Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere

翻译人员: Ying Yang 校对人员: Pat Lee

I'm an industrial engineer.

我是一个工业工程师。

The goal in my life has always been to make

在我的生命中一直追求的目标，

more and more products

是用最少的时间和资源，

in the least amount of time and resources.

做出更多的产品。

While working at Toyota,

当我刚在丰田工作时，

all I knew was how to make cars

我只知道如何制造汽车，

until I met Dr. Akira Miyawaki,

直到我遇到了宫胁昭博士。

who came to our factory to make a forest in it

他为了使碳中性，

在我们的工厂里建造了一个森林。

in order to make it carbon-neutral.

I was so fascinated

我对此十分着迷。

that I decided to learn this methodology

因此我决定去学这门方法，

by joining his team as a volunteer.

便加入他的团队当志工。

Soon, I started making a forest

不久後，我开始造林，

in the backyard of my own house,

就造在我家後院。

and this is how it looks after three years.

这就是三年後的样子。

These forests,

这些森林比常规的种植园，

compared to a conventional plantation,

grow 10 times faster,

生长速度快十倍。

they're 30 times more dense,

他们比一般的森林更密集30倍，

and 100 times more biodiverse.

生物多样性高一百倍。

Within two years of having this forest in our backyard,

2年了，有了这个森林在我们的后院。

I could observe that the groundwater

在夏天时我可以观察到，

didn't dry during summers,

地下水并没有干涸。

the number of bird species I spotted in this area

我观察到鸟类在这个区域，

doubled.

数量翻了一倍。

Quality of air became better,

空气的质量变得更好了。

and we started harvesting seasonal fruits

而且我们还开始采收时令水果，

growing effortlessly

在我们家的后院里。

right in the backyard of our house.

I wanted to make more of these forests.

我想要造更多这种样子的森林，

I was so moved by these results

我被这些数据深深地感动了。

that I wanted to make these forests

我想要去建造这些森林，

with the same acumen with which we make cars

以我们造汽车，或者编写软件，

or write software or do any mainstream business,

或做任何主流业务相同的速度。

so I founded a company

所以我創辦了一家公司，

which is an end-to-end service provider

一家为了建造这些原始森林，

to create these native natural forests.

而提供整套植树造林服务的公司。

But to make afforestation as a mainstream business

但是，把使植树造林作为主流业务

or an industry, we had to standardize

或者一个行业，

我们必须规范造林决策的整个过程。

the process of forest-making.

So we benchmarked the Toyota Production System

因此，我们按照丰田生产系统。

known for its quality and efficiency

这个系统的高质量和高效率被人熟知，

for the process of forest-making.

去做造林决策。

For an example, the core of TPS,

举个列子：TPS的核心，丰田生产系统，

Toyota Production System, lies in heijunka,

就在于均衡化。

which is making manufacturing

使其能在一条流水线上，

of different models of cars

生产不同样式的汽车。

on a single assembly line.

We replaced these cars with trees,

我们的树木取代了这些车，

using which now we can make multi-layered forests.

用的是如今我们造出多层次的森林。

These forests utilize 100 percent vertical space.

这些森林占了100%的空间，

They are so dense

that one can't even walk into them.

它们非常的密集，

甚至都不够一个人走过去。

For an example, we can make a 300-tree forest

比如，我们可以造一座300棵树的森林，

in an area as small as the parking spaces of six cars.

在小至六个停车位的空间内。

In order to reduce cost and our own carbon footprint,

为了降低成本和我们自己的碳足迹，

we started utilizing local biomass

我们开始利用当地生物质，

as soil amender and fertilizers.

作为改变土壤的肥料。

For example, coconut shells crushed in a machine

例如：把椰子壳在一个机器里碾碎，

mixed with rice straw,

与稻草混合起来，

powder of rice husk mixed with organic manure

稻壳粉与有机肥混合，

is finally dumped in soil on which

最后倒到我们要造林的土壤上。

our forest is planted.

Once planted, we use grass or rice straw

种好之后，

我们把草和稻草铺盖在土壤上。

to cover the soil

so that all the water which goes into irrigation

这样做的话，

用于灌溉的水就不会蒸发掉。

doesn't get evaporated back into the atmosphere.

And using these simple improvisations,

就是用了这些简单的创意，

today we can make a forest

今天我们才能造出一个森林，

for a cost as low as the cost of an iPhone.

只花比买一个iPhone还少的钱。

Today, we are making forests in houses,

今天，我们在家里造森林。

in schools, even in factories with the corporates.

在学校里

甚至工厂里。

But that's not enough.

但是这些还不够，

There is a huge number of people

有一大推人，

who want to take matters into their own hands.

想要自己动手造森林。

So we let it happen.

所以，我们就帮助他们造林。

Today, we are working on an Internet-based platform

今天，我们正在研究一个基于互联网的平台。

where we are going to share our methodology

用于开放分享我们造林的秘方，

on an open source

using which anyone and everyone

用于让任何一个人，

can make their own forest

创造他们自己的森林，

without our physical presence being there,

不用我们的协助，

using our methodology.

或是用我们的方法。

At the click of a button,

只需点一下按钮，

they can get to know all the native species

人们就能知道，

of their place.

所有在他们那一块地里的生物。

By installing a small hardware probe on site,

通过在网站上安装一个小的硬件探针，

we can do remote soil testing,

我们可以远程测试土壤，

using which we can give step-by-step instructions

用来给予一步步的操作指南，

on forest-making remotely.

去远程制造森林。

Also we can monitor the growth of this forest

而且，我们可以不去现场，

without being on site.

就能监控观察森林的成长。

This methodology, I believe,

我相信，这个方法很有潜力。

has a potential.

By sharing, we can actually bring back our native forests.

通过分享，我们实际上

可以找回我们的原始森林。

Now, when you go back home,

现在，当你回到家时。

if you see a barren piece of land,

如果你看到一片荒地，

do remember that it can be a potential forest.

请记住，它可以变成一个潜在的森林。

Thank you very much. Thanks.

非常感谢大家，谢谢。

(Applause)

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