澳大利亚男子辞掉金融工作，与妻子到新西兰当农场主-安德鲁·马丁的朴门永续农场

每天1个永续美好生活类视频

60秒解读：

周二·起居

1.今天我们推出了两个视频，第一个是位于新西兰的朴门农场，第二个是位于澳大利亚的鹡鸰农场。

2.先说第一个，安德鲁·马丁之前在澳大利亚的金融机构工作，替别人管理股票基金，也是干了几十年，但是慢慢地发现自己生活得并不快乐，他发现消费主义存在一个死循环：索取-获得-索取-获得-索取，究竟是哪一种生活方式才能够摆脱这这种困局呢？

3.机缘巧合，他接触到了朴门永续，然后就被深深吸引了，决定要建立自己的小农场，过着随时随地都能与自然连接的生活。

4.第二个视频，是澳大利亚南部城市阿德莱德州城郊的一个朴门农场，虽然这里只有200多个平方，却有80多种蔬菜。（请看今日推送的第二篇的视频）

5.这两个人都是半农半X，农场并不是主要经济来源，而是他们热爱的生活。他们为什么喜欢呢？我想他们会赞成陶渊明的，因为“少无适俗韵，性本爱丘山”，所以期待“久在樊笼里，复得返自然”。

以下附上我们翻译的文字内容，因为视频有时候一闪而过，大家未必注意，所以其中涉及到植物、技术或者其他关键点的地方，给大家特意配上图片。时间一长，大家也认识了很多植物、技术细节等，学习到更多知识和内容，顺便熟悉一下英文。

希望你能喜欢哦。

翻译:阿花

校对:华子

片名：从金融人到农场主

【乔丹】：

大家好，我是乔丹

Hey there everybody my name is Jordan

欢迎大家收看《改变生活》系列电影第一部影片

and welcome to the first film of the 'living the change" series

为了拍摄这一系列影片

For this series

我们开着蓝色货车环游了新西兰

we're travelling around New Zealand in our van Bluey

分享人们为了更加可持续的生活方式

sharing the inspiring stories of the people making change

而做出改变的励志故事

to a more sustainable way of life

第一部影片，我们来拜访安德鲁和贝奇的朴门农场

In this first film we're visiting Andrew & Beth at their permaculture property

位于新西兰丰盛湾

in the Bay of Plenty

【安德鲁·马丁】：
我以前总是觉得生活空落落的

I felt this void in my life

像缺失了什么一样

like there's something missing

所以，当我生活在大城市时

so...When I was living in big cities,

我不得不与自然脱离

I had to get away to connect with nature

但是现在，当我每天早晨醒来时

but when i wake up every morning

走到外面，我就身处于自然当中

I come here outside and I'm immediately in nature here

我不再感到空虚了

I don't have that void anymore

只有与自然的感应和满足感

I've just got this instant connection and satisfaction

我是安德鲁·马丁

I'm Andrew Martin

现在所在的地方是我们位于新西兰丰盛湾的朴门永续农庄

and today we're here in our permaculture property in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

面积为5英亩（约为30亩）

we've got 5 acres

我们种了几百棵果树

and we've planted hundreds of fruit trees

等下给你们看

which you'll see later

这里就是农场的主要区域

So this is our main garden

在靠近房屋的1区

just close to the house in zone 1

是的，我们在这里栽种了许多果蔬

so, yeah, we can say we've got a lot happening here

你看，许多的羽衣甘蓝

We've got, you know, lots of kale and

菠菜和牛皮菜

spinach，silverbeet,

甜菜根

beetroot,

青菜

bok choy,

食用大黄

rhubarb,

西葫芦

zuchinni...

