Roz Savage: Why I'm rowing across the Pacific

譯者: Sunshine Wang 審譯者: Yen-chung Nora Huang

Hi, my name is Roz Savage

嗨，我叫羅茲﹒沙維奇，

and I row across oceans.

我划船横渡海洋。

Four years ago, I rowed solo across the Atlantic,

四年前，我獨自划船横越大西洋，

and since then, I've done two out of three stages

在那之後，我完成了三階段横渡太平洋

across the Pacific,

的前兩個階段的航行，

from San Francisco to Hawaii

從舊金山到夏威夷，

and from Hawaii to Kiribati.

再從夏威夷到吉里巴斯。

And tomorrow, I'll be leaving this boat

明天我將暫別我的這艘船，

to fly back to Kiribati

飛回吉里巴斯

to continue with the third and final stage

繼續我第三個，也是最後一個階段的

of my row across the Pacific.

划船橫越太平洋的航行。

Cumulatively, I will have rowed

算一算，我總共將

over 8,000 miles,

划行8000多英里，

taken over three million oar strokes

重覆300多萬次划船的動作，

and spent more than 312 days alone

獨自一人在這艘23呎長的船上

on the ocean on a 23 foot rowboat.

度過312天。

This has given me a very

獨自划船横渡海洋使得

special relationship with the ocean.

我對大海產生了特殊的情感。

We have a bit of a love/hate thing going on.

我跟大海可以說是愛恨交織啊。

I feel a bit about it like I did about

這感受有點像是我以前學校裡的

a very strict math teacher that I once had at school.

那一位非常嚴格的數學老師。

I didn't always like her, but I did respect her,

我不是一直都很喜歡她，但是我真的很尊敬她。

and she taught me a heck of a lot.

她教會了我許多東西。

So today I'd like to share with you

今天我想跟各位分享

some of my ocean adventures

一些我的海上冒險故事，

and tell you a little bit about what they've taught me,

還有這些故事教會了我什麼，

and how I think we can maybe take some of those lessons

以及如何把從這些故事裡學的東西

and apply them to this environmental challenge

運用在我們現今所

that we face right now.

面臨的環境挑戰。

Now, some of you might be thinking,

在座之中有些人可能在想，

"Hold on a minute. She doesn't look very much like an ocean rower.

「等一下，她看起來一點也不像個橫渡海洋的人。」

Isn't she meant to be about this tall

「個頭又不高，

and about this wide

體型又不壯，

and maybe look a bit more like these guys?"

一點也不像這些壯漢啊?」

You'll notice, they've all got something that I don't.

各位不難發現，他們有一些我所沒有的東西。

Well, I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm talking about the beards. (Laughter)

我不曉得你們心裡想的是什麼，我是指他們的絡腮鬍。

And no matter how long I've spent on the ocean,

不論我在海上航行多久，

I haven't yet managed to muster a decent beard,

我還是沒辦法留那樣好看的大鬍子。

and I hope that it remains that way.

我希望還是保持原狀好了。

For a long time, I didn't believe that I could have a big adventure.

有段很長的時間，我一直不認為自己能夠勇於冒險犯難。

The story that I told myself was

我對自己說

that adventurers looked like this.

冒險家得長得像那樣。

I didn't look the part.

看來是與我無緣了。

I thought there were them and there were us,

我心想我們是不同類的人，

and I was not one of them.

我不是他們之中的一份子。

So for 11 years, I conformed.

所以11年裡，我循規蹈矩。

I did what people from my kind of background were supposed to do.

按部就班，做好我這類社會背景的人該做的。

I was working in an office in London

當時我在倫敦的一家公司

as a management consultant.

擔任管理顧問。

And I think I knew from day one that it wasn't the right job for me.

打從第一天起，我很清楚這份工作根本就不適合我。

But that kind of conditioning

但是心裡自我設限的聲音

just kept me there for so many years,

就這樣把我綁住了這麼多年，

until I reached my mid-30s and I thought,

直到三十四、五歲時我想：

"You know, I'm not getting any younger.

「嗯，我已經年紀不小了。」

I feel like I've got a purpose in this life, and I don't know what it is,

我感受到人生中有某種有價值的東西，但不知道究竟是什麼，

but I'm pretty certain that management consultancy is not it.

