Mai Kaahele Nui kakou.

ʻAʻole pono paha au e hele nui. ʻAʻohe paha o mākou e hana.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Nowemapa, ua ʻōlelo wau ma Singapore. A ʻo ia hoʻi, ke ʻōlelo nei au ua lele au i kaʻu kīʻaha waina ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi i mea e ala ai i ka hola 10 PM i koʻu hele ʻana ma ka pūnaewele e hāʻawi i kahi kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka mālama kai ma ke ʻano he papa.

ʻAe, no ka mea ua hoʻomaka wau i kēlā lā me kahi kamaʻilio 7 am me nā hoa hana ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ka hōʻike ʻana i ke ahiahi pō he mea ia o ka mōhai. Akā, ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a me kāna mau hana palekana e pili ana, no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia ʻano kamaʻilio, ua lele wau i Singapore no kekahi mau pō, pēlā nō hoʻi no ka hui o nā kamaʻilio ʻana me nā poʻe ma nā ʻāina he nui i ka wā ma mua. he mau pule. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻolimalima wau ma mua o ka hapalua makahiki mai ka home. Ke nānā nei au i kaʻu papahana huakaʻi kahiko i kēia manawa mai kēia hiʻohiʻona hou, ʻike wau ʻo nā huakaʻi e like me ia ka ʻālana maoli noʻu, koʻu ʻohana, a no ka honua.

Mai Malaki mai, ua ʻike au aia kahi papa hana holoʻokoʻa ma kaʻu kelepona ʻaʻole aʻu e hoʻohana hou nei, nā palapala ʻāina mokulele, nā papa kuhikuhi mokulele, nā polokalamu hōkele, a me nā papahana lele pinepine. Ua kāpae au i ke kākau inoa ʻana mai nā pūnaewele huakaʻi no ka mea ʻaʻole pono wau i nā kuʻikahi e hoʻolōʻihi i kā mākou kālā huakaʻi. Akā ʻaʻole i pau nā hana mālama. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, noʻu, he pōmaikaʻi ia i ka hūnā.

ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau i pilikia nui me ka jet lag, ʻoi aku ka paʻa o kaʻu mau moe. A, hiki iaʻu ke hoʻonui i ka manawa ma ka home me ka ʻohana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua nui koʻu manawa no nā mea a pau.

ʻOiai me nā mea hana a pau i loaʻa iaʻu ma ke ʻano he lele lele pinepine a i kapa ʻia ʻo ke koa alanui, e kali wau iā Lyft a i ʻole Uber e hele i ke kahua mokulele, kali e nānā i kaʻu lele, kali e hele i ka palekana, kali i ka moku. ka mokulele, e kali ma o ka dute a me ka neʻe ʻana, i kekahi manawa e kali i nā ukana a laila kali i kahi kaʻa kaʻa, kali no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa hōkele a kali e hoʻopaʻa inoa no ka hālāwai kūkā. ʻO kaʻu manaʻo, ua hoʻohui ʻia kēia mau mea a pau i ʻelua hola i kēlā me kēia huakaʻi kū i ka laina. ʻO ia hoʻi ke hoʻohana nei au ma kahi o 10 mau lā hana o ka makahiki e kū ana ma ka laina!

ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia nō ka meaʻai. Ma ka wehewehe ʻana, pono e hānai nā ʻaha kūkā i nā poʻe he nui i ka manawa like - hiki ke kūpono ka meaʻai, akā ʻaʻole ia kaʻu e koho ai, e like me ka meaʻai ma nā mokulele. ʻO ka lawe ʻole ʻana i kēlā mau mokulele i nā hālāwai kūkā, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o nā hoʻowalewale i hala. Ua lohe au mai nā hoa hana ua ʻoi aku ka hoʻomaha ʻana iā lākou iho, a me ka manaʻo e hiki iā lākou ke komo mamao a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

Ua hala au ma mua o ka hapalua makahiki mai ka home. Ke nānā nei au i kaʻu papahana huakaʻi kahiko i kēia manawa mai kēia hiʻohiʻona hou, ʻike wau ʻo nā huakaʻi ... ʻo ia ka ʻālana maoli noʻu, koʻu ʻohana, a no ka honua.

ʻAe wau makemake wau i ka huakaʻi. Aloha au i nā mokulele, nā mokulele a me ka lele. Maopopo loa iaʻu ka ʻike hou ʻana i nā wahi punahele, ka ʻike ʻana i nā wahi hou, ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai hou, ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā moʻomeheu hou—ke ola alanui, nā kahua mōʻaukala, ka hana noʻeau a me ka hoʻolālā. A, minamina loa au i ka launa pū ʻana me nā hoaaloha a me nā hoa hana ma nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā hālāwai — aia kekahi mea kūikawā e pili ana i nā meaʻai like ʻole a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe (maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole) e kūkulu ai i ka pilina ma waena o ka moʻomeheu a me nā ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe. Ke ʻae nei mākou a pau e ʻike mākou i ka lehulehu o nā hanana e hiki mai ana i ka wā e hele ai - a ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e haʻalele mau loa mākou iā lākou.

