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Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.09,0:00:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ta-da!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.13,0:00:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.98,0:00:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am honored to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.39,0:00:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm honored to talk about this topic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.39,0:00:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think is of grave importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.24,0:00:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been talking a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.48,0:00:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the horrific impacts of plastic\Non the planet and on other species,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.45,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but plastic hurts people, too...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.95,0:00:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.00,0:00:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both in the production of plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.18,0:00:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the use of plastic\Nand the disposal of plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.92,0:00:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who have\Nthe bull's-eye on their foreheads
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.61,0:00:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.73,0:00:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People got very upset
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.93,0:01:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the BP oil spill happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.03,0:01:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for very good reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.52,0:01:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People thought, "Oh, my God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.16,0:01:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is terrible, this oil...\NIt's in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.96,0:01:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to destroy\Nthe living systems there.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.90,0:01:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are going to be hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.36,0:01:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a terrible thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.88,0:01:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this oil is going to hurt\Nthe people in the Gulf."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.24,0:01:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What people don't think about is:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.33,0:01:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the oil had made it\Nsafely to shore?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.08,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the oil actually got\Nwhere it was trying to go?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.31,0:01:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only would it have been burned\Nin engines and added to global warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.34,0:01:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a place called "Cancer Alley,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.72,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reason it's called "Cancer Alley"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.88,0:01:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the petrochemical industry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.53,0:01:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes that oil and turns it into plastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.71,0:01:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the process, kills people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.41,0:01:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shortens the lives of the people\Nwho live there in the Gulf.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.49,0:01:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So oil and petrochemicals are not\Njust a problem when there's a spill;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.30,0:01:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're a problem when there's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.04,0:01:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we don't often appreciate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.47,0:01:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the price that poor people pay
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.17,0:01:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to have these disposable products.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.69,0:01:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing\Nwe often don't appreciate is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.86,0:02:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just at the point of production\Nthat poor people suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.99,0:02:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poor people also suffer\Nat the point of use.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.64,0:02:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us who earn\Na certain income level,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.74,0:02:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have something called choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.17,0:02:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why you want\Nto work hard and have a job
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.66,0:02:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be poor and broke
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.36,0:02:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so you can have choices,\Neconomic choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.19,0:02:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually get a chance\Nto choose not to use products
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.30,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have dangerous,\Npoisonous plastic in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.44,0:02:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other people who are poor\Ndon't have those choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So low-income people often are the ones
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.100,0:02:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are buying the products that have\Nthose dangerous chemicals in them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.01,0:02:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their children are using.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.47,0:02:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the people who wind up\Ningesting a disproportionate amount
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.32,0:02:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this poisonous plastic in using it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.51,0:02:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people say, "Well, they should\Njust buy a different product."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.17,0:02:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the problem with being poor\Nis you don't have those choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.32,0:02:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You often have to buy\Nthe cheapest products.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.44,0:02:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cheapest products\Nare often the most dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.44,0:02:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that weren't bad enough...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it wasn't just the production\Nof plastic that's giving people cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.50,0:02:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in places like Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.03,0:03:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shortening lives and hurting\Npoor kids at the point of use...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.56,0:03:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the point of disposal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.67,0:03:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again, it's poor people\Nwho bear the burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.20,0:03:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, we think we're doing a good thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.83,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in your office, drinking\Nyour bottled water or whatever it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.50,0:03:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you think to yourself,\N"I'm going to throw this away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.29,0:03:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No... I'm going to be virtuous.\NI'm going to put it in the blue bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.84,0:03:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think, "I put mine in the blue bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you look\Nat your colleague and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.48,0:03:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why, you cretin!\NYou put yours in the white bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.96,0:03:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we use that as a moral tickle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.27,0:03:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel so good about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.04,0:03:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we... well, OK, I'm just... me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.32,0:03:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not you, but I feel this way often.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.04,0:03:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.70,0:03:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we kind of have\Nthis moral feel-good moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.02,0:03:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we were to be able\Nto follow that little bottle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.42,0:03:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on its journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.90,0:03:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would be shocked\Nto discover that, all too often,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.49,0:03:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bottle is going to be put on a boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.75,0:03:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to go all the way\Nacross the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.59,0:03:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some expense,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.93,0:04:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to wind up\Nin a developing country, often China.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.27,0:04:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in our minds, we imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.88,0:04:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody's going to take\Nthe little bottle and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.36,0:04:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, little bottle! We're so happy\Nto see you, little bottle."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.65,0:04:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.50,0:04:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've served so well."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.89,0:04:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.94,0:04:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's given a little bottle massage,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.80,0:04:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bottle medal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.50,0:04:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say, "What would\Nyou like to do next?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.72,0:04:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The little bottle says,\N"I just don't know ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.09,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.44,0:04:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not actually what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.59,0:04:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.00,0:04:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bottle winds up getting burned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.82,0:04:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recycling of plastic\Nin many developing countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.46,0:04:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means the incineration of the plastic,\Nthe burning of the plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.64,0:04:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which releases incredible toxic chemicals
