ʻEhia mau moʻolelo e wāwahi mākou?

"ʻAʻole au i ʻike e like me kēia ma mua." ʻO ia kaʻu i lohe pinepine ai i koʻu huakaʻi ʻana i nā wahi like ʻole i nā pule ʻelua i hala aku nei—ma La Jolla a me Laguna Beach, ma Portland a me Rockland, ma Boston a me Cambridge, ma New Orleans a me Covington, ma Key West a Savana.

ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka pumehana o ka lā 9 o Malaki ma ka hikina ʻākau a i ʻole ka waikahe nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā lā o ka ua ma Louisiana a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka hema. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō ka mohala mua ʻana o nā mea kanu he nui a i ʻole ke kai ʻawaʻawa e pepehi ana i nā momi kai a me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka ʻohi ʻiʻa iʻa ma ke kahakai komohana. ʻAʻole i nahu ʻia e ka makika ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka punawai ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau! ʻO ia ka manaʻo nui o nā poʻe he nui, me nā panelists a me nā mea hōʻike ʻē aʻe ma kēia mau hālāwai, aia mākou i kahi manawa o ka loli wikiwiki e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike a noʻonoʻo, ʻaʻohe mea a mākou e hana nei i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ma Kaleponi, ua kamaʻilio au ma Scripps e pili ana i ke kuleana kūpono o ke kalapona polū i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i kekahi o ka hopena o nā hana kanaka ma ke kai. ʻO nā haumāna puka manaʻolana a me ka hoʻonā i hui me aʻu a nīnau i nā nīnau nui, ua ʻike piha lākou i ka hoʻoilina mai nā hanauna ma mua o lākou. Ma Bosetona, ua hāʻawi au i kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ka iʻa—kekahi a mākou e ʻike nei, a ʻike paha mākou i kekahi. A ʻaʻohe kānalua, nui nā mea hiki ʻole iā mākou ke manaʻo mua ma muli o ke ʻano o ka loli wikiwiki - ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike e like me kēia ma mua.

Ma Cambridge, ua kamaʻilio nā mea hoʻolale kālā a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kālā e pili ana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā me kā mākou mau mikiona philanthropic i ka hālāwai makahiki o Confluence Philanthropy. ʻO ka nui o nā kūkākūkā i kālele ʻia i nā ʻoihana kūpaʻa e ʻimi ana, a me ka hana ʻana i nā hopena hoʻomau i hāʻawi i ka hoʻihoʻi waiwai ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ma nā wahie fossil. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Divest-Invest Philanthropy i kona mau lālā mua i ka makahiki 2014. I kēia manawa, hoʻokipa ʻo ia ma luna o 500 mau hui i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o $3.4 trillion i hui pū ʻia e hoʻohiki iā lākou iho e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou iho i nā kumulāʻau kalapona he 200 a hoʻopukapuka i nā hoʻonā ea. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike e like me kēia ma mua.

Ua kamaʻilio ka lālā TOF Seascape Council ʻo Aimée Christensen e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō ʻana o kona ʻohana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka uila ma kona kūlanakauhale ʻo Sun Valley i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūpaʻa o ke kaiāulu ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā kumu mana—a hoʻohālikelike i ko lākou mau makemake me kā lākou misionari. Ma ka papa like, ua kamaʻilio ka Luna Hoʻonaʻauao o TOF, ʻo Angel Braestrup, e pili ana i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā mea kālā, ʻoihana, a me nā hui waiwai ʻole no ka ʻike ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka maikaʻi no nā kaiāulu kahakai a me nā kumuwaiwai moana e mālama ai iā lākou. Ua hōʻike māua ʻo Rolando Morillo o Rockefeller & Company ma ka Rockefeller Ocean Strategy a pehea i kōkua ai nā lālā o ka papa mua o The Ocean Foundation i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hoʻopukapuka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka moana, ma mua o ka maikaʻi ʻole o ke kai. A ua pakele nā ​​kānaka a pau i nā lumi hālāwai me ka puka makani ʻole no kekahi mau manawa e ʻoluʻolu i ka ea pūnāwai mehana. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike like me kēia ma Malaki 9 ma mua.