我是怎样开始的呢

And, how I started this is

基本上是片状覆盖

Basically a sheet mulch

我用了一些硬纸板

so I've got some used paper cardboard

一些粪肥

some manure

和一些食物残渣

and some food scraps

把它建起来后并在上面铺了一层干草

and then build it up and then just put straw on top

然后就直接栽种

and then just planted straight into it

以后就不断的添加混有堆肥的土壤

and since then i just kept adding to the soil with compost

是的，我学习的是商业

So, yeah, I studied business

后来投身于金融

I was involved in finance

更具体来说是股市

and more specifically in stock market

我们之前的工作是帮助别人进行财务管理

So we used to help people manage their money

无论组织的价值是多少

Whether the organisation are worth

我们曾为其他人管理了数亿美元

we used to manage hundreds of millions of dollars for people.

我埋头于商业

I think i just did business

因为我认为这是能够使我有所成就的道路

because it was one of those things that I thought would lead to something

当然，从某种程度上来说我是成功的

And sure, I've been successful in a certain regard

因为我有能力买像土地类似的东西

given us the wealth to be able to buy some land and that sort of stuff.

但我感觉自己扎进了功利主义的世俗世界

But I felt myself being drawn into this materialistic world

因为我身边的人都很富有

Because all the people around me had material possessions

他们所渴望和创造的都是物质财富

and it was all this wanting and creating of attachment

而且永远不会满足

and wanting, wanting more stuff

这种消费主义和物质主义的生活方式是会传染的

It can be contagious,this consumerism materialism lifestyle

我和他们格格不入

I wasn't from that background.

我在保守的教育环境下长大

I'm from a sort of a conservative sort of upbringing

突然就被卷入这种物质主义的世界

Then all of a sudden I'm involved with,

你可以想象

you know,

人们开着豪车

guys that are driving luxury cars

住着悉尼郊区的豪华别墅

living in an expensive house in the Sydney suburbs

他们很多都是大富翁

A lot of guys are, you know multimillionaires and...

他们都被困在了一个系统中

they were trapped into a system

他们认为多出来的每一笔钱

and they thought an extra, you know,

无论是一千万，两千万或者三千万都会使他们更快乐

10 or 20 or 30 million would make them happier.

我很早就知道，并不是这样的

And i worked out early on the paste that, that is not the case

我觉得很多人都认为

And i think, a lot of people think that

越有钱就越快乐

the more money they have,the more happy they're going to be

但是根本不是这样

and it just doesn't work...

最理想的生活是

So, the idea is to

你懂的，拥有一片种着当地果蔬的土地

you know, have native plants mixed among fruit trees

你可以看到，本地的植物

so we've got you know, natives here

我们有树番茄

we got a tamarillo here

还有...香蜂草，一些本地品种

we got , [...], [...] and bee balm, natives

这里还有一棵甘蓝树

We've got a cabage tree here

这是一棵...呃一棵松树

This is a... uh a pine nut

超市里的松子仁很贵

So those are really expensive nuts you get in the supermarket

这是这里需要花上十年才能收获的果树之一

This is one of those that takes about ten years to get any fruit on it or any nuts

真是一个长期的项目

So that's a long term project.

看这边，有一棵无花果树

And then we've got, over here, we've got a fig tree.

挂果相当好

Which is fruiting quite nicely.

这边还有一棵角豆树

And another carob tree here

为了观赏王蝶

And then for the monarch butterflies

我们在这里种了一些气球花

We've got a couple of swan plants

它们很喜欢

which they really enjoy real much

我们今天很幸运能够见到一只王蝶

so we'd be lucky to see one

它飞过来了

Here he comes now...

在现实生活里，有很多小小的美好时刻

There was a lot of little moments of realization

我看过一些纪录片和电影

I saw a few documentaries and movies

那些都是关于大局问题的

that were about some of the bigger picture issues

但是当你在企业界的时候

But when you're in the corporate world

你会忙于工作，为了达成特定的目标，无暇顾及生活

And you're so busy with your life and achieving certain things

陷在里面很难脱身

it's hard to get off that train

我的妻子贝奇和我

Beth, my wife and I

我们都曾在企业式的生活中

we sort of had grown over the corporate lifestyle

陷入拥有-追求的死循环里

and the trap of having and wanting more...

