COP26 | 绿光青年与社会创新之父Michael Norton的现场对话

（photo by 李佳 Li Jia, from Left: Michael Norton, 绿光青年张如苑, CYCAN代表陈语)

前言：

11月1日，在英国格拉斯哥开幕的联合国气候大会（COP26）上，参加会议的绿色光年青年团代表柳珊、张如苑和韩炜祎同学有幸在现场与英国社会创新之父Michael Norton零距离交流。年近80高龄的他，作为在深圳的亚洲环保创新论坛（AEIF）（央视采访他的视频在此）的发起人，一向对青年参与可持续发展事业寄予厚望并提供各种帮助。2019年11月，他还专程到过绿色光年创始人倪欢老师家参观过，并在Impact Hub Shanghai接见过倪老师。万科基金会和Cteam负责组织的中国企业馆让此次对话成为现实，在此特别致谢！以下英文报道来自帝国理工学院研究生张如苑：

A conversation with Michael Norton

This conversation is hosted by Cteam, CYCAN and Green Light-Year. The conversation brings Mr Michael Norton OBE, Director of the Centre for Innovation Voluntary Action (CIVA) and the 2014 recipient of the UK Charity Award for Outstanding Achievement, to the stage of China Corporate Pavilion in the COP26 in Glasgow. He is an extraordinarily encouraging visionary in social enterprise and an innovator in philanthropy.

(摄影：张如苑，左起：柳珊、韩炜祎）

On the 1st of November, the youth representatives from China, Elena, Shan and Ruyuan had an interview with Mr Norton on his motivationfor voluntary works and his suggestions for the youth who care about or are committed to turning the world into a better place. Mr Norton’s interest in social enterprise began at a relatively young age. After his academic journeyin natural science, he worked as a banker. Back then he was doing very well inhis job, however, he still devoted his free time to the voluntary work. During the conversation, he shared plenty of social innovation stories based on hisown experience, including fundraising, food waste and education inequality. He explained how the ideas have been developed starting from “a little bit of bloody-mindedness”. For instance, he set up a night school for those who cannot speak English, and also he promoted a programme which taught street children in South Asia the concept of banking. “When they start saving, they are thinkingabout the future. “ said Norton.

When we asked about his turning point to start his businessin the social enterprise, he shared a very touching story about how two young girls took an old lady out for a walk. Some of you may think it’s not a big deal, where is the touching point coming from. Bare with me. This old lady hadn’t been outside for 3 years. During these three years, many health professionals and social workers had come to visit her, but no one had ever taken her out. These two girls did it because they truly cared about her. With minimal assistance and some innovations, they created a comfy hand trolley and made the lady’s day.

Food waste-related questions have also been brought upduring the conversation. After introducing the "Ugly Food Party" organised by the Green Light-Year, Mr Norton is very supportive about the idea of utilising ugly food. He said that the actions on the food system are very good starting points to begin especially when we are amid a rising tide of environmental protectioncampaigns, projects and innovations. In fact, there are over 30% of man-made CO2 emissions are from the food system. Yet, around 40 per cent of the food are wasted from the field to our table. Finding the right way for the wonky vegetables and couple with good management of purchase desire is something we should look into.

“Failure makes better next time,“ he said, “that’s my motto and the advice for the young generation .

(Michael is also meeting online audience from China.)

中文译文：

与Michael Norton先生的对话

本次对话由Cteam、绿色光年和CYCAN主办。此次对话将英国创新志愿行动中心（CIVA）主任、2014年英国杰出成就慈善奖获得者迈克尔·诺顿先生（他也曾是大英帝国官佐勋章获得者）带到格拉斯哥联合国气候大会COP26中国企业馆。他是一位非常鼓舞人心的社会企业远见者和慈善事业革新者。

11月1日，来自中国的绿光青年代表柳珊、张如苑和韩炜祎在活动现场采访了诺顿先生，了解了诺顿先生从事志愿工作的动机，以及他对关心或致力于让世界变得更美好的青年人的建议。诺顿先生对社会企业的兴趣始于相对年轻的时候。在自然科学的学术旅行之后，他做了一名银行家。那时他工作做得很好，但他仍然把业余时间用于志愿工作。在谈话中，他根据自己的经验分享了许多社会创新故事，包括筹资、食物浪费和教育不平等。他解释了这些想法是如何从“存心作梗”开始发展起来的。例如，他为那些不会说英语的人建立了一所夜校，还推动了一个项目，向南亚街头儿童传授银行的概念。诺顿说：“当他们开始储蓄时，他们就开始考虑未来了。”

当我们问到他在社会企业开始创业的转折点时，他分享了一个非常感人的故事。关于两个年轻女孩如何带一位老太太出去散步。你们中的一些人可能认为这没什么大不了的，这个感人的转折点从何而来。这位老太太已经三年没出门了。在这三年里，许多公共卫生专业人士和社工都来看望她，但从来没有人想到要带她出去走走。这两个女孩这样做是因为她们真正关心她。在极少的帮助和一些创新的情况下，她们只是用手创造了一辆小推车，推这位老太太出门，让她过了非常开心的一天。

采访中，诺顿先生还提出了与食物浪费相关的问题。在介绍了绿光年组织的“丑食派对”后，诺顿先生非常支持利用丑食这一概念。他说，粮食系统方面的行动是非常好的起点。首先，尤其是当我们正处于环保运动、项目和创新的浪潮中时。事实上，超过30%的人为二氧化碳排放来自粮食系统。然而，大约40%的食品从田地还没到餐桌上就直接被浪费掉了。为这些丑食找到正确的方法，再加上良好的管理购买欲的方法是我们应该研究的。

“失败会让下一次变得更好，”他说，“这是我的座右铭，也是给年轻一代的建议。”

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