The Eco-Creators Helping the Climate Through Social Media | Zahra Biabani | TED

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I recently graduated college

我剛從大學畢業

where I studied environmental science and environmental sociology.

主修環境科學與環境社會學

Now during one of my many, many finals week study breaks,

在我某一個期末考週的時候

I came across something that piqued my interest --

我看到一件引起我興趣的事

and it wasn’t something I was supposed to be studying.

它和我的課本無關

It was a survey of 10,000 young people

那是一個針對一萬個年輕人的調查

across ten different countries

調查分佈在十個不同國家

on their feelings regarding the climate crisis.

調查他們對於氣候變遷的個人感覺

A survey found that 56 percent of Gen-Zers,

其中一個調查發現 百分之 56 的 Z世代（千禧世代）

the generation that I’m a part of

我身處的一個世代

and the largest age demographic in the world,

也同時是世界上最大宗的年齡世代

believe that because of the climate crisis,

相信因為氣候變遷

humanity is doomed.

人類的未來是黑暗的

This felt like a punch in the gut.

這就像是一記重拳打在臉上

I had just spent four and a half years

我花了四年半

and tens of thousands of dollars studying these things:

以及上萬美金來研究氣候變遷

countless time organizing on and off campus

花了無數時間組織校園內外的活動

and energy getting involved with both local and national groups,

花上大量精力和地區以及國家的團體互動

yet most of my generation viewed it all as pointless.

但我們世代的大多數 認為這些努力是無意義的

Now if we look at the way that younger generations talk about the climate crisis,

如果我們聽聽年輕一輩的世代如何探討 氣候變遷

these feelings of doom and despair make sense.

他們的悲觀和絕望感是有道理的

I mean, we’re drowning in bad climate news.

我的意思是， 我們快沈沒在黑暗的氣候新聞報導中

Headline after headline detail each week’s latest catastrophe.

一個個新聞頭條細述每一週的災難

“Unprecedented” has taken on a new meaning as each day is unprecedented.

「破紀錄的」已經本質上有了新的意義， 因為每一天都是「破紀錄的」

Just count how many times you’ll probably hear it today.

數數看你今天聽到它幾次！

I gave you two ones for free right there.

你剛剛就聽到了兩次

And everything is amplified on social media

在社群媒體上，所有事情都被放大

where there’s a remarkable lack of nuance

但卻缺乏意義

and an oversupply of attention-grabbing rhetoric.

以及有過多聳動的譬喻

Many of us, including myself,

許多人，包含我自己

seem to believe that if we just share these awareness posts enough times

似乎相信我們只要分享這些貼文夠多次

that someone somewhere will finally do something about it.

那世界遠方的某個人就會做出行動

But unfortunately, Joe Biden probably doesn't follow you on Instagram,

但不幸的是，拜登應該沒有追蹤你的IG

and he doesn’t follow me either -- yet.

他也沒有追縱我的——至少還沒

I’m part of a diverse, 19-person-strong collective

我是「談談生態」 一個十九人合作的團體中的一份子

called EcoTok,

and we use social media to share nuanced climate education through infographics,

我們用社群媒體進行氣候變遷相關的教育，包含圖像

memes

迷因

and you guessed it, TikToks,

還有你能猜到的——抖音

to our collective audience of over four million people,

我們的觀眾超過四百萬人

most of whom are Gen Z and millennials.

大多數是 Z 世代以及千禧世代

And through our work,

透過我們的工作

we’ve picked up on this pattern.

我們找到了這個現象

Our comments sections are filled with people who have given up hope.

我們的留言區充滿失去希望的人

People who say they have weekly anxiety attacks

每週都會因氣候變遷而恐慌症發作的人

about the climate crisis.

Or that they don’t want to have kids anymore

或說他們不想生小孩

out of fear of adding to the suffering.