可是我心知肚明那不是管理顧問這份工作。

So, fast forward a few years.

幾年過去了

I'd gone through some changes.

我經歷了一些轉變。

To try and answer that question of,

我試著回答這個懸而未決的問題：

"What am I supposed to be doing with my life?"

「這一生中，我真正最想做什麼?」

I sat down one day

終於有一天我坐了下來

and wrote two versions of my own obituary,

為我自己寫了兩份不同版本的訃文，

the one that I wanted, a life of adventure,

一份是我想要的，充滿冒險的一生，

and the one that I was actually heading for

另一份是我當時所過的生活的寫照，

which was a nice, normal, pleasant life,

一個美好、正常、安逸的一生，

but it wasn't where I wanted to be by the end of my life.

但是我並不想要如此終老。

I wanted to live a life that I could be proud of.

我渴望過一種我可以引以為傲的生活。

And I remember looking at these two versions of my obituary

我仍記得當時看著這兩份訃文

and thinking, "Oh boy,

心裡想著：喔!天哪!

I'm on totally the wrong track here.

我根本就是誤入歧途嘛！

If I carry on living as I am now,

如果我繼續現在的生活，

I'm just not going to end up where I want to be

那我的夢想不論是5年還是10年後，

in five years, or 10 years,

甚至到我生命的終點，

or at the end of my life."

是永遠不可能達成的。

I made a few changes,

所以我做了一些改變，

let go of some loose trappings of my old life,

放棄了一些當時生活中的身外之物，

and through a bit of a leap of logic,

做了些腦力激盪，

decided to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

然後決定去横渡大西洋。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

The Atlantic Rowing Race runs from the Canaries to Antigua,

划船横渡大西洋的行程從加那利群島到安提瓜。

it's about 3,000 miles,

全程大約3000英里。

and it turned out to be

結果這一次的航行成為

the hardest thing I had ever done.

我做過的最艱難的事。

Sure, I had wanted to get outside of my comfort zone,

的確，我當時一直想要跳脫出我舒適安逸的生活，

but what I'd sort of failed to notice was that

只是我萬萬沒想到

getting out of your comfort zone is, by definition,

離開舒適安逸的生活，意味著

extremely uncomfortable.

極度的難過、不舒服。

And my timing was not great either:

還有我選的時機也不對。

2005, when I did the Atlantic,

2005年我横渡大西洋時，

was the year of Hurricane Katrina.

正好是卡崔娜颶風肆虐的那一年。

There were more tropical storms in the North Atlantic

當時北大西洋正遭逢有史以來

than ever before, since records began.

數目最多的熱帶風暴。

And pretty early on,

可以說在2005年初時

those storms started making their presence known.

這些熱帶風暴就開始形成了。

All four of my oars broke

在我還沒划到一半的航程時

before I reached halfway across.

我的四隻船槳就全都折斷了。

Oars are not supposed to look like this.

船槳不應該是這副模樣。

But what can you do? You're in the middle of the ocean.

但是我人在一片汪洋之中，我能怎麼辦呢?

Oars are your only means of propulsion.

船槳是向前推進的唯一工具。

So I just had to look around the boat

我只好找遍了整艘船

and figure out what I was going to use

看看有什麼可以用來

to fix up these oars so that I could carry on.

修理壞掉的船槳以繼續完成航行。

So I found a boat hook and my trusty duct tape

我終於找到了一隻船竿和強力萬用膠帶，

and splintered the boat hook

然後把船竿折斷

to the oars to reinforce it.

用來加強固定船槳。

Then, when that gave out,

等到船竿也折斷了，

I sawed the wheel axles off my spare rowing seat

我又把備用划船座椅的輪軸

and used those.

鋸下來用。

And then when those gave out, I cannibalized one of the broken oars.

座椅輪軸又壞了，我又把一支壞掉的槳分解拆開來用。

I'd never been very good at fixing stuff

以前的我並不是個

when I was living my old life,

擅長修理東西的人。

but it's amazing how resourceful you can become

但是當你在汪洋大海之中

when you're in the middle of the ocean

急中生智的應變能力真是令人驚訝，

and there's only one way to get to the other side.

