ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edward Burtynsky - Photographer
2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.

Why you should listen

To describe Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's work in a single adjective, you have to speak French: jolie-laide. His images of scarred landscapes -- from mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange waste from a nickel mine -- are eerily pretty yet ugly at the same time. Burtynsky's large-format color photographs explore the impact of humanity's expanding footprint and the substantial ways in which we're reshaping the surface of the planet. His images powerfully alter the way we think about the world and our place in it.

With his blessing and encouragement, WorldChanging.com and others use his work to inspire ongoing global conversations about sustainable living. Burtynsky's photographs are included in the collections of over 50 museums around the world, including the Tate, London and the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York City. A large-format book, 2003's Manufactured Landscapes, collected his work, and in 2007, a documentary based on his photography, also called Manufactured Landscapes, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival before going on to screen at Sundance and elsewhere. It was released on DVD in March 2007. In 2008, after giving a talk at the Long Now Foundation, Burtynsky proposed "The 10,000 Year Gallery," which could house art to be curated over thousands of years preserved through carbon transfers in an effort to reflect the attitudes and changes of the world over time. 

When Burtynsky accepted his 2005 TED Prize, he made three wishes. One of his wishes: to build a website that will help kids think about going green. Thanks to WGBH and the TED community, the show and site Meet the Greens debuted at TED2007. His second wish: to begin work on an Imax film, which morphed into the jaw-dropping film Manufactured Landscapes with Jennifer Baichwal. And his third wish, wider in scope, was simply to encourage "a massive and productive worldwide conversation about sustainable living." Thanks to his help and the input of the TED community, the site WorldChanging.com got an infusion of energy that has helped it to grow into a leading voice in the sustainability community.

In 2016, he won a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts for his work.

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Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

عکس‌هایی از ادوارد بارتینسکی از منظره‌های نفت

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در عکس‌های شگفت‌انگیز قطع بزرگ، ادوارد بارتینسکی راهی که نفت در جامعه‌ی مدرن می‌پیماید را از چاه‌ها نفت تا لوله‌ها تا متور ماشین‌ها -- و بعد تا آخر بازی پیشبینی شده‌ی پایان نفت را دنبال می‌کند.
- Photographer
2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind. Full bio