Ma Key West, hui mākou nā lālā o ke Kōmike o ke Kai Sargasso e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i ke Kai Sargasso (a me kāna mau moena lana o ka malu, hānai i ka limu). ʻO ke Kai kekahi o nā wahi noho nui o ka moana no nā keiki honu kai a me nā puhi. Eia naʻe, i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua nui ka piʻi ʻana o nā moena nunui o ka sargassum e holoi ana ma nā kahakai ma ka Caribbean, ʻo ka mea ʻino loa i kēia manawa i ka makahiki 2015. No ka nui o ka limu a hiki i kona hele ʻana i mea pōʻino waiwai a ʻo ke kumukūʻai no ka wehe ʻana he nui loa. Ke nānā nei mākou i ka mea i hoʻoulu i kēia ulu nui o ka sargassum ma waho o kona mau palena? No ke aha i hoʻohua mai ai i ka nui o nā ʻōpala pilau i hoʻopaʻa i nā mea ola kai kokoke i kahakai a hoʻololi i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā? ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike e like me kēia ma mua.

Ma Tybee Island a ma Savannah, ʻo ke kamaʻilio ʻana e pili ana i nā hanana i kapa ʻia ʻo King tide—ʻo ia ka huaʻōlelo no ke kai kiʻekiʻe loa e hoʻoulu ai i ke kahe ʻana ma nā wahi haʻahaʻa, e like me ke alanui ʻo River Street i kapa ʻia ʻo Savannah. I ka wā o nā mahina hou a piha hoʻi, laina ka lā a me ka mahina, a hui pū ko lākou huki umekaumaha, e huki ana i ke kai. Kapa ʻia kēia mau mea he kai puna. I ka hopena o ka hoʻoilo a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka punawai, ʻoiai e kaʻa kokoke ana ka honua i ka lā ma kona ʻōpuni, ua lawa ka huki hou ʻana i ke kai e hoʻohuli ai i ke kai puna i ke kai mōʻī, ʻoi aku ka nui inā he makani mauka a i ʻole nā ​​kūlana kākoʻo ʻē aʻe. Ke piʻi nei ka nui o nā hanana kahe mai ke kai mōʻī no ka mea ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kai. ʻO ka wai mōʻī o ʻOkakopa i hala aku nei ua hoʻopiha ʻia nā wahi o Tybee Island a me nā wahi o Savannah, me ke alanui ʻo River. Ua hoʻoweliweli hou ʻia i kēia pūnāwai. Mālama ka pūnaewele o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi papa inoa kōkua o nā alanui e pale ʻia i ka ua nui. ʻO ka mahina piha ʻo Malaki 23 a ua kiʻekiʻe loa ke kai, ʻo kekahi hapa ma muli o ke ʻano maʻamau o ke kau hope o noreaster. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻike e like me kēia ma mua.

ʻO ka nui o nā mea e hiki mai ana e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono a me ka hoʻolālā. Hiki iā mākou ke kōkua e hōʻoia i ka holoi ʻole ʻana o ke kai mōʻī i nā ukana hou o ka plastik a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe a hoʻi i waho i ke kai. Hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā ala e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai i nā puʻu limu me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopōʻino hou ʻana i ke kai, a ma ka hoʻololi ʻana paha i mea pono e like me ka mea hoʻomomona. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokomo i nā ʻoihana maikaʻi no ke kai. Hiki iā mākou ke ʻimi i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i kā mākou kapuaʻi wāwae i kahi e hiki ai iā mākou, a e hoʻopau iā ia e like me ka mea hiki iā mākou. A hiki iā mākou ke hana pēlā ʻoiai hiki i kēlā me kēia kau hou ke lawe mai i kahi mea a mākou i ʻike ʻole ai ma mua.