也唯有如此才能划向彼岸。

And the oars kind of became a symbol

這些壞了的船槳

of just in how many ways

也成為我超越過去

I went beyond what I thought were my limits.

諸多制約觀念的象徵。

I suffered from tendinitis on my shoulders

我承受著肩膀的肌腱炎，

and saltwater sores on my bottom.

浸泡在海水裡也使我的臀部非常疼痛。

I really struggled psychologically,

當時我的內心承受著

totally overwhelmed by the scale of the challenge,

難以言喻的巨大挑戰，

realizing that, if I carried on moving at two miles an hour,

我心想，要是一小時只能划兩英里，

3,000 miles was going to

那3000英里得花上

take me a very, very long time.

很久，很久的時間。

There were so many times

好幾次我覺得

when I thought I'd hit that limit,

自己已經撐不下去了，

but had no choice but to just carry on

但除了保持理智，繼續前行

and try and figure out how I was going to get to the other side

繼續嘗試抵達大海的另一邊

without driving myself crazy.

我別無選擇。

And eventually after

終於在海上

103 days at sea,

航行了103天以後，

I arrived in Antigua.

我抵達了安提瓜。

I don't think I've ever felt so happy

我想我一輩子從來

in my entire life.

沒有那麼開心過。

It was a bit like finishing a marathon

那感覺像是你同時跑完了馬拉松，

and getting out of solitary confinement

成功捱過了獨自一人的閉關，

and winning an Oscar all rolled into one.

而且還贏得了奧斯卡獎一般。

I was euphoric.

那一刻，我欣喜若狂。

And to see all the people coming out to greet me

看到所有的人站在懸崖頂

and standing along the cliff tops and clapping and cheering,

鼓掌歡呼，向我致意，

I just felt like a movie star.

我覺得像個電影明星似的。

It was absolutely wonderful.

感覺棒透了。

And I really learned then that, the bigger the challenge,

在那一刻我明白了— 挑戰越艱辛，

the bigger the sense of achievement

當你終於抵達終點時，

when you get to the end of it.

成就感也就越大。

So this might be a good moment to take a quick time-out

現在我想抽點時間來回答

to answer a few FAQs about ocean rowing

各位可能心裡想問的

that might be going through your mind.

一些有關橫越大海的問題。

Number one that I get asked: What do you eat?

我最常被問到的問題是：我都吃什麼？

A few freeze-dried meals, but mostly I try and eat

一些冷凍脫水食品，但我大部分盡量

much more unprocessed foods.

多吃些未經加工的食物。

So I grow my own beansprouts.

所以我自己種豆芽。

I eat fruits and nut bars,

我吃水果和堅果棒，

a lot of nuts.

吃很多的堅果，

And generally arrive about 30 pounds lighter

通常在我抵達上岸時

at the other end.

我大概瘦了30磅。

Question number two: How do you sleep?

第二個問題是：我怎麼睡覺？

With my eyes shut. Ha-ha.

閉著眼睛睡。哈哈。

I suppose what you mean is:

我猜各位想問的是：

What happens to the boat while I'm sleeping?

如果我睡着了，船怎麼辦？

Well, I plan my route so that I'm drifting

嗯，我會事先計畫我的航線，當我在睡覺時，

with the winds and the currents while I'm sleeping.

我的船可以順著風向及洋流漂行。

On a good night, I think my best ever was 11 miles

運氣好的話，我曾經順著正確的航線

in the right direction.

漂流了11英里。

Worst ever, 13 miles in the wrong direction.

最糟的時候，我曾經偏離航線13英里之遠。

That's a bad day at the office.

那是最糟糕的一天。

What do I wear?

我穿什麼衣服？

Mostly, a baseball cap,

大部分的时候我會戴棒球帽，

rowing gloves and a smile -- or a frown,

一副划船手套，還有，面带微笑或是眉頭深鎖，

depending on whether I went backwards overnight --

這要看我的船前一晚是否偏離航道。

and lots of sun lotion.

還有厚厚的一層防曬乳液。

Do I have a chase boat?

有護航船跟著我嗎？

No I don't. I'm totally self-supporting out there.

沒有。在海上我全靠自己一個人。

I don't see anybody for the whole time

整個航海旅程中我完全

that I'm at sea, generally.

沒有和任何人見到面。

And finally: Am I crazy?

