The 2018 Sea Youth Rise Up Delegation

Panthawi yomwe dziko likukumana ndi zovuta za herculean, ndikofunikira kuti titengere chidwi, malingaliro, ndi mphamvu zomwe zimapezeka mwa achinyamata masiku ano. Pakati pa zochitika zambiri za World Oceans Day 2018 zolimbikitsa mphamvu zatsopanozi zinali kampeni ya Sea Youth Rise Up, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa koyamba ku World Oceans Day 2016 ndi The Ocean Project, Big Blue & You, ndi Youth Ocean Conservation Summit. Ntchitoyi imasonkhanitsa pamodzi nthumwi za atsogoleri asanu ndi awiri aang'ono, apadziko lonse - onse osapitirira zaka 21 - kuti agawane ntchito yawo yosamalira zachilengedwe kuti alimbikitse omvera padziko lonse lapansi ndikuwonetsa kufunikira kophatikiza achinyamata popanga zisankho.

Mu 2016, ndinatumikira monga membala wotsegulira Nyanja Achinyamata Adzuka nthumwi. Chinali chimodzi mwazochitika zolimbikitsa kwambiri m'moyo wanga, zomwe zinathandizira kwambiri pa chisankho changa chodzipereka kwathunthu pakusunga chilengedwe. Ndine woyamikira kwambiri chifukwa cha mwayi wolumikizana, poyamba monga mlangizi wa alumni ndipo kenako monga wogwirizanitsa. Kupitilizabe kuyanjana uku kumalimbitsanso chiyembekezo changa chamtsogolo ndikundidziwitsa atsogoleri atsopano owoneka bwino a zachilengedwe. Kampeni ya chaka chino idafanana, ndipo mwina idapitilira, kuchuluka kwa chidwi komanso mphamvu zazaka zam'mbuyomu - zomwe sindimadziwa kuti zitha.

2016 SYRUP Delegation, Ben May / Sea Youth Rise Up

Monga m'modzi wa ogwirizanitsa a chaka chino, ndinakhala maola ambiri mu dorm yanga ya koleji ndikukonza zoyendetsera ntchito. Ndinaphunzira zomwe zimafunika kuti ndiyambe kuchita bwino pothandizira kuyendetsa ntchito, kukonzekera kampeni, ndi kugwirizanitsa webusaitiyi ndi malo ochezera a pa Intaneti.

Chaka chino, Sea Youth Rise Up inabwerera ku Washington, DC ndi nthumwi zochititsa chidwi za atsogoleri asanu ndi awiri achitetezo.

Pamwambapa, kuchokera kumanzere kupita kumanja ndi nthumwi za 2018 SYRUP: Kai Beattie (17, New York), wasayansi nzika ndi bungwe la chilengedwe; Madison Toonder (17, Florida), wofufuza zachilengedwe wodziwika ndi NOAA chifukwa cha "Kutenga Pulse of the Planet"; Vyshnavi Kosigishroff (18, Delaware), Wogwirizanitsa chigawo cha ThinkOcean ndi March for Science Delaware coordinator; Annie Amatanthauza (18, California), wokamba za ophunzira komanso woyambitsa blog ya chilengedwe Kubwezeretsanso ku Seattle Waterfront; Ruby Rorty (18, California), yemwe anayambitsa Santa Cruz Environmental Alliance; Jacob Garland (15, Massachusetts), woyambitsa blog ya chilengedwe Kugwira Ntchito Kusunga; Darrea Frazier (16, Maryland), wophunzitsa zachilengedwe wopambana mphoto komanso woyimira.

