Gungwa Rinodhonzwa, Asi Rakavharwa

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

Zvisinei nekuti ndakakurira munzvimbo yakakiyiwa yeIdaho, mvura yagara iri chikamu chikuru chehupenyu hwangu. Ndakakura ndichituhwina nemakwikwi uye mhuri yangu yakapedza mavhiki ezhizha asingaverengeki ari muimba yedu yepadhamu padhamu, maawa mashoma kuchamhembe kweBoise. Ikoko, taizomuka pakubuda kwezuva uye taisvetuka nemvura pamvura yamangwanani ine girazi. Taienda kuchubhu mvura payainyungudika, uye sekuru vedu vaiedza kutiburitsa muchubhu - ichirova chaizvo. Taitora magwa kuti tiende kumawere, uye toita snorkel tichitenderera nzvimbo dzine matombo dzenyanza yealpine. Taienda kayaking tichidzika neRwizi rwaSalmon, kana kutozorora pachiteshi, nebhuku, imbwa dzichitamba kuchera mumvura.

Hazvina basa kutaura, ini ndagara ndichida mvura.

Chishuvo changu chekuchengetedza gungwa nekushingaira chakatanga nekutenda kwakasimba kuti orcas haifanirwe kubatwa muhusungwa. ndaona hove nhema gore rangu repamusoro reChikoro chesekondari, uye mushure mezvo ndakanga ndakapindwa muropa nekudzidza zvese zvandaigona nezvenyaya, kunyura mune zvakatowanda zvinyorwa, mabhuku, kana zvinyorwa zvehunyanzvi. Mukati megore rangu revachangobva kukoreji, ndakanyora bepa rekutsvagisa nezvehungwaru uye magariro maumbirwo emhondi whale uye zvinokanganisa zvinokonzeresa kutapwa. Ndaitaura nezvazvo kuna ani zvake aiteerera. Uye vamwe vanhu vakanyatsoteerera! Sezvo mukurumbira wangu semusikana weorca wakapararira mukambasi yese, shamwari yangu yakanzwa zvakakodzera kundibatanidza neGeorgetown Sustainable Oceans Summit kuburikidza neemail ichiti, “Hei, handizive kana kufarira kwako orcas kuchipfuura hunhapwa, asi ndakadzidza. nezvemusangano uyu mumavhiki mashoma, uye ndinofunga kuti zviri kuitika kwauri. " Zvanga zviri.

Ndaiziva kuti gungwa raive mudambudziko, asi Summit yakanyatsovhura pfungwa dzangu kuti dzakadzika uye dzakaoma sei nyaya dzakatenderedza hutano hwegungwa. Ndakaona kuti zvese zvaindinetsa zvichindisiya ndiine mapfundo akasimba mudumbu mangu. Kusvibiswa kwepurasitiki kwairatidzika kunge kusinganzvengeki. Kwese kwandinocheuka ndinoona bhodhoro remvura repurasitiki, bhegi repurasitiki, plastiki, plastiki, purasitiki. Iwo mapurasitiki mamwe chete anowana nzira yekuenda kugungwa redu. Sezvo dzichigara dzichiderera mugungwa, dzinotora zvinosvibisa zvinokuvadza. Hove dzinokanganisa mapurasitiki madiki aya sechikafu, uye ramba uchitumira zvinosvibisa kumusoro kwechikafu. Zvino, pandinofunga nezvekutuhwina munyanza, chandingangofunga nezvacho imhondi whale yakageza paPacific Northwest Coast. Muviri wayo waionekwa semarara ane chepfu nekuda kwehuwandu hwezvinosvibisa. Zvose zvinoita sezvisingadzivisiki. Zvakaoma zvachose. Ndizvo zvakandikurudzira kuti nditange chitsauko changu cheSustainable Oceans Alliance paThe George Washington University (GW SOA).

Pandakanga ndiri kumba zhizha rapfuura, kunze kwekuchengetedza hupenyu uye kudzidzisa timu yekushambira yeligi yezhizha, ndakashanda nesimba kuti ndiwane chitsauko changu cheGW SOA kubva pasi. Gungwa raigara riri mupfungwa dzangu, saka zvakasikwa, uye chokwadi kune chimiro chaPhoebe, ndaitaura nezvazvo nguva dzose. Ndakanga ndichiwana muto pakirabhu yenyika yeko, apo vabereki veshamwari dzangu vakati wandei vakabvunza zvandaiita mazuva ano. Mushure mekunge ndavaudza nezvekutanga GW SOA, mumwe wavo akati, "Magungwa? Why the [kutaura kwadzimwa] une hanya nazvo?! Unobva kuIdaho!” Ndashamiswa nemhinduro yake, ndakati “Pamusoroi, ndine hanya nezvinhu zvakawanda.” Vese vakazopedzisira vaseka, kana kuti, “Zvakanaka, handina basa nazvo!” uye "Ndiro dambudziko rechizvarwa chako." Zvino, vanogona kunge vaine imwe cocktails yakawandisa, asi ndakazoona kukosha kwazvakaita kuti vanhu vanogara munzvimbo dzakavharirwa vazive zviri kuitika, uye kunyangwe isu tisina gungwa kuseri kwemba yedu, isu tisina kunanga. honzeri yezvimwe zvezvinetso, angava magasi egreenhouse atinobudisa, zvokudya zvatinodya kana marara atinobudisa. Zvaive pachena zvakare, kuti ikozvino, kupfuura nakare kose, zvakakosha zvakanyanya kuti mamireniyumu adzidziswe uye nekufemerwa kutora matanho enyanza. Tinogona kunge tisina kugadzira matambudziko ari kukanganisa gungwa redu asi zvichave kwatiri kutsvaga mhinduro.

Musangano weSustainable Oceans Summit wegore rino uri kuitika Kubvumbi 2nd, muno muWashington, DC. Chinangwa chedu ndechekuzivisa vechidiki vakawanda sezvinobvira nezvezviri kuitika mugungwa. Tinoda kuratidza matambudziko, asi zvakanyanya kukosha, kupa mhinduro. Ndinotarisira kukurudzira vechidiki kuti vatore chikonzero ichi. Kungave kuri kudya zvishoma zvekudya zvemugungwa, kuchovha bhasikoro rako zvakanyanya, kana kunyange kusarudza nzira yebasa.

Tariro yangu yeGW chitsauko cheSOA ndechokuti inobudirira sesangano revadzidzi rinotungamirirwa uye rinoremekedzwa panguva yandinenge ndapedza kudzidza, saka inogona kuramba ichiisa pamisangano iyi inokosha kwemakore anotevera. Gore rino, ndine zvibodzwa zvakawanda, chimwe chazvo ndechekutanga chirongwa cheAlternative Break chekuchenesa gungwa nemahombekombe kuburikidza neAlternative Break Program paGW. Ndinovimbawo kuti sangano redu revadzidzi rinogona kuwana simba rinodiwa kumisa mamwe makirasi anobata nemisoro yegungwa. Parizvino pane imwe chete, Oceanography, uye haina kukwana.

Kana iwe uchida kutsigira 2016 Sustainable Oceans Summit, tichiri kuda vatsigiri vemakambani uye zvipo. Kuti uwane kubvunza nezvekudyidzana, ndapota email me. Zvezvipo, Iyo Ocean Foundation yanga ine mutsa zvakakwana kutiitira homwe. Iwe unogona kupa kune iyo homwe pano.