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Ron Finley: A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley: Gerilja-aednik Los Angelese Kesk-Lõunas
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Ron Finley rajab Los Angeleses Kesk-Lõunas aedivljaaedu – mahajäetud maatükkidele, liiklussaartele, äärekivide kõrvale. Miks? Lõbu, trotsi ja ilu pärast ning selleks, et pakkuda mingitki alternatiivi kiirtoidule piirkonnas, kus "läbisõidurestoranid tapavad rohkem inimesi kui möödasõidutulistamised."
Ron Finley - Gardener
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
Ron Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating. Full bio
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00:16
I live in South Central.
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Ma elan Kesk-Lõunas.
00:19
This is South Central:
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See on Kesk-Lõuna:
00:21
liquor stores,
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alkoholipoed,
00:24
fast food,
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kiirtoit,
00:26
vacant lots.
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tühjad maatükid.
00:29
So the city planners, they get together and they figure
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Linnaplaneerijad tulid kokku ja
00:30
they're going to change the name South Central to make it represent something else,
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muutsid piirkonna nime,
et see esindaks midagi muud.
et see esindaks midagi muud.
00:34
so they change it to South Los Angeles,
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Sellest sai Lõuna-Los Angeles,
00:37
like this is going to fix what's really going wrong in the city.
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nagu see lahendaks linna probleemid.
00:41
This is South Los Angeles. (Laughter)
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See on Lõuna-Los Angeles. (Naer)
00:44
Liquor stores,
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Alkoholipoed,
00:47
fast food,
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kiirtoit,
00:49
vacant lots.
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tühjad maatükid.
00:52
Just like 26.5 million other Americans,
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Nagu 26,5 miljonit teist ameeriklast,
00:55
I live in a food desert,
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elan ma toidukõrbes,
00:58
South Central Los Angeles,
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Los Angelese Kesk-Lõuna,
01:00
home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.
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läbisõidurestoranide ja
möödasõidutulistamiste kodus.
möödasõidutulistamiste kodus.
01:04
Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.
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Kusjuures läbisõidurestoranid tapavad
rohkem kui möödasõidutulistamised.
rohkem kui möödasõidutulistamised.
01:09
People are dying from curable diseases
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Inimesed surevad Los Angelese Kesk-Lõunas
01:12
in South Central Los Angeles.
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ravitavatesse haigustesse.
01:15
For instance, the obesity rate in my neighborhood
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Ülekaalulisuste hulk minu kodukandis on
01:17
is five times higher than, say, Beverly Hills,
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viis korda suurem kui Beverly Hillsis,
01:21
which is probably eight, 10 miles away.
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mis on vaid 13–16 km kaugusel.
01:24
I got tired of seeing this happening.
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Ma väsisin selle nägemisest.
01:28
And I was wondering, how would you feel
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Kuidas sina end tunneksid,
01:30
if you had no access to healthy food,
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kui ei pääseks ligi tervislikule toidule,
01:33
if every time you walk out your door you see the ill effects
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kui koduuksest välja astudes
näeksid sa iga kord
näeksid sa iga kord
01:36
that the present food system has on your neighborhood?
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valitseva toidusüsteemi halba mõju
oma kodukandile?
oma kodukandile?
01:40
I see wheelchairs bought and sold
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Ratastoole ostetakse ja müüakse
01:42
like used cars.
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nagu kasutatud autosid.
01:44
I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks.
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Dialüüsikeskused kerkivad nagu Starbucksi
kohvikud.
kohvikud.
01:48
And I figured, this has to stop.
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See pidi lõppema.
01:52
So I figured that the problem is the solution.
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Taipasin, et lahendus võib peituda
probleemis endas.
probleemis endas.
01:58
Food is the problem and food is the solution.
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Toit on nii probleem kui lahendus.
02:01
Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip
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Lisaks oli mul villand 45-minutilistest
sõitudest,
sõitudest,
02:04
to get an apple that wasn't impregnated with pesticides.
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et osta pestitsiidivabu õunu.
02:08
So what I did, I planted a food forest in front of my house.
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Seega istutasin oma maja ette toidumetsa.
