Ka 2018 Sea Youth Rise Up Delegation

I ka manawa e kū ai ka honua i nā pilikia herculean, pono mākou e komo i ka makemake, ka manaʻo, a me ka ikaika i loaʻa i loko o ka ʻōpio o kēia lā. Ma waena o nā hana he nui o ka World Oceans Day 2018 no ka hoʻouluulu ʻana i kēia kumu waiwai o ka ikehu hou, ʻo ia ka Sea Youth Rise Up campaign, i hoʻomaka mua ʻia no ka World Oceans Day 2016 e The Ocean Project, Big Blue & You, a me ka Youth Ocean Conservation Summit. Hoʻopili kēia hoʻolaha i kahi ʻelele o nā alakaʻi ʻōpio ʻehiku, nā alakaʻi honua - nā mea āpau ma lalo o 21 mau makahiki - e kaʻana like i kā lākou hana mālama e hoʻoulu ai i ka lehulehu ākea a hōʻike i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka poʻe ʻōpio i nā kaʻina hana hoʻoholo.

Ma 2016, ua lawelawe au ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka inaugural Hiki i ke Kai Opio ʻelele. ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻike hoʻoikaika loa o koʻu ola, e hāʻawi nui ana i kaʻu hoʻoholo e hāʻawi piha iaʻu iho i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni. Mahalo nui wau i ka manawa e noho pili ai, ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻoaʻo alumni a ma hope ma ke ʻano he coordinator. ʻO kēia hana hoʻomau e hoʻoikaika hou i koʻu manaolana no ka wā e hiki mai ana a hoʻolauna iaʻu i nā alakaʻi ʻōpio ʻōpio hou. Ua kūlike ka hoʻolaha o kēia makahiki, a ua ʻoi aku paha ma mua o ka pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hoihoi a me ka ikaika o nā makahiki i hala - kahi mea aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ua hiki.

2016 SYRUP Delegation, Ben May/Sea Youth Rise Up

Ma keʻano he hoʻokahi o nā mea hoʻoponopono o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻohana au i nā hola lōʻihi ma koʻu hale hoʻomaha o ke kulanui e hoʻonohonoho ana i nā logistics o ka hoʻolaha. Ua aʻo au i nā mea e pono ai e huki i nā hana kūleʻa ma o ke kōkua ʻana i ka holo ʻana i ke kaʻina noi, ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka hoʻolaha, a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka pūnaewele a me ka ʻoihana pūnaewele.

I kēia makahiki, ua hoʻi mai ʻo Sea Youth Rise Up i Wakinekona, DC me kahi ʻelele kupaianaha o ʻehiku mau alakaʻi mālama mālama ʻōpio.

Ma luna, mai ka hema a i ka ʻākau ka 2018 SYRUP Delegates: Kai Beattie (17, New York), kanaka ʻepekema kamaʻāina a me ka hoʻonohonoho kaiaulu kaiaulu; Madison Toonder (17, Florida), mea noiʻi kaiapuni i ʻike ʻia e NOAA no ka "Lawe i ka Pulse o ka Honua"; ʻO Vyshnavi Kosigisroff (18, Delaware), ThinkOcean ka mea hoʻoponopono a me Malaki no ka Science Delaware hoʻonohonoho; Annie Mean (18, Kaleponi), haumāna haʻiʻōlelo a hoʻokumu i ka blog environment Hana hou ma Seattle Waterfront; Ruby Rorty (18, Kaleponi), ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Santa Cruz Environmental Alliance; ʻO Jacob Garland (15, Massachusetts), ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka blog environment Ke hana nei e mālama; Darrea Frazier (16, Maryland), ka mea hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni lanakila a me ke kākoʻo.

Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolaha 2018 ma Iune 8, World Oceans Day, me kahi kakahiaka ma Capitol Hill - he hālāwai hoʻoikaika me ka Senate Ocean Caucus e koi ai no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pale o nā kaiaola kai, nā palena kānāwai i ka pollution plastic, a me ka emi ʻana o ka aila waho. ʻeli ʻana ma nā wahi me nā kaiaola kai palupalu. A laila, haʻi aku nā ʻelele o ka Sea Youth Rise Up i kā lākou mau ʻōlelo moana ma o kahi hoʻolaha ola i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma o Facebook a YouTube Live. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia hoʻolaha e ka lehulehu o ka lehulehu ma mua o 1,000 poʻe a ua ʻike ʻia ma mua o 3,000 mau manawa mai ia manawa. Ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ua hui pū nā ʻelele me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka hana ʻana i nā leka no ka Malaki no ka Moana. I ka hopena, ua hoʻopau mākou i ka World Oceans Day ma Social for the Sea, i kākoʻo ʻia e The Ocean Project a me ka United Nations Environment Program, he manawa kūpono e launa pū me nā alakaʻi o ka moana kiʻekiʻe, nā ʻepekema, a me nā mea kaulana e like me Philippe Cousteau, ka mea hoʻokumu o EarthEcho International. , a me Jim Toomey, he kanaka pena kiʻi kiʻi i ʻike nui ʻia no kāna kiʻi mele mele Sherman's Lagoon.

Nā ʻelele 2018 ma ka Puʻu, ʻo Ben May/Sea Youth Rise Up

Ma ka lā 9 o Iune, ua hoʻomau ka hoʻolaha me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Ocean Plastics Lab ma ka National Mall. A laila, ua komo ʻo Sea Youth Rise Up i ka huakaʻi hoʻomaka no ka Moana. ʻOiai e ʻā ana ka wela i ka lā a pau, ua puka mai nā kaukani o ka moana a komo i loko - he hōʻike maoli o ka makemake i ko kākou moana! Ua ukali koke ʻia ka huakaʻi me kahi hui kahi i loaʻa iā mākou ka hanohano o ka hele ʻana i ke kahua no nā ʻelele e hoʻolauna iā lākou iho a haʻi i kā lākou kāhea e hana. Ma waho aʻe o ka lehulehu e hele mai nei, ʻoi aku ma mua o 50,000 poʻe i nānā i ka hui ma o Facebook Live. ʻOiai ʻo ka hekili i hoʻopau koke i ka hui ʻana, he manawa maikaʻi loa ia e lohe ai mai nā alakaʻi ʻōpio a me nā mākua ʻē aʻe, e like me Heirs to Our Oceans, he ʻelele o nā ʻōpio kula waena a me nā ʻōpio i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻike, kuleana, a me ka hana. , a i ʻole Céline Cousteau, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu iā CauseCentric Productions.

ʻO ka hui SYRUP 2018

Ma muli o ke komo ʻana i kēia hana no nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ʻaʻole i pau ka pīhoihoi iaʻu i ka wikiwiki o ka hana ʻana o nā paʻa i loko o ka ʻelele. ʻO ka mea i hoʻomaka ma ke ʻano he pūʻulu ʻehiku mau alakaʻi ʻōpio i hoʻopau ʻia ma ke ʻano he hui paʻa o nā hoaaloha e hana pū ana i ka mālama kai. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana i nā papahana kaiapuni i ka wā e hiki mai ana a i ʻole e pili wale ana, ʻo ka makemake like ʻana i ke kai i hana ma ke ʻano he kumu no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hoaaloha ikaika. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana i koʻu mau hoa ʻo Laura Johnson (Florida) a me Baylee Ritter (Illinois) mai ka ʻelele 2016 a loaʻa i nā hoaaloha hou ma waena o ka ʻelele o kēia makahiki. Ma ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻike i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e kū nei i ko kākou moana, e lawe pū ana i nā alakaʻi ʻōpio like ʻole e ʻimi i nā hoʻonā, a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka lehulehu e ulu mau ana, ke hoʻomau nei kēia hoʻolaha e hōʻike i ko mākou hiki a me ke kuleana ma ke ʻano he hui e hoʻoponopono i ka hopena o ke kanaka i ke kaiapuni. ʻO ka manaʻo maikaʻi i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā ʻelele o Sea Youth Rise Up ua hoʻoikaika i nā mea he nui e ala aʻe no ka moana, a hauʻoli wau i nā mea e hiki mai ana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.

Inā makemake ʻoe e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia hui kupaianaha, ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka 2019 Hiki i ke Kai Opio E ka ʻelele, e hahai mai iā mākou Facebook, Twitter, a Instagram no nāʻike hou. 

ʻO Ben May he 2018 Sea Youth Rise Up Coordinator a me ka ThinkOcean Executive Director. He kamaʻāina ʻo New York, he lālā ʻo ia o ke Kulanui o Pennsylvania Class of 2021.