恐懼他們遭受痛苦

Or that they see no point in taking action

或者他們認為採取行動是無意義的

when the powers that stand against us are so strong.

當對面抵抗我們的力量如此強大時

Our generation and younger generations

我們的世代以及年輕的世代

need a new way of addressing the climate crisis

需要一個面對氣候變遷的新開發

that unshackles us from the cycles of doom and gloom

讓我們擺脫這個黑暗並經常造成我們不行動的循環

that so often lead to inaction,

because we cannot play a part in making change

因為我們不可能造成改變

if we do not believe that change is possible.

當我們不相信改變是可能的時

Climate denialism,

氣候變遷否決論

which for decades has been peddled by oil, gas and other big business interests,

數十年來被石化公司以及利益團體炒作

has met its rival:

但它遇到了競爭對手

climate doomism.

氣候變遷必然論

The belief that we cannot save our planet,

相信我們既然無法拯救地球

so why take action?

那為何要採取行動？

Though they differ in origin,

雖然這兩個論點來源不一樣

both have the ability to paralyze action and prevent progress.

但都會癱瘓積極行為以及脫累進展

And though things are bad,

雖然事實是黑暗的

they’re far from over.

但距離無可救藥還有一大段距離

So how do we find hope when things feel hopeless,

所以．我們要如何在事情幾乎無望時找到希望

and how do we communicate

而要如何傳達

the inextricable link between hope and action?

希望和行動之間密不可分的關係

To answer this,

要回答這個問題

let me take you back to March of 2020 --

我們先回到2020年3月

absolutely no one’s first choice of when to time travel to.

一個覺得不會有人想搭時光機回到的時間點

Many of us were quarantined in our homes,

大部分的我們都在家中隔離

people had stopped going out and socializing,

而人們不再出去以及不再社交

yet the stream and virality of bad news certainly had not stopped.

然而，壞消息卻一而再、再而三的被報導

I was finishing up my semester at home,

我在我家中，正要收尾一個學期

as well as working to move my activism online

同時，也想要在網路上傳播自己的行動主義

when I was hit, not only with COVID

但同時，我也受到打擊， 不只是武漢肺炎

but also with burnout.

也有工作上的厭倦

I began to question the efficacy of my work,

我開始懷疑我工作的成效如何

my passion for environmentalism

懷疑我對環境保護的熱忱

and the purpose in studying what I was studying.

以及我讀這些內容的目的在哪

I knew I needed something to inspire me.

我知道我需要一些事情啟發自己

I was scrolling on social media,

我正在滑社群媒體時

and I saw a friend who had been sharing positive news stories.

看到一個朋友不斷分享正面新聞故事

I paired this with the rise of feel-good dance videos that had really emerged

我把這些故事和抖音上 使人愉悅的舞蹈影片一一配對

on TikTok

and started a series called “Weekly Earth Wins.”

並且開創了一個節目 叫做「每週地球的小勝利」

Here's a look at one of those videos.

來看看其中一個影片

(Music)

（音樂）

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

So at first this felt really, really silly.

一開始，這聽起來非常-非常的愚蠢

I mean, what did dancing have to do with climate action?

舞蹈到底和氣候變遷行動有什麼關聯性？

And what good was sharing good news when everything felt so bad?

此外，在外界事物都如此悲慘的情形下， 分享這些好的新聞有什麼用處？

But then I began to receive people's feedback.

但接著，我收到一些觀眾的回覆

People told me

他們告訴我

that these videos really helped mitigate their climate anxiety,

這些影片真的幫助他們克服氣候變遷恐慌症

that they looked forward to these videos week after week

他們也十分期待下一個星期的這個系列

and that these videos helped turn their anger and anxiety into action.

而且這些影集幫助他們化憤怒及焦慮為力量

So I continued making them.

所以，我決心積極做這些影片

And in the process of finding good news stories to share,

在不停尋找好的新聞故事分享時，

I began to pick up on trends.