所以我们就想“好吧，那就切断我们已知的的联系”

So we thought "Ok, let's just cut our ties from what we've known" and...

我们工作很多年了

we'd been working for many years

我们想“好吧！开启新生活”

We thought "Ok... let's just...start a fresh"

我们之前来过新西兰很多次

So we'd been to New Zealand a number of times previously

我们都觉得新西兰是一个很好的、从新开始的好地方

And we just thought that's a great place to...just start,

我们寻找其他的生活方式

we'll look at alternatives

过更加简单，更加可持续的生活

and live a simpler, more sustainable life

探索外面的广大世界

And just explore what's out there.

我被这样的想法深深击中

I was then the realization sort of hit home

我开始更多的研究

I started to research more

阅读更多的相关文章

read, you know, hundreds of articles

观看了上百部纪录片及类似的东西

and watch hundreds of documentaries and sorts of stuff.

我逐渐了解了一些知识

Then i started to really understand ：

噢，这里有一些严重的问题

"Wow,We got some serious issues here..."

没有人真正讨论这些问题

And no one's really talking about this stuff

有点难以置信

and it's quite scary

我们在这边养了鸡

In here we got our chickens

有两个品种

We've got two breeds

这个品种是brown shader

we've got a brown shader which is these ones here

这个品种是Araucans

And then over here we've got Araucanas

这边是一些小鸡

And over here we have little chicks

前两天才孵出来

that have just hatched in the last two days

你可以在下面看到它们

You can see them down here

这边是鸡场

Ok the chicken yard here...

你可以看到这里有许多杂草

You can see there's lots of weeds

小灌木丛,不是...

and little shrubs and what not and...

我们栽了许多

We've planted some...

边缘有10-12英尺（约3米-3.6米）的灌木丛

there was about 10 or 12 feet Java bushes around the edge

用来保护这些小鸡

To give them some protection.

这边有一棵胡桃树

There's a walnut tree down there

小鸡们都很喜欢

But now you know the chickens love it.

它们可以藏在底下以躲避捕食者

They can get in here and hide under here and escape from predators

我们刚开始养鸡的时候

cause when we first had them,

就很清楚地知道会面临老鹰捕食的问题

it was cleared and we did have a problem with eagles and hawks

我们只损失了几只

so we lost a few chickens

因为当鹰看见它们以后

Because that was easy for the hawks to see them

小鸡就很容易受到攻击

then come in and attack them

但现在，我们已经解决了这个困难

but now we've...hadn't had a problem.

你可以看到许多小鸡的避难所

And you can see there's little hidy house everywhere for the chickens here

它们很喜欢躲在里面

And they love it in here

就像躲猫猫一样从这边躲到那边

they just hide through here and over here

它们甚至在里面下蛋，这就有一个

they even lay eggs in the hidy holes and here's one here

你看

there you go

我们做的第一件事就是简化生活

The first thing we did is simplified our life.

一旦开始简化你的生活

So once you simplify your life,

你就能很自由地去做很多事

it frees you up to do a lot of other things.

我们只需考虑“好吧，我们现在承担得起什么？”

So we just thought "Ok, What can we afford ?"

在可承担范围内生活

and live within that limit

这种方式把我们从很多事里解脱出来

And that way frees you up a lot more,

因此

so...

小屋子是非常棒的

Down sizing and tiny homes is excellent

因为它使人们可以自由地

because it gives people the freedom to...

去为他们自己的生活做决定

to make decisions about their lives

这就是我所做的

And that's sort of what we've done.

