Kune Tariro Here? Yangu Capitol Hill Ocean Svondo Chiitiko

Murwendo rwangu rwose mukuongorora uye kuronga ramangwana rangu mumunda wekuchengetedza gungwa, ndagara ndichinetseka nemubvunzo wekuti "Pane tariro here?". Ndinogara ndichiudza shamwari dzangu kuti ndinoda mhuka kupfuura vanhu uye ivo vanofunga kuti kutamba, asi ichokwadi. Vanhu vane simba rakawanda uye havazivi kuti voita sei naro. Saka… pane tariro here? Ndinoziva kuti ZVINOGONA kuitika, makungwa edu anogona kukura nekuva ane hutano zvakare nerubatsiro rwevanhu, asi zvichaitika here? Vanhu vachashandisa simba ravo kuponesa makungwa edu here? Iyi ipfungwa inogara iri mumusoro mangu mazuva ese. 

Ini ndinogara ndichiedza kufunga kumashure kune zvakagadzira rudo urwu mukati mangu kune shark uye handingambo nyatso kurangarira. Pandakanga ndiri kuchikoro chesekondari, panguva yandakatanga kufarira shark uye ndaiwanzogara uye kuona zvinyorwa pamusoro pavo, ndinoyeuka kuti maonero angu kwavari akatanga kuchinja. Kutanga kuva shark fan sezvandiri, ndaida kugovera ruzivo rwese rwandaidzidza, asi hapana airatidza kunzwisisa kuti sei ndaiva nehanya navo zvakanyanya. Shamwari dzangu nemhuri yangu zvaisamboratidzika kuva vaiziva kutapura kwavanoita nyika. Pandakanyorera mudzidzi kuThe Ocean Foundation, yakanga isiri nzvimbo yandaigona kuwana ruzivo rwekuisa CV yangu; yakanga iri nzvimbo yandaitarisira kuti ndaizokwanisa kuzviratidza uye kuva pakati pevanhu vanonzwisisa uye vakagovera chido changu. Ndaiziva kuti izvi zvaizochinja hupenyu hwangu zvachose.

Vhiki yangu yechipiri paThe Ocean Foundation, ndakapihwa mukana wekuenda kuCapitol Hill Ocean Week muWashington, DC paRonald Reagan Building uye International Trade Center. Pani yekutanga yandakapinda yaive "Kushandura Global Seafood Market". Pakutanga, ndakanga ndisina kuronga kuenda kudare iri nekuti rainge risati raita kuti ndifarire, asi ndinofara kuti ndakazviita. Ndakakwanisa kunzwa anoremekedzwa uye ane gamba Amai Patima Tungpuchayakul, mubatsiri weLabour Rights Promotion Network, vachitaura nezveuranda huri kuitika mukati mezvikepe zvekuredza mhiri kwemakungwa. Kwaiva rukudzo kuteerera basa ravakaita uye kudzidza nezvenyaya dzandaisanyatso ziva. Ndinoshuva kuti dai ndakakwanisa kusangana naye, asi kunyange zvakadaro, ndicho chiitiko chandisingafi ndakakanganwa uye ndichachikoshesa nokusingaperi.

Pani yandakanyanya kufarira, kunyanya, yaive pani pa "Nyika yeShark neRay Conservation". Mumba maive makazara uye makazadzwa nesimba guru. Mutauriri wekuvhura aive Congressman Michael McCaul uye ndinofanira kutaura, kutaura kwake uye matauriro aakaita nezve shark nemakungwa edu chinhu chandisingafi ndakakanganwa. Amai vangu vanogara vachindiudza kuti pane zvinhu zviviri zvausingataure nezvazvo kune chero munhu uye chitendero nezvematongerwo enyika. Izvo zviri kutaurwa, ndakakurira mumhuri iyo zvematongerwo enyika zvaisambove chinhu chikuru uye yakanga isiri nyaya yakawanda mumba medu. Kukwanisa kuteerera Congressman McCaul uye kunzwa chido chiri muzwi rake pamusoro pechimwe chinhu chandinoitira hanya zvakanyanya, zvaishamisa zvisingaite. Pakapera dare racho, vanyori vakapindura mibvunzo mishoma kubva kuvateereri uye mubvunzo wangu wakapindurwa. Ndakavabvunza kuti, “Mune tariro here yokuti pachava nokuchinja?” Vese vedare vakapindura kuti hungu uye kuti vanenge vasiri kuita zvavanoita kana vasingadaviri kuti shanduko yaigona kuitika. Mushure mekunge musangano wapera, ndakakwanisa kusangana naLee Crockett, Mutungamiriri Mukuru weShark Conservation Fund. Ndakamubvunza nezvemhinduro yake kumubvunzo wangu, pamwe chete nekusava nechokwadi kwandinako, uye akandiudza kuti kunyange zvazvo zvakaoma uye zvinotora nguva kuti uone kuchinja, kuchinja ikoko kunoita kuti zvive zvakakosha. Akataurawo kuti chinoita kuti arambe achienderera mberi kuita zvibodzwa zvidiki parwendo rwechinangwa chekupedzisira. Ndanzwa izvozvo, ndakanzwa kukurudzirwa kuramba. 