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.09,0:04:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, once again, kills people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.94,0:04:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, poor people\Nwho are making these products
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.69,0:04:50.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in petrochemical centers\Nlike Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.47,0:04:53.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poor people who are consuming\Nthese products disproportionately,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.58,0:04:57.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then poor people who,\Neven at the tail end of the recycling,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.11,0:04:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are having their lives shortened.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.90,0:05:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all being harmed... greatly...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.52,0:05:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this addiction that we have\Nto disposability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.38,0:05:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you think to yourself...\NI know how you are...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.89,0:05:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "That sure is terrible\Nfor those poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.68,0:05:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just awful. Those poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.22,0:05:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope someone does\Nsomething to help them."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we don't understand is...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.16,0:05:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.99,0:05:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worked very hard\Nto get the smog reduction
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.14,0:05:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening here in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.72,0:05:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.98,0:05:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they're doing so much\Ndirty production in Asia now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.36,0:05:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the environmental laws\Ndon't protect the people in Asia now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.99,0:05:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost all of the clean air gains\Nand the toxic air gains
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.06,0:05:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've achieved here in California
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.95,0:05:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been wiped out\Nby dirty air coming over from Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.07,0:05:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we all are being hit.\NWe all are being impacted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.80,0:05:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just that the poor people\Nget it first and worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.58,0:05:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the dirty production,\Nthe burning of toxins,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.79,0:05:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lack of environmental\Nstandards in Asia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.08,0:06:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually creating so much\Ndirty air pollution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.60,0:06:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's coming across the ocean,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.04,0:06:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has erased our gains\Nhere in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.17,0:06:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're back where we were in the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.09,0:06:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're on one planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.04,0:06:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to be able to get\Nto the root of these problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.01,0:06:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The root of this problem, in my view,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.09,0:06:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the idea of disposability itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.14,0:06:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if you understand the link
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.18,0:06:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between what we're doing\Nto poison and pollute the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.94,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we're doing to poor people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.40,0:06:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you arrive at a very troubling\Nbut also very helpful insight:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.44,0:06:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to trash the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.71,0:06:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to trash people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.92,0:06:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you create a world\Nwhere you don't trash people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.89,0:06:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't trash the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.70,0:06:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now we are at a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.19,0:06:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the coming together\Nof social justice as an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.06,0:06:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ecology as an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.51,0:06:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we finally can now see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.82,0:06:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are really,\Nat the end of the day, one idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.41,0:06:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the idea that we don't have\Ndisposable anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.60,0:06:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have disposable resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.70,0:07:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have disposable species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.36,0:07:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't have\Ndisposable people, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.94,0:07:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have a throwaway planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.98,0:07:09.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't have throwaway\Nchildren... it's all precious.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.80,0:07:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we all begin to come back\Nto that basic understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.70,0:07:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new opportunities for action\Nbegin to emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.30,0:07:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.99,0:07:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an emerging science,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.53,0:07:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winds up being a very important\Nsocial justice idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.14,0:07:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are just\Nlearning about this stuff:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.35,0:07:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biomimicry means respecting\Nthe wisdom of all species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.35,0:07:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Democracy, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.54,0:07:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means respecting the wisdom\Nof all people... we'll get to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.57,0:07:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But biomimicry means\Nrespecting the wisdom of all species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.38,0:07:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out we're a pretty\Nclever species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.91,0:07:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this big cortex,\Nwe're pretty proud of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.02,0:07:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we want to make something hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.60,0:07:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we say, "I know! I'm going\Nto make a hard substance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.14,0:07:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know! I'm going to get\Nvacuums and furnaces
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.70,0:07:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drag stuff out of the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.41,0:07:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get things hot\Nand poison and pollute...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.32,0:07:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I got this hard thing!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.20,0:08:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.38,0:08:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so clever!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look behind you,\Nand there's destruction all around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.07,0:08:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.25,0:08:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're so clever,\Nbut you're not as clever as a clam.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.10,0:08:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A clamshell is hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.86,0:08:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no vacuums.\NThere's no big furnaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.55,0:08:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no poison. There's no pollution.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.52,0:08:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that other species\Nfigured out a long time ago
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.34,0:08:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to create many of the things we need
