NguJessie Neumann, uMncedisi wezoNxibelelwano

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UMatshi yiNyanga yeMbali yabaseTyhini, ixesha lokubhiyozela impumelelo yabasetyhini kwezentlalo, ezoqoqosho, ezenkcubeko nezopolitiko! Icandelo lolondolozo lwaselwandle, elalifudula lilawulwa ngamadoda, ngoku libona amabhinqa amaninzi angena kuluhlu lwalo. Kunjani ukuba nguMfazi emanzini? Yintoni esinokuyifunda kwaba bantu banomdla nabazimiseleyo? Ukubhiyozela iNyanga yeMbali yabaseTyhini, siye sadlan' indlebe nabasetyhini abagcina ulondolozo lwendalo, ukusuka kumagcisa kunye nabadlali baselwandle ukuya kubabhali nabaphandi bommandla, ukuva ngamava abo awodwa kulondolozo lwaselwandle, ngaphantsi komhlaba nasemva kwedesika.

Sebenzisa #AbafaziNgamanzi & @oceanfdn kuTwitter ukujoyina incoko.

Abafazi Bethu Emanzini:

  • Asher Jay ngumlondolozi woyilo kunye neNational Geographic Emerging Explorer, osebenzisa uyilo oluqhekezayo, ubugcisa bemultimedia, uncwadi, kunye neentetho zokukhuthaza isenzo sehlabathi ukulwa nokurhweba ngokungekho mthethweni kwezilwanyana zasendle, ukuqhubela phambili imiba yokusingqongileyo, kunye nokukhuthaza izizathu zobuntu.
  • Anne Marie Reichman yimbaleki yemidlalo yasemanzini eyingcali kunye nonozakuzaku waseOcean.
  • Ayana Elizabeth Johnson ngumcebisi ozimeleyo kubathengi kulo lonke uncedo, ii-NGO, kunye nabaqalayo. UnePhD yakhe kwibhayoloji yaselwandle kwaye wayesakuba nguMlawuli oyiNtloko weWaitt Institute.
  • Erin Ashe uye waseka uphando kunye nolondolozo olungenzi nzuzo lwe-Oceans Initiative kwaye kutsha nje ufumene iPhD yakhe kwiYunivesithi yaseSt. Andrews, eSkotlani. Uphando lwakhe luqhutywa ngumnqweno wokusebenzisa inzululwazi ukwenza iimpembelelo zolondolozo olubambekayo.
  • UJuliet Eilperin ngumbhali kwaye KwiPosi yaseWashington INtloko ye-White House Bureau. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezimbini-enye kookrebe (Iintlanzi zeedemon: Ukuhamba ngeLizwe elifihlakeleyo leeSharks), kunye nenye kwiCongress.
  • UKelly Stewart yiNzululwazi yophando esebenza kwiNkqubo yeGenetics yoFudo lwaseLwandle e-NOAA kwaye ikhokela iprojekthi ye-Sea Turtle Bycatch apha e-Ocean Foundation. Olunye umzamo omkhulu wentsimi uKelly awukhokelayo ugxile kumfuzo weminwe yokuqandusela iifudo zeleatherback njengoko zilushiya ulwandle emva kokuphuma kwiindlwane zazo, ngeenjongo zokumisela iminyaka yokuvuthwa kwii-leatherbacks.
  • Oriana Poindexter yi-surfer engakholelekiyo, umfoti wangaphantsi kwamanzi kwaye kungoku nje uphanda ngezoqoqosho kwiimarike zokutya kwaselwandle zehlabathi, egxininisa ekukhetheni abathengi/ukuvuma ukuhlawula kwiimarike zase-US, eMexico naseJapan.
  • Rocky Sanchez Tirona nguSekela Mongameli weRare kwiiPhilippines, ekhokela iqela labantu abamalunga nama-30 abasebenza kuhlaziyo lwabalobi abakhasayo ngentsebenziswano noomasipala basekhaya.
  • Wendy Williams ngulo mbhali I-Kraken: Inzululwazi yeskwidi enomdla, eyonwabisayo, kunye neKancinci ephazamisayo kwaye usanda kukhupha incwadi yakhe entsha, Ihashe: Imbali Edumileyo.

Khawusixelele kancinci ngomsebenzi wakho njengomgcini wendalo.

