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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TEDGlobal 2009

Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

Edward Burtynsky mengabadikan bentang alam perminyakan

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Dalam fotografi format besar yang menakjubkan, Edward Burtinsky mengikuti perjalanan minyak dalam kehidupan modern, dari sumur bor, menuju pipa penyaluran dan mesin kendaraan -- dan selebihnya untuk menunjukkan puncak akhir dari kejayaan perminyakan.
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I starteddimulai my journeyperjalanan 30 yearstahun agolalu.
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Saya memulai perjalanan ini 30 tahun yang lalu.
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And I workedbekerja in minestambang. And I realizedmenyadari that
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this was a worlddunia unseengaib.
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Ini adalah dunia yang tidak terlihat.
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And I wanted, throughmelalui colorwarna and largebesar formatformat cameraskamera
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dan saya berkeinginan, melalui warna & kamera format besar
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and very largebesar printscetakan,
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dan poster yang sangat besar,
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to make a bodytubuh of work that somehowentah bagaimana
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membuat sebuah karya yang
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becamemenjadi symbolssimbol of our
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menjadi simbol kita
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use of the landscapepemandangan,
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dalam mengolah bentang alam,
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how we use the landtanah.
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bagaimana cara kita mengolah daratan.
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And to me this was
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Dan bagi saya ini merupakan
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a keykunci componentkomponen that somehowentah bagaimana, throughmelalui this mediummedium of photographyfotografi,
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unsur inti, melalui fotografi,
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whichyang allowsmemungkinkan us to contemplatemerenungkan these landscapeslansekap,
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yang memungkinkan kita untuk merenungkan bentang alam tersebut,
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that I thought photographyfotografi was perfectlysempurna suitedcocok
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saya berpikiran bahwa fotografi sangat sesuai
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to doing this typemengetik of work.
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dalam melakukan hal ini.
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And after 17 yearstahun of photographingmemotret largebesar industrialindustri landscapeslansekap,
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Dan setelah 17 tahun mendokumentasi bentang alam industri besar,
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it occurredterjadi to me that
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saya menyadari bahwa
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oilminyak is underpinningbantalan the scaleskala and speedkecepatan.
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minyak, dalam hal skala dan kecepatan,
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Because that is what has changedberubah,
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telah merubah,
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is the speedkecepatan at whichyang we're takingpengambilan all our resourcessumber daya.
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kecepatan kita menambang seluruh sumber daya yang kita miliki.
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And so then I wentpergi out to developmengembangkan a wholeseluruh seriesseri
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Sehingga, saya merencanakan untuk membentuk keseluruhan tayangan
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on the landscapepemandangan of oilminyak.
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mengenai bentang alam perminyakan.
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And what I want to do is to kindjenis of mappeta an arcbusur
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Dan saya ingin membuatnya secara garis besar
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that there is extractionekstraksi, where we're takingpengambilan it from the groundtanah,
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bagian ekstraksi, tempat dimana kita mengambilnya dari bumi,
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refinementperbaikan. And that's one chapterbab.
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pemurnian. Itu menjadi satu bagian.
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The other chapterbab that I wanted to look at was
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Pada bagian lain yang ingin saya tampilkan adalah
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how we use it -- our citieskota,
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bagaimana cara kita menggunakannya, di kota,
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our carsmobil, our motorculturesmotorcultures,
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pada mobil, dan kebudayaan mesin kita,
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where people gathermengumpulkan around the vehiclekendaraan
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dimana masyarakat berkumpul di sekitarnya
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as a celebrationPerayaan.
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sebagai simbol kejayaan.
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And then the thirdketiga one is this ideaide of the endakhir of oilminyak,
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Dan pada bagian ketiga adalah mengenai akhir dari perminyakan,
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this entropicentropic endakhir,
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pada ujung ini,
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where all of our partsbagian of carsmobil, our tiresban,
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dimana seluruh bagian (suku cadang) dari mobil kita, ban kita,
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oilminyak filtersfilter,
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filter (penyaring) minyak,
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helicoptershelikopter, planespesawat --
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helikopter, pesawat terbang --
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where are the landscapeslansekap where all of that stuffbarang endsberakhir up?
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dimana tempat semua benda ini berakhir?
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And to me, again, photographyfotografi was
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Sekali lagi, bagi saya, fotografi adalah
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a way in whichyang I could explorejelajahi and researchpenelitian the worlddunia,
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cara dimana saya dapat menjelajah dan meneliti dunia,
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and find those placestempat.
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dan menemukan berbagai tempat tersebut.
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And anotherlain ideaide that I had as well,
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Ide lainnya yang saya pikirkan adalah,
