Marine Advocacy Haisi Yemasayendisiti Chete: Aimbova Intern Maonero

By: Kate Maude
Kwenguva yakawanda yehudiki hwangu, ndairota nezvegungwa. Kukurira munzvimbo diki yeChicago, nzendo dzemhuri kuenda kumahombekombe dzaingoitika makore maviri kana matatu ega ega, asi ndaisvetuka pamukana wese kuti ndidzidze zvakawanda nezvenzvimbo yegungwa. Mifananidzo inokatyamadza yezvisikwa zvakadzika-mugungwa uye kusiyana-siyana kwakaisvonaka kwematombo emakorari ayo andakaona mumabhuku uye munzvimbo dzemvura yakashamisa pfungwa dzangu duku uye, pazera ramakore masere, yakanditungamirira kuti ndizivise chinangwa changu chokuva nyanzvi yezvipenyu zvomugungwa kuna avo vose vaizoda. teerera.

Kunyange zvazvo ndingada kutaura kuti chiziviso changu chouduku chebasa rangu romunguva yemberi chakazadzika, handisi nyanzvi yezvipenyu zvomugungwa. Ini, zvakadaro, chinhu chinotevera chakanakisa: mumiriri wemugungwa. Kunyange risiri zita rangu repamutemo kana basa rangu renguva yakazara (parizvino, raizove bhegi), ndinoona basa rangu rekusimudzira gungwa serimwe remabasa angu akakosha uye ane mubairo, uye ndine The Ocean Foundation yekutenda nekundipa ruzivo runodiwa kuti uve mumiriri anobudirira.

Kukoreji, ndakazununguka pakati pema majors kwenguva yakati rebei ndisati ndagara pakupedza dhigirii muGeography uye Environmental Studies. Muna 2009, ndakadzidza kunze kwenyika kune imwe semester muNew Zealand. Pakusarudza makirasi angu emesita, ndakasvetukira pamukana wekunyoresa kosi yebhaibheri yemvura. Mufaro chaiwo wandakawana kubva pakuongorora nyaya dzesainzi dzaitaura nezvekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze munzvimbo dziri pakati pemafungu uye kuongorora nzvimbo dzine mafungu ezvipenyu zvemugungwa kwakabatsira kusimbisa chido changu chekuzvibatanidza nezvinhu zvemugungwa, uye ndakatanga kutsvaga basa regore rakatevera raizondibatsira. nditendere kuti nditevere kufarira kwangu munyanza. Mukupera kwegore ra2009, ndakazviwana ndichishanda semudzidzi wekutsvagisa kuThe Ocean Foundation.

Nguva yangu paOcean Foundation yakandibvumira kuongorora nyika yekuchengetedza gungwa uye kudzidza nezve nzira dzakasiyana siyana dzesainzi, masangano, vadzidzisi, uye vanhu vamwe navamwe kukurudzira kuchengetedzwa nekugadzirisa nharaunda dzemugungwa. Ndakakurumidza kuona kuchengetedza gungwa kwaisada kuti ndive nyanzvi yezvipenyu zvemugungwa, kungove mugari ane hanya, anoshingaira. Ndakatanga kutsvaga nzira dzokubatanidza kuchengetedza kwemvura mubasa rangu rechikoro uye muupenyu hwangu hwemazuva ose. Kubva pakunyora bepa rekutsvagisa pamusoro pemamiriro emakorari anokosha ekirasi yangu yezvekuchengetedza biology kusvika pakuchinja madyiro angu ezvekudya zvemugungwa, ruzivo rwandakawana kuOcean Foundation rwakandibvumira kuva mugari ane hana.

Ndapedza chikoro, ndakasarudza kunyoresa muchirongwa cheAmeriCorps kuWest Coast. Mumwedzi gumi neboka revamwe vechidiki gumi, ndakazviwana ndapedza basa rekugadzirisa mvura muOregon, ndichishanda semudzidzisi wezvakatipoteredza mumakomo eSierra Nevada, ndichibatsira nekugadzirisa nekushanda kwepaki yeSan Diego County, uye kugadzira njodzi. chirongwa chekugadzirira chesangano risingabatsiri muWashington. Kubatanidzwa kwebasa rinopa mubayiro uye nzvimbo dzinoshamisa dzakamutsidzira kufarira kwangu basa renharaunda uye zvakandibvumira kutaura pamusoro pekuchengetedzwa kwegungwa mumamiriro akasiyana-siyana kune mhomho yaisawanzofunga nezvekuchengetedza gungwa semutoro wavo.

