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Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.98,0:00:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am honored to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.39,0:00:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm honored to talk about this topic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.39,0:00:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I think is of grave importance.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.24,0:00:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been talking a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.48,0:00:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the horrific impacts of plastic\Non the planet and on other species,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.45,0:00:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but plastic hurts people, too --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.95,0:00:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And both in the production of plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.18,0:00:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the use of plastic\Nand the disposal of plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.92,0:00:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people who have\Nthe bull's-eye on their foreheads
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.51,0:00:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.23,0:00:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People got very upset
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.33,0:00:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the BP oil spill happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.43,0:00:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for very good reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People thought, "Oh, my God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is terrible, this oil --\Nit's in the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to destroy\Nthe living systems there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.30,0:00:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are going to be hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.76,0:00:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a terrible thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.28,0:00:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this oil is going to hurt\Nthe people in the Gulf."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.64,0:00:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What people don't think about is:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.73,0:00:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the oil had made it\Nsafely to shore?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.48,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if the oil actually got\Nwhere it was trying to go?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.81,0:01:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only would it have been burned\Nin engines and added to global warming,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.84,0:01:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a place called "Cancer Alley,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.22,0:01:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reason it's called "Cancer Alley"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.38,0:01:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because the petrochemical industry
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.03,0:01:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes that oil and turns it into plastic
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.21,0:01:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the process, kills people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.91,0:01:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shortens the lives of the people\Nwho live there in the Gulf.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.99,0:01:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So oil and petrochemicals are not\Njust a problem when there's a spill;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.80,0:01:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're a problem when there's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.54,0:01:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we don't often appreciate
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.97,0:01:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the price that poor people pay
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.67,0:01:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to have these disposable products.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.19,0:01:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other thing\Nwe often don't appreciate is,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just at the point of production\Nthat poor people suffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.49,0:01:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poor people also suffer\Nat the point of use.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.14,0:01:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those of us who earn\Na certain income level,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.24,0:01:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have something called choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.67,0:01:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why you want\Nto work hard and have a job
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.16,0:01:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not be poor and broke
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.86,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is so you can have choices,\Neconomic choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.69,0:01:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We actually get a chance\Nto choose not to use products
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.80,0:02:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have dangerous,\Npoisonous plastic in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.04,0:02:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Other people who are poor\Ndon't have those choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.60,0:02:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So low-income people often are the ones
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.60,0:02:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are buying the products that have\Nthose dangerous chemicals in them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.61,0:02:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that their children are using.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.07,0:02:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are the people who wind up\Ningesting a disproportionate amount
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.92,0:02:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this poisonous plastic in using it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.11,0:02:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people say, "Well, they should\Njust buy a different product."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.37,0:02:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the problem with being poor\Nis you don't have those choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.52,0:02:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You often have to buy\Nthe cheapest products.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.64,0:02:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cheapest products\Nare often the most dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.64,0:02:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that weren't bad enough --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.26,0:02:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it wasn't just the production\Nof plastic that's giving people cancer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.70,0:02:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in places like Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.23,0:02:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shortening lives and hurting\Npoor kids at the point of use --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.76,0:02:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the point of disposal,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.87,0:02:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once again, it's poor people\Nwho bear the burden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.50,0:02:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, we think we're doing a good thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.13,0:02:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in your office, drinking\Nyour bottled water or whatever it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.80,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you think to yourself,\N"I'm going to throw this away.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.59,0:02:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No -- I'm going to be virtuous.\NI'm going to put it in the blue bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.14,0:02:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think, "I put mine in the blue bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.20,0:03:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you look\Nat your colleague and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.78,0:03:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why, you cretin!\NYou put yours in the white bin."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.26,0:03:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we use that as a moral tickle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.57,0:03:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel so good about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.34,0:03:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we -- well, OK, I'm just ... me.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.62,0:03:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not you, but I feel this way often.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.34,0:03:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we kind of have\Nthis moral feel-good moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.32,0:03:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we were to be able\Nto follow that little bottle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.72,0:03:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on its journey,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.20,0:03:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would be shocked\Nto discover that, all too often,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.79,0:03:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that bottle is going to be put on a boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.05,0:03:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to go all the way\Nacross the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.89,0:03:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some expense,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.23,0:03:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's going to wind up\Nin a developing country, often China.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.77,0:03:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think in our minds, we imagine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.38,0:03:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody's going to take\Nthe little bottle and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.86,0:03:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, little bottle! We're so happy\Nto see you, little bottle."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.15,0:03:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.00,0:03:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've served so well."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.39,0:03:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.44,0:03:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's given a little bottle massage,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.30,0:03:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bottle medal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.00,0:03:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say, "What would\Nyou like to do next?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.22,0:03:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The little bottle says,\N"I just don't know ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.59,0:03:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.94,0:04:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not actually what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.09,0:04:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.60,0:04:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That bottle winds up getting burned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.42,0:04:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recycling of plastic\Nin many developing countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.06,0:04:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means the incineration of the plastic,\Nthe burning of the plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.24,0:04:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which releases incredible toxic chemicals