最後一個問題：我是不是瘋了？

Well, I leave that one up to you to judge.

這就留給各位看倌來評斷吧。

So, how do you top rowing across the Atlantic?

我怎樣才能超越自己横渡大西洋的記錄?

Well, naturally, you decide to row across the Pacific.

當然囉，我就決定要橫渡太平洋啦。

Well, I thought the Atlantic was big,

以前我覺得大西洋好大喔，

but the Pacific is really, really big.

但太平洋才真的是非常，非常的大。

I think we tend to do it a little bit of a disservice in our usual maps.

我想我們觀看地圖的方式需要一些轉變。

I don't know for sure that the Brits

不太確定是不是英國人

invented this particular view of the world, but I suspect we might have done so:

發展出這樣的世界地圖觀，但我猜很有可能，

we are right in the middle,

因為英國就在這兒，就在正中央。

and we've cut the Pacific in half

這張地圖把太平洋給切成兩半

and flung it to the far corners of the world.

而且把它放到了兩邊去了，

Whereas if you look in Google Earth,

如果你看看Google Earth的話，

this is how the Pacific looks.

太平洋的全貌看起來是樣的。

It pretty much covers half the planet.

它幾乎覆蓋了半個地球。

You can just see a little bit of North America up here

在上面能够看到一點北美洲

and a sliver of Australia down there.

下面銀色的部分是澳大利亞。

It is really big --

它真的是很大。

65 million square miles --

有6500萬平方英里。

and to row in a straight line across it

想要以直線橫越太平，

would be about 8,000 miles.

距離大約是 8,000英里。

Unfortunately, ocean rowboats

不幸的是，划船橫渡海洋

very rarely go in a straight line.

很少是以直線行進的。

By the time I get to Australia,

當我抵達澳大利亞，

if I get to Australia,

如果我順利抵達澳大利亞，

I will have rowed probably nine or 10,000 miles in all.

我總計大概要划 9,000 到10,000英里。

So, because nobody in their straight mind would row

所有神智清楚的人在划船

straight past Hawaii without dropping in,

經過夏威夷時一定會停船靠岸，

I decided to cut this very big undertaking

因此我把這一項非常艱鉅的任務

into three segments.

分成三個階段。

The first attempt didn't go so well.

第一次的嘗試並不順利。

In 2007, I did a rather involuntary capsize drill

在2007年，有一次在24小時内

three times in 24 hours.

3次翻船。

A bit like being in a washing machine.

有點像掉進洗衣機裡。

Boat got a bit dinged up,

我的船受到輕微撞撞擊，

so did I.

我也是。

I blogged about it. Unfortunately, somebody

我在部落格寫了這個故事。更慘的是，

with a bit of a hero complex decided that

某個有英雄情節的人認為

this damsel was in distress and needed saving.

這個遭遇船難的落難女子需要被拯救。

The first I knew about this was when the Coast Guard plane turned up overhead.

當海岸巡邏隊的飛機在我頭頂盤旋時我才知道有人報警了。

I tried to tell them to go away.

我試著請他們離開。

We had a bit of a battle of wills.

我們僵持了一陣子。

I lost and got airlifted.

最後我沒輒了，只好搭上飛機。

Awful, really awful.

真是糟糕透頂了。

It was one of the worst feelings of my life,

那是我一生中最糟最糟的感覺之一。

as I was lifted up on that winch line into the helicopter

直昇機的吊掛繩套把我吊起來，

and looked down at my trusty little boat

我往下看著我的小船

rolling around in the 20 foot waves

在20呎高的大浪裡載浮載沉時

and wondering if I would ever see her again.

心裡想著不知道還能不能再見到它。

So I had to launch a very expensive

之後我不得不展開一次所費不貲的

salvage operation

打撈作業，

and then wait another nine months

然後又等了漫長的九個月

before I could get back out onto the ocean again.

才能回到大海繼續横渡太平洋。

But what do you do?

能怎麼辦呢?

Fall down nine times, get up 10.

只有屢仆屢起。

So, the following year, I set out

第二年，我再度出航

and, fortunately, this time made it safely across to Hawaii.

這一次我幸運的順利抵達夏威夷。

But it was not without misadventure.

但也不是完全一帆風順。

My watermaker broke,

我的造水機故障了，

only the most important piece of kit that I have on the boat.