02:13
It was on a strip of land that we call a parkway.
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See sai rohusele maaribale autotee ääres.
02:15
It's 150 feet by 10 feet.
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See on 45x3 meetrit.
02:19
Thing is, it's owned by the city.
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Asi on selles, et see kuulub linnale.
02:21
But you have to maintain it.
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Aga kodanikud peavad seda hooldama.
02:24
So I'm like, "Cool. I can do whatever the hell I want,
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Ütlesin endale: "Lahe. Võin teha sellega
mida iganes,
mida iganes,
02:28
since it's my responsibility and I gotta maintain it."
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kuna see on minu vastutusel ja mina
pean seda hooldama.
pean seda hooldama.
02:32
And this is how I decided to maintain it.
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Ja ma otsustasin seda teha nii."
02:35
So me and my group, L.A. Green Grounds, we got together
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Koos grupiga L.A. Green Grounds hakkasime
02:38
and we started planting my food forest, fruit trees,
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mu toidumetsa istutama viljapuid,
02:40
you know, the whole nine, vegetables.
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aedvilju, kõike muud sellist.
02:42
What we do, we're a pay-it-forward kind of group,
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Lähtume edasiandmise põhimõttest.
02:45
where it's composed of gardeners from all walks of life,
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Oleme aednikud igast eluvaldkonnast,
02:50
from all over the city, and it's completely volunteer,
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üle kogu linna, tegutseme vabatahtlikena
02:53
and everything we do is free.
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ja me teeme kõike seda tasuta.
02:54
And the garden, it was beautiful.
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Sellest sai ilus aed,
02:58
And then somebody complained.
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kuid siis esitas keegi kaebuse.
03:00
The city came down on me,
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Linnaametnikud tulid minu juurde
03:02
and basically gave me a citation saying that I had to remove my garden,
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hoiatusega, mis käskis aia eemaldada,
03:07
which this citation was turning into a warrant.
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muutes selle käskkirjaks.
03:09
And I'm like, "Come on, really?
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Mõtlesin, et kas nad räägivad tõsiselt.
03:12
A warrant for planting food on a piece of land
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Käskkiri toidu istutamise eest maaribale,
03:15
that you could care less about?" (Laughter)
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millest te vähimatki ei hooli? (Naer)
03:18
And I was like, "Cool. Bring it."
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Vastasin: "Lahe. Laske tulla."
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Because this time it wasn't coming up.
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Sest see pidi välja tulema.
03:24
So L.A. Times got ahold of it. Steve Lopez did a story on it
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L.A. Times sai asjast teada
ja Steve Lopez kirjutas sellest loo
ja Steve Lopez kirjutas sellest loo
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and talked to the councilman,
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ja rääkis volikogu liikmega
03:32
and one of the Green Grounds members,
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ja üks Green Groundsi liige
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they put up a petition on Change.org,
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algatas Change.org portaalis petitsiooni,
03:36
and with 900 signatures, we were a success.
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millele kogusime 900 allkirja.
03:39
We had a victory on our hands.
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Olime võitmas.
03:41
My councilman even called in and said how they endorse
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Üks volikogu liige helistas mulle ja
ütles, et nad toetavad
ütles, et nad toetavad
03:44
and love what we're doing.
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ja kiidavad meie tegevust.
03:47
I mean, come on, why wouldn't they?
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Miks nad ei peakski?
03:50
L.A. leads the United States in vacant lots that the city actually owns.
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LA on USA-s eesrinnas linnale kuuluvate
tühjade maatükkide osas.
tühjade maatükkide osas.
03:54
They own 26 square miles of vacant lots.
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Linnale kuulub 67 ruutkilomeetri jagu
tühje maatükke.
tühje maatükke.
04:00
That's 20 Central Parks.
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Sellele alale mahuks 20 Central Parki.
04:03
That's enough space to plant 725 million tomato plants.
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Sellele alale saaks istutada
725 miljonit tomatitaime.
725 miljonit tomatitaime.
04:10
Why in the hell would they not okay this?
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Miks nad ei peaks seda mõtet
heaks kiitma?
heaks kiitma?
