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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.48,0:00:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years ago,\NI moved to a remote village
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.09,0:00:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in South West Java, Indonesia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.05,0:00:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine, a quiet fishing village
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.18,0:00:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded by seas of rice fields\Nand black sand beaches.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.42,0:00:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine a place that smells like salt\Nand tastes like sugar,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.02,0:00:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where time slows
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.34,0:00:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and days roll languidly one into another.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.82,0:00:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Electricity there was unpredictable,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.88,0:00:45.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had no television, \Nno air conditioning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.53,0:00:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no hot water, no oven,\Nno washing machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.10,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to walk \Nthe long muddy path to the well,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.92,0:00:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where local women taught me\Nhow to wash my clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.80,0:00:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those same women taught me\Nhow to harvest rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.08,0:01:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stood side by side,\Nour legs sunk in the thick black mud,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.63,0:01:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sickle in hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.86,0:01:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I worked alongside the villagers,\NI made beautiful friendships,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was adopted by a local family,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.11,0:01:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived for a long time there \Nwith very little,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.35,0:01:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet I felt like I lacked nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.27,0:01:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.93,0:01:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt like I had community.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.58,0:01:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I fell in love with a local man\Nand I got married,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.69,0:01:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had a baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.48,0:01:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for a while,\Nwe lived that simple village life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.84,0:01:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But things changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.84,0:01:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the last year I was there\Nthings became very difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.28,0:01:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my best friend tragically died,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.67,0:01:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my marriage failed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.80,0:01:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I returned home to Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.09,0:01:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was two years ago now,\Nand when I returned home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.36,0:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to live in Perth,\Nthe city I had grown up in,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I couldn't afford it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.99,0:02:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I moved to a remote regional town.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.39,0:02:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Indonesia, my daily life\Nhad been steeped in intense relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.80,0:02:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had lived with little,\Nbut I had lacked nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.11,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I was a single isolated mother\Nin a new place,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.46,0:02:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had access to everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.75,0:02:27.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I lacked what I needed most:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.77,0:02:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Connection, belonging, community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.46,0:02:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I went in search of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.33,0:02:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to parks and coffee shops,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.28,0:02:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but more than anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.53,0:02:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the shopping malls,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.20,0:02:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because in Australia,\Nthat is where the people are,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.82,0:02:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't there because I wanted to shop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.52,0:02:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was there because\NI didn't want to be alone!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.98,0:02:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it happened on Christmas eve,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.90,0:03:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was shopping in a big department store\Nthat was packed full of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.54,0:03:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a constant stream of jingles\Nabout joy and happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.69,0:03:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet somehow, everywhere I looked\Neveryone looked miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.60,0:03:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were pushing trolleys\Npiled high full of plastic junk,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.93,0:03:18.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched these two people\Npushed past each other
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.45,0:03:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to grab at the last \Nof the gaudy Christmas crackers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.11,0:03:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was horrified.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.75,0:03:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked at myself, I looked at my baby,\NI looked at my trolley
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.77,0:03:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized that somehow\NI had become a part of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.63,0:03:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was disgusted in myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.13,0:03:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I stepped out of the queue
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.52,0:03:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I traced my way back \Nthrough the labyrinth of aisles,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.36,0:03:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I returned every single item\Nto its place.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.68,0:03:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was at that moment\Nthat the "nothing new" project was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.53,0:03:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided I would pay it back\Non what I would buy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.28,0:04:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fact, I decided I would buy\Nnothing new for 12 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.54,0:04:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except the necessities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.40,0:04:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Could it be done?\NI wasn't sure.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.88,0:04:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started by sharing my project online,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.39,0:04:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone had something\Nto say about it at first.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.31,0:04:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people were really enthusiastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.48,0:04:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though constantly told me\Nthey couldn't possibly do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.65,0:04:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other people were curious,\Nmany were doubtful.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.27,0:04:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, quite a number of people\Ntook my project as a personal attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.40,0:04:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instantly defended their own spending.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone thought it would be difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.98,0:04:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so did I!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.68,0:04:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.42,0:04:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First I had to get over the fact\Nthat my clothes did get a few holes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.35,0:04:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the soles of my sandals\Nwere stuck on with blu-tack,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.42,0:04:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but after that, I realized that \Nmy value as a human being
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.16,0:04:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has absolutely nothing to do\Nwith what I own or what I wear.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.14,0:05:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I realized by living with less\Nof what we don't need,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.21,0:05:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we make all of this space\Nfor the things that we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.48,0:05:07.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what do we need?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.37,0:05:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, we all know \Nthat we can live happily
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.88,0:05:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without designer clothes\Nand constant upgrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.20,0:05:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.42,0:05:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we can't live without\Nis each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.83,0:05:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning of this project,\NI was an isolated single mother