我们有意识地控制生活不在经济能力之外

We've consciensly made that effort not to live outside our means

一旦你这么做，你会发现真的很有用

And once you do that it's really powerful

我一直想要一个池塘

so I always wanted a pond

很多朴友都在谈论池塘并且人人都有

and a lot of permaculture people talk about ponds and everyone has pond

它非常有用，有一些很好的用途

and it's functionnal, it's got some great uses

计划是把挖出来的泥土堆成种植垄

So the idea is I built this pond to feed the beds

就是那个2英尺长的杂草下的土丘

which are actually under about 2 feet of grass at the mound

接下来

so what happened is  i thought I'm gonna...

我只需要去挖一个池塘

I'll just have a go digging the pond.

开始挖的时候

And i started digging it out

我连续挖了几个小时

and i just kept going for a couple of hours

在4个小时以后就有了池塘的雏形

and then after four hours i had a pretty big hole

大概1.5米深

it's probably a meter and a half deep

第二天继续挖

And then the second day, I just kept going and dug down

每天4-5个小时

And...within two days about 4 or 5 hours each day,

两天后我拥有了一个池塘

I had a pond !

然后，我在池塘底部铺了一个衬底

And then, I just...got a liner and put it in the pond

难以置信，我非常幸运

and I couldn't believe my luck

第二天，下了倾盆大雨，我的池塘满了

The next day, it belted down rain and then the pond was full

两天之内，从没有池塘

So in two days, I've gone from having no pond

到拥有一个完全满水的池塘，真的很了不起

to a completely full pond, which is awesome.

园子里的工作占据了一部分时间

Apart from working on the garden that takes a good part of my day

此外，我还开了博客，写了一些书

I also for a few blogs and have written a few books

我还为当地政府和社区组织做商业顾问

and...i also consult with business local government and community groups

在一些大局问题上帮助他们提高意识

on helping raise awarness around some of the big picture issues

我还给他们做一些易损性评估

So I do what they call as a vulnerability assessment

一旦我分析出数据，确认了缺口

So once i analyse the data and identify gaps,

我就会提出自己的建议

then i come up with recommendations

使委员会转向一个更加可持续的模式

for councils to move to a more sustainable model.

我很幸运，处在能够做这些事的位置

I'm fortunate... I'm in a position to be able to do this

很多人都没有这样奢侈的机会

A lot of people who don't have the luxury of being able to have time to...

有时间去研究，提出想法和解决问题

research and...come up with ideas and solutions

这些是我一直想要去实现的

so...That's what i'm trying to achieve

我看了2007年上映的一部纪录片，叫做《石油危机》

I saw a documentary back in 2007 called A Crude Awakening

讲述的是石油危机以及石油资源枯竭

that was talking about the oil shock and resource depletion on peak oil

它激发了我对能源方面的兴趣

And that really got me interested in the whole energy side of things

我读了很多能源方面的书

I read lots of books on energy

看来很多纪录片和很多文章

and watched lots of documentaries and lots of articles

朴门永续设计看起来能够解决这个问题

And it just seemed that permaculture kept popping up as a solution.

此后我开始研究朴门永续设计，并了解到

Then I started to research permaculture and realized that

这是一个能够解决我们怎样生活的综合方法

It was an integrated approach to how we're living

我们当今的社会

So at the moment, our current society...

生活的方式是不完整的

It's a fragmented approach to living

所有的东西都被隔离开来了

So everything's compartimentalised or separated

然而朴门永续是用一个整体观来看待我们的生活方式

whereas permaculture is a holistic approach to how we're living.

它整合了食物

It integrates food,

环境

environment

和你自己的生活方式

with your lifestyle

关心人们

and taking care of, you know, people,

关心地球

the planet

关心自然资源

and the natural resources

我真的

So I really...

真的

That really...

被深深击中，我真心地认为

hit home and I just really thought that was...