這是我船上最重要的裝備。

Powered by my solar panels,

它是靠太陽能板供給電力，

it sucks in saltwater

將吸入的海水

and turns it into freshwater.

轉變成淡水。

But it doesn't react very well to being immersed in ocean,

泡在海水裡它就無法正常運作，

which is what happened to it.

這就是問題所在。

Fortunately, help was at hand.

很幸運的是，救兵及時出現了。

There was another unusual boat out there

正好有一艘很特別的船從我旁邊經過

at the same time, doing as I was doing,

他們正在做和我一樣的事情，

bringing awareness to the North Pacific Garbage Patch,

希望喚起大眾對北太平洋垃圾環流的重視，

that area in the North Pacific about twice the size of Texas,

北太平洋垃圾環流大約有兩個德州那麼大，

with an estimated 3.5 million

估計有350萬噸

tons of trash in it,

的垃圾，

circulating at the center of

圍繞著北太平洋環流系統

that North Pacific Gyre.

的中心打轉。

So, to make the point, these guys

這些人為了表達他們的訴求

had actually built their boat out of plastic trash,

真的用塑膠垃圾打造了他們的船，

15,000 empty water bottles

他們用15,000空塑膠瓶

latched together into two pontoons.

綁成兩艘駁船。

They were going very slowly.

他們航行的速度非常緩慢。

Partly, they'd had a bit of a delay.

所以他們進度落後了。

They'd had to pull in at Catalina Island shortly after they left Long Beach

在他們從加州長灘出發後不久，不得不在卡塔利娜島靠岸，

because the lids of all the water bottles were coming undone,

因為塑膠瓶的瓶蓋開始鬆了，

and they were starting to sink.

船開始下沉。

So they'd had to pull in and do all the lids up.

所以他們必需得靠岸把瓶蓋固定栓好。

But, as I was approaching the end of my water reserves,

但是正當我的儲水就要用盡時，

luckily, our courses were converging.

很幸運的，我們的航線就快交會了。

They were running out of food; I was running out of water.

他們快没有食物了，而我快没有水了。

So we liaised by satellite phone and arranged to meet up.

我們靠衛星電話取得聯絡，安排見面。

And it took about a week

花了將近一個禮拜

for us to actually gradually converge.

我們才真正會合。

I was doing a pathetically slow speed

我航行的速度慢的可憐

of about 1.3 knots,

只有1.3 海里，

and they were doing only marginally less pathetic speed of about 1.4:

他們也好不到哪裡，也只不過1.4海里。

it was like two snails in a mating dance.

就像是兩隻蝸牛在跳求偶舞。

But, eventually, we did manage to meet up

終於，我們還是碰頭了，

and Joel hopped overboard,

喬伊跳上我的船，

caught us a beautiful, big mahi-mahi,

為大家釣到了一條好大的鬼頭刀魚，

which was the best food I'd had

那是我三個月以來

in, ooh, at least three months.

吃過最棒的一餐。

Fortunately, the one that he caught that day

運氣很好，那天他釣到的魚

was better than this one they caught a few weeks earlier.

比他幾個禮拜前釣到要好的多。

When they opened this one up,

當他們把魚剖開時

they found its stomach was full of plastic.

居然發現裡面全是塑膠。

And this is really bad news because plastic

這真的很糟糕，因為塑膠

is not an inert substance.

是不能被消化的。

It leaches out chemicals

而且它會釋放出化學毒素

into the flesh of the poor critter that ate it,

進入那些吃了這條魚的可憐的生物體內，

and then we come along and eat that poor critter,

接著我們人類又吃這可憐的生物，

and we get some of the toxins accumulating

所以我們的體內也囤積了

in our bodies as well.

化學毒素。

So there are very real implications for human health.

這對人類的健康有實質的影響。

I eventually made it to Hawaii still alive.

最後我活著抵達夏威夷。

And, the following year, set out

隔年我再度出航

on the second stage of the Pacific,

繼續橫越太平洋的第二階段，

from Hawaii down to Tarawa.

從夏威夷到塔拉瓦。

And you'll notice something about Tarawa;

你可以看到塔拉瓦

it is very low-lying.