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that was broughtdibawa forwardmeneruskan by an ecologistekologi --
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berawal dari seorang ekologist (ahli lingkungan) --
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he basicallypada dasarnya did a calculationperhitungan where
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yang melakukan penghitungan mendasar
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he tookmengambil one literliter of gasgas and said,
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dari satu liter minyak dan berkata,
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well, how much carbonkarbon it would take, and how much organicorganik materialbahan?
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berapa banyak polusi karbon yang dihasilkan, dan berapa banyak bahan organik?
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It was 23 metricmetrik tonston for one literliter.
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Hasilnya adalah 23 metrik ton untuk setiap liternya.
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So wheneverkapanpun I fillmengisi up my gasgas,
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Jadi, saat saya mengisi bahan bakar saya,
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I think of that literliter, and how much carbonkarbon.
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Saya merenung jumlah karbon dalam bahan bakar tersebut.
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And I know that oilminyak comesdatang from the oceanlautan and phytoplanktonfitoplankton,
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Dan saya menyadari bahwa minyak berasal dari samudra dan fitoplankton.
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but he did the calculationsperhitungan for our EarthBumi
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Namun, ahli ekologi tersebut menghitung untuk Bumi kita
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and what it had to do to producemenghasilkan that amountjumlah of energyenergi.
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dan bagaimana cara untuk menghasilkan energi tersebut.
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From the photosyntheticfotosintesis growthpertumbuhan,
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Dari perkembangan fotosintesis,
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it would take 500 yearstahun of that growthpertumbuhan
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yang membutuhkan waktu 500 tahun
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to producemenghasilkan what we use, the 30 billionmilyar barrelsbarel we use perper yeartahun.
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untuk menghasilkan 30 milyar barrel kebutuhan kita setiap tahunnya.
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And that alsojuga broughtdibawa me to the factfakta that
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Saya juga menyadari fakta bahwa
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this posespose suchseperti itu a riskrisiko to our societymasyarakat.
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Hal tersebut sangat beresiko bagi masyarakat kita.
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Looking at 30 billionmilyar perper yeartahun,
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Dengan kebutuhan 30 milyar barrel setiap tahunnya,
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we look at our two largestterbesar supplierspemasok,
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dibandingkan dengan dua penghasil terbesar,
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SaudiArab Saudi ArabiaArabia and now CanadaKanada, with its dirtykotor oilminyak.
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Saudi Arabia dan Kanada, dengan minyak mentahnya.
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And togetherbersama they only formbentuk about 15 yearstahun of supplymenyediakan.
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Gabungan keduanya hanya mampu menghasilkan persediaan minyak selama 15 tahun.
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The wholeseluruh worlddunia, at 1.2 trilliontriliun estimateddiperkirakan reservescadangan,
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Perkiraan cadangan dunia adalah sebanyak 1.2 bilyar (1.200 milyar),
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only givesmemberi us about 45 yearstahun.
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yang hanya memberikan kita cadangan untuk sekitar 45 tahun.
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So, it's not a questionpertanyaan of if, but a questionpertanyaan of when
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Jadi, pertanyaannya bukanlah...bagaimana, namun kapan...
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peakpuncak oilminyak will come uponatas us.
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akhir dari perminyakan akan tiba bagi kita.
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So, to me, usingmenggunakan photographyfotografi --
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Bagi saya, dengan menggunakan fotografi --
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and I feel that all of us need to now beginmulai to really
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saya merasa bahwa kita semua harus memulai
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take the tasktugas of usingmenggunakan our talentsbakat,
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tugas dengan menggunakan bakat kita,
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our wayscara of thinkingberpikir,
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cara pemikiran kita,
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to beginmulai to dealberurusan with what I think is probablymungkin
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untuk mulai memperhitungkan hal yang menurut saya adalah
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one of the mostpaling challengingmenantang issuesMasalah of our time,
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salah satu tantangan terbesar di masa kita,
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how to dealberurusan with our energyenergi crisiskrisis.
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bagaimana cara menghadapi krisis energi.
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And I would like to say that, on the other sidesisi of it,
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Dan saya ingin mengatakan bahwa, di sisi lainnya,
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30, 40 yearstahun from now, the childrenanak-anak that I have,
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30 hingga 40 tahun lagi, kepada para anak kita,
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I can look at them and say, "We did everything
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Saya dapat melihat mereka dan mengatakan "Kami telah melakukan segalanya
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we possiblymungkin, humanlykemanusiaan could do,
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yang mungkin manusia lakukan,
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to beginmulai to mitigatemengurangi this,
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untuk mencegah hal ini
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what I feel is one of the mostpaling importantpenting and criticalkritis
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yang saya rasakan adalah salah satu saat yang penting dan kritis
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momentsmomen in our time. Thank you.
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di masa kita. Terima kasih.
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(Tepuk tangan)
Translated by alex sumadijaya
Reviewed by Imelda Andriany

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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.

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