Love, sorrow and the emotions that power climate action | Knut Ivar Bjørlykhaug

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翻译人员: Lexi Ding 校对人员: Yu Xie

Picture one of your favorite spots in nature, a place you love.

想象一下你最喜欢的自然景色， 一个你喜爱的地方。

Maybe you're heading for this spot after a stressful day at work,

在生活不如意时会前往的地方 比如结束了一天紧张的工作，

maybe you're worrying about your economy,

比如正忧虑着自己的经济状况时，

maybe you had an argument or fight with your friend or worse --

比如和朋友起了争执或打了一架， 或者比这更糟糕——

you lost somebody you loved.

你失去了所爱之人时。

You are heading to this specific space, maybe close to home,

你前去的这个特别地方， 可能就在家附近，

to find some comfort.

去那里寻求慰藉。

Whatever and wherever it is, most of us tend to search nature

无论原因、无论地点， 大多数人都倾向于到大自然中

to play or to get some relief, purpose and perspective.

去放松或者寻找安慰、 目标或观点。

These spaces for potential peace are now proving to be more important than ever

这些能够给予我们宁静的空间 显得更加重要，

during the pandemic.

尤其在疫情期间。

Often we are surprised by some kind of natural phenomenon and magic

我们经常会惊异于某种 自然现象或奇观

when we're in nature.

当我们身处于自然时。

Maybe an eagle suddenly flies over your head,

或是一只雄鹰忽然 掠过头顶，

a fish nips at your toes,

或是游鱼轻咬趾尖，

or a sparrow approaches your bench with a tilted head

或是一只麻雀歪着头挪近 自己所在的长凳

and a look that says, "Please share some of your bread with us."

它的表情好像在说，“请把你的面包 分给我们一点儿吧。”

This is me, my dad and grandmother, Signe.

这是我、我爸爸和祖母西涅。

And this is where I come from, the west coast of Norway.

这是我的家乡， 挪威的西海岸。

Most of the time in my childhood,

我大部分的童年时光，

I spent in this yellow boat, with my dad.

都在这艘黄色小船上，和爸爸一起度过。

He was a wildling in many ways, my dad,

在很多方面，我爸爸都像个野人，

and he gave me the possibility to learn from nature

他给了我从自然中学习

and connect with it,

以及与自然建立联系的可能，

especially the ocean and the seabirds.

尤其是和海洋以及海鸟。

So when I'm close to these elements, I really feel like home-home;

所以当我接近这些自然元素时， 我真的感觉像在家里一样；

I feel connected.

我感到与它们联系在一起。

Now, picture that the place you love,

现在，想象一下你会喜欢的地方，

that sacred place where you can feel more at ease

那个最能使你放松的 神圣之地

and sometimes maybe find peace

但有的时候这个宁静的地方

is in some way broken

在某种程度上遭到了破坏

or even worse -- gone.

甚至更糟糕——已经消失了。

What if this place -- for example, your favorite bay to swim in --

如果这个地方——比如说， 你最喜欢去游泳的海湾——

which has always been there for you

那个永远都在那里等候你的海湾

now is polluted,

如今被污染了，

full of oil,

它满是油污，

dead birds everywhere.

飘满了鸟类的尸体。

Or the steady mountain, now hijacked by big machines and greedy industry.

再比如巍峨的山峰，如今却被 大型机器和贪婪的工业所劫持。

Well, it is not about imagination anymore.

其实，这些并不在局限于想象了。

The destruction of nature and wildlife is real.

自然和野生生物所遭受的破坏 是真实存在着的。

It's been real for a good while.

已经存在很久了。

And our homes that we share with other life forms

而我们与其他生物 共享的家园

are getting destroyed in the name of progress.

如今也在以发展之名 遭受着破坏。

A couple of years ago, I met a Norwegian philosopher, Arne Johan Vetlesen,

几年前，我遇到了挪威哲学家 Arne Johan Vetlesen，

after reading one of his books, called "The Denial of Nature."

那是在读完他的那本 “The Denial of Nature”之后。

We quickly found that we share this common love and fascination for nature,

我们很快发现彼此都 有着对自然的喜爱和着迷，

a love that we can call "ecological love."