地勢非常的低。

It's that little green sliver on the horizon,

就是水平面上那一小段銀綠色的陸地，

which makes them very nervous

這使得他們對於海平面的上升

about rising oceans.

十分緊張。

This is big trouble for these guys.

對於塔拉瓦人民來說問題可大了。

They've got no points of land more than about six feet above sea level.

塔拉瓦沒有任何一個地方是高過海平面六英呎的。

And also, as an increase in extreme

也因為全球暖化而

weather events due to climate change,

極劇增加的天候異常，

they're expecting more waves

塔拉瓦正面臨越來越多的巨浪

to come in over the fringing reef,

侵襲陸地邊緣的岸礁，

which will contaminate their fresh water supply.

這麼一來海水將會破壞淡水水源。

I had a meeting with the president there,

我曾拜會塔拉瓦總統，

who told me about his

他告訴我他們

exit strategy for his country.

現有的因應方案。

He expects that within the next 50 years,

他預估在未來的50年內，

the 100,000 people that live there

居住在塔拉瓦的數萬名居民

will have to relocate to

將不得不遷往

New Zealand or Australia.

紐西蘭或是澳大利亞。

And that made me think about how would I feel

我不禁聯想要是英國將沉入海中

if Britain was going to disappear under the waves;

不知道我心中會作何感想。

if the places where I'd been born

要是我出生，

and gone to school

上學，

and got married,

成家的地方，

if all those places were just going to disappear forever.

要是這一切都即將永遠的消失，

How, literally, ungrounded

就算只是想像而已，

that would make me feel.

我真不知道自己會有何感受。

Very shortly, I'll be setting out to try and get to Australia,

很快，我又即將啟航前往澳大利亞。

and if I'm successful, I'll be the first woman ever to row solo

如果我成功了，我將會成為世界第一位

all the way across the Pacific.

單獨划船橫越太平洋的女性。

And I try to use this to bring awareness to these environmental issues,

我想用我的行動喚起大家對於環保議題的覺醒，

to bring a human face to the ocean.

對海洋展現關懷。

If the Atlantic was about my inner journey,

如果橫越大西洋是我發現自己能力

discovering my own capabilities,

的一趟向內探索的旅程，

maybe the Pacific has been about my outer journey,

那麼或許橫越太平洋可以說是一趟向外彰顯的旅程，

figuring out how I can use

讓我尋找如何把

my interesting career choice

我熱愛的事業和

to be of service to the world,

貢獻服務世界結合在一起，

and to take some of those things that I've learned out there

把我在大海上所學到的一切

and apply them to the situation

運用在我們人類現在

that humankind now finds itself in.

所面臨的狀況中。

I think there are probably three key points here.

我想重點有三個。

The first one is about

首先是我們的

the stories that we tell ourselves.

自我內在對話。

For so long, I told myself

有很長很長的時間，我對自己說

that I couldn't have an adventure

我不可能去冒險犯難

because I wasn't six foot tall

因為我沒有180公分高，

and athletic and bearded.

既不強壯也沒有鬍子。

And then that story changed.

但是後來，這些想法都改變了。

I found out that people had rowed across oceans.

我找到一些曾划船橫越大海的人。

I even met one of them and she was just about my size.

我還和其中一位女性見了面，她的個子和我差不多。

So even though I didn't grow any taller,

即使我沒長高，

I didn't sprout a beard,

也沒長鬍子，

something had changed: My interior dialogue had changed.

有一些東西改變了，我內心的自我對話改變了。

At the moment, the story that we collectively tell ourselves

現在，我們大家認為

is that we need all this stuff,

我們需要這些東西，

that we need oil.

我們需要石油。

But what about if we just change that story?

但是要是我們肯改變我們的想法呢？

We do have alternatives,

我們當然還有别的選擇，

and we have the power of free will

我們有自由選擇的力量，

to choose those alternatives, those sustainable ones,

可以選擇那些替代燃料，永續性的燃料

to create a greener future.

創造一個更綠色的未來。

The second point is about

第二個重點是

the accumulation of tiny actions.

許多小小的行動所匯聚的力量。

We might think that anything that we do as an individual

大家可能會想我一個人的小小行動

is just a drop in the ocean, that it can't really make a difference.

