nguJessie Neumann, iTOF Marketing Intern

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Ndibe novuyo olukhethekileyo lokuzimasa iNgqungquthela yeBlue Mind yonyaka yesi-5 kulo Mvulo uphelileyo, iququzelelwa nguWallace J. Nichols, umphathi wethu weprojekthi ye-TOF yeLivBlue Angels. Lo mnyhadala ubunezithethi ezohlukeneyo, ukusuka kwigqala ukuya kwingcali yezobuchopho ukuya kwimbaleki. Isithethi ngasinye sathetha ngamava aso ngamanzi kwilensi entsha nehlaziyayo.

Umoya wamiselwa kwasekuqaleni njengoko sonke safumana utyikityo lukaJ lwebhastile eliluhlaza, lisikhumbuza ukuba sonke sikwiplanethi yamanzi. Emva koko kwafuneka sitshintshiselane ngebhastile lethu kunye nawona mava ethu amanzi esiwakhumbulayo, kunye nalawo omntu esingamaziyo. Ngenxa yoko, umsitho waqala nge-buzz entle eqhubeka kuwo wonke umsitho. UDanni Washington, umseki weThe Big Blue kunye nawe-impembelelo yobugcisa yolondolozo lolwandle, wabamkela abaphulaphuli kwaye wasinika izinto ezintathu ekufuneka siziqwalasele kuyo yonke le ngqungquthela: kufuneka siguqule ibali elikhoyo lolwandle libe ngumyalezo okhuthazayo apho ukwabelana ngezinto esizithandayo ngamanzi, kufuneka sikhuthaze abanye kuyo nantoni na esiyenzayo, kwaye kufuneka sibe sisimemo emanzini.
 
Le ngqungquthela yahlulahlulwe yangamacandelo ama-4 ahlukeneyo: Ibali elitsha laManzi, iNzululwazi yezodwa, ukuLala ngokunzulu, kunye nokuntywila. Iphaneli nganye ibonise izithethi ezibini ukuya kwezintathu ezisuka kumacandelo ahlukeneyo kunye nengcali yemithambo-luvo ukuba ibe yi-ankile.  

Ibali eNtsha laManzi - phendula ibali lolwandle libe malunga nempembelelo enkulu entle esinokuba nayo

Isazi ngemithambo-luvo uLayne Kalbfleisch waqala ngokuzama ukucacisa unxibelelwano phakathi kwendlela akhangeleka ngayo amanzi, indlela avakalelwa ngayo kunye nendlela esiwafumana ngayo. Walandelwa nguHarvey Welch, umongameli weBhodi yeCarbondale Park. UHarvey “wayeyindoda enesicwangciso esikhulu” sokuseka ichibi likawonke-wonke kwidolophu esemazantsi e-Illinois, indawo apho abantu base-Afrika baseMelika njengaye babedla ngokuvalwa kuwo onke amachibi oluntu. ukusonga ipaneli uStiv Wilson usixelele "Ibali lezinto." Wasazisa ngobuninzi bezinto eziselwandle, ukusuka kwiiplastiki ukuya kwizinto ezingcolisayo. Naye ufuna ukutshintsha ibali lolwandle libe ngathi, kuba side sikuqonde nyani ukuxhomekeka kwethu emanzini, asiyi kwenza konke esinako ukuwakhusela. Usikhuthaze ukuba sithathe amanyathelo, kwaye ngokukodwa sisuke kuluvo lwamaqhawe olwandle ngamanye kwaye ngakumbi siye kwintshukumo edibeneyo. Uye wabona ukuba abantu abaninzi baziva kungekho mfuneko yakwenza ukuba igorha lizibanga linamandla okwenza utshintsho.  

ISayensi yokuZodwa - amandla amanzi okusinceda ukuba siphumelele ukuba wedwa

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UTim Wilson, unjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseVirginia wenze iminyaka yophando ngengqondo yomntu kunye nobuchule bayo okanye ukungakwazi "ukucinga nje." Uninzi lwabantu lunobunzima bokucinga nje, kwaye uTim ucebise uluvo lokuba i-waterscape inokuba sisitshixo ebantwini ukuba bathathe umzuzwana bacinge nje. Uqikelela ukuba amanzi avumela abantu ukuba babe nokuhamba ngcono kweengcinga. Umntu oqeqeshelwe ukudlala phambili kunye ne-MC yomsitho, uMat McFayden, uthethe ngohambo lwakhe olugqithisileyo ukuya kuzo zozibini iziphelo zoMhlaba: i-Antarctica kunye neNorth Pole. Wamangaliswa kukufumanisa ukuba nangona iimeko ezingqongileyo ezinzima kunye namava akufutshane okufa waqhubeka efumana ukuba yedwa kunye noxolo emanzini. Eli qela lolawulo laqukunjelwa ngo, uJamie Reaser, umkhokeli wasentlango onePh.D. evela eStanford owasicela umngeni ukuba sitshintshe ubundle bethu bangaphakathi. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo uye wafumanisa ukuba kulula ukufumana ukuba yedwa kwindalo edaliweyo waza wasishiya nombuzo othi: Ngaba sibhalwe ngekhowudi ukuze sibe kufutshane namanzi ukuze siphile?

Emva kwesidlo sasemini kunye neseshoni emfutshane yeyoga saziswa kwiBlue Mind Alumni, abantu abafunda incwadi kaJ, Ingqondo eBlue, kwaye bathatha inyathelo kwiindawo zabo ukusasaza ilizwi malunga namanzi kunye ne-blue midset elungileyo.