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I startedآغاز شده my journeyسفر 30 yearsسالها agoپیش.
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من سفرم را ۳۰ سال پیش آغاز کردم
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And I workedکار کرد in minesمعادن. And I realizedمتوجه شدم that
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و من در معدن‌ها کار کردم. و من فهمیدم که
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this was a worldجهان unseenغیر قابل مشاهده است.
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این یک دنیایی‌ای است که دیده نشده است.
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And I wanted, throughاز طریق colorرنگ and largeبزرگ formatفرمت camerasدوربین ها
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و من خواستم بوسیله رنگ و دوربین‌های قطع بزرگ
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and very largeبزرگ printsچاپ می کند,
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و چاپ‌های خیلی بزرگ،
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to make a bodyبدن of work that somehowبه نحوی
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یک بدنه‌ی یک کار را بسازم که به‌صورتی
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becameتبدیل شد symbolsنمادها of our
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سمبل‌های استفاده‌ی ما
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use of the landscapeچشم انداز,
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از منظره‌ها بشود،
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how we use the landزمین.
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اینکه ما از زمین چگونه استفاده می‌کنیم.
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And to me this was
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و این برای من
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a keyکلیدی componentجزء that somehowبه نحوی, throughاز طریق this mediumمتوسط of photographyعکاسی,
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یک جز اصلی بود که به صورتی، از طریق رسانه‌ی عکاسی،
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whichکه allowsاجازه می دهد us to contemplateاندیشیدن these landscapesمناظر طبیعی,
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به ما اجازه‌ی تامل کردن در این منظره‌ها را می‌دهد،
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that I thought photographyعکاسی was perfectlyکاملا suitedمناسب
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که من فکر کردم عکاسی برای این نوع از کار بسیار
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to doing this typeتایپ کنید of work.
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مناسب است.
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And after 17 yearsسالها of photographingعکاسی largeبزرگ industrialصنعتی landscapesمناظر طبیعی,
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و بعد از ۱۷ سال عکاسی از منظره‌های بزرگ صنعتی،
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it occurredرخ داده است to me that
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به نظر من رسید که
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oilنفت is underpinningپایه the scaleمقیاس and speedسرعت.
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نفت پایه و شالوده مقیاس و سرعت است،
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Because that is what has changedتغییر کرد,
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و به خاطر همین چیزی که تغییر کرده است،
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is the speedسرعت at whichکه we're takingگرفتن all our resourcesمنابع.
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سرعتی است که ما داریم از منابع خودمان استفاده می‌کنیم.
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And so then I wentرفتی out to developتوسعه a wholeکل seriesسلسله
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و پس بنابراین من یک سری کامل از
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on the landscapeچشم انداز of oilنفت.
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منظره‌های نفتی را درست کردم.
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And what I want to do is to kindنوع of mapنقشه an arcقوس
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و کاری که من می‌خواهم انجام دهد یک جور نقشه برداری از قوسی است که نفت می‌پیماید
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that there is extractionاستخراج, where we're takingگرفتن it from the groundزمینی,
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وقتی که استخراج انجام می‌پذیرد، جایی که ما آن را از زمین بیرون می‌کشیم،
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refinementاصلاح. And that's one chapterفصل.
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پالایش. و آن یک فصل دیگر هست.
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The other chapterفصل that I wanted to look at was
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فصل بعدی که من می‌خواستم به آن نگاه کنم این بود
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how we use it -- our citiesشهرها,
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که ما چگونه از آن در شهر‌هایمان،
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our carsماشین ها, our motorculturesmotorcultures,
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ماشین‌هایمان، در فرهنگ ماشینی‌یمان،
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where people gatherجمع آوری around the vehicleوسیله نقلیه
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در جایی که مردم در اطراف وسایل نقلیه جمع می‌شوند
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as a celebrationجشن.
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تا جشن بگیرند، استفاده می‌کنیم.
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And then the thirdسوم one is this ideaاندیشه of the endپایان of oilنفت,
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و موضوع سوم این ایده‌ی انتهای نفت است،
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this entropicانتروپی endپایان,
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این پایان فیزیکی،
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where all of our partsقطعات of carsماشین ها, our tiresلاستیک,
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جایی که همه قسمت‌های ماشین‌های ما، لاستیک‌های ما،
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oilنفت filtersفیلترها,
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فیلتر‌های روغن،
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helicoptersهلی کوپترها, planesهواپیما --
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هلیکوپتر‌ها، هواپیماها --
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where are the landscapesمناظر طبیعی where all of that stuffچیز endsبه پایان می رسد up?
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منظره‌هایی که این همه اجزا در آنجا جمع می‌شوند کجا است؟
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And to me, again, photographyعکاسی was
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و برای من عکاسی باز هم
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a way in whichکه I could exploreکاوش کنید and researchپژوهش the worldجهان,
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یک راه برای اکتشاف و جستجو دنیا ،
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and find those placesمکان ها.
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و پیدا کردن این محل ها بوده است.
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And anotherیکی دیگر ideaاندیشه that I had as well,
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و یک ایده‌ی دیگری که من داشتم هم این بود،
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that was broughtآورده شده forwardرو به جلو by an ecologistاکولوژیست --
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که از طرف یک بوم شناس مطرح شده است --
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he basicallyاساسا did a calculationمحاسبه where
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او ابتدایا یک محاسبه ای انجام داد جایی که
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he tookگرفت one literلیتر of gasگاز and said,
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او یک لیتر بنزین آورد و گفت،
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well, how much carbonکربن it would take, and how much organicارگانیک materialمواد?
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خوب، این چقدر کربن دارد و چقدر مواد عالی دارد؟
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It was 23 metricمتریک tonsتن for one literلیتر.
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این برابر ۲۳ تن مکعب برای هر لیتر است.
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So wheneverهر زمان که I fillپر کن up my gasگاز,
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پس من هروقت باکم را پر می‌کنم،
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I think of that literلیتر, and how much carbonکربن.
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من به آن یک لیتر فکر می‌کنم و اینکه چقدر کربن دارد.
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And I know that oilنفت comesمی آید from the oceanاقیانوس and phytoplanktonفیتوپلانکتون,
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و من می دانم این نفت از دریا ها و پلانگتون‌ها آمده است.
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but he did the calculationsمحاسبات for our Earthزمین
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ولی او محاسباتی برای زمین هم انجام داد و
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and what it had to do to produceتولید کردن that amountمیزان of energyانرژی.
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و اینکه باید چقدر کار انجا دهد تا آن مقدار انرژی را تولید کند.
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From the photosyntheticفتوسنتزی growthرشد,
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از رشد فتو سنتزی،
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it would take 500 yearsسالها of that growthرشد
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حدود ۵۰۰ سال طول می‌کشد
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to produceتولید کردن what we use, the 30 billionبیلیون barrelsبشکه we use perدر هر yearسال.
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تا چیزی که ما در یک سال تولید می‌کنید ، یعنی ۳۰ ملیون بشکه در سال تولید شود.
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And that alsoهمچنین broughtآورده شده me to the factواقعیت that
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این به من این موضوع را نشان داد که
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this posesقرار می دهد suchچنین a riskخطر to our societyجامعه.
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ریسک بزرگی رابه جامعه‌ی ما تحمیل میکنه.
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Looking at 30 billionبیلیون perدر هر yearسال,
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وقتی که ما به مصرف ۳۰ میلیارد در سال نگاه می‌کنیم،
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we look at our two largestبزرگترین suppliersتامین کنندگان,
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و به دو تا از بزرگ‌ترین تولید کنندگانمان نگاه می‌کنیم،
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Saudiعربستان سعودی Arabiaعربستان and now Canadaکانادا, with its dirtyکثیف oilنفت.
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عربستان سعودی و حالا کانادا، با نفت کثیفی که تولید می‌شود.
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And togetherبا یکدیگر they only formفرم about 15 yearsسالها of supplyعرضه.
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و اینکه آن دوتا فقط مصرف ۱۵ سال از ما را دارند.
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The wholeکل worldجهان, at 1.2 trillionتریلیون estimatedتخمین زده reservesذخایر,
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کل ذخیره‌ی جهان حدود ۱.۲ ترلیون تخمین زده می‌شود،
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only givesمی دهد us about 45 yearsسالها.
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که ما آن را در حدود ۴۵ سال مصرف می‌کنیم.
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So, it's not a questionسوال of if, but a questionسوال of when
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پس این مساله‌ی آیا امکان دارد نیست بلکه مساله چه زمانی است که
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peakاوج oilنفت will come uponبر us.
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تمام شدن نفت بسر ما خراب شود.
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So, to me, usingاستفاده كردن photographyعکاسی --
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پس برای من استفاده از عکاسی --
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and I feel that all of us need to now beginشروع to really
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والان من فکر می‌کنم که همه‌ی ما نیاز داریم که واقعا شروع کنیم
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take the taskوظیفه of usingاستفاده كردن our talentsاستعدادها,
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که از هوشمان استفاده کنیم،
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our waysراه ها of thinkingفكر كردن,
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راه‌های فکر کردن را عوض کنیم،
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to beginشروع to dealمعامله with what I think is probablyشاید
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تا بتوانیم با چیزی که من فکر می‌کنم احتمالا یکی از
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one of the mostاکثر challengingچالش برانگیز issuesمسائل of our time,
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سخت‌ترین مساله‌های زمان باشد برخورد کنیم،
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how to dealمعامله with our energyانرژی crisisبحران.
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این‌که چگونه با بحران انرژی بخورد کنیم.
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And I would like to say that, on the other sideسمت of it,
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و من دوست دارم بگویم که از جهتی دیگر
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30, 40 yearsسالها from now, the childrenفرزندان that I have,
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در ۳۰ یا ۴۰ سال آینده، فرزندانی که من خواهم داشت،
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I can look at them and say, "We did everything
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من می‌توانم به آنها نگاه کنم و بگویم، «ما هر کاری که
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we possiblyاحتمالا, humanlyانسانی could do,
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به صورت انسانی امکان پذیر بود را انجام داده‌ایم،
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to beginشروع to mitigateکاهش this,
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تا شروع به کاهش آن بکنیم،
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what I feel is one of the mostاکثر importantمهم and criticalبحرانی
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من فکر می‌کنم این یکی از مهم‌ترین و حساس‌ترین
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momentsلحظات in our time. Thank you.
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لحظات زندگی ما باشد. خیلی ممنون.
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(Applauseتشویق و تمجید)
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(تشویق)
Translated by ali Yazdi
Reviewed by Shahram Eatezadi

