她开始时拯救动物，现在她的目标是拯救海洋

她开始时拯救动物，现在她的目标是拯救海洋

Mimi Ausland has big plans for the planet. The 23-year-old is perhaps best known as the founder of Freekibble, an interactive quiz website that encourages users to answer animal trivia questions to fuel donations of pet food to shelters across the U.S.

米米·奥斯兰对地球有宏伟的计划。现年23岁的她最有名的名字可能是Freekibble的创始人。Freekibble是一个互动问答网站，鼓励用户回答动物的一些琐碎问题，为美国各地的动物收容所捐赠宠物食品提供动力。

The founder of Freekibble now has her sights set on plastic pollution removal in the ocean. (Photo: Mimi Ausland)

"Looking back on it, I believe the experience showed me that people want to make a difference and that small actions can create big impact," Ausland tells MNN. "Freekibble not only grew my interest in giving back but also in business — specifically in finding ways to combine impact with business. It gave me the belief that if you care about something enough, you can make a difference."

奥斯兰告诉MNN:“回顾过去，我相信这次经历告诉我，人们想要有所作为，小小的行动就能产生巨大的影响。”“免费食品不仅增加了我回馈社会的兴趣，也增加了我对商业的兴趣——尤其是找到将影响力与商业结合起来的方法。它让我相信，如果你足够关心某件事，你就能做出改变。”

Freekibble is now eleven years old, and is estimated to have donated nearly $14 million in food and funding to homeless dogs and cats at shelters, rescues and food banks across the country. The website has expanded to include cat litter donations, vaccinations and monthly causes highlighting different animals in need and the people who support them.

Freekibble现在已经有11年的历史，据估计它已经向全国各地的收容所、救援机构和食品银行的流浪猫狗捐赠了近1400万美元的食物和资金。该网站已扩大到包括猫砂捐赠、疫苗接种和每月重点关注不同需要的动物和支持它们的人的活动。

Once honored as the 2008 ASPCA Kid of the Year, Ausland isn't a kid anymore, but she's still an activist. Her next big move (literally) is the ocean — specifically, plastic pollution. Her new website, Free the Ocean (FTO), is similar to Freekibble in that it's a quiz website that "rewards" you (whether you're right or wrong) when you answer the daily trivia question.

奥斯兰曾被评为2008年美国防止虐待动物协会(ASPCA)年度儿童，现在她已经不再是一个孩子了，但她仍然是一名积极分子。她的下一个大动作(字面意思)是海洋——特别是塑料污染。她的新网站Free the Ocean (FTO)类似于Freekibble，它是一个问答网站，当你回答日常琐事问题时，它会“奖励”你(无论你是对的还是错的)。

Trash and debris litter Accra beach in Ghana. (Photo: Muntaka Chasant [SS by SA 4.0]/Wikimedia Commons)

"My inspiration behind FTO was to create a way for people around the world to have a free and fast impact on the very serious issue of plastic pollution," Ausland says. "By combining trivia with impact, you're giving people an educational and (hopefully!) fun way to have a tangible impact."

奥斯兰德说:“我创办FTO的灵感来自为世界各地的人们创造一种方式，让他们能够免费、快速地对塑料污染这一非常严重的问题产生影响。”“通过把琐事和影响力结合起来，你给人们提供了一种有教育意义的(希望如此!)有趣的方式，让他们产生切实的影响。”

How exactly does it work? 100 percent of the ad revenue generated on the website goes toward removing plastic. Those funds go directly to their cause partner, Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii. The nonprofit organizes beach clean-ups and coastal stewardship through social media and a hard-working grassroots team of volunteers. "They're an amazing organization hard at work protecting treasured coastlines by removing plastic and educating the next generation on how to create a world without waste," says Ausland.

它到底是如何工作的?在该网站上产生的广告收入100%用于去除塑料。这些资金直接流向他们的事业伙伴，夏威夷的可持续海岸线。这个非营利组织通过社交媒体和一个努力工作的基层志愿者团队来组织海滩清理和海岸管理工作。奥斯兰说:“他们是一个了不起的组织，通过移除塑料，教育下一代如何创造一个没有垃圾的世界，努力保护宝贵的海岸线。”

Ausland with the CEO of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii, Rafael Bergstrom. (Photo: Mimi Ausland)

It's predicted that 18 billions of trash enter the ocean every year. National Geographic estimates that there are about 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in the ocean and counting. Most of these items will never biodegrade, leading to the creation of massive "trash islands," with the most famous being the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

据预测，每年有180亿垃圾进入海洋。据《国家地理》估计，海洋中大约有5.25万亿塑料碎片，而且还在不断增加。这些垃圾中的大多数永远不会被生物降解，导致了巨大的“垃圾岛”的产生，其中最著名的是太平洋垃圾带。

Living in Santa Monica, California, it makes sense that this cause is close to Ausland's heart. She adds, "I also want FTO to create awareness of the plastic issue and inspire day-to-day behavioral changes — which is really the most important part of real change. My hope is for FTO to be a bright spot in people's day and leave them with a feeling that they've made a difference, because they have."

住在加州圣莫尼卡，这一事业与奥斯兰的心是相通的。她补充道:“我还希望FTO能引起人们对塑料问题的关注，并激发人们每天的行为变化——这才是真正改变的最重要部分。”我希望FTO成为人们生活中的一个亮点，让他们感到他们已经做出了改变，因为他们已经做出了改变。”