Ke Kaʻo ʻana o nā Kai: Blue Vision Summit 5

Na Ben Scheelk, Program Associate

Aia kekahi moʻolelo kahiko e ʻōlelo ana:

Lani ʻulaʻula i ka pō, hauʻoli o ka luina.
Lani ʻulaʻula i ke kakahiaka, ʻōlelo aʻo a ka luina.

ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, no ka ʻoi aku o 290 poʻe i hele i ka Blue Vision Summit o kēia makahiki, ʻo ka Apana o Columbia, ma ke ʻano atypical loa no kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ua hauʻoli mākou a pau me kahi ʻano o nā ahiahi ʻulaʻula i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ma waena o nā hoaaloha a me nā hoahana. e like me nā lā bluebird nani no nā hoʻokipa he nui, nā hōʻike a me nā hālāwai i mālama ʻia ma o ka Summit. ʻO ka Summit, he hanana ʻelua makahiki i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Pāʻani Blue Frontier, e hui pū ana i nā alakaʻi mālama kai mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.

Akā naʻe, ʻoiai ka ʻoluʻolu o ka manawa, ua ulu ka manaʻo o ka wikiwiki a me ka hoʻoholo hohonu i ka kali ʻana i kahi ʻino e hoʻokokoke wikiwiki ana i ka Summit. A ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole ko mākou noʻonoʻo ʻulaʻula e hāʻawi nei iā mākou āpau i ka hopohopo, ʻoiai ʻo The Ocean Foundation ka luna papahana lōʻihi a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu. LiVBLUE, Ua wehewehe ʻo Wallace J. Nichols ma kāna puke kūʻai maikaʻi loa Manaʻo Polū, akā he ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka undercurrent. ʻO ke ʻano o kona ʻano—a me ka ʻala naphthalene—ua kamaʻāina loa ia i waena o ka poʻe aloha moana. ʻO ia ka hoʻoweliweli weliweli o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka ʻeli ʻana i waho o ka ʻāina i ʻulaʻula i ko mākou kakahiaka lani, ua ʻike ʻia ka makaʻu i ka pō o kēia makahiki ʻo Blue Vision Summit me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka Obama Administration ua ʻae ʻia ka ʻoihana pilikua Shell e hoʻomau i ka wili ʻana i kēia kau ma ʻO ke kai ʻino ʻo Chukchi o Alaska.

ʻOiai ua paʻa kēia pilikia i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe he nui i hele mai - he pilikia i hoʻonui ʻia e ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma hope o ka pule hoʻokahi e hoʻomaka hou ai ka wili ʻana ma ke kahawai ʻo Macondo pōʻino o Mexico ma kahi o 3 mau mile mai ke kikowaena o ka BP 2010. PLC maikaʻi puhi, ʻo ka ʻaila nui loa i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika - ʻaʻole ia i hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ko mākou ʻuhane. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻokoʻa ka hana. Ua ikaika mākou. Hoʻohui hou aku. A pōloli i kā mākou pilikia e hiki mai ana.

ʻO ka mea e hōʻeha koke iā ʻoe e pili ana i ka Blue Vision Summit ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea nāna i papa inoa o nā mea haʻiʻōlelo, a i ʻole ka papahana like ʻole a i hana maikaʻi ʻia, akā ʻo ke ʻano o ke komo ʻana a me ka manaʻo maikaʻi e hoʻokomo i ka Summit. ʻO ia ke ala e ʻākoakoa ai ka poʻe o nā ʻano like ʻole, nā ʻōpio a me ka poʻe kahiko, e kūkākūkā maikaʻi e pili ana i nā mea hoʻoweliweli e kū nei i ko kākou moana a me nā kahakai, a e hoʻomohala i nā hoʻolālā wiwo ʻole no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kēlā mau hoʻoweliweli. ʻO ke kumu o ia lā ʻo ka Healthy Ocean Hill Day, he manawa kūpono no nā poʻe āpau e piʻi i Capitol Hill no ka lā e kamaʻilio me nā lālā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo e hōʻike iā lākou i ke koʻikoʻi o nā pilikia kai, a e lanakila i nā kānāwai i hoʻolālā ʻia e holomua i ke olakino. o ka moana a me na piliona e hilinai pololei ana maluna ona no ko lakou ola a me ka pono.