那是能够是我们继续前进地解决方法

that was one of the solutions for moving forward

这边是葡萄

Over here we've got some grapes

已经栽了有一年半了

and we've had these in for about a year and a half

你可以看到这是我们生产的第一批葡萄

and this is our first decent yield of grapes as you can see here

我们还允许邻居在前面的两个小围场里放牧

and what we do so we let the next door neighbour graze our front two paddocks

作为回报，我可以去他的院子里拿些松针

and in return, I can go over to her place and I get some pine needles

因为蓝莓在酸性土壤里生长得更好

which the blueberries love cause they love acidic soil

所以，我就撒一点

so I just sprinkle the blueber..

松针在蓝莓树周围，帮助覆盖

the pine needles around the blueberries so it helps mulch them

以及为它们提供营养

and help give them nutrients

同时也能阻止野草生长

and it also keep the weeds down.

因此我要做的是...除草，但我不喜欢

So what i'm trying to... I do mow and i don't like it

我试着沿着小路修剪杂草

but I just try to mow the paths also Um... side the paths

留着杂草

So what we do is we leave all the...

留着杂草覆盖在这里，因为它...

all the weeds and the ground cover there cause it...

你懂的，我讨厌浪费资源

You know, i hate to waste the resource

但是我很喜欢在菜园里散步

But what I like to do is just walk up  when I'm out in the garden

扯些草放在树根周围

and just pick a bit of weed and just dropped around there

它可以补充一些养分

it gives it a... I gives a bit of a top up and a bit of a feed

它可以保护树根避免水分蒸发

and then, you know, it just protects it from the...from evaporation

持续地构建土壤

and it's just constant soil building

很多的人来参观我们的农场

So... a lot of people come over to our property and have a look around

他们经常问“你的果树怎么样了呀？”

they go "what about all your fruit trees ?"

“有害虫吗？鸟会吃它们吗？”

"Do you get pests and stuff, like bird that eat them ?"

我回答“当然啦”

I say yeah sure

但是我们不介意

But we don't mind that， you know

你懂的，我们并不是第一个来到这里的，我们只是自然的一部分

we were not here first and you know we're a part of nature

而且

and you know

我们得到了很多建议

We've had...we have comments from other people

它们都是周围农场的邻居们提出的

that live around near us on the farms

他们说

and they say

他们不敢相信这里竟有如此多的野生动物和鸟类

they can't believe how much wildlife and birdlife is here

而他们自己的农场

and their properties

就在几百米外

just, you know, a few hundred meters away

却几乎没有野生动物和鸟类

have almost no wildlife or birdlife

你知道，我们通过自然来吸引野生鸟类和野生动物

so you know，we're attracting birdlife and wildlife

而不是去控制自然

through just letting nature be as opposed to wanting to control it.

我们开始栽种食物，这是初心

Start growing food that's where a lot of this...these initiatives start.

食物是我们生活的中心

Food is central to the way we live

我们的健康，整个生态系统和环境

our health, and our whole ecosystem and environment

如果我们开始做一件小事

so if we can start doing something small like

甚至如果...

even if you...

如果你住在郊外，拥有一小块土地

if you just live in the suburbia and you got a small block

你都可以种植食物

you can start growing food

如果你住在公寓里

Even if you're in an apartment you can

可以种在窗台上，容器里等等

you know,windowsills, pots whatever

你可以开始第一步

you can start, and that's the first step

一旦你参与到种植与体验自然中

once you engage with growing and experiencing nature

你就会发现一些改变

Then things start to happen to you

它就像一朵花

and it's like a...like a flower

开始成长，越来越茁壮

it starts, you know growing, getting bigger

然后开始改变其他东西

and then that leads to something else.

选择很多，尽情探索吧

So get out there and explore because there are options

我们能够了解我们并没有被困住

We just have to have the capacity to realize that we're not stuck

我们能改变

and we can change

只需放手去做就好

and just... just do it !

[乔丹]：

我喜欢安德鲁的故事

I love Andrew's story

因为它反驳了一些支撑当今社会的观念：

because it contradicts a belief that underpins our society :

只有大量金钱和物质财富

that only large amounts of money and having expensive material posessions

才能带给人们幸福

are what lead to happiness.