Akā, hiki mai kēlā mau huakaʻi i ke kumu kūʻai i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pilikia o ka hiamoe, ka meaʻai liʻiliʻi, a me ka manawa ma ka laina. Ke hele ʻole au, hāʻule koʻu kapuaʻi kalapona a he mea maikaʻi ia no nā mea a pau. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hōʻole i ka moana aʻu i hoʻolaʻa ai i ka pale ʻana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai kaʻu māhele 12 minuke o kahi papa 60 mau minuke ma o Zoom a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hui pūnaewele ʻē aʻe. ʻOiai inā he waiwai kēlā me kēia o nā panela ʻē aʻe o ka ʻaha kūkā noʻu a me kaʻu hana no ke kai, a inā paha wau e hoʻopau i ke kapuaʻi kalapona o ka huakaʻi ma o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi noho kai koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻole ʻana. nā hoʻokuʻu ma kahi mua.

I kaʻu mau kamaʻilio ʻana me nā hoa hana, ua ʻae mākou a pau he manawa kūpono kēia e noʻonoʻo ai i kā mākou mau hana ma mua o ka wā ma mua. Hiki paha iā mākou ke aʻo i kekahi mea mai COVID-19 a me nā palena palena i kā mākou huakaʻi. Hiki iā mākou ke komo i ke aʻo ʻana, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki, ke aʻo ʻana a me ka launa pū ʻana me nā kaiāulu hou. Hiki iā mākou ke komo i ke aʻo ʻana, ka hoʻolohe ʻana, a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i nā mea hiki a pono e hana ʻia no ka pono o ke kai, me ka liʻiliʻi o nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a mākou e hana nei e hoʻihoʻi. A, hāʻawi kēia mau hōʻuluʻulu pūnaewele i ka poʻe me ka liʻiliʻi o nā kumuwaiwai i ka manawa e komo maoli ai i nā hanana hou aʻe - e hoʻonui i kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana a hoʻonui i kā mākou hiki.

ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hōʻole i ka moana aʻu i hoʻolaʻa ai i ka pale ʻana a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka honua holoʻokoʻa ke hāʻawi ʻia kaʻu māhele 12 mau minuke o kahi papa 60 mau minuke ma o ... nā kahua hālāwai pūnaewele.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ke ʻike nei au i kahi ʻano maikaʻi o nā hālāwai a me nā ʻaha kūkā ma ka pūnaewele—kahi e kāhāhā iaʻu ma ke ʻano he pōmaikaʻi o ka noho ʻana ma kahi hoʻokahi i nā manawa āpau. Ke hoʻomau nei au i ka hoʻopili pinepine ʻana, me kahi pūnaewele o ka poʻe ma ʻEulopa, ʻApelika, ʻAsia a me ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me ka Caribbean ʻoiai ma o ka hoʻonohonoho mau ʻana o nā pale. ʻAʻole kali hou kēlā mau kamaʻilio ʻana no ka manawa aʻe aʻu i ka hālāwai hoʻokahi a i ʻole ka manawa hou aʻu e kipa aku ai i ko lākou kūlanakauhale. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka pūnaewele a hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea maikaʻi hou aʻe - e like me kaʻu e ʻike nei ua kūkulu ʻia ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki he mau makahiki, a ua ikaika ma muli o ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ke alanui, ke kamaʻilio kanaka ma ke kofe a i ʻole ka waina, a ʻae, ʻoiai ke kū nei i ka laina. .

Ke nānā nei i mua, hauʻoli wau e ʻike hou i nā limahana TOF, nā Papa, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me ko mākou kaiāulu ākea. ʻIke au e kali ana nā huakaʻi huakaʻi maikaʻi. I ka manawa like, ua ʻike wau ʻaʻole lawa ka mea aʻu i manaʻo ai he mau alakaʻi ikaika maikaʻi no ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka "huakaʻi koʻikoʻi". ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻokumu i nā pae hoʻohālikelike hou, akā ʻike mākou e hiki ke hoʻomau ka hana maikaʻi o kā mākou hui a me ko mākou kaiāulu inā e hoʻohiki mākou āpau i ka hiki ke komo ma ka pūnaewele a hana i kā mākou mea maikaʻi loa no ke kai ma kā mākou mau hana āpau.

ʻO Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation, he lālā o ka Papa Hoʻonaʻauao Moana, ke Kōmike Lahui o ʻAmelika no ka Heʻumi o ka ʻEpekema Moana no ka Hoʻomohala Hoʻomau, a me nā National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (USA). Ke lawelawe nei ʻo ia ma ka Sargasso Sea Commission. ʻO Mark he hoa kiʻekiʻe ma ka Center for the Blue Economy ma ka Middlebury Institute of International Studies. A, he kākāʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka Papa Kiʻekiʻe no ke ʻano hoʻokele waiwai moana. Eia hou, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no ka Rockefeller Climate Solutions Fund (nā kālā hoʻopukapuka moana-centric i loaʻa ʻole ma mua). He lālā ʻo ia o ka Pool of Experts no ka UN World Ocean Assessment. Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i ka papahana hoʻopau kalapona polū mua loa, ʻo SeaGrass Grow. He loea ʻo Mark i nā kulekele a me nā kānāwai kaiapuni honua, nā kulekele moana a me nā kānāwai, a me nā philanthropy kahakai a me ke kai.