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0:30-1:20

I would like to talk about some environmental ideas this week. A lot of environmental initiatives are also very innovative.

这周我来聊一些和环境有关的想法。很多和环境有关的项目同时也很有创新型性。

1:27-2:27

A supermarket in Thailand is using banana leaves in place of disposable plastic bags, and banana leaves are quite suitable for this use. We in general use too many plastic bags in grocery shopping.

泰国的一家超市用香蕉叶子来代替一次性塑料袋，而香蕉叶子还很适合这个用途。我们普遍在买菜时使用太多塑料袋了。

2:32-3:38

Banana leaves are big and flexible, and are widely available in Thailand. Also, they don't cause environmental pollution when they are thrown away.

香蕉叶子又大又柔软，在泰国也有很多。另外，把它丢掉的时候不会造成污染。

3:42-4:32

Someone must've taken the initiative for it to happen. They probably hired extra packers to package the goods, which increases cost and decreases productivity in the short term.

一定是有人有这个主动性去做了这件事。他们可能多雇了几个人取包裹这些东西，这会在短期增加成本并降低效率。

4:33-5:41

This is not the traditional management thinking, which encourages gradual gains, and is not designed for long-term results at a short-term cost or positive externalities. This supermarket, however, is doing good to the environment, and creating jobs, which will bring ripple effects.

这种不是传统意义上的管理思维，传统意义上的管理思维鼓励逐渐进步，设计上并不是有利于通过短期投入来换去长期成果，或者制造正面外部效应的。可是这家超市改善了环境，并增加了就业机会，那是会有一系列连锁反应的。

5:50-7:22

San Francisco-based GoSun developed a solar-powered oven, which is a cylindrical tube with metal pieces to collect energy from the sun. It can be used to cook during day and night, and could be handy for camping or in case power goes off.

旧金山的GoSun开发了太阳能烤箱，是一个圆柱体的烤箱，附加收集太阳能的金属板。他可以在白天和夜里烹煮食物，在露营或停电时很有用。

7:26-8:36

Although solar energy is not new, connecting it with cooking is still innovative. It opens doors to a wide range of other solar-powered appliances and devices too.

尽管太阳能并不是新想法，把它和厨具结合还是一种创新。这还为其他太阳能的电器和产品打开了大门。

8:46-9:53

In Ghana, researchers are trying to generate energy from burning cocoa pod husks. The husks are a widely available by-product from cocoa production.

在加纳，科学家们正在实验通过燃烧可可壳来发电。这些壳是可可生产中产出很多的副产品。

9:54-11:03

Early feasibility studies have already shown promises. If successful, the program would provide electricity to more rural areas, add jobs, and build a new industry.

早期可行性研究已显示出希望。如果成功，这个项目会让更多乡村地区通电，增加就业，还能建起一个新的产业。

11:08-11:54

Chocolate can give people energy, maybe cocoa pod husks are also high on energy content, which could explain why they can be a biofuel. Only the husks are used, and there's no reduction in the cocoa production.

巧克力能给人提供热量，可能可可壳也含有高热量，这也许可以解释为什么可可壳能被当作生物能源。发电只用到了壳的部分，可可的产量是不减的。

12:08-13:09

These three ideas sound a little "childish", and go back to the basic elements in nature. Sometimes we are too used to think bigger, more machines, ...

这三个想法听上去有点“孩子气”，并且回到大自然中的元素上。我们有时候太习惯于想做的更大，更多机器，……

13:10-14:06

The world have been on this type of thinking for many decades, and this mindset elevated our material basis. Now these new ideas are a step back from this industrial thinking.

全世界都在用这样的思考，已经几十年了，而这样的思维也提高了我们的物质基础。现在这些新想法是从这种工业思维里退了一步。

14:08-14:52

We are sometimes too used to the industrial thinking, and we overlook other things, especially the environment. To solve environmental issues could be as simple as thinking the opposite.

我们有事时过于习惯这种工业思维，这让我们忽略一些东西，尤其是环境。要解决环境的问题，可能只需要向反方向思考。

14:58-15:58

The "childish" ideas is kind of thinking outside the box. They are actually very sound arguments that give us good results. Our mindset just went blind on these types of thinking.

这些“孩子气”的想法有点像是跳出了框框。这些其实是很有道理的，给我们好的结果的。只是我们的大脑对这些主意视而不见了。

[用英语思考] "childish" environmental ideas “孩子气”的环保创意_TheThreshold 播客 2019-05-11

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