I-2018 Sea Youth Rise Up delegation

Ngexesha apho umhlaba ujongene nemiceli mngeni ye-herculean, kunyanzelekile ukuba sibandakanye inkanuko, umbono, kunye namandla afumaneka kulutsha lwanamhlanje. Phakathi kwamaphulo amaninzi oSuku lweeLwandle lweHlabathi ngo-2018 ukudibanisa lo mthombo uxabisekileyo wamandla amatsha yayiliphulo lokuPhakamisa koLutsha lwaseLwandle, elasungulwa okokuqala ngoSuku lweHlabathi lweeLwandle ngo-2016 yiThe Ocean Project, iBig Blue & You, kunye neNgqungquthela yoLondolozo lwe-Youth Ocean. Eli phulo lidibanisa abathunywa abasixhenxe abatsha, iinkokeli zamazwe ngamazwe - bonke abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-21 - ukwabelana ngomsebenzi wabo wokulondoloza ukukhuthaza abaphulaphuli behlabathi kunye nokubonisa ukubaluleka kokubandakanya abantu abatsha kwiinkqubo zokuthatha izigqibo.

Ngo-2016, ndasebenza njengelungu losungulo Ulutsha lwaseLwandle luyaphakama abathunywa. Yayingawona mava akhuthazayo ebomini bam, inegalelo elikhulu kwisigqibo sam sokuzinikezela ngokupheleleyo kulondolozo lwendalo esingqongileyo. Ndinombulelo ongazenzisiyo ngethuba lokuhlala ndinxibelelene, okokuqala njengomcebisi wabafundi abadlulileyo kwaye ngokulandelayo njengomnxibelelanisi. Olu thethathethwano luqhubekayo luvuselela ithemba lam ngekamva kwaye lwandazisa kwiinkokeli ezintsha eziqaqambileyo, eziselula zokusingqongileyo. Iphulo lalo nyaka liye lahambelana, kwaye mhlawumbi lide lagqitha, izinga eliphezulu lenzondelelo namandla eminyaka edlulileyo – into ebendingayazi ukuba inokwenzeka.

I-2016 ye-SYRUP Abathunywa, u-Ben May / ulutsha lwaseLwandle luyaphakama

Njengomnye wabalungelelanisi balo nyaka, ndichithe iiyure ezininzi ezinde kwindawo yam yokulala yasekholejini ndilungiselela ulungiselelo lwephulo. Ndifunde ukuba yintoni efunekayo ukukhupha amanyathelo ayimpumelelo ngokuncedisa ukuqhuba inkqubo yesicelo, ukucwangcisa iphulo, kunye nokulungelelanisa iwebhusayithi kunye nemidiya yoluntu.

Kulo nyaka, i-Sea Youth Rise Up ibuyele eWashington, DC kunye negqiza elimangalisayo leenkokeli ezisixhenxe zolondolozo.

Ngaphezulu, ukusuka ekhohlo ukuya ekunene ngabathunywa be-SYRUP baka-2018: Kai Beattie (i-17, eNew York), isazinzulu sabemi kunye nomququzeleli woluntu lokusingqongileyo; Madison Toonder (17, Florida), umphandi wezendalo ovunyiweyo ngu-NOAA "Ukuthatha iPulse yePlanethi"; Vyshnavi Kosigishroff (18, Delaware), umququzeleli wengingqi yeThinkOcean kunye noMatshi weSayensi umququzeleli weDelaware; U-Annie Uthetha (18, California), isithethi somfundi kunye nomseki weblogi yokusingqongileyo Ukurisayikilishwa kwakhona kwiSeattle Waterfront; URuby Rorty (18, California), umseki weSanta Cruz Environmental Alliance; UYakobi Garland (15, Massachusetts), umseki weblogi yokusingqongileyo Ukusebenza ukugcina; UDarrea Frazier (16, Maryland), umfundisi-ntsapho ophumelele ibhaso lokusingqongileyo kunye nommeli.

