.

(Laughter) (Applause)

(Smeh) (Aplauz)

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

Ono o čemu pričam je zapošljavanje ljudi,

and getting kids off the street, and letting them know

i sklanjanje dece sa ulica i pokazivanje

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

radosti, ponosa i časti u uzgajanju sopstvene hrane,

opening farmer's markets.

otvaranju pijaca.

So what I want to do here,

Tako da ono što želim da uradim ovde,

we gotta make this sexy.

moramo ovo napraviti da bude seksi.

So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,

Tako da želim da svi postanemo ekološki odmetnici,

gangstas, gangsta gardeners.

krimosi, krimosi baštovani.

We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.

Moramo da promenimo značenje krimosa.

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

Ako nisi baštovan, nisi krimos.

Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?

Budi krimos sa svojom lopatom, ok?

And let that be your weapon of choice.

I neka to bude oružje po tvom izboru.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

So basically, if you want to meet with me,

Tako da, ako želite da se vidite sa mnom,

you know, if you want to meet,

znate, ako želite da se vidimo,

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

nemojte me zvati ako želite da sedite u udobnim foteljama

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

i nalazite se da se dogovarate da kao radite nešto

where you talk about doing some shit.

gde pričate o tome da radite nešto.

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

Ako želite da se vidite sa mnom, dođite do bašte

with your shovel so we can plant some shit.

sa vašom lopatom kako bismo zasadili nešto.

Peace. Thank you.

Mir. Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala vam. (Aplauz)