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.69,0:04:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, once again, kills people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.54,0:04:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, poor people\Nwho are making these products
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.29,0:04:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in petrochemical centers\Nlike Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.07,0:04:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poor people who are consuming\Nthese products disproportionately,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.18,0:04:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then poor people who,\Neven at the tail end of the recycling,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.71,0:04:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are having their lives shortened.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.50,0:04:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all being harmed -- greatly --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.12,0:04:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this addiction that we have\Nto disposability.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.98,0:04:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you think to yourself --\NI know how you are --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.49,0:04:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you say, "That sure is terrible\Nfor those poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.28,0:04:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just awful. Those poor people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.82,0:04:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope someone does\Nsomething to help them."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.60,0:04:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what we don't understand is --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.76,0:05:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here we are in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.59,0:05:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worked very hard\Nto get the smog reduction
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.74,0:05:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happening here in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.58,0:05:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they're doing so much\Ndirty production in Asia now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.96,0:05:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the environmental laws\Ndon't protect the people in Asia now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.59,0:05:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost all of the clean air gains\Nand the toxic air gains
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.66,0:05:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we've achieved here in California
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.55,0:05:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been wiped out\Nby dirty air coming over from Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.67,0:05:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we all are being hit.\NWe all are being impacted.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.40,0:05:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just that the poor people\Nget it first and worst.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.18,0:05:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the dirty production,\Nthe burning of toxins,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.39,0:05:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lack of environmental\Nstandards in Asia,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.68,0:05:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually creating so much\Ndirty air pollution,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.20,0:05:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's coming across the ocean,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.64,0:05:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has erased our gains\Nhere in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.77,0:05:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're back where we were in the 1970s.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.69,0:05:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we're on one planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.64,0:05:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to be able to get\Nto the root of these problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.61,0:05:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The root of this problem, in my view,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.69,0:05:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the idea of disposability itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.74,0:05:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, if you understand the link
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.78,0:06:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between what we're doing\Nto poison and pollute the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.54,0:06:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what we're doing to poor people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.00,0:06:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you arrive at a very troubling\Nbut also very helpful insight:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.04,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to trash the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.31,0:06:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to trash people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.52,0:06:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you create a world\Nwhere you don't trash people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.49,0:06:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't trash the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.30,0:06:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now we are at a moment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.79,0:06:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the coming together\Nof social justice as an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.66,0:06:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ecology as an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.11,0:06:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we finally can now see
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.42,0:06:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are really,\Nat the end of the day, one idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.01,0:06:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the idea that we don't have\Ndisposable anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.20,0:06:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have disposable resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.30,0:06:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have disposable species.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.96,0:06:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we don't have\Ndisposable people, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.54,0:06:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have a throwaway planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.58,0:06:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't have throwaway\Nchildren -- it's all precious.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.40,0:06:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as we all begin to come back\Nto that basic understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.30,0:06:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new opportunities for action\Nbegin to emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.90,0:06:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.59,0:06:58.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is an emerging science,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.13,0:07:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winds up being a very important\Nsocial justice idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.74,0:07:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who are just\Nlearning about this stuff:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.95,0:07:07.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,biomimicry means respecting\Nthe wisdom of all species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.95,0:07:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Democracy, by the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.14,0:07:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means respecting the wisdom\Nof all people -- we'll get to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.17,0:07:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But biomimicry means\Nrespecting the wisdom of all species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.98,0:07:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out we're a pretty\Nclever species.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.51,0:07:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this big cortex,\Nwe're pretty proud of ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.62,0:07:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we want to make something hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.20,0:07:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we say, "I know! I'm going\Nto make a hard substance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.74,0:07:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know! I'm going to get\Nvacuums and furnaces
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.30,0:07:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drag stuff out of the ground
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.01,0:07:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get things hot\Nand poison and pollute ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.92,0:07:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I got this hard thing!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.80,0:07:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.98,0:07:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm so clever!"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.60,0:07:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you look behind you,\Nand there's destruction all around you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.67,0:07:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.85,0:07:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're so clever,\Nbut you're not as clever as a clam.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.70,0:07:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A clamshell is hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.46,0:07:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no vacuums.\NThere's no big furnaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.15,0:07:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no poison. There's no pollution.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.12,0:07:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out that other species\Nfigured out a long time ago
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.94,0:08:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to create many of the things we need