SeMurongi akasarudzwa weKudzidza weSevhisi wechikwata changu cheAmeriCorps, ndakarongawo kushanya kumamuseum esainzi aine zviratidziro zvegungwa rezvipenyu uye maonero akarongeka uye nhaurirano dzezvinyorwa, kusanganisira The End of the Line, bhaisikopo randakatanga kuona sechikamu chebasa rangu Ocean Foundation. Ndakatenderedza bhuku ina Hove kune vandaishanda navo, uye ndikashanda mukukosha kwehutano hwemakungwa kumazuva edu emvura ekushanda muOregon uye nebasa redzidzo yezvakatipoteredza ratakaita muSierra Nevada Mountains. Kunyange zvazvo kazhinji, mabasa angu makuru akanga asingabatanidzi kutsigira kuchengetedzwa kwegungwa, ndakaona zviri nyore kubatanidza mubasa rangu, uye ndakaona vateereri vangu vandainanga vachigamuchira uye vanofarira.

Pashure pokupedza gore ndisiri kuMid-Atlantic, ndakasarudza kudzokera kunzvimbo yacho kuti ndinyorese mune imwe purogiramu yeAmeriCorps. Inotungamirirwa neDhipatimendi reMaryland of Natural Resources, Maryland Conservation Corps inopa vechidiki vemamiriro akasiyana-siyana mukana wekushanda muMaryland State Park kwemwedzi gumi. Pamabasa mazhinji anopedzwa nenhengo dzeMaryland Conservation Corps, Chesapeake Bay kudzoreredza uye basa redzidzo rinowanzoonekwa sechinhu chakakosha. Kubva pakudyara uswa neBaltimore National Aquarium kuenda kukutungamira zvirongwa zvenhoroondo yenzvimbo dzemugungwa munzvimbo iyi, iyo Maryland Conservation Corps yakandibvumidza kuti ndidzidze panguva imwe chete uye kudzidzisa veruzhinji nezvekukosha kwenzvimbo yegungwa kuhutano, budiriro, uye. mufaro weMarylanders. Kunyange zvazvo basa rangu rakanga risinganangi kuchengedzerwa kwegungwa chete, ndakaona kuti nzvimbo yangu yakandipa nzvimbo yakaisvonaka yokureverera kuchengetedzwa kwezviwanikwa zvegungwa zvenyika yedu.

Ndichine mazuva andinoshuva kuonazve chishuvo changu chouduku chokuva nyanzvi yezvipenyu zvomugungwa, asi iye zvino ndava kuona kuti handifaniri kuva mumwe wekubatsira kuchengetedza gungwa. Nguva yangu neThe Ocean Foundation yakandibatsira kuona kuti kutaura ndichitsigira gungwa, kunyange kana kurukurirano dzakadaro dzisina kurongwa kana kuti dzichingova chikamu chebasa rangu, kuri nani zvikuru pane kurega mikana yakadaro ichipfuura. Kupinda muThe Ocean Foundation kwakandipa maturusi ekuva mumiriri wenyanza mune zvese zvehupenyu hwangu, uye ndinoziva kuti pfungwa yekushamisika yandinowana kana ndichiongorora mhenderekedzo yegungwa kana kuverenga nezve ichangoburwa yegungwa yakawanikwa ichaita kuti ndirambe ndichitsigira. mvura yenyika yedu kwemakore anotevera.

Kate Maude akashanda se TOF yekutsvagisa intern muna 2009 na2010, uye akapedza kudzidza kubva kuThe George Washington University muna Chivabvu 2010 aine madhigirii eEnvironment Studies uye Geography. Mushure mekupedza kudzidza, akapedza makore maviri senhengo yeAmeriCorps kuWest Coast uye kuMaryland. Achangobva kudzoka kubva kumwedzi mitatu semushandi wekuzvipira kumapurazi emuNew Zealand, uye parizvino ari kugara muChicago.