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I think there are probably three key points here.
我認為有三個關鍵問題。
The first one is about the stories that we tell ourselves.
第一個關鍵是我們對自己的認識。
For so long, I told myself that I couldn't have an adventure because I wasn't six foot tall and athletic and bearded.
在很長的時間里，我一直都認為自己不能去冒險，因為我沒有六英尺高，也不好運動，而且也沒胡子。
And then that story changed. I found out that people had rowed across oceans.
但是后來這些看法都改變了，我發現像我這樣的人也有橫渡大洋的。
I even met one of them and she was just about my size.
我甚至見過其中一位，她和我的個頭差不多。
So even though I didn't grow any taller, I didn't sprout a beard, something had changed: My interior dialogue had changed.
所以我就想盡管我不能長得更高，我也不可能再長胡子，但我還是可以改變的：我的內心世界改變了。
At the moment, the story that we collectively tell ourselves is that we need all this stuff, that we need oil.
我們都一致的認為，我們需要材料，我們需要石油。
But what about if we just change that story?
但是如果我們改變我們的想法呢？
We do have alternatives, and we have the power of free will to choose those alternatives, those sustainable ones, to create a greener future.
我們當然還有別的選擇，我們當然可以自由選擇另外的一些可持續發展的原料，創造更加綠色的未來。
The second point is about the accumulation of tiny actions.
第二個關鍵是這些細微行動的積累。
We might think that anything that we do as an individual is just a drop in the ocean,
我們一般認為我們所做的這些是純屬個人行為，如九牛一毛，
that it can't really make a difference. But it does.
這些行動也不會帶來任何改變，但是，它們確實能帶來改變。
Generally, we haven't got ourselves into this mess through big disasters.
我們還沒有陷入大災難帶來的混亂中。
Yes, there have been the Exxon Valdezes and the Chernobyls,
盡管發生過埃克森瓦爾德斯事故和切爾諾貝利核泄漏事件，
but mostly it's been an accumulation of bad decisions by billions of individuals, day after day and year after year.
但它們主要是由無數人的日復一日、年復一年的錯誤決定積累造成的。
And, by the same token, we can turn that tide.
寄于同樣的原因，我們可以改變形勢。
We can start making better, wiser, more sustainable decisions.
我們要開始做出更好、更明智、更有利于可持續發展的決定。
And when we do that, we're not just one person. Anything that we do spreads ripples.
當我們那樣做的時候，我們不再是一個人。我們所做的任何事情都是為了造成影響。
Other people will see if you're in the supermarket line and you pull out your reusable grocery bag.
其它的人會看到你在超市排隊時拿出了重復使用的購物袋。
Maybe if we all start doing this, we can make it socially unacceptable to say yes to plastic in the checkout line.
如果我們所有人開始做這么做，也許我們能讓全社會拒絕結賬時使用塑料袋。
That's just one example. This is a world-wide community.
這只是一個例子，世界是一個大家庭。
