Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere

譯者: Regina Chu 審譯者: Marssi Draw

I'm an industrial engineer.

我是工業工程師。

The goal in my life has always been to make

我畢生的目標就是

用最少的時間及資源 製造很多很多的產品。

more and more products

in the least amount of time and resources.

While working at Toyota,

在豐田汽車上班時，

all I knew was how to make cars

我只知道如何製造車子，

until I met Dr. Akira Miyawaki,

直到我遇見宮脇昭博士，

who came to our factory to make a forest in it

他到我們的工廠打造一座森林，

in order to make it carbon-neutral.

讓工廠能達到碳中和。

I was so fascinated

我非常著迷，

that I decided to learn this methodology

因此我決定去學這門方法，

by joining his team as a volunteer.

便加入他的團隊當志工。

Soon, I started making a forest

不久後，我開始造林，

in the backyard of my own house,

就造在我家後院，

and this is how it looks after three years.

這就是三年後的樣子。

These forests,

這些森林

compared to a conventional plantation,

與一般林園相比，

grow 10 times faster,

生長速度快十倍，

they're 30 times more dense,

密三十倍，

and 100 times more biodiverse.

生物多樣性高一百倍。

Within two years of having this forest in our backyard,

我們家後院有這片森林後不到兩年，

I could observe that the groundwater

我觀察到地下水

didn't dry during summers,

在夏天時不會枯竭，

the number of bird species I spotted in this area

我在這個地區看到的鳥類數目

doubled.

增加了一倍。

Quality of air became better,

空氣品質變得更好，

and we started harvesting seasonal fruits

而且我們還開始採收季節性水果，

growing effortlessly

它們毫不費力地生長在

right in the backyard of our house.

我們家的後院。

I wanted to make more of these forests.

我想造更多像這樣的森林。

I was so moved by these results

這樣的結果讓我深受感動，

that I wanted to make these forests

因此我想造更多像這樣的森林，

with the same acumen with which we make cars

用我們製造車子、寫軟體，

or write software or do any mainstream business,

或做任何主流生意 一樣的商業頭腦，

so I founded a company

所以我創辦了一家公司，

which is an end-to-end service provider

是個端對端服務供應商，

to create these native natural forests.

能夠造出這些本土種自然林。

But to make afforestation as a mainstream business

但要使造林成為 主流商業或一門工業，

or an industry, we had to standardize

我們必須標準化造林的製程。

the process of forest-making.

So we benchmarked the Toyota Production System

所以我們採用豐田生產方式，

known for its quality and efficiency

其以品質及效率著稱，

for the process of forest-making.

做為造林製程的基準，

For an example, the core of TPS,

舉例而言，TPS 的核心價值，

Toyota Production System, lies in heijunka,

即豐田生產方式的價值 在於平準化，

which is making manufacturing

就是讓不同款車

of different models of cars

on a single assembly line.

能在同一條裝配線上製造。

We replaced these cars with trees,

我們把車換成樹，

using which now we can make multi-layered forests.

現在使用這種方法， 我們就可以造出多層次的森林。

These forests utilize 100 percent vertical space.

這些森林充分利用垂直空間。

They are so dense

that one can't even walk into them.

它們非常密，

密到甚至很難讓人走進去。

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

舉個例，我們可以造 一座三百棵樹的森林

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

在小至六個停車位的空間內。

In order to reduce cost and our own carbon footprint,

為了減少成本及我們的碳足跡，

we started utilizing local biomass

我們開始利用當地的生質

as soil amender and fertilizers.

做為土壤改良物及肥料。

For example, coconut shells crushed in a machine

舉個例，椰子殼以機器粉碎後

mixed with rice straw,

與稻草混合，

powder of rice husk mixed with organic manure

稻殼粉末與有機糞肥混合，

is finally dumped in soil on which

最後倒入我們種植的

our forest is planted.

森林土壤中。

Once planted, we use grass or rice straw

一經栽植，我們就使用草或稻草

to cover the soil

覆蓋土壤，

so that all the water which goes into irrigation

因此拿來灌溉的水

doesn't get evaporated back into the atmosphere.

不會蒸發回到大氣中。

And using these simple improvisations,

使用這些簡單、隨手可得的方法

today we can make a forest

讓我們今天造林的成本

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

能跟 iPhone 一樣低。

Today, we are making forests in houses,

今天，我們在房子裡、

in schools, even in factories with the corporates.

學校裡，甚至在公司的工廠裡造林。

But that's not enough.

但這還不夠。

There is a huge number of people

有很大一批人

who want to take matters into their own hands.

想親自採取行動。

So we let it happen.

所以我們就幫他們一把。

Today, we are working on an Internet-based platform

今天，我們發展網路的商務平台，

where we are going to share our methodology

我們要在上面共享我們的方法，

on an open source

要用開放原始碼，

using which anyone and everyone

讓任何人皆可使用，

can make their own forest

而每個人都能造出自己的森林，

without our physical presence being there,

不需要我們親自到顧客所在地，

using our methodology.

用我們的方法就能辦到。

At the click of a button,

只要按一個鈕，

they can get to know all the native species

他們就能知道有哪些本土種

of their place.

在當地生長。

By installing a small hardware probe on site,

藉由安裝在現場的 一個小型硬體探針，

we can do remote soil testing,

我們就能在遠端測試土壤，

using which we can give step-by-step instructions

也能提供操作步驟，

on forest-making remotely.

遠距教導如何造林。

Also we can monitor the growth of this forest

我們還能監測森林的成長，

without being on site.

不需親臨現場。

This methodology, I believe,

我相信這門方法

has a potential.

很有潛力。

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

藉由共享，我們確實能把 本土的森林找回來。

Now, when you go back home,

現在，當你回到家，

if you see a barren piece of land,

如果你看見一塊不毛之地，

do remember that it can be a potential forest.

請記得那也可能成為一片森林。

Thank you very much. Thanks.

非常感謝。謝謝！

(Applause)

（掌聲）