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So what comes next? The people.
那么接下來呢？我們的百姓。
How do we get people to own this?
我們如何才能讓人們去接受這個想法？
How do we get people to believe that it's possible to build a society without fossil fuels?
我們如何才能讓人們相信，建造一個沒有石油的社會是有可能的？
A lot of work from the ground up is needed.
從最基本的工作開始是必經過程。
That is why, in 2014, we created Costa Rica Limpia.
這就是為什么在2014年的時候，我們創(chuàng)建了Costa Rica Limpia (“純凈哥斯達黎加”)。
"Limpia" means "clean,"
"Limpia" (西班牙語）的意思是“干凈”，
because we want to empower and we want to inspire citizens.
因為我們想啟發(fā)、鼓勵我們的公民。
If citizens don't get engaged, clean transportation decisions will be bogged down by endless,
如果公民們不參與開發(fā)無污染的交通系統(tǒng)的決定
and I mean endless, technical discussions, and by avalanches of lobbying by various established interests.
將會被無限的技術研討會所淹沒，和代表不同利益的組織所游說阻撓。
Wanting to be a green country powered by renewables is already part of our story.
成為一個全由可再生資源供電的綠色國家的這個想法，早已是我們國家故事中的一個篇章。
We should not let anybody take that away from us.
我們不能讓任何人奪走屬于我們的故事。
Last year, we brought people from our seven provinces to talk about climate change in terms that matter to them,
去年，我們聚集了從7個省來的群眾討論了氣候變化對于他們的影響。
and we also brought this year another group of Costa Ricans to talk about renewable energy.
而今年我們又聚集了另一群哥斯達黎加人討論了可再生資源。
And you know what? These people disagree on almost everything
你們猜怎么著？這些群眾平常幾乎是沒有眾口一致過的，
except on renewable energy and clean transportation and clean air. It brings people together.
但他們在關于可再生資源，無污染交通系統(tǒng)和干凈空氣的問題上達成了一致。這也讓哥斯達黎加人團結了。
And the key to real participation is to help people not to feel small.
真正能引導群眾積極參與的關鍵，是去讓人們意識到自己的一舉一動不再渺小。
