John Hardy: My green school dream

譯者: Adrienne Lin 審譯者: Geoff Chen

I grew up

我在

in a very small village in Canada,

加拿大的一個小村子長大

and I'm an undiagnosed

我是個未被診斷出的

dyslexic.

閱讀障礙症患者

I had a really hard time in school.

我在學校很不快樂

In fact, my mother told me eventually

事實上，我媽後來告訴我

that I was the little kid in the village

我是村子裡大家都知道

who cried all the way to school.

整路哭著上學的小孩

I ran away.

我後來離開了

I left when I was 25 years old to go to Bali,

我25歲的時候到了峇里島

and there I met my incredible wife, Cynthia,

並在那遇到我的妻子 Cynthia

and together, over 20 years,

在一起超過20年的時間

we built an amazing jewelry business.

我們開創出成功的珠寶事業

It was a fairy tale, and then we retired.

好像童話故事一樣，後來我們退休了

Then she took me to see a film

然後她帶我去看一部電影

that I really didn't want to see.

我本來不想看的

It ruined my life --

那電影毀了我

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

"The Inconvenient Truth" and Mr. Gore.

《不願面對的真相》和高爾先生毀了我

I have four kids,

我有四個孩子

and even if part of what he says is true,

即使他所講的只有一部份會成真

they're not going to have the life that I had.

我的孩子也不會有我曾擁有的

And I decided at that moment

所以我當下就決定

that I would spend the rest of my life

要用我剩下來的時間

doing whatever I could

盡可能的做些

to improve their possibilities.

能改變他們的未來的事

So here's the world,

這是地球

and here we are in Bali.

這是我們所在的峇里島

It's a tiny, little island --

是個小小島

60 miles by 90 miles.

面積5632平方公里

It has an intact Hindu culture.

崇拜印度文化

Cynthia and I were there.

Cynthia和我住在那

We had had a wonderful life there,

我們在那裡過著美好生活

and we decided to do something unusual.

後來決定做些與眾不同的事

We decided to give back

我們決定

locally.

回饋當地

And here it is: it's called the Green School.

就是這兒了，綠色學校

I know it doesn't look like a school,

我知道看起來不像個學校

but it is something we decided to do,

但這就是我們決定要做的事

and it is extremely,

而它非常

extremely green.

非常環保

The classrooms have no walls.

教室沒有牆

The teacher is writing on a bamboo blackboard.

黑板是竹子做的

The desks are not square.

桌子不是方的

At Green School, the children are smiling --

綠色學校的每個孩子都微笑著

an unusual thing for school, especially for me.

這對一間學校來說是多麼不尋常的

And we practice holism.

我們以全人教育(holism)為宗旨

And for me it's just the idea

對我來說，這概念就是

that, if this little girl

如果這個小女孩

graduates as a whole person,

畢業的時候有健全人格

chances are

那麼

she'll demand a whole world --

全世界

a whole world --

整個世界

to live on.

就會在她腳下

Our children spend 181 days

我們的孩子有181天的時間

going to school in a box.

在方形教室裡上課

The people that built my school

學校的建築師們

also built the prison and the insane asylum

也是用一樣的素材

out of the same materials.

建造出監獄、瘋人院的人

So if this gentleman

如果這個人

had had a holistic education,

接受的是全人教育

would he be sitting there?

那他還會坐在這狹小辦公室嗎？

Would he have had more possibilities in his life?

他的人生是否會多了更多可能性？

The classrooms have natural light.

教室都是自然光

They're beautiful. They're bamboo.

非常美麗，都是竹子做的

The breeze passes through them.

微風輕輕吹過

And when the natural breeze isn't enough,

如果微風還不夠涼

the kids deploy bubbles,

孩子們會做出泡泡

but not the kind of bubbles you know.

並非你想的那種泡泡

These bubbles are made from natural cotton

這些泡泡的材料是天然棉

and rubber from the rubber tree.

和橡膠樹提煉出的橡膠

So we basically turned the box

我以我們把方形教室

into a bubble.

變成圓的

And these kids know

這些孩子們都知道

that painless climate control

他們未來的氣候控制

may not be

也許不會是

part of their future.