我们把那种爱称为“生态之爱”。

We talked about our connection to our homes

我们谈论着 与家庭的联系

and the love for our surrounding environments:

和对周围 环境的热爱：

for him, the forests in the southeastern parts of Norway,

他家周围， 是挪威东南部的森林，

with the beautiful and mysterious owls;

那里有美丽且神秘的猫头鹰；

and for me, the bird island and mountain Runde

而我家周围， 是鸟岛和润德山

on the west coast of Norway.

它们位于挪威的西海岸。

I said to him that in some strange way,

我跟他说，很奇怪，

I sometimes feel like and identify with the puffin bird,

我有时感觉自己像 而且认为自己就是一只海鹦，

maybe because I kind of always have been dreaming about having the ability to fly.

也许是因为我总 幻想自己会飞。

So it must be love,

所以这一定是出于爱，

most likely not mutual.

这种爱可能并不是双向的。

In the forest close to Arne Johan's house, the owls are now gone

在Arne Johan家附近的森林里， 猫头鹰们现在不见了

because of deforestation.

因为滥砍滥伐。

The bird island that I love, the island of Runde,

我深爱的鸟岛， 润德岛，

now has bird nests full of plastic,

如今鸟巢里装满了塑料，

and climate change is confusing the wildlife.

气候变化搞得野生动植物们晕头转向。

This has a devastating impact on the nearly 500,000 bird inhabitants --

而这对栖息在那里的 约50万只鸟造成了毁灭性的影响——

500,000.

500,000只。

Their numbers are now decreasing.

它们的数量正在减少。

Most of the birds there are listed as endangered.

那里的大多数鸟类 被列为濒危等级。

So we explored our own sorrow and pain, Arne Johan and me,

所以Arne Johan和我， 一起分享了自己的悲伤和痛苦，

and discovered that many people in various cultural contexts

发现许多 不同文化背景的人

and in different ways

通过不同的形式

feel a complicated form of loss and mourning,

都在感受着一种 夹杂着损失和悼念，

ecological sorrow, love sorrow.

生态的悲伤，热爱的悲伤复杂的情绪。

We mourn and suffer with nature.

我们追悼自然，与自然一同遭受苦难。

Life forms that we in many ways have taken for granted and, as we know, exploited,

大家知道，我们习以为常 并进行着压榨的物种们，

are now facing extinction at a rate that is insane.

如今正面临着极快速的灭绝。

Since the early 1970s until today, 2020,

自20世纪70年代至2020年，

the world’s wildlife has been reduced by 68 percent.

全球野生动植物 数量已减少68%。

And the latest UN nature panel report warns

最新的英国自然 专家组报告警告

that we human beings are continuing to kill all nonhuman living beings

人类正在一步步 无休止地

systematically.

残害着一切非人类生物。

We really need to start listening to what nature is trying to tell us

我们真该听一听自然 对我们说的话了

and what we are doing to ourselves as well.

真该看看我们都 对自己做了什么。

We need to make a shift from natural-born killers

我们要从 自然杀手

to natural-born lovers,

转变为自然爱好者，

and we need to critically challenge what future Green Deals should consist of.

我们必须极度严谨地弄清楚 未来的绿色交易应该包含什么。

Because unfortunately,

因为不幸的是，

some of the prospective solutions to the climate crisis

一些前瞻性的气候危机 解决方案

also can destroy nature.

同样会摧毁大自然。

Protecting and respecting nature

保护和尊重自然

is one of the most radical and important climate actions we do.

是我们能够采取的最根本 且最重要的气候行动之一。

Most of us have felt that love is both amazing

大多数人已经感知到 那种爱既奇妙

and sometimes a bit complicated.

有时又有点儿复杂。

We also know that sorrow is deeply connected to our ability to love

我们也知道悲伤与爱

and to care for other beings.

与呵护其他生物的能力息息相关。

So I argue, alongside others,

所以我，与其他人一道倡议，

that we should feel more actively in our relationship with other life forms.