不過就像是茫茫大海中的一滴水滴，改變不了什麼。

But it does. Generally, we haven't

但是小小的行動的確可以產生轉變。

got ourselves into this mess through big disasters.

是的，我們是沒有直接造成這些重大災難。

Yes, there have been the Exxon Valdezes

像是艾克森瓦帝茲號漏油事件

and the Chernobyls,

和車諾比爾核能電廠災變，

but mostly it's been an accumulation

但這些事故主要是因為一連串

of bad decisions

由幾十億人

by billions of individuals,

日復一日，年復一年累積

day after day and year after year.

的錯誤決定所造成的。

And, by the same token, we can turn that tide.

所以，同樣地，我們可以力挽狂潮。

We can start making better,

我們可以開始做出更好，

wiser, more sustainable decisions.

更明智，更永續的決定。

And when we do that, we're not just one person.

當我們開始這樣做，我們絕對不是孤軍奮鬥。

Anything that we do spreads ripples.

這會引起漣漪效應。

Other people will see if you're in the supermarket line

假如在超市的結帳隊伍裡，你拿出自己的

and you pull out your

環保購物袋，

reusable grocery bag.

其他人會看到的。

Maybe if we all start doing this,

或許如果我們全部都開始這麼做，

we can make it socially unacceptable

那麼整個社會可能會接受

to say yes to plastic in the checkout line.

在超市結帳時不使用塑膠袋。

That's just one example.

這只是一個例子。

This is a world-wide community.

我們是一個地球村。

The other point:

另一個重點是：

It's about taking responsibility.

是關於承擔責任的問題。

For so much of my life,

我大半輩子裡，

I wanted something else to make me happy.

總是想著要得到一些東西來讓我快樂。

I thought if I had the right house or the right car

我以為如果我生命中擁有好房子，

or the right man in my life,

好車子，或好男人，

then I could be happy.

那我就會心滿意足了，

But when I wrote that obituary exercise,

但是當我在寫自己的訃文時，

I actually grew up a little bit in that moment

那一刻我發現自己又成熟了一點

and realized that I needed to create my own future.

我明白未來是要自己去創造的。

I couldn't just wait passively

我不能只是消極的

for happiness to come and find me.

等待幸福自己送上門。

And I suppose I'm a selfish environmentalist.

我想我是個自私的環保運動者。

I plan on being around for a long time,

我想要長命百歲，

and when I'm 90 years old,

到我90歲的時候，

I want to be happy and healthy.

我還想要健康快樂的活著。

And it's very difficult to be happy

可是當這個地球上處處有

on a planet that's racked

饑荒和旱災肆虐時

with famine and drought.

你很難快樂起來。

It's very difficult to be healthy on a planet

當我們污染這個地球上

where we've poisoned the earth

的海洋和空氣時

and the sea and the air.

你很難活的健康。

So, shortly, I'm going to be

不久之後，我即將

launching a new initiative

開始推動一項叫做

called Eco-Heroes.

＜環保英雄＞的新運動。

And the idea here is that

這個運動的構想是

all our Eco-Heroes will log at least one green deed every day.

每位環保英雄每天至少都要上網寫下一件所做的環保的行為。

It's meant to be a bit of a game.

這有點像遊戲一般。

We're going to make an iPhone app out of it.

我們將寫一個＜環保英雄＞iPhone的應用程式。

We just want to try and create that awareness

我們只是努力試著喚起環保意識，

because, sure, changing a light bulb isn't going to change the world,

當然啦，換一個燈泡並不會改變世界，

but that attitude,

但是保護環境的心態，

that awareness that leads you to change the light bulb

這樣的環保意識讓你改換節能燈泡

or take your reusable coffee mug,

或是帶自己的環保杯，

that is what could change the world.

這樣的態度可以改變世界。

I really believe that we stand

我深信我們現在正處於

at a very important point in history.

歷史上一個非常重要的關鍵點。

We have a choice. We've been blessed,

我們是有選擇的，過去我們所享有的福佑，

or cursed, with free will.

或受到的災禍，也是我們選擇。

We can choose a greener future,

我們可以選擇一個更綠色的未來。

and we can get there

如果我們同心協力，

if we all pull together to take it one stroke at a time.

一步一腳印，這是指日可待的。

Thank you.

謝謝各位。

(Applause)

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