這麼輕鬆

We pay the bill at the end of the month,

我們雖然每月底付帳單

but the people that are really going to pay the bill

但真正要付出代價的

are our grandchildren.

是我們的子孫

We have to teach the kids

我們必須教導孩子

that the world is not indestructible.

世界並非堅固不摧的

These kids did a little graffiti on their desks,

這些孩子們在桌上塗鴉

and then they signed up for two extra courses.

然後就登記了兩門額外課程

The first one was called sanding

一門是磨光課

and the second one was called re-waxing.

一門是重新打蠟課

But since that happened,

正因為這樣

they own those desks.

桌子變成為他們的

They know they can control their world.

他們知道自己有能力控制自己的小世界

We're on the grid. We're not proud of it.

我們也需要用電，這點實在很慚愧

But an amazing alternative energy company in Paris

但巴黎有間替代能源公司

is taking us off the grid with solar.

提供了我們太陽能發電

And this thing

這東西

is the second vortex to be built in the world,

是世界第二大的人造渦旋

in a two-and-a-half meter drop on a river.

250公尺的規模建於河上

When the turbine drops in,

等渦輪開始運作

it will produce 8,000 watts of electricity,

可以產生出八千瓦特的電力

day and night.

日夜不分

And you know what these are.

你們知道這是什麼

There's nowhere to flush.

沒有沖水的地方

And as long as we're taking our waste

如果我們的排泄物都需要

and mixing it with a huge amount of water --

用水沖掉的話，那所需水量

you're all really smart, just do the math.

各位都很聰明，自己算算

How many people times how much water.

多少人乘以所需水量

There isn't enough water.

這樣水是不夠的

These are compost toilets,

這些是堆肥式馬桶

and nobody at the school wanted to know about them,

學校沒人想了解它們

especially the principal.

特別是校長

And they work. People use them. People are okay.

它們能用、也有人用

It's something you should think about doing.

各位可以考慮使用

Not many things didn't work.

也不是很多東西都壞掉

The beautiful canvas and rubber skylights

美麗的帆布與橡膠天窗

got eaten by the sun in six months.

半年內就會被陽光侵蝕

We had to replace them with recyclable plastic.

我們必須用可回收的塑膠做更換

The teachers dragged giant PVC whiteboards

老師們將PVC (塑料製品的原料) 白板

into the classrooms.

帶進教室

So we had some good ideas:

我們有些好主意

we took old automobile windshields, put paper behind them

用舊車的擋風板，後面放上白紙

and created the first alternative

就弄出史上第一個

to the whiteboard.

替代白板

Green School sits in south-central Bali,

綠色學校坐落於峇里島中南部

and it's on 20 acres

在20英畝的

of rolling garden.

綠地之上

There's an amazing river traveling through it,

有條美麗的河，流過校園

and you can see there

如你所看到的

how we manage to get across the river.

這是我們造的橋

I met a father the other day; he looked a little crazed.

我前幾天遇到一位父親，看起來很激動

I said, "Welcome to Green School."

我說：「歡迎來到綠色學校」

He said, "I've been on an airplane for 24 hours."

他說：「我搭了24小時的飛機」

I asked him, "Why?"

我問：「為什麼？」

He said, "I had a dream once about a green school,

他回答：「我有次夢到綠色學校」

and I saw a picture of this green school,

「然後就看到你們這間學校」

I got on an airplane.

「就直接搭上飛機了」

In August I'm bringing my sons."

「八月時我要帶我兒子們過來」

This was a great thing.

這真的很棒

But more than that,

更棒的是

people are building green houses around Green School,

當地人在綠色學校四周建起綠色房屋

so their kids can walk to school on the paths.

孩子們可以步著小道上學

And people are bringing their green industries,

當地人將環保工業帶進來

hopefully their green restaurants,

和綠色環保餐廳一起

to the Green School.

帶進綠色學校

It's becoming a community.

漸漸變成一個社區

It's becoming a green model.

變成綠色的模範

We had to look at everything.

我們必須考量到每件事

No petrochemicals in the pavement.

人行道不能有石油化學產品

No pavement.

沒有人行道

These are volcanic stones laid by hand.

我們用手鋪上火山岩石

There are no sidewalks.