Iphulo lowama-2018 liqalise nge-8 yeSilimela, uSuku lweeLwandle lweHlabathi, ngentsasa eCapitol Hill – intlanganiso ekhuthazayo neSenate Ocean Caucus yokucinezela ukhuseleko olwandisiweyo lwendalo yaselwandle, imida yomthetho kungcoliseko lweplastiki, kunye nokuncipha kwe-oyile engaselunxwemeni. ukugrumba kwiindawo ezineekhostim ezibuthathaka zaselwandle. Emva koko, abathunywa be-Sea Youth Rise Up babelane ngemiyalezo yabo yolwandle ngosasazo olubukhoma olusasazwa Facebook kwaye I-YouTube iphile. Olu sasazo lwabukelwa ngabaphulaphuli abaphilayo, abavela kumazwe ngamazwe abantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 kwaye sele bebukelwe ngaphezu kwe-3,000 ukususela ngoko. Emva kolusasazo, abathunywa bamanyene nabanye ekwenzeni iipowusta zeMarch for the Ocean. Ekugqibeleni, sagqiba uSuku lweHlabathi lweeLwandle kwiNtlalo yoLwandle, ixhaswe yiProjekthi ye-Ocean kunye neNkqubo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo zeNdalo, ithuba elimangalisayo lokunxibelelana neenkokheli eziphezulu zolwandle, izazinzulu, kunye nabadumileyo kuquka uPhilippe Cousteau, umseki we-EarthEcho International. , kunye noJim Toomey, umzobi owaziwa kakhulu ngomdlalo wakhe ohlekisayo weSherman's Lagoon.

Abathunywa be-2018 kwiNgquma, uBen May / uLwandle loLutsha luvuka

Ngomhla we-9 kweyeSilimela, eli phulo liqhubekile nokhenketho lwe-Ocean Plastics Lab kwi-National Mall. Emva koko, i-Sea Youth Rise Up yathatha inxaxheba kuMatshi wokuvulwa koLwandle. Nangona ubushushu babugquma imini yonke, amawaka-waka abaxhasi bolwandle baphuma baza bathatha inxaxheba - umboniso wokwenyani wokuthanda ulwandle lwethu! Lo mngcelele ulandelwe ngoko nangoko yindibano apho siye sanewonga lokungena eqongeni ukuze abathunywa bazazise kwaye babhengeze ikhwelo labo lokusebenza. Ukongeza kwisihlwele esikhulu esikhoyo, bangaphezulu kwama-50,000 abantu abaye bajonga le rally kuFacebook Live. Nangona indudumo ibangele ukuba iphele kwangethuba le ndibano, ibe lithuba elimangalisayo lokuva ezinye iinkokeli zolutsha neenkokheli zabantu abadala, ezifana neHeirs to Our Oceans, igqiza lolutsha olukwiminyaka yamabanga aphakathi nangaphantsi elizinikele ekukhuthazeni ulwazi, uxanduva, kunye nesenzo. , okanye uCéline Cousteau, umseki weCauseCentric Productions.

Iqela le-SYRUP le-2018

Ndithathe inxaxheba kweli phulo kule minyaka mithathu idlulileyo, ayikayeki ukundimangalisa indlela ekhawuleza ngayo ukuhlangana phakathi kwabathunywa. Into eyaqala njengeqela leenkokeli ezisixhenxe ezikhuthazayo zaphela njengeqela elibambeneyo labahlobo abasebenza kunye ekulondolozeni ulwandle. Nokuba usebenzisana kwiiprojekthi zexesha elizayo zendalo esingqongileyo okanye uhlala uqhagamshelwe, ukuthanda okwabelwana ngako ngolwandle kusebenze njengesixhobo sokudala ubuhlobo obunamandla. Mna ngokwam ndavuya ukubona abahlobo bam uLaura Johnson (Florida) kunye noBaylee Ritter (Illinois) abasuka kwigqiza lika-2016 kwaye ndafumana abahlobo abatsha phakathi kwabathunywa balo nyaka. Ngokuzisa ulwazi kwiingxaki ezicinezelayo ezijongene nolwandle lwethu, ukuzisa iinkokeli eziselula ezinengqondo efanayo ukuba zilandele izisombululo, kunye nokudibanisa abaphulaphuli abakhula rhoqo, eli phulo liyaqhubeka nokubonisa amandla ethu kunye nezibophelelo zethu njengoluntu ukujongana neempembelelo zomntu kwindalo. Ithemba elivezwe ngabathunywa beSea Youth Rise Up liye lakhuthaza abaninzi ukuba bavukele ulwandle, kwaye ndichulumancile ngoko kuza kuziswa yiminyaka ezayo.

Ukuba unomdla wokuba yinxalenye yeli qela limangalisayo, njengelungu lika-2019 Ulutsha lwaseLwandle luyaphakama Abathunywa, silandeleni Facebook, Twitter, okanye Instagram ukuhlaziywa. 

U-Ben May unguMququzeleli we-2018 woLutsha oluPhakamileyo kunye noMlawuli oyiNtloko we-ThinkOcean. Ummi waseNew York, ulilungu leKlasi yeYunivesithi yasePennsylvania ka-2021.