04:15
Growing one plant will give you 1,000, 10,000 seeds.
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Ühest taimest saab 1000–10 000 seemet.
04:19
When one dollar's worth of green beans
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Ühe dollari väärtuses aedube
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will give you 75 dollars' worth of produce.
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annab 75 dollari väärtuses saaki.
04:26
It's my gospel, when I'm telling people, grow your own food.
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See on minu mantra, ma räägin inimestele,
et nad kasvataksid ise oma toitu.
et nad kasvataksid ise oma toitu.
04:29
Growing your own food is like printing your own money.
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Omale toidu kasvatamine on nagu
raha trükkimine iseenda jaoks.
raha trükkimine iseenda jaoks.
04:32
(Applause)
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(Aplaus)
04:39
See, I have a legacy in South Central.
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Mul on Kesk-Lõunaga oma side.
04:42
I grew up there. I raised my sons there.
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Kasvasin siin üles,
kasvatasin siin oma pojad üles.
kasvatasin siin oma pojad üles.
04:47
And I refuse to be a part of this manufactured reality
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Ma ei taha olla osa sellest tehislikust
04:51
that was manufactured for me by some other people,
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reaalsusest, mille on keegi teine
mulle tootnud.
mulle tootnud.
04:54
and I'm manufacturing my own reality.
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Ma loon ise oma reaalsuse.
04:57
See, I'm an artist.
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Ma pean end kunstnikuks.
04:59
Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art.
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Aiandus on minu graffiti.
Ma kasvatan oma kunsti.
Ma kasvatan oma kunsti.
05:03
Just like a graffiti artist, where they beautify walls,
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Nagu tänavakunstnikud kaunistavad seinu,
05:08
me, I beautiful lawns, parkways.
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kaunistan mina muru ja tänavaääri.
05:11
I use the garden, the soil, like it's a piece of cloth,
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Kasutan aeda ja mulda riidetükina
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and the plants and the trees,
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ning taimed ja puud
05:17
that's my embellishment for that cloth.
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on minu jaoks selle riide kaunistused.
05:21
You'd be surprised what the soil could do
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Te ei oska aimatagi,
mida muld suudab teha,
mida muld suudab teha,
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if you let it be your canvas.
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kui sellest saab teie lõuend.
05:29
You just couldn't imagine how amazing a sunflower is
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On uskumatu, kui imeline on päevalill
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and how it affects people.
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ja kuidas see võib inimesi mõjutada.
05:35
So what happened?
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Seega mis juhtus?
05:38
I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education,
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Minu aiast on saanud õppevahend,
05:43
a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood.
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mille abil mu naabruskond on muutunud.
05:46
To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil.
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Kogukonna muutmiseks on vaja muuta
mulla koostist.
mulla koostist.
05:51
We are the soil.
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Meie olemegi see muld.
05:55
You'd be surprised how kids are affected by this.
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Teid üllataks, kui positiivselt
see lastele mõjub.
see lastele mõjub.
06:01
Gardening is the most therapeutic
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Aiandus on kõige teraapilisem
06:05
and defiant act you can do,
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ja trotsivam asi, mida sa teha saad,
06:08
especially in the inner city.
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eriti linna südames.
06:11
Plus you get strawberries.
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Lisaks saad sa maasikaid.
06:13
(Laughter)
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(Naer)
06:17
I remember this time,
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Mäletan ühte korda,
06:19
there was this mother and a daughter came,
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kui üks ema tuli koos oma tütrega
hilja õhtul,
hilja õhtul,
06:21
it was, like, 10:30 at night, and they were in my yard,
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kella 22.30 paiku minu aeda.
06:25
and I came out and they looked so ashamed.
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Ma tulin välja ja nägin,
et nad tundsid piinlikkust.
et nad tundsid piinlikkust.
06:28
So I'm like, man, it made me feel bad that they were there,
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See kurvastas mind, et nad nõnda olid
06:32
and I told them, you know, you don't have to do this like this.
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ning ütlesin neile, et nad
ei pea seda häbenema.
ei pea seda häbenema.
06:35
This is on the street for a reason.
