Kulimbikitsa Marine Si Kwa Asayansi Okha: Kawonedwe Kakale ka Intern

Wolemba: Kate Maude
Nthaŵi zambiri ndili mwana, ndinkalakalaka za m’nyanja. Ndinakulira m'dera laling'ono la Chicago, maulendo a banja opita kumphepete mwa nyanja ankangochitika zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu zilizonse, koma ndinalumpha mpata uliwonse kuti ndiphunzire zambiri za chilengedwe cha m'madzi. Zithunzi zochititsa mantha za zamoyo za m’nyanja yakuya komanso mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya miyala yamchere ya m’madzi zimene ndinapeza m’mabuku ndi m’madzi zinadabwitsa kwambiri maganizo anga aang’ono ndipo, ndili ndi zaka zisanu ndi zitatu, zinandichititsa kulengeza cholinga changa chokhala katswiri wa zamoyo za m’madzi kwa onse amene angafune. mverani.

Ngakhale kuti ndingakonde kunena kuti zimene ndinalengeza ndili mwana za ntchito yanga ya m’tsogolo zinakwaniritsidwa, ine sindine katswiri wa zamoyo za m’madzi. Ine, komabe, chinthu chotsatira chabwino kwambiri: woyimira panyanja. Ngakhale siudindo wanga wanthawi zonse kapena ntchito yanga yanthawi zonse (pakadali pano, ingakhale chikwama), ndimawona ntchito yanga yolankhulira panyanja kukhala pakati pa ntchito zanga zofunika kwambiri komanso zopindulitsa, ndipo ndili ndi The Ocean Foundation kuthokoza pondipatsa mwayi. chidziwitso chofunikira kuti mukhale woyimira bwino.

Ku koleji, ndinagwedezeka pakati pa akuluakulu kwa nthawi ndithu ndisanakhazikike pa digiri ya Geography ndi Environmental Studies. Mu 2009, ndinaphunzira kunja kwa semesita ku New Zealand. Posankha makalasi anga a semesita, ndinalumpha mwayi wolembetsa maphunziro a zamoyo zam'madzi. Chisangalalo chimene ndinapeza popenda nkhani zasayansi zonena za kusintha kwa nyengo m’madera amene mafunde afika pakati pa mafunde ndiponso kuona mmene madzi amachitira zamoyo za m’madzi kunandithandiza kulimbitsa chikhumbo changa chofuna kuchitapo kanthu pa nkhani za m’madzi, ndipo ndinayamba kufunafuna ntchito m’chaka chotsatira imene inkandigwira. ndiloleni nditsatire chidwi changa panyanja. Kumapeto kwa 2009, ndinadzipeza kuti ndikugwira ntchito yofufuza kafukufuku ku The Ocean Foundation.

Nthawi yanga ku Ocean Foundation idandilola kuti ndifufuze zachitetezo cha nyanja ndikuphunzira za njira zosiyanasiyana zomwe asayansi, mabungwe, aphunzitsi, ndi anthu pawokha amagwirira ntchito kulimbikitsa chitetezo ndi kukonzanso malo am'madzi. Ndinazindikira mwamsanga kuteteza nyanja sikufuna kuti ndikhale katswiri wa zamoyo zam'madzi, kukhala nzika yokhudzidwa, yokhazikika. Ndinayamba kupeza njira zophatikizira kusamala za m’madzi m’ntchito yanga ya kusukulu ndi moyo wanga watsiku ndi tsiku. Kuchokera polemba pepala lofufuza za momwe ma corals amtengo wapatali amakhalira m'kalasi langa la sayansi ya zachilengedwe mpaka kusintha kadyedwe kanga ka nsomba zam'nyanja, chidziwitso chomwe ndinapeza ku Ocean Foundation chinandilola kukhala nzika yosamala kwambiri.

Nditamaliza maphunziro anga ku koleji, ndinaganiza zolembetsa pulogalamu ya AmeriCorps ku West Coast. M'miyezi khumi ndi gulu la achinyamata ena a 10, ndinadzipeza ndikumaliza ntchito yokonzanso madzi ku Oregon, ndikugwira ntchito monga mphunzitsi wa zachilengedwe ku mapiri a Sierra Nevada, ndikuthandizira kukonza ndi kuyendetsa paki ya San Diego County, ndikupanga tsoka. kukonzekera bungwe lopanda phindu ku Washington. Kuphatikizika kwa ntchito zopindulitsa ndi malo odabwitsa kunatsitsimutsanso chidwi changa pantchito yothandiza anthu ammudzi ndipo kunandilola kuti ndilankhule za kasungidwe ka nyanja m’malo osiyanasiyana kwa makamu omwe nthaŵi zambiri sangaganize za kusunga nyanja monga udindo wawo.