沒有鋪磚人行道

The sidewalks are gravel. They flood when it rains,

我們的人行道是石子做的，下雨時會積水

but they're green.

但很天然

This is the school buffalo.

這是學校的水牛

He's planning to eat that fence for dinner.

他正打算吃掉圍籬當晚餐

All the fences at Green School are green.

綠色學校的圍籬當然是綠色天然的

And when the kindergarten kids

最近幼稚園的孩子

recently moved their gate,

最近在移他們的大門

they found out the fence was made out of tapioca.

然後發現圍籬其實是木薯做成的

They took the tapioca roots up to the kitchen,

他們就把木薯根拿到廚房

sliced them thinly and made delicious chips.

切薄做成薯片

Landscaping.

景觀美化

We manage to keep the garden that was there

我們想辦法保留原有的花園

running right up to the edge of each of the classrooms.

並延伸到每間教室的周圍

We dropped them gently in.

我們小心翼翼的規劃

We made space for these guys

我們留了空間給這些傢伙

who are Bali's last black pigs.

峇里島最後的幾隻黑豬

And the school cow

這是校牛

is trying to figure out

牠正在想著

how to replace the lawnmower

怎麼取代操場裡

on the playing field.

的割草機

These young ladies

這些小女孩

are living in a rice culture,

接觸的是米食文化

but they know something that few people know in a rice culture.

關於米食文化，很少人知道的事她們都懂

They know how to plant organic rice,

她們知道怎麼種有機米

they know how to look after it,

如何照顧有機米

they know how to harvest and they know how to cook it.

知道怎麼採收、烹煮

They're part of the rice cycle

是米食循環的一部份

and these skills will be valuable

而這些技能，對他們的未來

for them in their future.

是很寶貴的

This young man is picking organic vegetables.

這小男孩在採收有機蔬菜

We feed 400 people lunch every day

我們每天需要準備400份午餐

and it's not a normal lunch. There's no gas.

不是一般午餐，我們不用瓦斯

Local Balinese women

峇里島當地婦女

cook the food on sawdust burners

用鋸木屑爐灶來烹煮

using secrets that only their grandmothers know.

烹調秘方是祖傳的

The food is incredible.

食物超美味

Green School is a place of pioneers,

綠色學校是培育先驅的搖籃

local and global.

既當地又國際

And it's a kind of microcosm

而且像是全球化世界

of the globalized world.

的縮影

The kids are from 25 countries.

孩子們來自25個國家

When I see them together,

當我看他們聚在一起

I know that they're working out

我知道他們正致力於

how to live in the future.

更美好的未來

Green School is going into its third year

綠色學校將邁入第三年

with 160 children.

共有160位學生

It's a school where you do learn reading --

這間學校提供你閱讀的學習--

one of my favorites --

我的最愛之一 --

writing -- I was bad at it --

寫作 -- 我寫作超差 --

arithmetic.

還有算術

But you also learn other things.

但還有其他的可以學

You learn bamboo building.

學會用竹子建築

You practice

可以練習

ancient Balinese arts.

峇里傳統藝術

This is called mud wrestling in the rice fields.

這是在稻田裡玩泥巴摔角

The kids love it.

孩子們超愛

The mothers aren't quite convinced.

媽媽們可不這麼想

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

We've done a lot of outrageous things in our lives,

我們一生中做了很多肆無忌憚的事

and we said, okay, local, what does "local" mean?

那我們想，要當地化，是什麼意思？

Local means

當地化指的是

that 20 percent of the population of the school

20%的學校人口

has to be Balinese,

要是峇里島當地人

and this was a really big commitment.

這是個很大的承諾

And we were right.

但我們是對的

And people are coming forward

人們從世界各地

from all over the world

給我們支持與幫忙

to support the Balinese Scholarship Fund,

來贊助峇里獎學金

because these kids will be Bali's next green leaders.

因為這些孩子是峇里島的下一代綠色領導者

The teachers are as diverse

老師們也像學生一樣

as the student body,

有多元背景

and the amazing thing

最棒的一件事

is that volunteers are popping up.

就是漸漸有志工加入

A man came from Java

有來自爪哇島的男人

with a new kind of organic agriculture.

帶著新品種的有機農作過來

A woman came from Africa with music.