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See aed on põhjusega tänaval.
06:37
It made me feel ashamed to see people
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Tundsin ise häbi, nähes näljaseid inimesi
06:40
that were this close to me that were hungry,
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toidule nii lähedal.
06:43
and this only reinforced why I do this,
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See innustas mind veelgi enam.
06:46
and people asked me, "Fin, aren't you afraid
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Kui mult küsitakse: "Fin, kas sa ei karda,
06:49
people are going to steal your food?"
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et su toit varastatakse?"
06:51
And I'm like, "Hell no, I ain't afraid they're gonna steal it.
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Vastan neile: "Kindlasti mitte!
06:53
That's why it's on the street.
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Sellepärast see ju ongi tänaval.
06:55
That's the whole idea.
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See ongi asja mõte.
06:58
I want them to take it, but at the same time,
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Ma tahan, et sealt võetaks toitu,
07:00
I want them to take back their health."
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mis annab inimestele tagasi
nende tervise."
nende tervise."
07:04
There's another time when I put
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Kord rajasin ma sellise aia
07:06
a garden in this homeless shelter in downtown Los Angeles.
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Los Angelese kesklinnas olevasse
kodutute varjupaika.
kodutute varjupaika.
07:12
These are the guys, they helped me unload the truck.
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Paar meest aitasid mul asju
kaubikult maha laadida.
kaubikult maha laadida.
07:15
It was cool, and they just shared the stories
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Oli tore kuulata neid rääkimas,
07:17
about how this affected them and how
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kuidas see neid mõjutab
07:20
they used to plant with their mother and their grandmother,
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ja kuidas nad oma ema ja vanaemaga
olid taimi istutanud.
olid taimi istutanud.
07:23
and it was just cool to see how this changed them,
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Oli väga lahe näha neis muutust,
07:26
if it was only for that one moment.
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isegi kui see oli vaid korraks.
07:32
So Green Grounds has gone on to plant
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Green Grounds on praeguseks rajanud
07:35
maybe 20 gardens.
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umbes 20 aeda.
07:37
We've had, like, 50 people come to our dig-ins
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Meid on selles aidanud umbes
viiekümnend inimest,
viiekümnend inimest,
07:41
and participate, and it's all volunteers.
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kes on kõik seda vabatahtlikult teinud.
07:44
If kids grow kale, kids eat kale.
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Kui lapsed kasvatavad kapsast,
siis nad söövad kapsast.
siis nad söövad kapsast.
07:47
(Laughter)
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(Naer)
07:49
If they grow tomatoes, they eat tomatoes. (Applause)
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Kui nad kasvatavad tomateid,
siis nad söövad tomateid.
siis nad söövad tomateid.
07:54
But when none of this is presented to them,
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Kui neile seda võimalust ei anta,
07:57
if they're not shown how food affects the mind and the body,
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kui neile ei näidata, kuidas toit mõjutab
vaimu ja keha,
vaimu ja keha,
08:01
they blindly eat whatever the hell you put in front of them.
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siis nad söövadki pimesi kõike,
mida neile ette antakse.
mida neile ette antakse.
08:05
I see young people
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Näen noori inimesi,
08:07
and they want to work,
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kes tahavad tööd teha,
08:10
but they're in this thing where they're caught up --
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kuid on justkui kuhugi kinni jäänud.
08:12
I see kids of color and they're just on this track
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Näen tumedanahalisi noori,
08:16
that's designed for them,
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kes on justkui neile ettekirjutatud rajal,
08:19
that leads them to nowhere.
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mis ei vii kuhugi.
08:21
So with gardening, I see an opportunity
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Näen aianduses võimalust
08:24
where we can train these kids
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panna need noored vastutama
08:26
to take over their communities,
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oma kogukonna eest
08:29
to have a sustainable life.
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ja muuta see jätkusuutlikuks.
08:33
And when we do this, who knows?
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Kui suudame seda,
siis kes teab mida edasi?
siis kes teab mida edasi?
08:35
We might produce the next George Washington Carver.
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Võime aidata kaasa järgmise
George Washington Carveri sünnile.