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.70,0:08:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using biological processes\Nthat nature knows how to use well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.36,0:08:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That insight of biomimicry,\Nof our scientists finally realizing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.06,0:08:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have as much\Nto learn from other species...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.49,0:08:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean taking a mouse\Nand sticking it with stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.70,0:08:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean looking at it from that way,\Nabusing the little species.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.03,0:08:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean actually respecting them,\Nrespecting what they've achieved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.31,0:08:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's called biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.89,0:08:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that opens the door\Nto zero waste production;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.79,0:08:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zero pollution production;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.70,0:08:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could actually enjoy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.70,0:08:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a high quality of life,\Na high standard of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.34,0:08:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without trashing the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.94,0:08:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that idea of biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:01.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respecting the wisdom of all species,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.97,0:09:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with the idea\Nof democracy and social justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.86,0:09:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respecting the wisdom\Nand the worth of all people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.48,0:09:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would give us a different society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.30,0:09:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have a different economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.20,0:09:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have a green society
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.53,0:09:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Dr. King would be proud of.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.96,0:09:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be the goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.63,0:09:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way that we get there\Nis to first of all recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.62,0:09:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the idea of disposability
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.57,0:09:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only hurts the species\Nwe've talked about,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.70,0:09:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it even corrupts our own society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.48,0:09:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so proud to live here in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.48,0:09:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just had this vote,\Nand everybody's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.59,0:09:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well... not in our state!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.35,0:09:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.89,0:09:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what those\Nother states were doing, but ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.70,0:09:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.47,0:09:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just so proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.06,0:09:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah, I'm proud, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.44,0:09:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.16,0:09:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California, though we lead the world\Nin some of the green stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.70,0:09:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also, unfortunately, lead the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.70,0:10:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the gulag stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.41,0:10:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California has one of the highest\Nincarceration rates
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.97,0:10:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the 50 states.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.70,0:10:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a moral challenge\Nin this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.82,0:10:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are passionate about rescuing\Nsome dead materials from the landfill,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.86,0:10:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes not as passionate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.70,0:10:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about rescuing living beings,\Nliving people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.41,0:10:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say\Nthat we live in a country...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.56,0:10:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five percent of the world's population,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.56,0:10:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 percent of the greenhouse gases,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.07,0:10:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also 25 percent\Nof the world's prisoners.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.08,0:10:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of every four people\Nlocked up anywhere in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.77,0:10:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is locked up right here\Nin the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.97,0:10:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is consistent with this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.70,0:10:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that disposability\Nis something we believe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.92,0:10:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.24,0:10:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a movement that has to broaden\Nits constituency,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.79,0:10:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.12,0:10:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to reach out\Nbeyond our natural comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.25,0:10:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the challenges\Nto the success of this movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.18,0:10:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of getting rid of things like plastic\Nand helping the economy shift,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.45,0:11:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is people look at our movement\Nwith some suspicion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.86,0:11:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they ask a question,\Nand the question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.48,0:11:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can these people be so passionate?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.25,0:11:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A poor person, a low-income person,\Nsomebody in Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.51,0:11:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody in Watts,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.97,0:11:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody in Harlem,\Nsomebody on an Indian reservation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.70,0:11:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might say to themselves...\NAnd rightfully so...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.94,0:11:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can these people be so passionate
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.85,0:11:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about making sure
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.61,0:11:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a plastic bottle\Nhas a second chance in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.70,0:11:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an aluminum can has a second chance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.91,0:11:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, when my child gets in trouble\Nand goes to prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.50,0:11:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he doesn't get a second chance?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.33,0:11:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can this movement\Nbe so passionate about saying
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.84,0:11:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have throwaway stuff,\Nno throwaway dead materials,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.68,0:11:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet accept throwaway lives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.52,0:11:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throwaway communities\Nlike Cancer Alley?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.86,0:11:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we now get a chance\Nto be truly proud of this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.44,0:11:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we take on topics like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.15,0:11:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives us that extra call\Nto reach out to other movements
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.80,0:12:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to become more inclusive and to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.17,0:12:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can finally get out of\Nthis crazy dilemma that we've been in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.97,0:12:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you are good, softhearted people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.39,0:12:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you were younger,\Nyou cared about the whole world,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.07,0:12:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at some point, somebody said\Nyou had to pick an issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.84,0:12:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to boil your love\Ndown to an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.28,0:12:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can't love the whole world...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.83,0:12:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to work on trees\Nor you've got to work on immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.45,0:12:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to shrink it down\Nand be about one issue."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.38,0:12:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really, they fundamentally told you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.32,0:12:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you going to hug a tree?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.45,0:12:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you going to hug a child? Pick.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.60,0:12:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to hug a tree?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.24,0:12:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you going to hug a child? Pick."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.33,0:12:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when you start working\Non issues like plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.81,0:12:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize the whole thing is connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.03,0:12:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And luckily, most of us are blessed\Nto have two arms...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.84,0:12:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can hug both.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.25,0:12:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.64,0:12:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)