Mlungu Wanga Woyamba wa Capitol Hill Ocean

Kukulira m'matawuni a Baltimore, sindinakhalepo nthawi yochulukirapo ndikuzungulira madzi ambiri. Zikafika kunyanja, kaimidwe kanga, monga ambiri a omwe anali pafupi nane, sanawonekere, ndidasokonezeka. Ngakhale kuti ndinaphunzira kusukulu za mmene nyanja, imene imatipatsa madzi ndi chakudya, inali pa ngozi, lingaliro la kudzimana nthaŵi ndi khama kupulumutsa nyanjayo silinaoneke ngati kuitana kwanga. Mwina ntchitoyo idangomva ngati yayikulu komanso yachilendo. Kupatula apo, ndingachite chiyani pang'ono kuchokera mnyumba yanga yotsekedwa ndi nthaka ku Baltimore suburbia?

M'masiku anga oyambilira ndikugwira ntchito ku The Ocean Foundation, ndidayamba kuzindikira momwe ndimapeputsa gawo langa pazokhudza nyanja. Ndikapezeka pa msonkhano wapachaka wa Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW), ndinazindikira bwino za ubale wa anthu ndi nyanja. Kukambitsirana kulikonse komwe ndidawona kunali madotolo, asayansi, opanga malamulo, ndi akatswiri ena, onse akubwera pamodzi kuti adziwitse anthu za kasungidwe kanyanja. Chilakolako cha wokamba aliyense pa nkhani za m'madzi komanso kufunitsitsa kwake kukopa ena kuti achitepo kanthu kunasintha momwe ndimaonera komanso momwe ndingakhudzire nyanja.

Kupezeka pa March For the Ocean pa National Mall

Gulu la Cultural Connections ndi Environmental linandisangalatsa kwambiri. Motsogoleredwa ndi Monica Barra (Anthropologist ku The Water Institute of the Gulf), otsogolera adakambirana za kuphatikizika kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi ntchito zosamalira zachilengedwe, komanso mgwirizano wa symbiotic pakati pa Dziko Lapansi ndi anthu. M'modzi mwa otsogolera, Kathryn MacCormick (Pamunkey Indian Reservation Living Shorelines Project Coordinator) adandipatsa zidziwitso zomwe zidandikhudza kwambiri. MacCormick adalongosola momwe anthu amtundu wa Pamunkey Indian amalumikizana kwambiri ndi malo awo pogwiritsa ntchito kafukufuku wa nsomba. Malinga ndi MacCormick, nsomba zikakhala ngati chakudya chopatulika komanso mbali ya miyambo ya anthu, ndiye kuti chikhalidwecho chidzazimiririka nsomba ikatha. Kugwirizana koonekeratu kumeneku pakati pa chilengedwe ndi chikhalidwe cha munthu kunandikumbutsa nthawi yomweyo moyo wa ku Cameroon. Kumudzi kwathu ku Oshie, ku Cameroon, 'tornin planti' ndiye chakudya chathu choyambirira cha chikhalidwe chathu. Wopangidwa kuchokera ku plantains ndi zonunkhira zokongola, tornin planti ndiwofunika kwambiri pazochitika zonse zazikulu zabanja komanso zamagulu. Pamene ndimamvetsera gulu la CHOW, sindikanachitira mwina koma kudabwa: chingachitike ndi chiyani ngati dera langa silingathenso kulima plantain chifukwa cha mvula ya asidi yosalekeza kapena mankhwala ophera tizilombo? Chofunikira chachikulu cha chikhalidwe cha Oshie chikanatha mwadzidzidzi. Maukwati, maliro, mvula ya ana, kutsiriza maphunziro, kulengeza mfumu yatsopano zikanakhala zopanda miyambo yatanthauzo imeneyo. Ndikumva ngati ndikumvetsetsa kuti kusunga chikhalidwe kumatanthauza kusunga chilengedwe.

Cultural Connections ndi gulu la chilengedwe ku CHOW 2018

Monga munthu wofunitsitsa kuthandiza anthu, kufunitsitsa kwanga kwakhala kuti tsiku lina ndipange kusintha kwanthawi yayitali padziko lapansi. Nditakhala pagulu la Cultural Connections ndi Environmental, ndidalingalira ngati kusintha komwe ndikuyesetsa kupanga, ndi njira yomwe ndikugwiritsa ntchito, zitha kuonedwa ngati zophatikizika. Panelist Les Burke, JD, (Woyambitsa Junior Scientists in the Sea) anatsindika mwamphamvu kufunika kofikira anthu kuti apambane. Kuchokera ku Baltimore pafupi ndi kumene ndinakulira, Junior Scientists in the Sea amalola anthu ochokera m'madera osiyanasiyana azachuma kuti afufuze dziko la pansi pa madzi pamene akuphunzira sayansi, teknoloji, engineering ndi masamu (STEM). Dr. Burke adanena kuti kupambana kwa bungweli ndi kukhudzidwa kwapadera komwe linakhazikitsidwa. Kuchokera pachiwopsezo chaupandu kupita ku kusagwirizana kwachuma, sichinsinsi kuti Baltimore alibe mbiri yayikulu kwambiri - zomwe ndikudziwa. Komabe, Dr. Burke anayesetsa kuti amvetsere zofuna ndi zosowa za ana kuti amvetse bwino zochitika za tsiku ndi tsiku za achinyamata omwe akukula m'deralo. Pokhazikitsa zokambirana zenizeni ndi chidaliro ndi gulu la Baltimore, Junior Scientists in the Sea adatha kuchita bwino ndi ana kupyolera mu scuba diving ndi kuwaphunzitsa osati za moyo wa m'nyanja, komanso luso lamtengo wapatali la moyo monga kufalitsa, kukonza bajeti, ndi mphamvu ya kufotokoza kudzera mwa Art. Kuti ndipange kusintha kofunikira, ndiyenera kusamala kuti ndisagwiritse ntchito njira yofananira, chifukwa dera lililonse lili ndi mbiri, chikhalidwe, ndi kuthekera.

Panelist Les Burke, JD ndi ine pambuyo pokambirana

Munthu aliyense pa dziko lapansi ali ndi kaonedwe kosiyana malinga ndi kumene anachokera. Nditapita ku CHOW yanga yoyamba, ndinachokapo osati ndikuzindikira kwambiri za udindo wanga pazochitika za m'nyanja, monga nyanja ya acidification, blue carbon, ndi coral reef bleaching, komanso ndikumvetsetsa mozama za mphamvu za anthu osiyanasiyana komanso kumidzi. kufikira. Kaya omvera anu ndi achikhalidwe kapena amasiku ano, achikulire kapena achichepere, kupeza malo omwe mungagwirizane nawo ndi njira yabwino kwambiri yolimbikitsira kusintha kwenikweni. Kamodzi kamtsikana kakang'ono mumdima ponena za kuthekera kwake kosintha dziko, tsopano ndikumva kuti ndili ndi mphamvu kuti inde, kamwana kakang'ono 'ndingathe. m'mphepete pangani kusiyana.