Erin Ashe -Ndiyingcali yebhayoloji yolondolozo lwaselwandle - Ndisebenza ngokukhethekileyo kuphando ngeminenga kunye namahlengesi. Ndaseka iOceans Initiative nomyeni wam (Rob Williams). Senza iiprojekthi zophando olugxile kulondolozo, ikakhulu kwiPasifiki kuMntla-ntshona, kodwa nakwihlabathi jikelele. Kwi-pHD yam, ndafunda amahlengesi anamacala amhlophe eBritish Columbia. Ndisaqhuba umsebenzi kweli candelo, kwaye mna noRob sisebenzisana neeprojekthi zokwenza ingxolo yolwandle nokubambisa. Sikwaqhubeleka nokufunda iimpembelelo zeanthropogenic kwiminenga ebulalayo, e-US naseCanada.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson -Ngoku ndingumcebisi ozimeleyo kunye nabathengi kuzo zonke iintlobo zobubele, ii-NGO, kunye nabaqalayo. Ndiyaxhasa uphuhliso lweqhinga, umgaqo-nkqubo, kunye nonxibelelwano lolondolozo lolwandle. Kuyonwabisa ngokwenene ukucinga ngemingeni yolondolozo lolwandle kunye namathuba ngokusebenzisa ezi lens zintathu zahluke kakhulu. Ndikwangumhlali eTED ndisebenza ngentetho kunye namanqaku athile malunga nekamva lolawulo lolwandle.

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson at Two Foot Bay (c) Daryn Deluco

Kelly Stewart - Ndiyawuthanda umsebenzi wam. Ndiye ndakwazi ukudibanisa uthando lwam lokubhala kunye nokuziqhelanisa nesayensi. Ndifunda ngofudo baselwandle ngoku, kodwa ndinomdla kubo bonke ubomi bendalo. Isiqingatha sexesha, ndisentsimini ndithatha amanqaku, ndiqwalasela, kwaye ndisebenza nofudo lwaselwandle kunxweme oluzalelayo. Esinye isiqingatha sexesha ndihlalutya idatha, ndiqhuba iisampuli kwilebhu kunye namaphepha okubhala. Ndisebenza kakhulu kunye neNkqubo yeGenetics yeMarine Turtle kwi-NOAA - kwiZiko leSayensi yezokuloba eMzantsi-ntshona eLa Jolla, CA. Sisebenza kwimibuzo echaphazela ngokuthe ngqo izigqibo zolawulo ngokusebenzisa imfuzo ekuphenduleni imibuzo malunga nobuninzi bofudo lwaselwandle - apho kukho abantu ngabanye, yintoni esongela abo bantu (umzekelo, ukubambisa) kunye nokuba bayanda okanye bayancipha.

Anne Marie Reichman - Ndingumdlali oqeqeshiweyo kwimidlalo yasemanzini kunye nonozakuzaku waseOcean. Ndiqeqeshe abanye kwezemidlalo yam ukusukela xa ndandineminyaka eli-13 ubudala, into endiyibiza “ngokwabelana ngesitoko”. Ukuziva isidingo sokudibanisa neengcambu zam kwakhona (u-Anne Marie uvela eHolland), ndaqala ukulungelelanisa nokugijima i-SUP 11-City Tour kwi-2008; Isiganeko seentsuku ezi-5 sokubheqa kumazwe ngamazwe (iikhilomitha ezili-138 kwimisele yomntla weHolland). Ndifumana ubuchule bam obuninzi kulwandle ngokwalo, ndibumba iibhodi zam zokusefa kuqukwa nemathiriyeli yokusingqongileyo xa ndikwazi. Xa ndiqokelela inkunkuma elunxwemeni, ndihlala ndisebenzisa izinto ezifana ne-driftwood ndize ndiyipeyinte “nge-surf-art, imizobo yeentyatyambo kunye nokuhamba ngokukhululekileyo.” Ngaphakathi komsebenzi wam njengomkhweli, ndigxininisa ekusasazeni umyalezo othi "Go Green" ("Go Blue"). Ndiyakonwabela ukuthatha inxaxheba ekucoceni iilwandle kunye nokuthetha kwiiklabhu zaselwandle, abahlanguli abancinci kunye nezikolo ukugxininisa into yokuba kufuneka senze umahluko kwiplanethi yethu; ukuqala NGETHU. Ndihlala ndivula ingxoxo ngento esinokuyenzela umntu ngamnye kwiplanethi yethu ukudala ikamva elinempilo; indlela yokunciphisa inkunkuma, indawo yokuphinda isetyenziswe, yintoni enokurisayikilishwa kunye nento onokuyithenga. Ngoku ndiyaqonda ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukuxelela wonke umntu isigidimi, kuba xa sisonke somelele yaye sinokwenza umahluko.