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.30,0:08:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using biological processes\Nthat nature knows how to use well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.96,0:08:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That insight of biomimicry,\Nof our scientists finally realizing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.66,0:08:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have as much\Nto learn from other species --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.09,0:08:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean taking a mouse\Nand sticking it with stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.30,0:08:16.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't mean looking at it from that way,\Nabusing the little species.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.63,0:08:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean actually respecting them,\Nrespecting what they've achieved.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.91,0:08:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's called biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.49,0:08:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that opens the door\Nto zero waste production;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.39,0:08:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,zero pollution production;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.30,0:08:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could actually enjoy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.30,0:08:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a high quality of life,\Na high standard of living,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.94,0:08:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without trashing the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.54,0:08:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that idea of biomimicry,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.60,0:08:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respecting the wisdom of all species,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.97,0:08:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with the idea\Nof democracy and social justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.86,0:08:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,respecting the wisdom\Nand the worth of all people,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.48,0:08:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would give us a different society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.30,0:08:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have a different economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.20,0:08:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would have a green society
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.53,0:08:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Dr. King would be proud of.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.96,0:08:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That should be the goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.63,0:08:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way that we get there\Nis to first of all recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.62,0:09:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the idea of disposability
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.57,0:09:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only hurts the species\Nwe've talked about,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.70,0:09:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it even corrupts our own society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.48,0:09:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're so proud to live here in California.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.48,0:09:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just had this vote,\Nand everybody's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.59,0:09:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well -- not in our state!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.35,0:09:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.89,0:09:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know what those\Nother states were doing, but ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.70,0:09:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.47,0:09:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just so proud.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.06,0:09:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah, I'm proud, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.44,0:09:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.16,0:09:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California, though we lead the world\Nin some of the green stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.70,0:09:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also, unfortunately, lead the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.70,0:09:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the gulag stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.41,0:09:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,California has one of the highest\Nincarceration rates
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.97,0:09:42.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all the 50 states.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.70,0:09:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a moral challenge\Nin this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.82,0:09:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are passionate about rescuing\Nsome dead materials from the landfill,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.86,0:09:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sometimes not as passionate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.70,0:09:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about rescuing living beings,\Nliving people.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.41,0:09:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would say\Nthat we live in a country --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.56,0:10:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five percent of the world's population,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.56,0:10:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,25 percent of the greenhouse gases,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.07,0:10:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also 25 percent\Nof the world's prisoners.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.08,0:10:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of every four people\Nlocked up anywhere in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.77,0:10:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is locked up right here\Nin the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.97,0:10:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is consistent with this idea
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.70,0:10:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that disposability\Nis something we believe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.92,0:10:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.24,0:10:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a movement that has to broaden\Nits constituency,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.79,0:10:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.12,0:10:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to reach out\Nbeyond our natural comfort zone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.25,0:10:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the challenges\Nto the success of this movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.18,0:10:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of getting rid of things like plastic\Nand helping the economy shift,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.45,0:10:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is people look at our movement\Nwith some suspicion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.86,0:10:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they ask a question,\Nand the question is:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.48,0:10:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can these people be so passionate?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.25,0:10:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A poor person, a low-income person,\Nsomebody in Cancer Alley,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.51,0:10:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody in Watts,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.97,0:10:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody in Harlem,\Nsomebody on an Indian reservation,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.70,0:10:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might say to themselves --\Nand rightfully so --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.94,0:10:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can these people be so passionate
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.85,0:10:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about making sure
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.61,0:11:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a plastic bottle\Nhas a second chance in life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.70,0:11:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an aluminum can has a second chance,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.91,0:11:09.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, when my child gets in trouble\Nand goes to prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.50,0:11:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he doesn't get a second chance?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.33,0:11:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How can this movement\Nbe so passionate about saying
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.84,0:11:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't have throwaway stuff,\Nno throwaway dead materials,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.68,0:11:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet accept throwaway lives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.52,0:11:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throwaway communities\Nlike Cancer Alley?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.86,0:11:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, we now get a chance\Nto be truly proud of this movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.44,0:11:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we take on topics like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.15,0:11:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it gives us that extra call\Nto reach out to other movements
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.80,0:11:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to become more inclusive and to grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.17,0:11:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can finally get out of\Nthis crazy dilemma that we've been in.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.97,0:11:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of you are good, softhearted people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.39,0:11:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you were younger,\Nyou cared about the whole world,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.07,0:11:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at some point, somebody said\Nyou had to pick an issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.84,0:11:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you had to boil your love\Ndown to an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.28,0:11:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can't love the whole world --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.83,0:11:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to work on trees\Nor you've got to work on immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.45,0:12:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to shrink it down\Nand be about one issue."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.38,0:12:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really, they fundamentally told you,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.32,0:12:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you going to hug a tree?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.45,0:12:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you going to hug a child? Pick.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.60,0:12:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to hug a tree?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.24,0:12:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you going to hug a child? Pick."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.33,0:12:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, when you start working\Non issues like plastic,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.81,0:12:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realize the whole thing is connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.03,0:12:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And luckily, most of us are blessed\Nto have two arms --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.84,0:12:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can hug both.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.25,0:12:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.64,0:12:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)