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edward Burtynsky - Photographer
2005 TED Prize winner Edward Burtynsky has made it his life's work to document humanity's impact on the planet. His riveting photographs, as beautiful as they are horrifying, capture views of the Earth altered by mankind.

Why you should listen

To describe Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky's work in a single adjective, you have to speak French: jolie-laide. His images of scarred landscapes -- from mountains of tires to rivers of bright orange waste from a nickel mine -- are eerily pretty yet ugly at the same time. Burtynsky's large-format color photographs explore the impact of humanity's expanding footprint and the substantial ways in which we're reshaping the surface of the planet. His images powerfully alter the way we think about the world and our place in it.

With his blessing and encouragement, WorldChanging.com and others use his work to inspire ongoing global conversations about sustainable living. Burtynsky's photographs are included in the collections of over 50 museums around the world, including the Tate, London and the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim in New York City. A large-format book, 2003's Manufactured Landscapes, collected his work, and in 2007, a documentary based on his photography, also called Manufactured Landscapes, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival before going on to screen at Sundance and elsewhere. It was released on DVD in March 2007. In 2008, after giving a talk at the Long Now Foundation, Burtynsky proposed "The 10,000 Year Gallery," which could house art to be curated over thousands of years preserved through carbon transfers in an effort to reflect the attitudes and changes of the world over time. 

When Burtynsky accepted his 2005 TED Prize, he made three wishes. One of his wishes: to build a website that will help kids think about going green. Thanks to WGBH and the TED community, the show and site Meet the Greens debuted at TED2007. His second wish: to begin work on an Imax film, which morphed into the jaw-dropping film Manufactured Landscapes with Jennifer Baichwal. And his third wish, wider in scope, was simply to encourage "a massive and productive worldwide conversation about sustainable living." Thanks to his help and the input of the TED community, the site WorldChanging.com got an infusion of energy that has helped it to grow into a leading voice in the sustainability community.

In 2016, he won a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts for his work.

More profile about the speaker
Edward Burtynsky | Speaker | TED.com