我们要认识到人类 与其他生物休戚与共。

When nature is being destroyed --

当自然遭受破坏——

the steady mountain, your favorite swimming spot,

巍峨的山峰， 最爱的游泳地点，

the forest and all its inhabitants --

森林以及栖息在此的生灵们——

it seems quite natural that we feel emotional pain.

想到这些，很自然地， 在情感上我们会感到痛苦。

Doesn't it?

不是吗？

How does the destruction affect our mental health?

那么这种对自然的破坏 如何影响我们的心理健康呢？

Ecological sorrow is indeed a complicated form of mourning.

生态悲伤其实是一种复杂的伤痛。

Maybe it gets more complicated because we need to acknowledge

也许它变得更复杂了， 因为我们需要知道，

that we, as we live today, are the problem -- human beings,

在当今社会，我们人类， 才是问题根源，

our constant craving for more, stimulated by a political system

受一种政治体系的刺激 我们想要更多

that does not act to protect our fundamental home,

这种体系不是用来 保护我们赖以生存的家园，

a system that disconnects us from nature, the soil, the forest,

反而是将我们 与自然、土壤、森林、

the ocean, the air.

海洋、空气隔绝开来。

We fail to protect all other forms of wildlife

我们没有保护 野生生物

that we share this magnificent and sometimes awful planet with.

它们与我们共享这颗壮丽 有时却糟糕的星球。

So our lack of respect for the other-than-human

我们缺乏对其他 非人类生物的敬畏

is also a lack of respect for humankind.

同样也是缺乏对人类本身的敬畏之心。

Look at this.

看看这个，

It's just ...

真是......

heartbreaking.

令人心碎。

It really breaks my heart that we cannot stop our destruction.

人类无法停止破坏 真的令我伤心。

So what's the point, talking about this?

我之所以说这些，是想表达什么呢？

Why should we try even harder to explore and understand

为什么我们要更努力地 探索和理解

this complicated love story and relationship with nature?

复杂的自然之爱， 以及人与自然的关系？

Why is this at least equally important as big tech solutions?

为什么这一点和大型的 科技解决方案同等重要？

Well, it does not help anybody to get stuck in the sorrow and sadness.

确实，它不能对陷入忧愁 与感伤之中的人们提供帮助。

But I believe we need to make room for this sorrow, this pain

但我认为需要给这种悲伤 和这种痛苦留出空间

to make room for our vulnerability

给我们的脆弱留出空间

to make room for all the complicated feelings

给与当下的自然和气候危机相关的

related to the ongoing nature and climate crisis,

一切复杂的情感留出空间，

because this room potentially also creates an opportunity to act.

因为这个空间可能 会创造出行动的机会。

Because we can't ignore it.

因为我们不能忽视它。

We need to talk about it and share our stories.

我们需要谈论它， 需要分享各自的故事。

Accepting and understanding my feelings

接受并理解我的感情

helps me to overcome some of the pain and to not get stuck in depression.

帮我消除了一些痛苦， 让我不再陷入抑郁之中。

And it helps me to connect with others that feel sad and angry

它还帮我与其他因 所爱之物被毁坏

because what they love is being destroyed.

而感到难过气愤的人 取得联系。

Understanding our emotional and physical reactions better

更好地理解我们的 情感和身体反应

can create the opportunity to reclaim the fact that we are a part of nature,

能够创造机会使我们重新认识到 我们是大自然的一份子这个事实

not apart from nature, to quote the famous Sir David Attenborough.

正如David Attenborough爵士所说， 我们与自然并不遥远。

And just look at what Greta Thunberg is doing.

我们可以看看 Greta Thunberg正在做的事情。

She took her sorrow and depression and transformed it to powerful action,

她把悲伤抑郁转 化为了强大的行动，

actions that engage and resonate in people in an exceptional way.

她的行动以一种特殊的方式 吸引着人们，并引发人们的共鸣。

However, it is likely that we will experience more loss.

然而，很可能我们 还会经历更多的损失。

I sometimes get this question:

我有时会被问到这个问题：

What can we do with our ecological love and sorrow?

我们能用生态热爱和 生态悲伤做什么呢？

And why should we do anything?

以及我们为什么要做出行动？

Why should we care to continue at all if our land is lost and gone?

如果我们的陆地在消失而且会消亡， 我们为什么还要继续呢？

This is a hard reality.

