The other point: It's about taking responsibility.
另外的一個關鍵問題,是關于承擔責任的問題。
For so much of my life, I wanted something else to make me happy.
我在生活的大部分時間里都努力使自己高興。
I thought if I had the right house or the right car or the right man in my life, then I could be happy.
我曾認為如果我有稱心房子、滿意的轎車或對的人,我就會心滿意足。
But when I wrote that obituary exercise,
但是,當我為自己寫訃告的時候,
I actually grew up a little bit in that moment and realized that I needed to create my own future.
我發現自己在那一刻成熟了許多,我意識到我要自己創造未來。
I couldn't just wait passively for happiness to come and find me.
我不能夠消極地等待幸福自己找上門來。
And I suppose I'm a selfish environmentalist.
我假想自己是一名自私的環境專家。
I plan on being around for a long time, and when I'm 90 years old, I want to be happy and healthy.
我打算長期致力于此項工作,當我90歲的時候,我希望自己健康快樂。
And it's very difficult to be happy on a planet that's racked with famine and drought.
然而如果我們居住的星球滿目瘡痍,充滿了饑荒和干旱,我們很難會找到快樂。
It's very difficult to be healthy on a planet where we've poisoned the earth and the sea and the air.
如果我們的星球到處是受污染的土壤、海水和空氣,我們無法維持健康。
So, shortly, I'm going to be launching a new initiative called Eco-Heroes.
簡單地說,我打算發起一項新的行動,它叫做生態英雄。
And the idea here is that all our Eco-Heroes will log at least one green deed every day.
這項運動倡導我們所有的生態英雄們每天至少做一件綠色環保的事情。
It's meant to be a bit of a game. We're going to make an iPhone app out of it.
它有點像游戲。我們打算以此來制作一個iPhone軟件。
We just want to try and create that awareness because, sure, changing a light bulb isn't going to change the world,
我們只是努力地創造那人們的環保意識,因為,當然了,更換一個燈泡并不會改變世界,
but that attitude, that awareness that leads you to change the light bulb or take your reusable coffee mug,
但是,那種促使你去換這個燈泡或自帶可重復使用咖啡杯的環保意識和環保態度,
that is what could change the world.
卻可以改變世界。
I really believe that we stand at a very important point in history.
我確信我們所處的歷史時期是非常關鍵的一個階段。
We have a choice. We've been blessed, or cursed, with free will.
我們面臨一個選擇。我們會被保佑,還是會被詛咒,完全憑我們自己的意志。
We can choose a greener future, and we can get there if we all pull together to take it one stroke at a time. Thank you.
我們可以選擇一個更加綠色的未來,如果我們團結一心、齊心協力,我們就可實現這個目標。謝謝大家。