Kampeni ya 2018 idayambika pa June 8, World Oceans Day, m'mawa pa Capitol Hill - msonkhano wolimbikitsa ndi a Senate Ocean Caucus kuti alimbikitse chitetezo chowonjezereka cha chilengedwe cha m'madzi, kuletsa malamulo pakuyipitsidwa kwa pulasitiki, komanso kuchepa kwamafuta akunyanja. kubowola m’madera okhala ndi zachilengedwe zosalimba za m’madzi. Kenako, nthumwi za Sea Youth Rise Up zidagawana mauthenga awo apanyanja kudzera pawailesi yakanema yomwe idawulutsidwa kudzera Facebook ndi YouTube Live. Kuwulutsa kumeneku kunaonetsedwa ndi anthu amoyo, ochokera m’mayiko osiyanasiyana a anthu oposa 1,000 ndipo akhala akuoneredwa nthaŵi zoposa 3,000 kuyambira pamenepo. Pambuyo poulutsa uthengawu, nthumwizo zinagwirizana ndi ena popanga zikwangwani za March for the Ocean. Pomaliza, tinamaliza Tsiku la World Oceans ku Social for the Sea, mothandizidwa ndi The Ocean Project ndi United Nations Environment Programme, mwayi wodabwitsa wolumikizana ndi atsogoleri apamwamba am'nyanja, asayansi, ndi anthu otchuka kuphatikiza Philippe Cousteau, woyambitsa mnzake wa EarthEcho International. , ndi Jim Toomey, wojambula zithunzi wodziwika bwino chifukwa cha nthabwala yake ya Sherman's Lagoon.

Nthumwi za 2018 pa Phiri, Ben May / Sea Youth Rise Up

Pa Juni 9, kampeniyi idapitilira ndi ulendo wa Ocean Plastics Lab pa National Mall. Kenako, Sea Youth Rise Up adatenga nawo gawo pakutsegulira kwa Marichi ku Ocean. Ngakhale kutentha kunali kotentha tsiku lonse, zikwi za oyimira nyanja za nyanja adatuluka ndikuchita nawo - chiwonetsero chenicheni cha chilakolako cha nyanja yathu! Kugubako kudatsatidwa ndi msonkhano womwe tinali ndi mwayi wopita pa siteji kuti nthumwi zidziwonetsere komanso kulengeza kuti akufuna kuchitapo kanthu. Kuphatikiza pa unyinji waukulu womwe ulipo, anthu opitilira 50,000 adawonera msonkhanowu kudzera pa Facebook Live. Ngakhale mvula yamkuntho idapangitsa msonkhanowo kutha msanga, udali mwayi wosangalatsa kumva kuchokera kwa achinyamata ndi atsogoleri achikulire, monga Heirs to Our Oceans, nthumwi za achinyamata azaka zapakati pasukulu zapakati ndi achichepere odzipereka kudziwitsa anthu, udindo, ndi zochita. , kapena Céline Cousteau, woyambitsa CauseCentric Productions.

Gulu la SYRUP la 2018

Popeza ndakhala ndikuchita nawo ntchitoyi kwa zaka zitatu zapitazi, sizinasiye kudabwa momwe ma bwenzi amapangika mwachangu mkati mwa nthumwi. Zomwe zidayamba ngati gulu la atsogoleri asanu ndi awiri olimbikitsa zidatha ngati gulu lolumikizana kwambiri la abwenzi omwe akugwira ntchito limodzi pofuna kuteteza nyanja. Kaya tinkathandizana pa ntchito za m'tsogolo zachilengedwe kapena kungokhala olumikizana, kukonda kwambiri nyanja kunathandiza kwambiri kuti pakhale mabwenzi amphamvu. Ine m'modzi ndinali wokondwa kuwona anzanga Laura Johnson (Florida) ndi Baylee Ritter (Illinois) ochokera ku nthumwi za 2016 ndikupeza abwenzi atsopano pakati pa nthumwi za chaka chino. Podziwitsa anthu zamavuto omwe akukumana ndi nyanja yathu, kubweretsa atsogoleri achichepere amalingaliro amodzi kuti apeze mayankho, ndikulimbikitsa omvera omwe akuchulukirachulukira, kampeni iyi ikupitiliza kuwonetsa kuthekera kwathu ndi udindo wathu monga gulu kuthana ndi momwe anthu amakhudzira chilengedwe. Chiyembekezo chimene nthumwi za bungwe la Sea Youth Rise Up zili nazo zalimbikitsa anthu ambiri kuti apite kunyanja, ndipo ndili wosangalala ndi zimene zidzachitike m’tsogolo.

Ngati mukufuna kukhala nawo mu gulu lodabwitsali, monga membala wa 2019 Nyanja Achinyamata Adzuka Nthumwi, titsatireni Facebook, Twitterkapena Instagram kwa zosintha. 

Ben May ndi 2018 Sea Youth Rise Up Coordinator ndi ThinkOcean Executive Director. Wobadwa ku New York, ndi membala wa Kalasi ya University of Pennsylvania ya 2021.