UJuliet Eilperin - [Njengoko KwiPosi yaseWashington White House Bureau Chief] ngokuqinisekileyo kuye kwaba ngumngeni ngakumbi ukubhala malunga nemiba yaselwandle kwindawo yam yangoku, nangona ndifumene iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuyihlola. Enye yazo kukuba uMongameli ngokwakhe ngamanye amaxesha uphonononga imiba enxulumene nolwandle ngakumbi kumxholo weZikhumbuzo zeSizwe, ndiye ndatyhala kakhulu ukuba ndibhale malunga nento ayenzayo ukukhusela iilwandle kulo mxholo, ngakumbi njengoko bekuvela iPasifiki. U-Ocean kunye nokwandiswa kwakhe kwezikhumbuzo zelizwe ezikhoyo apho. Kwaye ke, ndizama ezinye iindlela endinokuthi nditshate ngazo isibetho sam sangoku kwisidala sam. Ndamgubungela uMongameli xa wayesekhefini eHawaii, kwaye ndasebenzisa elo thuba ukuya eKa'ena Point State Park, ekwincam engasentla Ohu kunye nokubonelela ngelensi kwinto ekhangeleka ngayo inkqubo yendalo ngaphaya kweZiqithi zaseHawaii ezikumntla-ntshona. Oko gandinike ithuba lokuphonononga imiba yolwandle esemngciphekweni kwiPasifiki, kufutshane nekhaya likaMongameli, nokuba ithini na ngelifa lakhe. Ezo zezinye zeendlela endiye ndakwazi ukuqhubeka nokuphonononga imiba yaselwandle, nanjengoko ndigubungela i-White House.

Rocky Sanchez Tirona – Ndiyi-VP ye-Rare kwiiPhilippines, okuthetha ukuba ndongamela inkqubo yelizwe kwaye ndikhokele iqela labantu abamalunga nama-30 abasebenza kuhlaziyo lwabalobi abakhasayo ngentsebenziswano noomasipala basekhaya. Sigxile ekuqeqesheni iinkokeli zolondolozo lwendalo ekudibaniseni ulawulo lokuloba olutsha kunye nezisombululo zemarike kunye neendlela zokutshintsha ukuziphatha - ngethemba lokukhokelela ekulotyweni kweentlanzi, ukuphuculwa kwendlela yokuphila kunye neentlobo-ntlobo zezinto eziphilayo, kunye nokumelana noluntu kutshintsho lwemozulu. Ngenene ndize kulondolozo kade - emva kwekhondo lomsebenzi wokuyila intengiso, ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndifuna ukwenza into enentsingiselo ngakumbi ngobomi bam - ndiye ndatshintshela kugxininiso kubhengezo kunye nonxibelelwano lwentengiso yoluntu. Emva kweminyaka eyi-7 enkulu ndisenza oko, bendifuna ukungena kwicala lenkqubo yezinto, kwaye ndingene nzulu kunonxibelelwano nje, ndiye ndafaka isicelo kwiRare, eyathi, ngenxa yogxininiso kutshintsho lokuziphatha, yayiyeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo kum. ukungena kulondolozo. Zonke ezinye izinto - isayensi, ukuloba kunye nolawulo lwaselwandle, kwafuneka ndifunde emsebenzini.

Oriana Poindexter -Kwimeko yam yangoku, ndisebenza kwintengiso eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yenkuthazo yokutya kwaselwandle okuzinzileyo. Ndiphanda ngoqoqosho lweemarike zokutya kwaselwandle ukuqonda indlela yokukhuthaza abathengi ukuba bakhethe ukutya kwaselwandle okuvuniweyo ngokuthembekileyo okunokunceda ngokuthe ngqo ulondolozo lweentlobo-ntlobo zezinto eziphilayo zaselwandle kunye neentlobo ezisengozini yokuphela. Kuyavuyisa ukubandakanyeka kuphando olunezicelo elwandle nakwitafile yesidlo sangokuhlwa.

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Oriana Poindexter


Yintoni eyabangela umdla wakho kulwandlekazi?