现实很残酷。

Some people commit suicide because of climate change

有人自杀可能 源自于气候变化

and destruction of their homes.

和家园的破坏。

Some get killed protecting their home and forests.

有人为保护自己的 家园和森林而遇害。

Once again, the most vulnerable are being affected the most,

再一次，最易受伤害的群体 正遭受着最严重的影响，

for example, First Nation people and climate refugees.

比如，原住民 和气候难民。

I believe there is still some hope that we can come together,

我仍然心存希望 我们能够携起手来，

that we preserve nature so that future generations can coexist with and enjoy

保护自然这样后代们 就可以和平共处

what this planet has to offer.

享受这颗星球提供的一切。

We can use our feelings towards the natural world

我们能以一种 更具建设性的方式

in a more constructive way,

利用我们对自然的感情，

alongside the knowledge and technology that helps us rewild nature.

以及知识和科学技术， 使大自然回归本来面貌。

We can have a positive function in the ecosystem.

我们能在生态系统中 发挥积极的作用。

I can only speak for myself,

我仅能代表自己发声，

even though I know I share this perspective and these feelings with many.

即使我和许多人 分享了这个观点和这些情感。

But the deepest meaning for me in this weird life

但对我来说，这怪异人生 最深层的意义

is to feel connected with all human and nonhuman life

就是与所有人类和 非人类建立联系

and to try to be supportive on behalf of life.

并尝试以生命的名义 提供支持。

Although it's difficult to see and feel any hope,

尽管很难看到 或感受到任何希望，

I believe that it will be in our actions that we will find hope and meaning.

但我相信行动会 带来希望与意义。

We have possibilities to plant seeds and start a garden

我们可以种下一粒种子， 开辟一座花园

to create a small impact where we are in our local communities;

给我们社区带来 一点点影响

possibilities to reclaim the soil

可以开垦土地

that our bodies someday, like it or not, are heading for;

不论喜欢与否， 某天我们的肉身总要入土为安；

possibilities to protest;

可以参加抗议；

possibilities to take our love, rage and sorrow on behalf of our homes

可以带着爱、愤怒和悲伤， 代表我们的家庭

and the planet

和这颗星球

to local.

去往家乡。

And although we feel the sadness and the sorrow in our bones,

而且尽管我们感受着 骨子里的悲伤，

we should remember that this feeling is in many ways collective,

我们要记得这种感情 在很多方面是人类共有的，

that this sorrow takes deep roots in our collective unconscious.

这种悲伤深植于我们 共同的潜意识中。

To prevent a public health disaster,

要阻止一场公共健康灾难，

a continuing wave of collective loss and sorrow,

一种持续的共同的损失 和悲伤浪潮，

we need to acknowledge our feelings to understand where they come from

我们要认识我们的情感， 理解它们从何而来

and start protecting our ecological home.

并开始保护我们的生态家园。

I argue that it's OK to be sad, angry, depressed.

我认为悲伤、气愤、沮丧 都没关系。

Believe me, you're not alone.

相信我，你不是一个人。

Ecological love, sorrow and rage can work as resistance.

生态之爱、悲伤和愤怒 可以成为抵抗力。

Our stories can work as resistance.

我们的故事可以成为抵抗力。

And together, we can transform our love and sorrow to powerful actions

携起手来，我们能够把爱 与悲伤转化为强大的行动

in the name of protecting nature and each other,

以保护自然和 彼此的名义，

in the name of changing a destructive system.

以改变这个破坏性 的系统的名义。

My fellow political animals: engage and organize

政治家同胞们： 参与进来，组织起来

and plant those seeds.

种下那些种子。

I mean, it's amazing to follow the will of life.

我认为，遵循生命 的意志是如此的美妙。

So let's go out there and try to create communities of hope despite all odds,

所以尽管困难重重，让我们行动 起来创建充满希望的社区，

like tender dandelions breaking through asphalt.

就像纤弱的蒲公英 也可以钻破沥青。

Let's be vulnerable and strong

我们即使脆弱却也坚强

and rebel for life.

一起为生命抗争。

That's all I have.

我的演讲到此结束。