I-TOF isungula iNkqubo yoBambiswano lweNdawo

Iimpawu ezinomdla wokuzinza kunye nolwandle-njengeqabane elide le-Columbia Sportswear-baye banikela ngemveliso kwi-Ocean Foundation ukuba isetyenziswe kwiiprojekthi kwintsimi iminyaka emithathu. Ngokwenza le modeli ibe yinkqubo yobambiswano ngokusesikweni, abaphandi bendawo ngoku banokubelana ngohlaziyo kunye neempawu ezithatha inxaxheba, babelane ngeefoto kunye nezithuba zemidiya yoluntu kwaye banxibe iimveliso zovavanyo kunye nezixhobo endle. I-Ocean Foundation iphumeze iNkqubo ukuze zombini zibonelele ngexabiso elongezelelweyo kumaqabane abo angoku kunye nokutsala umdla wabatsha.

ECosta Rica, iminqwazi yase-Columbia isetyenziswa ngabaphandi abajonga umsebenzi wofudo lwaselwandle elunxwemeni. I-Numi Tea igcina abaxhamli beNgxowa-mali yoLwandle lwePolar eshushu kumaqondo obushushu abandayo e-arctic. ESan Diego, abafundi kunye nabaququzeleli benkqubo abasebenzisi iibhotile zeplastiki njengoko becoca inkunkuma yaselwandle ephuma elunxwemeni, kodwa endaweni yoko basela amanzi kwiibhotile zentsimbi ye-Klean Kanteen. I-JetBlue iye yabonelela ngeevawutsha zokuhamba kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo ukuncedisa amaqabane ase-Ocean Foundation kunye namahlakani ophando lwentsimi ukufikelela kwiindawo abafuna ukufikelela kuzo ukwenza umsebenzi wabo.

"Sisoloko sifuna izisombululo ezintsha, ezintsha kwiiprojekthi zethu zolondolozo, iinkokeli zazo zijonge kwi-Ocean Foundation njengesixhobo sokuphucula umsebenzi wabo wentsimi," ubonisa uMark Spalding, umongameli we-Ocean Foundation. "INkqubo yoBambiswano loPhando lweNdawo inikezela ngeemveliso eziphakamisa amanqanaba okusebenza azo zonke iiprojekthi, ezikhokelela kumanyathelo okukhusela ulwandle ayimpumelelo."

Ukugxila kweColumbia kulondolozo lwangaphandle kunye nemfundo kubenza babe ngabaqalisi abaphambili kwimpahla yangaphandle. Le ntsebenziswano yamashishini yaqala ngo-2008, ngegalelo kwi-TOF's SeaGrass Grow Campaign, ukutyala nokubuyisela ingca yolwandle eFlorida. Kwiminyaka emi-6 edlulileyo, iColumbia ibonelele ngezixhobo zodidi oluphezulu ezixhomekeke kuzo iiprojekthi zethu ukwenza umsebenzi obalulekileyo kulondolozo lolwandle.

Kwi-2010 Columbia Sportswear idibene ne-TOF, i-Bass Pro Shops, kunye ne-Academy Sports + Outdoors ukugcina ingca yolwandle. I-Columbia Sportswear yenze ihempe kunye nezikipa ezikhethekileyo "zokusindisa ingca yolwandle" ukukhuthaza ukubuyiselwa kwendawo yokuhlala yengca yolwandle kuba ihambelana ngqo neendawo eziphambili zokuloba eFlorida nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi. Eli phulo lakhuthazwa kuzo zonke iinkomfa zokusingqongileyo nangaphandle/zabarhwebi kunye naseqongeni kwitheko labucala laseMargaritaville labathengisi.

Isiseko se-Ocean Iprojekthi yeSayensi yezendalo eLaguna San Ignacio (LSIESP) bafumana izixhobo kunye nempahla zabafundi abali-15 noososayensi ukuze bakwazi ukumelana nomoya nesitshizi esinetyuwa abadibana naso suku ngalunye xa besebenza emanzini ngeminenga engwevu.

Izihlanganisi zoLwandle, inkqubo yemfundo yamaziko ahlukeneyo edibanisa abafundi baseSan Diego naseMexico isebenzisa izilwanyana zaselwandle ezifudukayo ezihamba phakathi kwamazwe amabini, ezifana nofudo lolwandle oluluhlaza kunye neCalifornia grey whale, inezifundo zezifundo zokufundisa ukugcinwa kwendalo kubafundi kunye nokukhuthaza iimbono ze imeko-bume yehlabathi ekwabelwana ngayo. UMphathi weProjekthi, uFrances Kinney kunye nabasebenzi bakhe bafumana iibhatyi kunye nempahla yokunxiba ngexesha lokubuyiselwa kwendawo yokuhlala, uhambo oluya kwiindawo zophando ngofudo lwaselwandle kunye nohambo lokubukela iminenga.

Isiseko se-Ocean UPhando lwaseLwandle lwaseCuba kunye noLondolozo Iprojekthi ifumene izixhobo ezahlukeneyo zeqela elizalela ufudo lwaselwandle olusebenza kwiPaki yeSizwe yaseGuanahacabibes, apho kulo nyaka iqela laphule irekhodi yonyaka yalo mmandla ngokubala indlwane yawo yama-580. Amalungu eqela anikwe i-insect blocker kunye nempahla yomthunzi we-omni ukunceda ukulwa nelanga elibukhali kunye neengcongconi ezivuthayo ezifumaneka kummandla. Ukongeza, iqela lasebenzisa iintente ze-Columbia Sportswear ukunika ukhuseleko kwizinto ngexesha leeyure ezingama-24 zokubeka iliso.