我的影片開始上的熱門排行

Week after week,

一週過了一週，

institutions were divesting from fossil fuels.

投資者不再投資石化企業

Week after week,

一週過了一週

land was given back to Indigenous communities.

土地被規劃回原住民團體

And week after week,

一週過了一週

states were implementing renewable energy standards.

國家開始實施新的綠能標準與計畫

I never overlooked the scientific projections or data,

我從未過度解讀科學的預測與數據

but rather tuned in

反而時時收聽新聞

to the hard-to-find good news stories

尋找難以找到的樂觀新聞故事

and examples of successful on-the-ground work.

以及成功實際實踐處理氣候變遷的例子

And in the process,

在這途中，

I uncovered the framework that I had been yearning for:

我發現了我長期渴望的理論觀點

climate optimism.

氣候變遷樂觀論

Climate optimism is a framework based on the idea

氣候樂觀論的架構是 基於

that despite the bleak projections and the high stakes,

儘管預測結果悲觀、 行動代價巨大

we can restore our planet back to health,

我們可以讓地球恢復健康

and in doing so,

在此同時

protect all that inhabit it.

保護地球上所有的生物

Climate optimism is what gives us hope when things feel hopeless,

氣候樂觀論在我們已經感到無望時給我們希望

is what sustains us in our pursuit of sustainability

支持著我們朝永續發展前進

and is what fuels us in the uphill battle of transitioning away from fossil fuels.

也在我們遠離石化燃料的路上給我們動力

It’s also what gives us the energy to continue fighting for our successes.

他也給了持續為成功奮鬥的能量

Virtually, the zero-emissions energy source that nobody talks about.

實質上，也就是零碳排的 目標，雖然幾乎很少人談到

So in this process,

在此途中，

I realize also that climate optimism is not for everybody.

我也意識到氣候變遷樂觀論不見得討好每個人

Climate optimism is not for politicians who have stalled on action

氣候變遷樂觀論不討好 那些光說不做的政治家

or corporations who have incessantly pursued profits over people.

或那些追求利益 而不重視人的企業

To them, my message is clear:

對他們，我的呼籲是

listen to science and act now.

聆聽科學的數據 立即行動！

Stop failing the citizens and people that you have a duty to serve.

不要再讓那些你應服務的人民失望

Rather, climate optimism is for those of us here today ...

反過來說，氣候變遷樂觀論是給 今天坐在這裡的我們

that have dedicated our lives

給那些奉獻精力

to fighting the greatest battle of our time.

打這場當今最巨大的戰爭（氣候變遷） 的人們

But also to the part-time activists:

也獻給兼職的行動主義者

those who do what they can, when they can.

他們在自己可以行動時就付諸行動

And perhaps most significantly,

最重要的，

to the marginalized communities and people in the Global South,

也獻給南半球長期被忽略的社群們

who frankly don’t have time to get stuck in the cycles of doom and gloom.

坦白來說，他們大可不必陷在黑暗的循環思考之中

The need for climate optimism has never been more urgent.

氣候變遷樂觀論的需要從來沒有如此緊急過

If we limit our vision of the future to one filled with oil rigs,

如果我們限縮我們的未來， 在一個充滿石油鑽台

smokestacks

大煙囪

and suffering,

以及苦難的未來

we limit our capacity

我們限制了自己的潛能

and shirk our duty to change the course of humanity for the better.

也逃避了自己打造全人類美好的未來的責任

By looking for good and working towards the good,

在正面思考、朝美好的目標前進的同時，

we empower ourselves to be agents of good

我們賦予自身成為神的使者的力量

in the fight for the future that we deserve.

試圖搶得這場我們應得的美好未來

The alternative --

另一種思考方式——

giving up hope --

放棄希望——

only relinquishes power

只是交出權力

into the very entities that have gotten us into this mess.

把權力給那些讓我們陷入這個慘案的組織

Luckily, I’m not alone in championing this movement.

