IVeki yam yokuqala yoLwandlekazi lweCapitol Hill

Ndikhulela kwidolophu yaseBaltimore, andizange ndichithe ixesha elininzi ndijikeleze amanzi amaninzi. Xa kufikelela elwandle, ukuma kwam, njengoninzi lwabo babendijikelezile, kwakungekho mbono, engqondweni. Nangona ndandifunde esikolweni ukuba ulwandle olusinika amanzi nokutya lwalusengozini, ingcinga yokuncama ixesha kunye nemigudu yokulondoloza ulwandle ayizange ibonakale njengobizo lwam. Mhlawumbi lo msebenzi wawuvakala umkhulu kakhulu kwaye ungaphandle. Ngaphandle koko, yintoni encinci endinokuyenza ukusuka kwindlu yam evaliweyo eBaltimore suburbia?

Kwiintsuku zam ezimbalwa zokuqala ndifunda kwi-Ocean Foundation, ndaye ndaqala ukuqonda ukuba ndingayithatha njani indima yam kwimiba echaphazela ulwandle. Ukuya kwiVeki yoNyaka yoLwandle iCapitol Hill (CHOW), ndafumana ingqiqo enkulu kubudlelwane phakathi kwabantu nolwandle. Ingxoxo nganye yephaneli endiyibonileyo yayinoogqirha, izazinzulu, abenzi bomgaqo-nkqubo, kunye nezinye iingcaphephe, zonke zidibana ukwazisa ngolondolozo lwaselwandle. Umdla wesithethi ngasinye kwimiba yaselwandle kunye nomnqweno waso wokubandakanya abanye ukuba benze izinto ngokumandla, itshintshe indlela endizijonga ngayo indlela endinxulumana ngayo nenokuba nefuthe ngayo kulwandlekazi.

Ukuzimasa uMatshi woLwandle kwi-National Mall

Iphaneli yoQhagamshelwano lwezeNkcubeko kunye neNdawo yokusiNgqongileyo yandichukumisa ngakumbi. Imodareyithwa nguMonica Barra (i-Anthropologist kwi-Water Institute of the Gulf), iipaneli zaxoxa ngokudityaniswa kwenkcubeko yentlalo kunye nemigudu yokulondoloza indalo, kunye nobudlelwane be-symbiotic phakathi koMhlaba kunye nabantu. Omnye wabadlali bephaneli, uKathryn MacCormick (uPamunkey Indian Reservation Living Shorelines Project Coordinator) undinike ulwazi olwandichukumisa ngamandla. UMacCormick uchaze ukuba abantu bomthonyama besizwe samaIndiya ePamunkey banxibelelene ngokusondeleyo kumhlaba wabo ngokusebenzisa uphononongo lweentlanzi. NgokukaMacCormick, xa iintlanzi zisebenza njengomthombo wokutya okungcwele kunye nenxalenye yamasiko abantu, loo nkcubeko iya kunyamalala xa intlanzi ilahlekile. Olu lwalamano lucacileyo phakathi kwendalo nenkcubeko yomntu lwandikhumbuza ngoko nangoko ngobomi basemva eCameroon. Kwilali yasekhaya yaseOshie, eCameroon, i'tornin planti' sesona sidlo sethu senkcubeko. Yenziwe ngeeplantain kunye neziqholo ezigqwesileyo, i-tornin planti yeyona nto isisiseko kuyo yonke iminyhadala yosapho neyoluntu. Njengoko ndimamele iphaneli ye-CHOW, andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ndazibuza: kuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba uluntu lwam alunakuphinda lukhulise iiplantain ngenxa yemvula eneasidi engaguqukiyo okanye izitshabalalisi ezibalekayo? Loo nto inkulu yenkcubeko kaOshie yayiza kunyamalala ngequbuliso. Imitshato, imingcwabo, iimvula zabantwana, uthweso-zidanga, ukubhengezwa kwenkosi entsha yayiza kuba lilize kwezo zithethe zinentsingiselo. Ndivakalelwa kukuba ekugqibeleni ndiyaqonda ukuba ukugcinwa kwenkcubeko kuthetha ukulondolozwa kwendalo.

Uqhagamshelwano lweNkcubeko kunye nePhaneli yeNdawo kwi-CHOW 2018

Njengomntu onqwenela ukunceda abantu, iphulo lam belisoloko likukuba ngenye imini ndenze utshintsho olunenjongo noluhlala ixesha elide kwihlabathi. Emva kokuhlala kuQhagamshelwano lweNkcubeko kunye nephaneli yokusiNgqongileyo, ndiye ndacingisisa malunga nokuba uhlobo lotshintsho endizama ukulwenza, kunye nendlela endiyisebenzisayo, inokuthathwa njengebandakanya ngokwenene. I-Panelist Les Burke, JD, (uMseki weeNzululwazi eziNcinci kuLwandle) ugxininise kakhulu ukubaluleka kokufikelela kuluntu ukuze kuphumelele impumelelo. Ngokusekwe eBaltimore kufutshane nalapho ndakhulela khona, iiNzululwazi eziNcinci kuLwandle zenza abantu abavela kwimvelaphi eyahlukeneyo yezoqoqosho baphonononge umhlaba ongaphantsi kwamanzi ngelixa befumana amava kwisayensi, itekhnoloji, ubunjineli kunye nezibalo (STEM). UGqr Burke uthe impumelelo yalo mbutho ibalule ukubandakanyeka kwabantu abaphantsi kakhulu apho wasekwa khona. Ukusuka kumazinga aphezulu olwaphulo-mthetho ukuya kukwahluka okuxhaphakileyo kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho, akuyomfihlo ukuba iBaltimore ayinalo olona gama likhulu-endikwaziyo. Sekunjalo, uGqr. Burke wenza umzamo oqinisekileyo wokuphulaphula iimfuno kunye neemfuno zabantwana ukuze baqonde ngcono iinyani zemihla ngemihla zolutsha olukhula kule ndawo. Ngokuseka incoko yokwenyani kunye nokuthembana noluntu lwase-Baltimore, iiNzululwazi eziNcinci eLwandle ziye zakwazi ukubandakanya abantwana ngokufanelekileyo ngokuntywila kunye nokubafundisa kungekuphela nje ngobomi bolwandle, kodwa kunye nezakhono zobomi ezixabisekileyo ezifana nokufikelela, uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, kunye namandla intetho ngobugcisa. Ukuba ndiza kwenza utshintsho olunentsingiselo, kufuneka ndiqaphele ukuba ndingasebenzisi indlela efanayo, kuba lonke uluntu lunembali eyodwa, inkcubeko kunye nesakhono.

I-Panelist Les Burke, JD kunye nam emva kwengxoxo

Wonke umntu kweli hlabathi unembono eyahlukileyo ngokusekelwe apho avela khona. Emva kokuya kwi-CHOW yam yokuqala, andizange ndihambe nje ngokuqaphela ngakumbi indima yam kwimiba yaselwandle, njenge-acidification yolwandle, i-blue carbon, kunye ne-coral reef bleaching, kodwa kunye nokuqonda okunzulu kwamandla oluntu olwahlukeneyo kunye neengcambu. ukufikelela eluntwini. Nokuba ngaba abaphulaphuli bakho ngabemveli okanye bangoku, badala okanye bancinci, ukufumana indawo efanayo yokubandakanya abantu yeyona ndlela isebenzayo yokukhuthaza utshintsho lokwenyani. Kwakhe kwaba yintombazana esebumnyameni malunga nokubanakho ukutshintsha umhlaba, ngoku ndiziva ndinamandla okuba ewe, ndiyakwazi ngonxweme Yenza umehluko.