"I-Columbia Sportswear ibe ngumlingani oziqhenyayo we-Ocean Foundation iminyaka esixhenxe," kusho uScott Welch, uMphathi we-Global Corporate Relations. "Siwongekile ukunxiba iqela elimangalisayo le-Ocean Foundation yabaphandi njengoko besebenza kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo kwihlabathi liphela ukugcina nokukhusela iindawo zokuhlala zaselwandle kunye neentlobo ezisengozini."

The Ingca yolwandle iyakhula iphulo libuyisela ngokuqhubekayo amacandelo eebhedi ezonakalisiweyo zengca yolwandle kwiimarike eziphambili zaseFlorida. Eli phulo lokufikelela eluntwini kunye nemfundo lifundisa abakhweli beenqanawa kunye nabahamba elwandle indlela yokunciphisa impembelelo yabo ukuze baqinisekise ukuloba okunemveliso, inkqubo yendalo ephilileyo, kunye nokufikelela okuqhubekayo kwimingxuma yokuloba esiyithandayo.

"Iqela lam kunye nam sihlala sisebenza kwiimeko ezinzima kunye nezinzima, sifuna ixesha elide, iimpahla eziphezulu kunye nezixhobo," utshilo u-Alexander Gaos, uMlawuli oyiNtloko we-Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (iprojekthi ye-Ocean Foundation kuMbindi Melika). “Ngezixhobo zaseColumbia, siyakwazi ukulawula imini yonke entsimini ngendlela ebesingakwazi ngayo ngaphambili.”

I-Ocean Foundation isebenzisana ne-JetBlue Airways Corp. ngo-2013 ukugxila kwimpilo yexesha elide yeelwandle zeCaribbean kunye neelwandle. Le ntsebenziswano ifuna ukumisela ixabiso lezoqoqosho leelwandle ezicocekileyo ukomeleza ukhuseleko lweendawo ekusingwa kuzo kunye nenkqubo yokuphilisana kwezidalwa apho uhambo nokhenketho luxhomekeke khona. I-TOF ibonelele ngobuchule ekuqokeleleni idatha yendalo ngelixa i-JetBlue inikezela ngedatha yeshishini labo lobunikazi. I-JetBlue ibize ingcamango "I-EcoEarnings: Into yaseLwandle" emva kwenkolelo yabo yokuba ishishini lingabotshelelwa ngokuqinisekileyo kumanxweme.

Iziphumo zeprojekthi ye-EcoEarnings zinike ingcambu kwithiyori yethu yantlandlolo yokuba kukho unxulumano olubi phakathi kwempilo ye-ikhosistim yonxweme kunye nengeniso yenkampani yenqwelomoya ngesitulo ngasinye nakweyiphi na indawo ekusingwa kuyo. Ingxelo yethutyana evela kwiprojekthi iya kubonelela iinkokeli zeshishini umzekelo wengcinga entsha yokuba ulondolozo kufuneka lubandakanywe kwiimodeli zabo zoshishino kunye nomgca wabo ophantsi.

Ngo-2015, uKlean Kanteen waba lilungu elisungula iNkqubo yeNtsebenziswano yoPhando lwe-TOF, ebonelela ngeemveliso ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwiiprojekthi ezigqiba umsebenzi wolondolozo olubalulekileyo. U-Klean Kanteen uzibophelele ekuveliseni iimveliso ezintsha ezenzelwe ukuhlala kwaye zikhuseleke kumntu wonke. Njengombutho oqinisekisiweyo we-B kunye nelungu le-1% yeplanethi, uKlean Kanteen uzinikele ekubeni ngumzekelo kunye nenkokeli yokuzinza. Ukuzibophelela kwabo kunye nothando lwabo lokunciphisa inkunkuma yeplastiki kunye nokugcina okusingqongileyo kwenza ubambiswano lwethu lwangabi nangqondo.

“U-Klean Kanteen unebhongo ngokuthatha inxaxheba kwiNkqubo yoBambiswano loPhando kunye nokuxhasa umsebenzi ongakholelekiyo we-Ocean Foundation,” utshilo uCaroleigh Pierce, uManejala wokuFikelela kwiNzuzo kaKlean Kanteen. “Sisonke, siza kuqhubeka nokusebenza ukukhusela owona mthombo wethu uxabisekileyo – amanzi.”

Ngo-2014, u-Numi waba lilungu eliseka iNkqubo yeNtsebenziswano yoPhando lwe-TOF, ebonelela ngeemveliso zeti ezikumgangatho ophezulu kwiiprojekthi ezigqiba umsebenzi obalulekileyo wolondolozo. I-Numi ibhiyozela iplanethi ngokhetho lwabo olucingisisiweyo lweti ephilayo, ukupakishwa okunoxanduva lwe-eco-luxanduva, ukuphelisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni, kunye nokunciphisa inkunkuma yesixokelelwano. Kutsha nje, iNumi iphumelele iMbasa yobuNkokheli kuBumi nguMbutho woKutya okuKhethekileyo.

“Yintoni iti ngaphandle kwamanzi? Iimveliso zeNumi zixhomekeke kulwandle olusempilweni, olucocekileyo. Intsebenziswano yethu neThe Ocean Foundation ibuyisela kwaye igcine umthombo sonke esixhomekeke kuwo. " -Greg Nielson, iVP yeNtengiso

Unomdla wokuba liqabane le-Ocean Foundation?  Cofa apha ukuze ufunde ngakumbi! Nceda uqhagamshelane noMnxulumanisi wethu weNtengiso, UJulianna Dietz, nayiphi na imibuzo.