Tawagar Matasan Teku Ta 2018

A lokacin da duniya ke fuskantar ƙalubale na herculean, yana da mahimmanci mu shiga sha'awa, manufa, da kuzari da ake samu a cikin matasan yau. Daga cikin ɗimbin tsare-tsare na Ranar Tekun Duniya na 2018 don tattara wannan mahimmin tushe na sabon kuzari shine yaƙin neman zaɓe na Matasan Teku, wanda aka fara ƙaddamar da ranar Tekun Duniya na 2016 ta The Ocean Project, Big Blue & You, da Babban Taron Kare Tekun Matasa. Wannan yaƙin neman zaɓe ya haɗu da wakilai na matasa bakwai, shugabannin duniya - duk waɗanda ke ƙasa da shekaru 21 - don raba ayyukan kiyayewa don ƙarfafa masu sauraron duniya da kuma nuna mahimmancin shigar da matasa cikin hanyoyin yanke shawara.

A 2016, na yi aiki a matsayin memba na kaddamarwa Matasan Teku Tashi wakilai. Yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi jan hankali a rayuwata, yana ba da gudummawa sosai ga shawarar da na ba da kaina ga kiyaye muhalli. Ina godiya ga damar kasancewa da haɗin kai, na farko a matsayin mai ba da jagoranci na tsofaffin ɗalibai kuma na gaba a matsayin mai gudanarwa. Wannan ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa yana ƙarfafa begena na gaba kuma yana gabatar da ni ga sababbin shugabannin muhalli masu haske, matasa. Yaƙin neman zaɓe na bana ya yi daidai, kuma mai yiwuwa ma ya zarce, babban matakin sha'awa da kuzari na shekarun baya - abin da ban sani ba zai yiwu.

Tawagar SYRUP ta 2016, Matasan Ben May/Sea Sun Tashi

A matsayina na daya daga cikin masu gudanar da taron na bana, na kwashe tsawon sa’o’i masu yawa a dakin kwanan dalibai na kwaleji ina tsara dabarun yakin neman zabe. Na koyi abin da ake bukata don cire shirye-shiryen nasara ta hanyar taimakawa wajen gudanar da aikace-aikacen aikace-aikacen, tsara yakin, da kuma daidaita shafukan yanar gizo da kafofin watsa labarun.

A wannan shekara, Sea Youth Rise Up ya koma Washington, DC tare da tawaga mai ban sha'awa na shugabannin samari bakwai.

Sama, daga hagu zuwa dama akwai Wakilan SYRUP na 2018: Kai Beattie (17, New York), masanin kimiyar ɗan ƙasa da mai tsara muhalli; Madison Toonder (17, Florida), mai bincike na muhalli wanda NOAA ya gane don "Dauki Pulse of the Planet"; Vyshnavi Kosigishroff (18, Delaware), mai kula da yanki na ThinkOcean da Maris don Science Delaware coordinator; Annie yana nufin (18, California), dalibi mai magana kuma wanda ya kafa shafin yanar gizon muhalli Sake yin amfani da su akan Ruwan Ruwa na Seattle; Ruby Rorty (18, California), wanda ya kafa Santa Cruz Environmental Alliance; Yakubu Garland (15, Massachusetts), wanda ya kafa shafin yanar gizon muhalli Aiki don Ajiye; Darrea Frazier (16, Maryland), mai koyar da muhalli da bayar da shawarwari.