Asher Jay – Ndicinga ukuba ngendingazange ndiphelele kule ndlela ukuba andizange ndachatshazelwa kwangethuba okanye ndachazelwa ngezilwanyana zasendle nezilwanyana kwasebuncinaneni umama wam. Ukuvolontiya ekuhlaleni njengomntwana kwanceda. Umama wayesoloko endikhuthaza ukuba ndihambe kuhambo lwaphesheya…Kwafuneka ndibe yinxalenye yolondolozo lwamafudo, apho sasifudusa iindawo zokuqandusela kwaye sizibukele zisiya emanzini xa ziqanduselwa. Babenethuku elimangalisayo kwaye kufuneka babe kwindawo abahlala kuyo. Kwaye oko kuyakhuthaza kakhulu… Ndicinga ukuba yiloo nto endifake kule ndawo ndikuyo malunga nokuzinikela kunye nothando lwentlango kunye nezilwanyana zasendle…Kwaye xa kuziwa kubugcisa bokuyila, ndicinga ukuba ukufikelela rhoqo kwizinto ezibonakalayo kweli hlabathi enye indlela endiye ndakhuthazwa ngayo ukuba ndibe nesi sikhundla ngokuthanda uyilo nonxibelelwano. Ndibona unxibelelwano njengendlela yokuvala izikhewu, ukutshintsha ingqiqo yenkcubeko, kunye nokudibanisa abantu kwizinto abangazaziyo. Kwaye ndiyaluthanda nje unxibelelwano! …Xa ndibona intengiso andiyiboni imveliso, ndijonge indlela ukwakheka okuyenza iphile ngayo le mveliso kunye nendlela eyithengisa ngayo kumthengi. Ndicinga ngolondolozo ngendlela efanayo endicinga ngayo ngesiselo esifana ne-coca cola. Ndiyicinga njengemveliso, ukuba ithengiswe ngokusebenzayo ukuba abantu bayazi ukuba kutheni kubalulekile ... ngoko ke kukho indlela yokwenyani yokuthengisa ulondolozo njengemveliso enika umdla yendlela ubani aphila ngayo. Kuba kufanele ukuba, wonke umntu unoxanduva lwe-commons yehlabathi kwaye ukuba ndinokusebenzisa ubugcisa bokudala njengendlela yokunxibelelana kubo bonke kwaye ndixhobise ukuba sibe yinxalenye yencoko. Yiloo nto kanye endifuna ukuyenza….Ndisebenzisa ubuchule bokuyila kulondolozo.

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Asher Jay ngaphantsi komhlaba

Erin Ashe - Xa ndandineminyaka emi-4 okanye emi-5 ubudala ndaya kutyelela u-anti wam kwiSiqithi saseSan Juan. Wandivusa ezinzulwini zobusuku, wandikhuphela ngaphandle kwi-buff ejonge i-Haro Straight, ndeva izithonga ze-pod of killer whales, ngoko ndicinga ukuba imbewu yatyalwa isencinci kakhulu. Emva koko ndiye ndacinga ukuba ndifuna ukuba ngugqirha wezilwanyana. Olo hlobo lwatshintshela ekubeni nomdla wokwenene kulondolozo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle xa iminenga ebulalayo yayidweliswe phantsi kwesenzo sezilwanyana ezisengozini.

Rocky Sanchez Tirona - Ndihlala kwiiPhilippines - iziqithi ezine-7,100 kunye neziqithi, ngoko bendihlala ndiluthanda ulwandle. Ndikwaneminyaka engaphezu kwama-20 ndintywila, kwaye ukuba kufutshane okanye elwandle yeyona ndawo ndonwabe ngayo.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson – Usapho lwam lwaya eKey West xa ndandineminyaka emihlanu. Ndafunda ukuqubha ndawathanda namanzi. Xa sathatha uhambo ngenqanawa esezantsi yeglasi kwaye ndabona uqaqa kunye nentlanzi enemibala okwesihlandlo sokuqala, ndachukumiseka. Ngemini elandelayo saya kwi-aquarium saza sabamba iiurchins zaselwandle kunye neenkwenkwezi zaselwandle, ndabona i-eel yombane, kwaye ndabanjwa!