所幸的是，我並非倡導此運動的唯一人

My friends at EcoTok provide a great example

我在「談談環境」的朋友們給了極佳的支持

of a diverse set of backgrounds,

他們來自不同的背景

experiences

有著不同的經驗

and voices coming together to encourage this generation and the next.

但在此一同合作，鼓勵一代又一代的新世代

Here's a look at some of our work.

來看看一些我們的成品

(Video) Doria Brown: Canada is banning six types of plastics.

（影片）Doris Brown：加拿大將禁止六種不同的塑膠

The plastics include grocery bags,

這些塑膠包含購物袋

stir sticks,

攪拌棒

six-pack rings,

飲料包裝塑膠環

reusable food containers,

可回收性食物容器

straws and utensils.

吸管以及餐具

Now hopefully they put some systems in place

現在，希望他們可以設置一些新的制度

for some people who need those things for accessibility purposes,

讓有些需要這些生活必需品的人們找到替代方案

but this is a step in the right direction,

但這已經是朝正確的方向前進了

and I’m excited.

而我也感到很興奮

Gabrielle Langhorn: From desertification to bountiful vegetation,

Gabrielle Longhorn: 從沙漠化的土地改造成種滿植物

a community in Cearà, Brazil has been able to rehabilitate their landscape

一個位於巴西賽阿拉州的社區成功翻新地貌

using amazing collective action and funding from FUNCEME.

利用來自 FUNCEME 的集體行動以及集資

Water is flowing,

水在流動

crops are growing

穀物在成長

and you can truly see a difference.

你可以真實看見改變

(Music)

（音樂）

Carissa Cabrera: [Good Blue News!!]

Carissa Cabrera: [好消息！]

[The endangered Hawaiian Monk seal population is up to ...

[瀕臨絕種的夏威夷僧海豹的豹口數來到…]

over 1,500!]

[超過 1500！]

[This is the highest it’s been in decades!]

[這是近十年以來最高的數目]

Henry Ferland: Welcome back, it is me, Trash Boy.

Henry Ferland：歡迎回來，這是我，垃圾男孩

Every time I step outside I see trash and litter on the ground, and I hate it!

每當我在戶外看到垃圾以及廢棄物時，我覺得超討厭的！

So let’s clean some up!

所以，來清理一下吧！

I got my trash bag and gloves, let’s go.

我拿了我們垃圾袋以及手套，一起來吧

One, two, three, four, five.

ㄧ、二、三、四、五

And all this trash in this grate, too.

還有所有在這個水溝蓋旁的垃圾

Much better.

好多了

Storm grates like that is exactly how trash enters the ocean,

這些水溝蓋正是垃圾進入海洋的方式

and we don’t want that.

我們不想要他發生

There are already over 5.25 trillion pieces of trash in our oceans.

我們的海洋中已經有超過 5.25 兆件垃圾

Let’s not let in any more.

我們不要再讓垃圾進來了

(Applause and cheers)

（鼓掌與歡呼聲）

ZB: We’re not naive.

講者：我們不是天真

We know the details and the data

我們知道所有的細節以及資料

that speak to the devastation of the climate crisis

陳述氣候變遷的毀滅性傷害 熟悉得瞭若指掌

like the back of our hands

because it's our future to inherit.

因為這將是我們的未來

But we also know that the future we deserve cannot be built

但我們也知道，我們的未來沒辦法建造於

on the unstable foundations of fear and anxiety.

恐懼與焦慮的基礎上

It must be built

它必須跟基於

with one of the few infinite resources that we have on this finite planet:

在這個有限的星球上少數無限的資源：

hope.

希望

So we choose climate optimism.

所以，我們選擇氣候變遷樂觀主義

We choose to fight for the future that we deserve.

我們選擇為我們應得到的未來奮鬥

And I hope you will, too.

我也希望你 也會

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

（掌聲）