Nyanja Yokokedwa, Koma Yotsekeredwa Pamtunda

By Phoebe Turner
Purezidenti, George Washington University Sustainable Oceans Alliance; Intern, The Ocean Foundation

Ngakhale kuti ndinakulira m'dera lotsekeka la Idaho, madzi nthawi zonse akhala gawo lalikulu la moyo wanga. Ndinakulira ndikusambira mwampikisano ndipo banja langa lidakhala milungu ingapo yachilimwe kunyumba kwathu kunyanja, maola angapo kumpoto kwa Boise. Kumeneko, tinkadzuka dzuŵa litatuluka n’kusefukira pamadzi a m’maŵa agalasi. Tinkapita kuchubu madzi akamakula, ndipo amalume athu amayesa kutitulutsa mu chubu - zopweteka kwambiri. Tinkakwera mabwato kuti tidumphire kumapiri, ndi kuyenda m’madzi mozungulira madera amiyala a nyanja ya alpine. Tinkayenda pa kayaking pansi pa Mtsinje wa Salmon, kapena kungopuma padoko, ndi bukhu, pamene agalu ankasewera m'madzi.

Palibe chifukwa chonena kuti, nthawi zonse ndimakonda madzi.

Chilakolako changa choteteza nyanja mwachangu chidayamba ndikukhulupirira kuti orcas sayenera kumangidwa. Ndinayang'ana Nsomba Chaka changa chapamwamba ku Sukulu Yasekondale, ndipo pambuyo pake ndinali wokonda kuphunzira zonse zomwe ndikanatha pankhaniyi, ndikulowa muzolemba zambiri, mabuku, kapena zolemba zamaphunziro. M'chaka changa chatsopano ku koleji, ndinalemba pepala lofufuza za nzeru ndi chikhalidwe cha anangumi opha anthu komanso zotsatira zowononga za ukapolo. Ndinalankhula za izo kwa aliyense amene akanamvetsera. Ndipo anthu ena anamvetseradi! Mbiri yanga ngati msungwana wa orca itafalikira pasukulupo, mnzanga adawona kuti ndikofunikira kundilumikiza ku Msonkhano wa Sustainable Oceans ku Georgetown kudzera pa imelo, "Hei, sindikudziwa ngati chidwi chanu pa orcas chikupitilira ukapolo wakale, koma ndaphunzira. za msonkhanowu m’milungu ingapo, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti zangochitika kumene.” Zinali.

Ndinkadziwa kuti nyanja ili m'mavuto, koma Msonkhanowu unanditsegula kwambiri kuti ndidziwe momwe nkhanizi zilili zozama komanso zovuta zomwe zimazungulira nyanja yamchere. Ndinaona kuti zonse zikundivutitsa, kundisiya ndili ndi mfundo zolimba m'mimba. Kuipitsa pulasitiki kunkawoneka ngati kosathawika. Kulikonse ndikayang'ana ndimawona botolo lamadzi lapulasitiki, thumba lapulasitiki, pulasitiki, pulasitiki, pulasitiki. Mapulasitiki omwewo amapeza njira yopita kunyanja yathu. Pamene akunyonyotsoka mosalekeza m’nyanja, amatenga zinthu zowononga zowononga. Nsomba zimalakwitsa mapulasitiki ang'onoang'onowa kukhala chakudya, ndipo pitirizani kutumiza zowonongazo m'magulu a chakudya. Tsopano, ndikaganiza zosambira m'nyanja, chomwe ndingaganizire ndi chinsomba chakupha chija chomwe chinakokoloka kunyanja ya Pacific Kumpoto chakumadzulo. Thupi lake limawonedwa ngati zinyalala zapoizoni chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa zowononga. Zonse zikuwoneka ngati zosapeweka. Zowopsya kwathunthu. Zomwe zidandilimbikitsa kuti ndiyambe mutu wanga wa Sustainable Oceans Alliance ku The George Washington University (GW SOA).

Pamene ndinali kunyumba m'chilimwe chapitachi, kupatulapo kuyang'anira moyo ndi kuphunzitsa timu yosambira ya chilimwe, ndinagwira ntchito mwakhama kuti ndipeze mutu wanga wa GW SOA pansi. Nyanja nthawi zonse m'malingaliro mwanga, mwachibadwa, komanso moona ndi mawonekedwe a Phoebe, ndimalankhula za izi nthawi zonse. Ndinkangomwa madzi ku kalabu yakumudzi komweko, pomwe makolo anzanga angapo adandifunsa zomwe ndikuchita masiku ano. Nditawauza za kuyambika kwa GW SOA, m'modzi wa iwo anati, "Nyanja? Chifukwa chiyani [mawu achotsedwa] mumasamala zimenezo?! Ndiwe waku Idaho!” Ndinadabwa ndi yankho lake, ndinati, “Pepani, ndimasamala za zinthu zambiri.” Onse m’kupita kwa nthaŵi anaseka, kapena kunena kuti, “Chabwino, sindisamala kalikonse!” ndipo “Ndilo vuto la m’badwo wanu.” Tsopano, mwina anali ndi cocktails imodzi yambiri, koma ndidazindikira kufunika kofunikira kuti anthu okhala m'malo opanda malire adziwe zomwe zikuchitika, ndipo ngakhale tilibe nyanja kuseri kwa nyumba yathu, ndife osalunjika. amene amachititsa mbali zina za mavuto, kaya ndi mpweya wowonjezera kutentha umene timatulutsa, chakudya chimene timadya kapena zinyalala zomwe timapanga. Zinali zoonekeratu, kuti tsopano, kuposa kale, ndikofunikira kwambiri kuti zaka chikwi ziphunzire ndikulimbikitsidwa kuchitapo kanthu panyanja. Mwina sitinapange mavuto okhudza nyanja yathu koma zili ndi ife kupeza mayankho.

Msonkhano wa Sustainable Oceans Summit wa chaka chino uli mkati April 2, kuno ku Washington, DC. Cholinga chathu ndi kudziwitsa achinyamata ambiri zomwe zikuchitika m'nyanja. Tikufuna kuunikira mavuto, koma koposa zonse, kupereka mayankho. Ndikuyembekeza kulimbikitsa achinyamata kutsatira izi. Kaya ndikudya zakudya zam'nyanja zochepa, kukwera njinga yanu kwambiri, kapenanso kusankha ntchito.

Chiyembekezo changa cha mutu wa GW wa SOA ndikuti umapambana ngati bungwe la ophunzira loyendetsedwa bwino komanso lolemekezeka panthawi yomwe ndimaliza maphunziro, kotero kuti likhoza kupitiriza kuika pamisonkhano yofunikayi kwa zaka zambiri. Chaka chino, ndili ndi zolinga zambiri, chimodzi mwa izo ndikukhazikitsa pulogalamu ya Alternative Break yoyeretsa nyanja ndi nyanja kudzera mu Alternative Break Program ku GW. Ndikukhulupiriranso kuti bungwe lathu la ophunzira likhoza kupeza mphamvu zowonjezera kuti akhazikitse makalasi ambiri omwe amakhudza mitu yanyanja. Pakali pano pali imodzi yokha, Oceanography, ndipo sikokwanira.

Ngati mukufuna kuthandizira msonkhano wa Sustainable Oceans Summit wa 2016, tikufunikirabe othandizira ndi zopereka. Pamafunso amgwirizano, chonde tumizani imelo. Pazopereka, The Ocean Foundation yatichitira chifundo mokwanira kutitsogolera thumba. Mutha kupereka ndalama ku thumba ili pano.