Yaƙin neman zaɓe na 2018 ya fara ne a ranar 8 ga Yuni, Ranar Tekuna ta Duniya, tare da safiya a kan Capitol Hill - wani taro mai ban sha'awa tare da Majalisar Dattawan Tekun Caucus don matsa lamba don ƙara kare yanayin yanayin ruwa, iyakokin dokoki kan gurɓataccen filastik, da rage yawan mai a bakin teku. hakowa a wuraren da ke da gurbatattun halittun ruwa. Bayan haka, wakilan Sea Youth Rise Up sun raba sakonnin su na teku ta hanyar watsa shirye-shiryen kai tsaye ta hanyar Facebook da kuma YouTube Live. An kalli wannan watsa shirye-shiryen ta hanyar raye-raye, masu sauraro na duniya fiye da mutane 1,000 kuma an duba su fiye da sau 3,000 tun lokacin. Bayan watsa shirye-shiryen, wakilan sun bi sahun wasu wajen yin fastoci na Maris don Tekun. A ƙarshe, mun ƙare Ranar Tekuna ta Duniya a Social for the Sea, wanda The Ocean Project da Shirin Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya suka dauki nauyin, dama mai ban sha'awa don sadarwa tare da manyan shugabannin teku, masana kimiyya, da mashahuran mutane ciki har da Philippe Cousteau, wanda ya kafa EarthEcho International. , da Jim Toomey, mai zane-zane da aka fi sani da wasan barkwanci na Sherman's Lagoon.

Wakilan 2018 akan Tudun, Ben May / Matasan Teku sun tashi

A ranar 9 ga watan Yuni, an ci gaba da yakin neman zaben tare da rangadin dakin gwaje-gwaje na Tekun Plastics da ke kan babbar kasuwa ta kasa. Sa'an nan, Sea Youth Rise Up ya shiga cikin Maris na farko na Tekun. Ko da yake zafin rana yana daɗaɗawa a ko'ina cikin yini, dubban masu ba da shawara na teku sun fito kuma suka shiga - nuni na gaskiya na sha'awar tekunmu! Nan take aka gudanar da tattakin inda muka samu karramawar fitowa fili domin wakilan su gabatar da kansu tare da bayyana kiransu na a dauki mataki. Baya ga dimbin jama'ar da suka hallara, sama da mutane 50,000 ne suka kalli taron ta shafin Facebook Live. Duk da cewa tsawa ta yi sanadiyyar kawo karshen taron tun da wuri, wata dama ce mai ban sha'awa don jin ta bakin sauran shugabannin matasa da manya, irin su magada ga Tekunmu, tawagar matasa masu shekaru da matasa masu matsakaicin shekaru da matasa masu sadaukar da kai don wayar da kan jama'a, daukar nauyi, da aiki. , ko Céline Cousteau, wanda ya kafa CauseCentric Productions.

Kungiyar SYRUP ta 2018

Kasancewa cikin wannan shiri shekaru uku da suka gabata, bai gushe ba yana ba ni mamaki yadda saurin ƙulla yarjejeniya a cikin tawagar. Abin da ya fara a matsayin gungun shugabannin matasa bakwai masu zaburarwa ya ƙare ne a matsayin gungun abokai da ke aiki tare don kiyaye teku. Ko yin haɗin gwiwa kan ayyukan muhalli na gaba ko kuma kasancewa da haɗin kai kawai, sha'awar da ke tattare da teku ta kasance mai ƙulla abota mai ƙarfi don ƙulla. Ni ma na yi farin cikin ganin abokaina Laura Johnson (Florida) da Baylee Ritter (Illinois) daga tawagar 2016 kuma na sami sabbin abokai a cikin tawagar ta bana. Ta hanyar wayar da kan jama'a game da matsalolin da ke fuskantar tekunmu, da hada shugabannin matasa masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya don neman mafita, da kuma tattara masu sauraro masu girma, wannan yakin yana ci gaba da nuna iyawarmu da alhakinmu a matsayin al'umma don magance tasirin ɗan adam a kan muhalli. Kyakkyawan fata da wakilai na Sea Youth Rise Up suka koya ya ƙarfafa mutane da yawa su tashi zuwa teku, kuma ina jin daɗin abin da shekaru masu zuwa za su haifar.

Idan kuna sha'awar kasancewa cikin wannan ƙungiyar mai ban mamaki, a matsayin memba na 2019 Matasan Teku Tashi Wakilai, ku biyo mu Facebook, Twitter, ko Instagram don ɗaukakawa. 

Ben May shine Mai Gudanar da Matasan Teku na 2018 kuma Babban Darakta na ThinkOcean. Dan asalin New York, memba ne na Jami'ar Pennsylvania Class na 2021.