I kēia makahiki ua loaʻa iaʻu ka pōmaikaʻi o ke komo ʻana i kēia hoʻoikaika ʻana me kahi pūʻulu o nā poʻe āu e manaʻo ʻole ai e hui pū me ka mālama kai: nā kaiāulu uka. Led by Vicki Nichols Goldstein, The Ocean Foundation project manager for the ʻO Colorado Ocean Coalition, ʻo ka ʻelele o ka moana i uka he poʻe mai nā mokuʻāina ʻo Midwest a me Western e mālama nui ana i ko mākou moana a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei lākou e hoʻoponopono kēia mau pilikia i kēlā me kēia kanaka, me nā mokuʻāina paʻa ʻia e like me Colorado, ka mea e kaena nei i ka helu per-capita kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea luʻu i hōʻoia ʻia. ka US a pau

ʻO kaʻu ʻāpana kikoʻī o ka ʻelele moana uka, ʻo ka ʻelele ʻo Michigan, ua loaʻa ka manawa pōmaikaʻi e kipa aku me Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1). ʻO ka Apana 1 o Michigan kahi aʻu i ulu ai a hele i ke kulanui, no laila ua makemake nui kēia hālāwai iaʻu ma ke ʻano he Michigander a me ka moana.

ʻOiai ke mahalo nui nei au iā Kauka Benishek, ʻo ia hoʻi kona kūlana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu o ka National Marine Sanctuary Caucus, a me kāna kuleana ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu a me ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka House Invasive Species Caucus, aia kekahi pilikia a mākou e komo nei. kuʻikahi nui, a ʻo ia ka ʻeli ʻana i waho.

Ua mākaukau mākou i ko mākou hālāwai me nā ʻikepili e pili ana i ka waiwai kālā nui o ka ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai kahakai o ka Hikina nona ka mākaʻikaʻi, nā hana leʻaleʻa, a me nā lawaiʻa i kū like ʻole i ka noho ʻana o nā manu ʻeleʻele, nā mea momona o ka moana i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, a me nā kahakai i uhi ʻia i ka pōlele. . Ma ka pane ʻana i kā mākou mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Benishek ʻo ka hoʻoholo ʻana e ʻae i ka ʻeli ʻana i waho o ka ʻāina ʻo ia ke kuleana o nā mokuʻāina, a ʻaʻole hiki i ke aupuni pekelala ke kuhikuhi inā hiki i nā poʻe o ka Hikina ke unuhi i kēia waiwai waiwai mai lalo. nā nalu.

Akā, i ka wā i loaʻa ai kahi pōʻino, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻae ʻia, a hoʻomaka ka ʻaila e kahe i loko o ke kolamu wai a ʻauheʻe ʻia ma ke kahakai ʻo ʻAkelanika holoʻokoʻa e ke kahawai ʻo Gulf Stream, a hiki i ke kai ma ke kahawai ʻo ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau, ʻo ia anei. he "pilikia moku'āina" mau? Ke pani ʻia nā puka o kahi ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ʻohana i mau makahiki no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea e hele hou mai i kahakai, he "pilikia mokuʻāina" anei? ʻAʻole, he hihia aupuni ia, e pono ai ke alakaʻi aupuni. A no ka pono o ko mākou kaiaulu, ko mākou moku'āina, ko mākou ʻāina, a me ko mākou honua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi e waiho wale i kēlā wahie fossil ma lalo o ka ʻili, no ka mea ʻaʻole hui ka wai a me ka ʻaila.

ʻO ka Healthy Ocean Hill Day o kēia makahiki he 134 poʻe i komo mai 24 mau ʻelele mokuʻāina a me 163 mau kipa me nā alakaʻi a me nā limahana o ka Congressional—ʻo ka hoʻoikaika nui loa o ka lā hoʻokahi o ka moana a me ke kahakai i ka mōʻaukala o ko kākou lāhui. E kāhea mai iā mākou he poʻe aloha moana, e kāhea mai iā mākou he poʻe kipi limu, akā ʻo nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, mai kapa iā mākou he poʻe haʻalele. ʻOiai ua hoʻomaha mākou i ke ahiahi ʻulaʻula o ka Blue Vision Summit e noʻonoʻo i kā mākou lanakila, ua mākaukau mākou no ka wanaʻao ʻulaʻula. ʻO kēia ka ʻōlelo aʻo a ko kākou luina, a e ʻoluʻolu, ʻoiai mākou e hoʻomaka ana i loko o ke kai ʻōpuʻupuʻu o kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa kulekele hahana e pili ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā waihona aila waho o ko kākou lāhui, aia nā lima a pau ma ka papa.

Kiʻi 1 – ʻO ka ʻelele o ka moana uka. (c) Jeffrey Dubinsky

Kiʻi 2 – Ke nānā aku nei ʻo Poseidon i ka US Capitol Building i ka wā o ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana o ke kamaʻāina mālama moana i ka mōʻaukala US. (c) Ben Scheelk.