來自非洲的女人，帶著音樂過來

And together these volunteers and the teachers

這些志工與老師們一起

are deeply committed

竭盡心力

to creating a new generation

創造出新的下一代

of global, green leaders.

有世界觀、綠色的領導者

The Green School effect --

綠色學校的效應

we don't know what it is.

我們還不知道是什麼

We need someone to come and study it.

可能需要有人過來研究

But what's happening, our learning-different kids --

但正在發生的是，每個不同學習力的學生

dyslexic --

有閱讀障礙的(dyslexic) --

we've renamed them prolexic --

我們重新命名為喜愛閱讀的(prolexic)

are doing well in these beautiful, beautiful classrooms.

這些學生在美麗的教室裡都發展的很好

And all the kids are thriving.

所有的孩子都卓越成長

And how did we do all this?

我們怎麼辦到的？

On giant grass.

用廣大綠園辦到的

It's bamboo.

用竹子辦到的

It comes out of the ground like a train.

他們有如火車般，從地底竄出

It grows as high as a coconut tree in two months

兩個月時間就長的跟椰子數一樣高

and three years later it can be harvested

三年後就可以採收

to build buildings like this.

用來建造這樣的建築

It's as strong and dense as teak

跟柚木一樣密實強壯

and it will hold up any roof.

可以支撐任何屋頂

When the architects came, they brought us these things,

建築師來的時候，他們帶了這些東西

and you've probably seen things like this.

你們大概很熟悉

The yellow box was called the administration complex.

這些黃色盒子叫行政辦公區

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

We squashed it, we rethought it,

我們將之壓碎重造

but mainly we renamed it

主要是重新命名為

"the heart of school,"

「學校之心」

and that changed everything forever.

從此改變了每件事

It's a double helix.

是個雙螺旋狀建築

It has administrators in it

管理人員在此辦公

and many, many other things.

以及其他很多東西

And the problem of building it --

建築碰到的問題就是

when the Balinese workers

當峇里島的工人

saw long reams of plans,

一看到這張複雜的圖

they looked at them and said, "What's this?"

就問說：「這什麼碗糕？」

So we built big models.

所以我們做出模型

We had them engineered by the engineers.

請工程師做出來的

And Balinese carpenters like this

峇里島的木匠們

measured them with their bamboo rulers,

用竹尺來測量

selected the bamboo and built the buildings

選用適當的竹子來建造

using age-old techniques,

利用傳統技能

mostly by hand.

幾乎都用手建造

It was chaos.

當時一團亂

And the Balinese carpenters want to be as modern as we do,

這些木匠們也想像我們一樣用先進技術

so they use metal scaffolding

他們用金屬鷹架

to build the bamboo building

來建這些竹子建築

and when the scaffolding came down,

當鷹架拆掉後

we realized that we had a cathedral,

我們發現，這就像座大教堂

a cathedral to green,

綠色的大教堂

and a cathedral to green education.

綠色教育的殿堂

The heart of school has seven kilometers

學校之心用了七公里的

of bamboo in it.

竹子建成

From the time the foundations were finished,

地基建好後三個月內

in three months it had roofs and floors.

我們便有了屋頂和樓層架構

It may not be the biggest bamboo building in the world,

這可能不是全世界最大的竹子建築

but many people believe

但很多人都相信

that it's the most beautiful.

這是最漂亮的

Is this doable in your community?

這在你的社區是否行得通？

We believe it is.

我們認為可以的

Green School is a model we built for the world.

綠色學校是我們建給世界的模型

It's a model we built for Bali.

是我們為峇里島所建的模型

And you just have to follow these simple, simple rules:

只要遵守幾個簡單的原則

be local,

要當地化、

let the environment lead

以環境為優先、

and think about

然後想想

how your grandchildren might build.

你的子孫會怎麼建造

So, Mr. Gore, thank you.

所以，高爾先生，謝謝你

You ruined my life,

你毀了我一生，

but you gave me an incredible future.

但卻給予我一個很棒的未來

And if you're interested in being involved

如果各位對於

in finishing Green School

綠色學校的落成有興趣

and building the next 50 around the world,

想在世界各地建造另外50所學校

please come and see us.

就來拜訪我們吧!

Thank you.

謝謝

(Applause)

(掌聲)