为了追求利益和经济增长

We've been fad this lie by businesses and governments in order to

我们已经被商业和政府蒙蔽了

make profit and to perpetuate the growth economy

而这些都会导致地球的破坏

that's contributing to the destruction of the earth

如果我们每个人都拒绝相信这些社会所编织的谎言

By each one of us refusing to believe this story our society tells us

我们就能合力创造出一个我们所期望的世界

Together we can create a world where the deep satisfaction we all desire

而这些都来自于我们与社区和自然的联系

comes from our connection with community and nature

而非物质财富

rather than from material posessions

现今世界所面临的危机

in the face of the crisis the world is facing today

新的解决方式已经开始出现了

a new way of being is emerging

在那里，我们与自然亲密联系

where we're connected to nature

与其他形式的生命和谐相处

and exist in harmony with all other forms of life

这取决于我们如何率先过渡到

and it's up to us to pioneer the transition

这种令人深感满足和滋养的真正可持续的生活方式

to this deeply satisfying, nourishing and truly sustainable way of life

我感到无比地开心和轻松

I definitely feel happier and less stressed.

当你在企业世界生活的时候

When you work in a corporate world,

是充满竞争的

it's very competitive

但是在这里，基本没有什么竞争

and I'll tell you, there's not much competition out here

除了会长些让我感到沮丧的杂草

part from a few weeds Which i get upset with.

但是现在我已经释然了

But now I've learnt to let go

现在我也会吃些“杂草”

and now I eat some of the weeds

我确实感觉好多了，而且更加灵活

I definitely feel better and I feel more flexible

我现在不再有任何实际的病痛

I don't have any actual pains anymore

我只觉得我现在有更亲密的联系，更有活力

And I just feel more connected and more lively.

现在我吃的健康多了

I eat much healthy now

我不吃任何加工食品

I don't eat any processed foods

我吃大量的蔬菜

We have lot of vegetarian meals

它们都很新鲜，有机和营养

and it's all fresh, organic，produced

我们过上了少消费主义的生活方式

So we also live a less consumerist lifestyle

我们不需要太多的东西

So we don't need as much stuff

我们不需要对物质的不断渴望

So I haven't got this constant craving for more and more things

来使我们开心和满足

to make me feel satisfied or happy

这种生活方式在这里是有效的

This lifestyle working on the land and...

朴门永续的生活让我感到更有收获

doing permaculture It feels more rewarding

就好像是我还给自然很多东西

and like I'm putting something back with a lot of...

现代社会不停地从自然要、要、要

current society it's take take take

而这种生活方式，我觉得是长期地、

And with this sort of lifestyle I feel like this is long term

一点一点地还回去

I'm putting something back.

这就做好啦

So... there you have it.

我们有家庭自种的沙拉

We have home grown salad

水果沙拉，谷物沙拉和一些鸡蛋

fruit salad, grain salad and some eggs

我现在仍觉得难以置信

and I can't believe still that

我甚至都不用去超市购买

I don't have to go to the supermarket.

才三年，我们就种出了这些蔬菜

We've grown all this ourselves in just 3 years.

我仍然很惊讶

I'm still amazed.

每个人都可以做的

【乔丹】

So anyone can do it

希望你们喜欢这个系列电影的第一部影片

So hope you'll enjoy the first of many films in this series

如果没有群众资金的支持

and this project wouldn't be happening at all

根本不会有这个项目

if it wasn't for the generous support of our crowd funding backers.

感谢每一位捐赠者

So thanks so much to everyone who donated.

在这里感谢“简单生活”

And I want to say a special thank you to the Simplicity Institute,

朋友们提供的小房子

friend's tiny houses,

迈克尔·艾伯森

Michael Albertson

卢·里兹戴尔

Lou Ridsdale

和昆丁·威尔森

和 Quentin Wilson

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