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.51,0:05:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a new place with very few friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.76,0:05:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I have community.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.16,0:05:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By taking away my ability to buy,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.11,0:05:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to step out of my comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.73,0:05:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to borrow,\Nand when I borrowed, I also lent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.99,0:05:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started exchanging my skills\Nand trading what I had for what I needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.97,0:05:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took everything in my home\Nthat I no longer used
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.78,0:05:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gave it to someone who would use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.74,0:05:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I exchanged my skills as a photographer\Nfor fresh organic produce.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.34,0:06:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Simple things like organizing\Na pay-what-you-want garage sale
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.63,0:06:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,became this amazing opportunity\Nto connect with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.27,0:06:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People I hardly knew\Ncame and brought coffee,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.63,0:06:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids came and played, everyone\Nstayed longer than they needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.75,0:06:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched these strangers\Nsat in my front yard
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.60,0:06:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just talked to each other\Nover a cuppa.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.73,0:06:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At about six months into the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.95,0:06:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to challenge myself further.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.06,0:06:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My daughter and I\Nmoved out of our rental home,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.36,0:06:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we started experimenting\Nwith transitional accommodations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.28,0:06:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as house-sitting and wwoofing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.27,0:06:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went and lived for a while\Non a beautiful organic farm,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.14,0:06:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we helped with the mandarin harvest,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.29,0:06:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we painted, we baked, we fed chickens,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.26,0:06:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through this very simple transaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.44,0:06:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we connected with some\Nof the most beautiful people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.17,0:06:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have ever had\Nthe opportunity to meet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.10,0:07:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, I thought\Nthe "nothing new project"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.83,0:07:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a kind of personal activism,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.28,0:07:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stand against the culture\Nof consumerism and waste,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.39,0:07:15.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as it turned out, this project,\Nit was about something much bigger,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.56,0:07:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it really was about something\Nso much bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.89,0:07:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that this project,\Nthat this lifestyle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.89,0:07:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.03,0:07:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what I have learned is something\Nthat is valuable for all of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.28,0:07:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the way we live our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.54,0:07:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned the value\Nof human connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.92,0:07:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have learned that the opportunity\Nwe have every day
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.43,0:07:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make real human relationships\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.06,0:07:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is far more valuable than anything\Nwe could possibly buy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.64,0:07:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Indonesia, my life \Nwas steeped in relationships:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.95,0:08:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could find community\Nin the market place
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.34,0:08:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where every transaction\Nwas an opportunity for conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.07,0:08:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Australia, our market places\Nare large, sterile malls,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.76,0:08:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where there is plenty of transactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.32,0:08:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but no community.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.59,0:08:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through this project, I have learned\Nthat every day, we have a choice:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.84,0:08:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can choose the kind of world\Nwe want to live in,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.54,0:08:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can choose to prioritize \Nproduct or people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.46,0:08:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we continue to prioritize product,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.92,0:08:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will surely destroy\Nthe social fabric of our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.98,0:08:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know that the way\Nthat we live right now is not sustainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.55,0:08:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all know that we need an alternative.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.51,0:08:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The alternative I propose,\NI call
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.88,0:08:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the economy of human connection",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.62,0:08:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people come first,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.50,0:08:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where communities come before\Ncapital gain,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.66,0:08:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our human need to consume
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.75,0:09:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serves our greater need\Nfor community and for connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.79,0:09:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where can you start?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.88,0:09:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just start where it's simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.56,0:09:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can start by getting to know \Nyour neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.40,0:09:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving someone a lift to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.44,0:09:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can start by giving some of your time\Nto a community project,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.25,0:09:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to a local school,\Nor to a retirement home,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.46,0:09:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organize a street party,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.53,0:09:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cook someone a meal,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.73,0:09:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.18,0:09:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you trust\Nin the good in people unequivocally,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.18,0:09:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you shine a light on the good\Nthat already exists within them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.82,0:09:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buy locally produced whenever possible,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.04,0:09:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take an extra five minutes to talk \Nto the people who grow what you eat,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.27,0:09:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or make what you buy,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.73,0:09:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make every transaction\Nan opportunity for connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.33,0:09:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we extend ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.29,0:10:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we work for \Nthe benefit of each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.47,0:10:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we share what we have,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.41,0:10:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we create communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.56,0:10:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together we have the power\Nto make great and lasting social change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.44,0:10:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together we have the power to demand\Na more human centered economy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.59,0:10:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is driven by the people\Nfor the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.42,0:10:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the economy of human connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.01,0:10:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.83,0:10:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)