Capitol Hill Ocean Svondo

Ndichiri kasikana, ndaitya mvura. Kusatya kuti ndaisazopinda mairi, asi handaizombofa ndakava wokutanga kunyudza. Ndaipira mhuri yangu neshamwari, ndakanyarara ndichimirira mabhiti mashoma kuti ndione kana adyiwa neshaki kana kuti akayamwa kusvika pakati pePasi negomba rinonyura rinoshamisa—kunyangwe mumadhamu, nzizi, nehova dzemusha wangu. Vermont, kwatakamira zvinosiririsa pasina mhenderekedzo ine munyu. Mushure mekunge chiitiko ichi chaita kunge chakachengeteka, ndaibatana navo zvine hungwaru, ndokuzongokwanisa kunakirwa nemvura nerunyararo rwepfungwa.

Kunyangwe kutya kwangu mvura kwakazokura kuita kuda kuziva, kuchiteverwa neshungu dzakadzama dzegungwa nevagari varo, musikana mudiki iyeye haana kumbotarisira kuzviwana achipinda paCapitol Hill Ocean Week muWashington, DC, chiitiko chemazuva matatu chakaitwa. muRonald Reagan Building uye International Trade Center. PaCHOW, sezvainowanzotaurwa nezvayo, nyanzvi dzepamusoro-soro muzvidzidzo zvose zvekuchengetedzwa kwegungwa dzinouya pamwe chete kuti dziratidze zvirongwa zvavo uye mazano uye kukurukura matambudziko uye zvingagadziriswa zvemamiriro ezvinhu aripo eGreat Lakes nemahombekombe. Vatauri vaive vakangwara, vane shungu, vanoyemurika, uye vachikurudzira kumunhu wechidiki seni muchinangwa chavo chekugovana chekuchengetedza nekudzivirira gungwa. Semudzidzi wepakoreji/muchirimo aipinda musangano uyu, ndakapedza vhiki ndichinzwa manyukunyuku ndichitora manotsi pamutauri wega wega uye ndichiedza kufunga kuti ndingasvike sei kwavari nhasi. Apo zuva rokupedzisira rakasvika, ruoko rwangu rworudyi rwaimanikidzika nekabhuku kangu kaikurumidza kuzadza zvakazorora, asi ndakasuruvara kuona mugumo wava pedyo kudaro. 

Mushure mechikamu chekupedzisira chezuva rekupedzisira reCHOW, Kris Sarri, Mutungamiriri uye Mutungamiriri Mukuru weNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation vakatora danho rekupedzisa vhiki uye kubatanidza zvimwe zvezvikonzero zvaakaona muhurukuro yega yega. Iwo mana aakauya nawo aive simba, kudyidzana, tariro, uye kushingirira. Aya ndiwo madingindira mana makuru-vanotumira meseji yakanaka uye vanotora zvakakurukurwa kwemazuva matatu munhandare yeRonald Reagan Building. Nekudaro, ini ndaizowedzera imwezve: kutaura nyaya. 

Kris Sarri, Mutungamiri & CEO weNational Marine Sanctuary Foundation

Nguva nenguva, kutaura nyaya kwaitaurwa sechimwe chezvishandiso zvine simba mukuita kuti vanhu vatarisire nharaunda uye nezvekuchengetedza gungwa redu. Jane Lubchenco, aimbova maneja weNOAA, uye mumwe weakanyanya kugona uye anokurudzira masayendisiti ezvemamiriro ekunze enguva yedu, haafanire kutaura nyaya kuti awane vateereri vazere nenyanzvi dzemugungwa kuti vamuteerere, asi akazviita, achitaura nyaya. wehutongi hwaObama ari pedyo achikumbira kuti atungamire NOAA. Mukuita izvi, akavaka hukama nesu tose uye akakunda mwoyo yedu yese. Congressman Jimmy Panetta akaita zvimwechete nekutaura nyaya yekuteerera kuseka kwemwanasikana wavo vachiona zvisimbiso zvichitamba pamhenderekedzo yegungwa - akabatana nesu tose uye akakwevera ndangariro dzinofadza dzatingagoverana tose. Patrick Pletnikoff, meya wechitsuwa chidiki cheSaint George muAlaska, akakwanisa kusvika kune nhengo yese yevateereri kuburikidza nenyaya yechitsuwa chake chidiki chekupupurira chisimbiso chidhindo chakaderera, kunyangwe ruzhinji rwedu tisati tambonzwa nezve Saint George, uye pamwe. handikwanise kana kuifananidza. Congressman Derek Kilmer akatibata nenyaya yake yerudzi rwechivanhu runogara kumahombekombe ePuget Sound uye kuona kukwira kwegungwa kwemayadhi anopfuura 100 kuburikidza nechizvarwa chimwe chete. Kilmer akati kune vateereri, "Iri chikamu chebasa rangu kutaura nyaya dzavo." Ndinogona kutaura kuti isu tose takasuduruka, uye takanga takagadzirira kuenda kuseri kwechikonzero chekubatsira rudzi urwu kunonoka kukwira kwegungwa.

Congressional Round tafura naSenator Whitehouse, Senator Sullivan, uye Mumiriri Kilmer

Kunyangwe vatauri vasina kutaura nyaya dzavo pachavo vaireva kukosha kwengano uye simba ravo mukubatanidza vanhu. Pakupera kwerinenge boka rimwe nerimwe, mubvunzo wakabvunzwa: “Ungataura sei maonero ako kuvanhu vemapato akasiyana kana kuti vanhu vasingadi kuteerera?” Mhinduro yaive yenguva dzose yekutsvaga nzira yekubatana navo uye kuiunza kumba kune nyaya dzavanofarira. Iyo iri nyore uye inoshanda nzira yekuita izvi nguva dzose kuburikidza nenyaya. 

Nyaya dzinobatsira vanhu kuti vabatane - ndosaka isu senzanga tichibatikana nezvesocial media uye tichigara tichivandudzana panguva diki dzezvinoitika muhupenyu hwedu zuva nezuva, dzimwe nguva kunyange miniti neminiti. Ini ndinofunga kuti isu tinogona kudzidza kubva mukunyanya kuri pachena uku kune nzanga yedu, uye kuishandisa kuti tibatane nevanhu vanobva mhiri kwenzira, uye avo vasingadi kuteerera maonero edu. Avo vasingafariri kunzwa rudungwe rwomumwe munhu rwokuwachira rwezvimiro zvakapesana vangafarira nhau yomunhu oga inobva kumunhu iyeyo, vachiratidzira mirangariro yavo panzvimbo pokuipopotera, uye kuunza pachena zvavari zvakafanana panzvimbo peizvo zvinovasiyanisa. Tese tine chimwe chinhu chakafanana—hukama hwedu, manzwiro edu, matambudziko edu, uye tariro yedu—izvi zvinopfuura zvakakwana kuti titange kugovana mazano nekubatana nemumwe munhu. Ndine chokwadi chekuti newewo wakambonzwa kufara nekuvhunduka kunzwa kutaura kwemunhu waunoyemura. Newewo wakambova nehope dzekugara nekushanda muguta rausina kumbosvika. Iwewo unogona kunge wakambotya kusvetukira mumvura. Tinogona kuvaka kubva ipapo.

Nenyaya muhomwe yangu uye hukama hwevanhu chaivo kune vanhu chaivo vakafanana uye vakasiyana neni, ndagadzirira kunyura mumvura ndega— ndisingatyi zvachose, uye kutanga.

Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezve agenda yegore rino, shanya CHOW 2017.