Pamusoro: "Whale Conservation mu21st Century" pani.

Sezvo ndiri ini ndinonyanya kufarira shark, handina kutora nguva yakawanda yekudzidza nezvedzimwe mhuka huru sezvandaigona. PaCapitol Hill Ocean Week, ndakakwanisa kupinda boka reKuchengetedza Whale uye ndakadzidza zvakawanda. Ndaigara ndichiziva kuti mhuka dzakawanda, kana dzisiri dzose, dzemugungwa dzaive panjodzi neimwe nzira nekuda kwekuita kwevanhu, asi kunze kwekuvhima zvisiri pamutemo ndakanga ndisinganyatsoziva kuti chii chaiisa zvisikwa zvakangwara munjodzi. Senior Scientist, Dr. Michael Moore akatsanangura kuti nyaya huru mukati memawhale ndeyekuti vanowanzobatwa mumisungo ye lobster. Ndichifunga nezvazvo, ndakatadza kufungidzira kuti ndaizova nehanya nebasa rangu uye kubatwa zvisina kunaka. VaKeith Ellenbogen, mutori wemifananidzo wepasi pemvura akahwina mubairo, akarondedzera zvakaitika kwaari achitora mifananidzo yemhuka idzi uye zvaishamisa. Ndakada kuti akanga akavimbika sei pamusoro pokuva anotya pakutanga. Kazhinji ukanzwa nyanzvi dzichitaura zvakaitika kwavari, havataure nezvekutya kwavakaita pavakatanga uye paakazviita, zvakandipa tariro mandiri kuti pamwe rimwe zuva ndichagona kushinga kusvika padhuze nehombe idzi, mhuka dzakaisvonaka. Pashure pokuvateerera vachitaura nezvemawhale, zvakaita kuti ndiwedzere kuvada. 

Mushure mezuva rekutanga rekutanga pamusangano ndakapihwa mukana unoshamisa wekuenda kuCapitol Hill Ocean Week Gala, inozivikanwawo se "Ocean Prom," husiku ihwohwo. Zvakatanga nekugamuchira cocktail muchikamu chepasi apo ndakaedza oyster yangu yekutanga mbishi zvachose. Yakanga iri kuravira kwakawanikwa uye inoravira segungwa; handizive kuti ndinonzwa sei nezvazvo. Vanhu sezvavanonditarisa, ndakaona zvakandipoteredza. Kubva pamajasi marefu anoyevedza kusvika kune akapfava madhirezi ecocktail, munhu wese aitaridzika zvakanaka. Munhu wese aipindirana zvisingaite zvekuti ndakaita kunge ndiri pamusangano wechikoro chesekondari. Chinhu chandaifarira zvikuru, kuva munhu anoda shark, kwaiva kushambadzira kwakanyarara, kunyanya bhuku reshark. Ndingadai ndakaisa pasi bhidhiyo dai ndakanga ndisiri mudzidzi wepakoreji. Sezvo husiku hwakaenderera mberi, ndakasangana nevanhu vakawanda uye ndaingotenda zvikuru, ndichitora zvose mukati. Nguva yandisingafi ndakakanganwa ndipo apo Dr. Nancy Knowlton ane mukurumbira uye anoshamisa akaremekedzwa uye akapiwa mubairo weLifetime Achievement. Kuteerera Dr. Knowlton vachitaura nezvebasa rake uye chinoita kuti arambe achienderera mberi, kwakandibatsira kuona zvakanaka uye zvakanaka nekuti kunyangwe paine basa rakawanda rinofanira kuitwa, takabva kure. 

Pamusoro: Dr. Nancy Knowlton anogamuchira mubairo wake.

Chiitiko changu chaifadza. Yakanga yakaita semutambo wemimhanzi neboka revanhu vanozivikanwa, zvinongoshamisa kuti zvakakombwa nevanhu vakawanda vachishanda kuti vaite shanduko. Kunyangwe, ungori musangano, musangano wakadzoreredza tariro yangu uye wakasimbisa kwandiri kuti ndiri munzvimbo chaiyo nevanhu vakakodzera. Ndinoziva kuti zvichatora nguva kuti shanduko iuye, asi ichauya uye ndinofara kuva chikamu chemaitiro iwayo.