Njengoko impilo yolwandle isiya ibaluleke ngakumbi nangakumbi kwixesha lokutshintsha kwemozulu, kuya kubaluleke ngakumbi ukufundisa abantu ngale nxalenye yeplanethi yethu kunye nefuthe layo elibanzi kubomi bethu.

Ukufundisa izizukulwana eziselula lixesha kunangaphambili. Njengekamva loluntu lwethu, babambe amandla okwenene otshintsho. Oku kuthetha ukugcina ulutsha lusazi ngezi zihloko zibalulekileyo kufuneka kuqale ngoku - njengoko kusenziwa iingqondo, izinto eziphambili ngokubaluleka, kunye nezinto ezinomdla wokwenyani. 

Ukuxhobisa abafundisi baselwandle ngezixhobo ezifanelekileyo kunye nezixhobo kunokunceda ukukhulisa isizukulwana esitsha esiyaziyo, esebenzayo, kwaye sityale imali kwimpilo yolwandle nakwiplanethi yethu.

I-Wildlife Kayaking, ngoncedo luka-Anna Mar / i-Ocean Connectors

Ukusebenzisa Amathuba

Ndinombulelo omkhulu kuba ndikhulele kuluntu oluzinzileyo nosapho oluthanda ulwandle. Ukwakha ubuhlobo nolwandle ndisemncinci, uthando lwam ngolwandle nabemi balo lwandenza ndafuna ukulukhusela. Amathuba am okufunda ngendalo yaselwandle andibeke endaweni yokuba ndibe ngummeli ophumeleleyo wolwandle njengoko ndigqiba isidanga sam sasekholejini kwaye ndingena emsebenzini. 

Bendisoloko ndisazi ukuba ndifuna ukunikezela nantoni na endiyenzayo ebomini bam kulwandlekazi. Ukuhamba isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye nekholeji ngexesha elibaluleke kangaka kwimbali yokusingqongileyo, ndizifumana ndinomdla kwisihloko abantu abambalwa abanolwazi olufikeleleka ngokulula. Ngelixa ulwandle lusebenzisa i-71% yomphezulu wesijikelezi-langa sethu, alubukelwanga lula ngenxa yokunqongophala kolwazi kunye nezixhobo ezikhoyo.

Xa sifundisa abo basingqongileyo esikwaziyo malunga nolwandle, singadlala indima encinci kulwazi lokufunda nolwandle - sivumela abo bebekade bengaqondi ukuba babone ubudlelwane obungathanga ngqo esinabo sonke nolwandle. Kunzima ukuziva uqhagamshelwe kwinto ebonakala ngathi yangaphandle, ngoko ke ngokukhona sinokuqala ukwakha ubudlelwane nolwandle sisebancinci, kokukhona sinokujika amaza okutshintsha kwemozulu. 

Ukubizela Abanye Esenzweni

Siva malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu ngakumbi nangakumbi ezindabeni, kuba iimpembelelo zalo kwihlabathi liphela, kunye nakwimpilo yethu, ziyaqhubeka nokukhawuleza. Ngelixa ingqikelelo yokutshintsha kwemozulu ibandakanya imiba emininzi yokusingqongileyo, ulwandle ngomnye wabadlali abaphambili ekutshintsheni kwethu indawo yokuhlala. Ulwandle lulawula imozulu yethu ngamandla alo amakhulu okubamba ubushushu kunye necarbon dioxide. Njengoko amaqondo obushushu bamanzi kunye neasidi itshintsha, iintlobo ngeentlobo zezilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlala kuwo ziyafuduswa okanye zisongelwa. 

Ngelixa uninzi lwethu lunokubona iziphumo zoku xa singakwazi ukuya kuqubha elunxwemeni okanye siphawule imiba yokubonelela, uluntu oluninzi kwihlabathi jikelele luxhomekeke elwandle ngokuthe ngqo ngakumbi. Ukuloba kunye nokhenketho kuqhuba uqoqosho kwiindawo ezininzi zeziqithi, okwenza imithombo yabo yengeniso ingazinzi ngaphandle kwenkqubo ephilileyo yonxweme. Ekugqibeleni, ezi ntsilelo ziya kwenzakalisa namazwe ahambele phambili kwezoshishino.

Ngekhemistri yolwandle itshintsha ngokukhawuleza kunokuba sakha sayibona ngaphambili, ulwazi olubanzi ngolwandle kuphela kwento enokulugcina ngokwenene. Ngelixa sixhomekeke kulwandle ngeoksijini, ukulawulwa kwemozulu, kunye noluhlu oluhlukeneyo lwezibonelelo, uninzi lwezikolo azinayo imali, izixhobo, okanye amandla okufundisa abantwana indima edlalwa lulwandle kwindawo esingqongileyo nakuluntu lwethu. 

Ukwandiswa kwezixhobo

Ukufikelela kwimfundo yaselwandle besebancinci kunokubeka isiseko soluntu olunolwazi ngokusingqongileyo. Ngokubhentsisa ulutsha lwethu kwizifundo ezininzi zemozulu kunye nolwandle, sixhobisa isizukulwana esilandelayo ngolwazi lokwenza ukhetho olufundileyo lwendalo yethu yaselwandle. 

Njengomfundi oqeqeshelwa umsebenzi kwi-The Ocean Foundation, ndiye ndakwazi ukusebenza ne-Community Ocean Engagement Global Initiative (COEGI), exhasa ukufikelela ngokulinganayo kumakhondo emfundo yaselwandle kwaye inika abafundisi-ntsapho ezona zixhobo zibalaseleyo zenzululwazi zokuziphatha ukwenza imiyalezo yabo ibe nefuthe ngakumbi. Ngokuxhobisa uluntu ngemithombo yolwazi lokufunda nolwandle, ngeendlela ezibandakanyayo nezifikelelekayo, sinokuphucula ukuqonda kwethu ulwandle kunye nobudlelwane bethu nalo - sisenza utshintsho olunamandla.

Ndivuya kakhulu kukubona umsebenzi onokwenziwa linyathelo lethu elitsha. Ukuba yinxalenye yencoko kundinike ukujonga nzulu kuluhlu lwemithombo yobutyebi efumaneka kumazwe ahlukeneyo. Ngomsebenzi kwimiba eyahlukeneyo efana nongcoliseko lweplastiki, ikhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kunye ne-acidification yolwandle, i-COEGI iye yajikeleza iinzame zethu ngokujongana nengcambu yokwenyani yazo zonke ezi ngxaki: ukubandakanyeka koluntu, imfundo kunye nesenzo. 

Apha kwi-Ocean Foundation, sikholelwa ukuba ulutsha kufuneka luthathe inxaxheba kwiincoko ezinefuthe kwikamva labo. Ngokunika isizukulwana esilandelayo la mathuba, sakha amandla ethu njengoluntu ukulwa nokutshintsha kwemozulu kwaye sikhuthaze ukulondolozwa kolwandle. 

Inyathelo lethu leHlabathi loLuntu lweLwandle lokuSebenza

I-COEGI izinikele ekuxhaseni uphuhliso lweenkokeli zoluntu lwemfundo yaselwandle kunye nokuxhobisa abafundi bayo yonke iminyaka ukuba baguqulele ukufunda nolwandle kwisenzo solondolozo.