Name: 【TED】莫莉-溫特:忌諱的健康祕密(The taboo secret to better health | Molly Winter) (【TED】Molly Winter: The taboo secret to better health (The taboo secret to better health | Molly Winter))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T06:33:42.000Z
Duration: 12 min 22 s

I try to find out where my drinking water comes from,

都試圖找出我們飲用水的來源。

This has earned me the nickname "The Poo Princess" in my family,

這讓我贏得了「大便公主」的美名。

and it's ruined many family vacations, because this is not normal.

這種奇怪的行為還讓 我們的家庭假期不得安寧。

But thinking about where it all goes is the first step in activating

what are actually superpowers in our poop and pee.

we can live healthier and more beautifully.

Check out this landscape in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

看看這個新墨西哥州 聖塔菲的景觀吧。

Just notice what kinds of words and feelings come to mind.

看看我們會想到甚麼詞語和感覺。

This landscape was watered with treated sewage water.

is going to determine exactly how innovative we can be.

決定了我們處理它們時的創造力。

I mean, I can use profane words like "shit" and "piss,"

我是說，我可以用 「屎」、「尿」這樣粗俗的詞，

and then my grandma won't watch the video.

那樣我想我祖母 就不會看這支影片了。

Or I can use childish words like "poo" and "pee." Eh.

我們也可以用「便便」、「臭臭」 這樣孩子氣的詞。

Or I can use scientific words like "excrement" and "feces." Humph.

或者像「糞便」、「排泄物」 這樣科學的詞，嗯。

the poo and the pee and the wash water are going to this treatment plant

大小便和生活用水 都會進入就在住宅區中間的

It looks more like a park than a treatment plant.

The poo at the very bottom of all those layers of gravel --

is providing solid food for those marsh plants.

And the clean, clear water that comes out the other end

淨化了的清水從另外一面流出來，

is traveling underground to water each person's yard.

流過地下管道，流進每個人的院子。

This approach is called Integrated Water Management,

這種方法叫作「水資源綜合管理」，

或者整體利用，或者循環利用。

it's in conflict with the status quo of how we think about sanitation,

但這與我們現在的衛生信條相牴觸，

那就是把廢物包起來， 淨化，扔得遠遠的。

But in this approach, we're doing one step better.

不過用這種辦法，我們做得更好。

We're designing for reuse from the very beginning,

我們一開始就為循環再利用而設計，

And often, that makes for really beautiful spaces.

But the most important thing about this system

你希望在後院有這樣一個裝置嗎？

I got really curious about this question.

Why don't we see more innovation in sanitation?

為什麼我們不能在衛生領域有創新？

Why isn't that kind of thing the new normal?

為什麼我們不能 帶著平常心接受這件事？

that I work for a nonprofit called Recode.

以至於成立了一個叫做 Recode（重新定義）的NGO

of sustainable building and development practices.

But a lot of times, whole categories of innovation --

不過很多時候，所有類型的創新，

ones that can help us live more beautifully --

Today's regulations and codes were written under the assumption

現在的法規和法律是有前提的，

that best practices would remain best practices,

with incremental updates forever and ever.

It turns out, how we feel about any particular new technique

And it ultimately determines how innovative we can be.

最終決定了我們的創造力有多強。

So, that's the first reason we don't innovate in sanitation.

這就是我們在衛生領域 無法創新的原因。

We're kind of uncomfortable talking about sanitation,

that's why I've gotten called "The Poo Princess" so much.

這就是為什麼別人 叫我「大便公主」。

we think the problem is solved here in the US.

我們認為在美國， 這個問題已經解決了。

Here in the US we still get sick from drinking shit in our sewage water.

在美國，有人仍然因為 飲用不乾淨的水而生病，

Seven million people get sick every year,

每年有七百萬人罹患各種疾病，

And we're not taking a holistic approach to making it better.

如果我們不採取一種 整體的態度來改進，

我還住在俄勒岡州的波特蘭時，

I can't take Echo for a swim during the rainy season,

下雨的時候，我都不能 帶我的狗艾克去游泳，

because we dump raw sewage sometimes into our river.

因為我們有的時候 就直接把餿水排進河裡。

Our rainwater and our sewage go to the same treatment plant.

我們的雨水和餿水 一起進入淨化工廠。

而且並不是波特蘭才有這個問題。

Forty percent of municipalities self-report

dumping raw or partially treated sewage into our waterways.

有把污水或者部分淨化 的污水倒入水路的經歷。

The other bummer going on here with our status quo

現實還有另一個很可惜的地方，

is that half of all of your poop and pee is going to fertilize farmland.

就是一半的大小便會用於農田施肥。

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