Monga wosankhidwa wa Service Learning Coordinator wa gulu langa la AmeriCorps, ndidakonzanso zoyendera malo osungiramo zinthu zakale asayansi okhala ndi ziwonetsero za zamoyo zam'madzi komanso kuwonera ndikukambirana za zolemba, kuphatikiza The End of the Line, kanema yemwe ndidawona koyamba ngati gawo la ntchito yanga ku Ocean Foundation. Ndinadutsa bukhu la Four Fish kwa anzanga a timu, ndipo ndinagwira ntchito yofunikira thanzi la m'nyanja kumasiku athu ogwira ntchito ku Oregon ndi ntchito yophunzitsa zachilengedwe yomwe tinkachita ku mapiri a Sierra Nevada. Ngakhale kuti mbali zambiri, ntchito zanga zazikulu sizinaphatikizepo kulimbikitsa chitetezo cha panyanja, ndinapeza kuti zinali zosavuta kuziphatikiza mu ntchito yanga, ndipo ndinapeza omvera anga akumvetsera ndi chidwi.

Nditakhala chaka chimodzi kuchokera ku Mid-Atlantic, ndinaganiza zobwerera kuderali kuti ndikalembetse pulogalamu ina ya AmeriCorps. Bungwe la Maryland Conservation Corps, loyendetsedwa ndi dipatimenti ya zachilengedwe ya Maryland, limapereka mwayi kwa achinyamata amitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti azigwira ntchito ku Maryland State Park kwa miyezi khumi. Mwa ntchito zambiri zomwe mamembala a Maryland Conservation Corps amamaliza, kukonzanso kwa Chesapeake Bay ndi ntchito yophunzitsa nthawi zambiri imawonedwa ngati yofunika kwambiri. Kuchokera ku kubzala udzu ndi Baltimore National Aquarium kupita ku mapulogalamu otsogolera mbiri ya malo am'madzi m'derali, bungwe la Maryland Conservation Corps linandilola kuti nthawi imodzi ndiphunzire ndi kuphunzitsa anthu za kufunikira kwa chilengedwe cha m'nyanja ku thanzi, chitukuko, ndi chisangalalo cha Marylanders. Ngakhale kuti ntchito yanga sinangoyang’ana pa kusunga panyanja kokha, ndinapeza kuti udindo wanga unandipatsa malo abwino kwambiri ochirikiza kutetezedwa kwa chuma cha m’mphepete mwa nyanja cha dziko lathu.

Ndidakali ndi masiku amene ndimalakalaka kuonanso maloto anga aubwana odzakhala katswiri wa sayansi ya zamoyo za m’madzi, koma tsopano ndazindikira kuti sikufunika kukhala wothandiza kuteteza nyanja. Nthaŵi yanga ndi The Ocean Foundation inandithandiza kuzindikira kuti kulankhula zochirikiza nyanja, ngakhale pamene kukambitsirana koteroko sikuli mwamwaŵi kapena kumangokhala mbali ya ntchito yanga, kuli bwino kwambiri kusiyana ndi kulola mipata yoteroyo kudutsa. Kulowa ku The Ocean Foundation kunandipatsa zida zoti ndikhale woyimira nyanja m'mbali zonse za moyo wanga, ndipo ndikudziwa kuti zodabwitsa zomwe ndimapeza ndikayang'ana gombe latsopano kapena kuwerenga za zomwe zapezedwa posachedwa zam'nyanja zimandipangitsa kulimbikitsa. madzi a dziko lathu kwa zaka zikubwerazi.

Kate Maude adagwira ntchito yofufuza za TOF mu 2009 ndi 2010, ndipo adamaliza maphunziro awo ku The George Washington University mu Meyi 2010 ndi madigiri a Environmental Studies ndi Geography. Atamaliza maphunziro ake, adakhala zaka ziwiri ngati membala wa AmeriCorps ku West Coast komanso ku Maryland. Posachedwapa adabwerako kuchokera ku miyezi itatu ngati wogwira ntchito mongodzipereka pamafamu achilengedwe ku New Zealand, ndipo pano akukhala ku Chicago.