Blue Mind Alumni - Ingqondo eBlue ngokusebenza 

Ngeli xesha lephaneli uBruckner Chase, umdlali kunye nomseki weBlue Journey, wagxininisa imfuneko yesenzo. Umsebenzi wakhe wobomi kukwenza ukuba amanzi afikeleleke kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka kunye nezakhono. Uzabalazela ukufumana iindlela zokungenisa abantu emanzini yaye uye wafumanisa ukuba xa abantu abaninzi beqala emanzini abanakuhamba. Chase amaxabiso amava obuqu abantu abanokuba nawo emanzini kwaye ucinga ukuba yenza indlela yonxibelelwano olunzulu kunye nemvakalelo yokhuseleko lolwandle. U-Lizzi Larbalestier, osuka kude eNgilane, usixelele ibali lakhe ukusuka ekuqaleni ukuya apho anethemba lokuba liya kuya khona kwixesha elizayo. Ufunde incwadi kaJ kwaye wanika abaphulaphuli umzekelo womntu ophakathi onokubeka lo myalezo emsebenzini. Ugxininise kumava akhe obuqu ukuba akufuneki umntu abe sisifundiswa ukuze abe nobudlelwane namanzi kwaye akhuthaze nabanye ukuba nabo. Okokugqibela, uMarcus Eriksen wathetha ngohambo lwakhe lokujikeleza ihlabathi ukuya kufunda ngeejire ezi-5, amabala enkunkuma ama-5, elwandle kunye nomsi weplastiki ngoku esinokwenza imephu yesayensi.

Ukulala Ngokunzulu - iziphumo zamayeza kunye neengqondo zamanzi

Owayesakuba nguMarine Bobby Lane wasithatha kuhambo lwakhe olunzima lokulwa e-Iraq, i-PTSD egqithisileyo kunye nexesha elide, iingcinga zokuzibulala, kwaye ekugqibeleni indlela amsindise ngayo amanzi. Emva kokusefa iliza lakhe lokuqala uBobby waziva enoxolo olukhulu kwaye wafumana ubuthongo bakhe obumnandi kwiminyaka. Walandelwa nguJustin Feinstein, isazi se-neuroscientist owasichazela isayensi yokudada kunye namandla ayo okuphilisa kunye nengqondo. Xa idada idada, ingqondo iyakhululeka kutsalo lomxhuzulane olomeleleyo kwaye uninzi lwezivamvo luthanda ukuncipha okanye lucime. Ubona ukudada njengeqhosha lokuseta kwakhona. UFeinstein ufuna ukuqhubeka nophando lwakhe lokuhlola ukuba ukudada okudadayo kunokunceda izigulana zaseklinikhi, kubandakanya nezo zinexhala kunye nePTSD.

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Ukuntywila - iimpembelelo zamanzi anzulu 

ukuqalisa le phaneli, uBruce Becker, isazi sezengqondo zasemanzini, wasibuza ukuba kutheni emva kosuku olude olunzima sibona ukuqhuba ukuhlamba kunye nokungena emanzini njengendlela ethembekileyo yokuphumla. Usebenza ukuqonda loo mzuzu xa sinyathela kwi-tub kwaye ingqondo yethu ithatha umoya onzulu. Wasifundisa ukuba amanzi aneziphumo ezibalulekileyo zokujikeleza, kwaye wasishiya nebinzana elithi "ingqondo ephilileyo yingqondo emanzi." Okulandelayo, uJames Nestor, umbhali we nzulu, yasibonisa amandla okuhlala emanzini abantu abanokuba nawo xa kuthethwa ngokuntywila ngokukhululekileyo kubunzulu obugqithisileyo. Thina bantu sinobuchule obumangalisayo bokukwazi ukuzifikelela. Ukuntywila simahla yenye yezona ndlela zisebenzayo zokufunda izilwanyana zaselwandle kufutshane kunaye nabani na. Ukuphelisa iseshoni yephaneli, u-Anne Doubilet, natgeo umfoti, wabelane ngeefoto zakhe ezizukileyo zazo zonke iindawo zolwandle ukusuka kumkhenkce ukuya kwikorale. Inkcazo-ntetho yakhe yokuyila yathelekisa ilizwe elixakekileyo lekorale naleyo yekhaya lakhe eManhattan. Uzise idolophu kwiBlue Urbanism, njengoko ehlala ehamba ebuya naphambili phakathi kwedolophu kunye nesendle. Usibongoza ukuba senze okuthile kwaye senze ngokukhawuleza kuba sele kubomi bakhe sele ebonile ukuwohloka okukhulu kweekorale.

Lilonke umsitho ubunomtsalane, njengoko ubunika ilensi ekhethekileyo yokujonga ngayo iingxaki zangoku esinazo nolwandle. Olu suku lwaluzele ngamabali awodwa kunye nemibuzo exhokonxa iingcinga. Isinike amanyathelo abambekayo ekufuneka siwathathe, kwaye yasikhuthaza ukuba nezenzo ezincinci zinokudala umsinga omkhulu. U-J ukhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba abe nobudlelwane bakhe ngokwasengqondweni namanzi kwaye babelane ngawo. Sahlanganiswa sonke nguJ nomyalezo wencwadi yakhe. Wonke umntu wabelana ngamava akhe obuqu ngamanzi, ibali lakhe. Ndiyakukhuthaza ukuba wabelane ngeyakho.