George Washington Carveri sünnile.
08:38
but if we don't change the composition of the soil,
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Kui me ei muuda aga mulla koostist,
08:40
we will never do this.
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siis ei saavuta me seda iial.
08:42
Now this is one of my plans. This is what I want to do.
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Minu plaan on järgmine.
08:45
I want to plant a whole block of gardens
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Ma tahan rajada terve kvartalijagu aedu,
08:49
where people can share in the food in the same block.
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kus inimesed saavad toitu jagada.
08:52
I want to take shipping containers
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Ma tahan muuta laevakonteinerid
08:54
and turn them into healthy cafes.
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tervisekohvikuteks.
08:57
Now don't get me wrong.
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Ärge saage must valesti aru.
08:59
I'm not talking about no free shit,
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Ma ei räägi mingitest tasuta asjadest,
09:02
because free is not sustainable.
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sest tasuta pole jätkusuutlik.
09:05
The funny thing about sustainability,
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Kummaline asi jätkusuutlikkusega on see,
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you have to sustain it.
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et see peab kestma.
09:09
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Naer) (Aplaus)
09:13
What I'm talking about is putting people to work,
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Ma soovin inimesi uuesti tööle panna,
09:15
and getting kids off the street, and letting them know
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lapsed tänavatelt ära saada,
et nad teaksid,
et nad teaksid,
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the joy, the pride and the honor in growing your own food,
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millist rõõmu, uhkust ja au
pakub toidu kasvatamine,
pakub toidu kasvatamine,
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opening farmer's markets.
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soovin avada taluturge.
09:26
So what I want to do here,
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Tahan muuta selle
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we gotta make this sexy.
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seksikaks.
09:30
So I want us all to become ecolutionary renegades,
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Muutugem ökolutsioonilisteks mässajateks,
09:35
gangstas, gangsta gardeners.
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gangstadeks, gangsta-aednikeks.
09:36
We gotta flip the script on what a gangsta is.
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Peame muutma gangsta tähendust.
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If you ain't a gardener, you ain't gangsta.
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Kui sa pole aednik, pole sa gangsta.
09:42
Get gangsta with your shovel, okay?
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Ole gangsta oma labidaga!
09:47
And let that be your weapon of choice.
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Olgu see su valitud relv.
09:50
(Applause)
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09:57
So basically, if you want to meet with me,
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Ehk siis kui sa soovid minuga kohtuda,
10:03
you know, if you want to meet,
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kui sa soovid minuga kokku saada,
10:06
don't call me if you want to sit around in cushy chairs
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ära helista mulle, kui tahad pehmetel
toolidel istuda
toolidel istuda
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and have meetings where you talk about doing some shit --
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ja pidada koosolekuid, kus räägitakse
millegi tegemisest,
millegi tegemisest,
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where you talk about doing some shit.
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kus vaid räägitakse millegi tegemisest.
10:17
If you want to meet with me, come to the garden
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Kui soovid minuga kokku saada,
tule mu aeda,
tule mu aeda,
10:20
with your shovel so we can plant some shit.
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võta labidas kaasa ja istutame midagi.
10:23
Peace. Thank you.
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Rahu. Aitäh.
10:26
(Applause)
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(Aplaus)
10:30
Thank you. (Applause)
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Aitäh. (Aplaus)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ron Finley - GardenerRon Finley grows a nourishing food culture in South Central L.A.’s food desert by planting the seeds and tools for healthy eating.
Why you should listen
Artist and designer Ron Finley couldn’t help but notice what was going on in his backyard. “South Central Los Angeles,” he quips, “home of the drive-thru and the drive-by.” And it's the drive-thru fast-food stands that contribute more to the area’s poor health and high mortality rate, with one in two kids contracting a curable disease like Type 2 diabetes.
Finley’s vision for a healthy, accessible “food forest” started with the curbside veggie garden he planted in the strip of dirt in front of his own house. When the city tried to shut it down, Finley’s fight gave voice to a larger movement that provides nourishment, empowerment, education -- and healthy, hopeful futures -- one urban garden at a time.
Ron Finley | Speaker | TED.com