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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.90,0:00:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm an industrial engineer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.63,0:00:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal in my life has always been to make
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.43,0:00:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more products
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.90,0:00:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the least amount of time and resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.41,0:00:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While working at Toyota,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.91,0:00:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all I knew was how to make cars
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.88,0:00:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until I met Dr. Akira Miyawaki,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.33,0:00:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came to our factory to make a forest in it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.51,0:00:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to make it carbon-neutral.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.35,0:00:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so fascinated
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.22,0:00:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I decided to learn this methodology
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.67,0:00:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by joining his team as a volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.56,0:00:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon, I started making a forest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.38,0:00:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the backyard of my own house,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.84,0:00:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is how it looks after three years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.78,0:00:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These forests,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.91,0:00:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared to a conventional plantation,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.96,0:00:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grow 10 times faster,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.38,0:00:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're 30 times more dense,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.97,0:00:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 100 times more biodiverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.94,0:00:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within two years of having this forest in our backyard,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.80,0:00:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could observe that the groundwater
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.74,0:00:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't dry during summers,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.62,0:00:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the number of bird species I spotted in this area
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.48,0:00:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doubled.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.65,0:01:01.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quality of air became better,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.03,0:01:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started harvesting seasonal fruits
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.59,0:01:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,growing effortlessly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.32,0:01:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right in the backyard of our house.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.93,0:01:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to make more of these forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.25,0:01:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was so moved by these results
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.66,0:01:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wanted to make these forests
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.69,0:01:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the same acumen with which we make cars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.48,0:01:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or write software or do any mainstream business,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.90,0:01:21.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I founded a company
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.74,0:01:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an end-to-end service provider
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.59,0:01:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create these native natural forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.94,0:01:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to make afforestation as a mainstream business
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.13,0:01:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an industry, we had to standardize
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.29,0:01:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the process of forest-making.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.20,0:01:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we benchmarked the Toyota Production System
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.90,0:01:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known for its quality and efficiency
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.92,0:01:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the process of forest-making.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.85,0:01:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For an example, the core of TPS,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.41,0:01:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Toyota Production System, lies in heijunka,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.75,0:01:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is making manufacturing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.34,0:01:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different models of cars
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.79,0:01:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a single assembly line.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.88,0:01:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We replaced these cars with trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.73,0:01:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using which now we can make multi-layered forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.65,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These forests utilize 100 percent vertical space.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.22,0:02:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are so dense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.97,0:02:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that one can't even walk into them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.52,0:02:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For an example, we can make a 300-tree forest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an area as small as the parking spaces of six cars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.20,0:02:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to reduce cost and our own carbon footprint,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.28,0:02:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started utilizing local biomass
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.28,0:02:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as soil amender and fertilizers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.05,0:02:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, coconut shells crushed in a machine
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.81,0:02:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mixed with rice straw,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.44,0:02:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,powder of rice husk mixed with organic manure
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is finally dumped in soil on which
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.32,0:02:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our forest is planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.66,0:02:40.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once planted, we use grass or rice straw
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.89,0:02:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cover the soil
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.62,0:02:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that all the water which goes into irrigation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.17,0:02:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't get evaporated back into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.87,0:02:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using these simple improvisations,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today we can make a forest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.50,0:02:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a cost as low as the cost of an iPhone.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.36,0:02:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we are making forests in houses,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.81,0:03:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in schools, even in factories with the corporates.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.88,0:03:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.86,0:03:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a huge number of people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.81,0:03:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to take matters into their own hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.68,0:03:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we let it happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.54,0:03:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we are working on an Internet-based platform
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.78,0:03:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are going to share our methodology
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.36,0:03:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on an open source
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.32,0:03:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using which anyone and everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.77,0:03:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make their own forest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.28,0:03:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without our physical presence being there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.80,0:03:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using our methodology.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.76,0:03:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the click of a button,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.01,0:03:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can get to know all the native species
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.56,0:03:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their place.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.78,0:03:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By installing a small hardware probe on site,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.60,0:03:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can do remote soil testing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using which we can give step-by-step instructions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.10,0:03:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on forest-making remotely.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.00,0:03:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also we can monitor the growth of this forest
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.92,0:03:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without being on site.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.57,0:03:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This methodology, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.12,0:03:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.86,0:03:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By sharing, we can actually\Nbring back our native forests.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.70,0:03:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when you go back home,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.34,0:04:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you see a barren piece of land,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.04,0:04:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do remember that it can be a potential forest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.64,0:04:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much. Thanks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.83,0:04:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)