Anne Marie Reichman – Ulwandle luyinxalenye yam; ingcwele yam, umfundisi wam, umngeni wam, umzekeliso wam kwaye usoloko endenza ndizive ndisekhaya. Ulwandle yindawo ekhethekileyo yokusebenza. Yindawo endivumela ukuba ndihambe, ndikhuphisane, ndidibane nabantu abatsha kwaye ndifumanise ihlabathi. Kulula ukufuna ukumkhusela. Ulwandle lusinika okuninzi simahla, kwaye lungumthombo othe rhoqo wolonwabo.

UKelly Stewart – Ndandisoloko ndinomdla kwindalo, kwiindawo ezithuleyo nakwizilwanyana. Kangangethuba elithile ngoxa ndandisakhula, ndandihlala kunxweme oluncinane kunxweme loMntla Ireland yaye ndihlola amachibi nokuba ndedwa kwindalo kwakunomtsalane ngokwenene kum. Ukusuka apho, ngokuhamba kwexesha, umdla wam kwizilwanyana zaselwandle ezifana namahlengesi kunye neminenga wakhula kwaye waqhubela phambili waba nomdla kookrebe kunye neentaka zaselwandle, ekugqibeleni ndazinza kwiimfudo zaselwandle njengengqwalasela yomsebenzi wam wesidanga. Iimfudo zaselwandle zahlala kum kwaye ndandinomdla kuyo yonke into abayenzayo.

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Ingwane eqokelelwe kwi-tidepools eSan Isidro, eBaja California, ngoMeyi 8, 1961

Oriana Poindexter – Bendisoloko ndinobudlelwane obunzulu nolwandle, kodwa khange ndiqalise ngokukhutheleyo ukulandela umsebenzi onxulumene nolwandle de ndafumana amasebe okuqokelela kwi-Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO). Ezi ngqokelela ngamathala eencwadi aselwandle, kodwa endaweni yeencwadi, zineeshelufu zeengqayi ezinobomi baselwandle obunokuthelekelela. Imvelaphi yam ikubugcisa obubonwayo kunye nokufota, kwaye ingqokelela yayiyimeko 'yomntwana kwivenkile yeelekese' - ndandifuna ukufumana indlela yokubonisa ezi zidalwa njengezinto ezimangalisayo kunye nobuhle, kunye nezixhobo zokufunda ezixabisekileyo zenzululwazi. Ukufota kwiingqokelela kwandikhuthaza ukuba ndizintywilisele ngakumbi kwinzululwazi yaselwandle, ndijoyine inkqubo ye-masters kwiZiko le-Marine Biodiversity & Conservation e-SIO, apho ndafumana ithuba lokuphonononga ulondolozo lwaselwandle ngokwembono yezifundo ezahlukeneyo.

UJuliet Eilperin – Esinye sezizathu zokuba ndingene elwandle ngokungafihlisiyo kuba lwalugqunyiwe, kwaye yayiyinto engabonakali itsalela umdla wobuntatheli. Oko kwandinika ithuba lokuvuleka. Yayiyinto endandicinga ukuba ayibalulekanga nje kuphela, kodwa ndandingenazo iintatheli ezininzi ezazibandakanyekile. Enye into eyenzekayo ibe ngumfazi - yiBhete Daley - owayesebenza naye ngelo xesha IBoston Globe, kwaye wasebenza kakhulu kwimiba yaselwandle. Ngenxa yoko, ngokuqinisekileyo andizange ndizive ndingonwabanga ngokuba ngumfazi, kwaye ukuba kukho nantoni na endiyicingayo ukuba yayiyindawo evulekileyo kuba bambalwa abacholacholi beendaba ababenikel’ ingqalelo koko kwakusenzeka elwandle.

UWendy Williams - Ndakhulela eCape Cod, apho kungenakwenzeka ukuba ungafundi malunga nolwandle. Likhaya kwiMarine Biological Laboratory, kwaye kufutshane neWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ngumthombo wenkcazelo ebangel’ umdla.

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UWendy Williams, umbhali weKraken


Yintoni eqhubeka ikukhuthaza?

UJuliet Eilperin – Ndingathi kum umba wempembelelo usoloko uyinto ephambili nengundoqo. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndiyidlala ngokuthe ngqo kwingxelo yam, kodwa nayiphi na intatheli ifuna ukucinga ukuba amabali abo enza umahluko. Ke xa ndibaleka iqhekeza - nokuba likulwandle okanye kweminye imiba - ndiyathemba ukuba liya kuphinda libuyele kwaye lenze abantu bacinge, okanye baqonde umhlaba ngokwahlukileyo kancinci. Yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kum. Ukongeza, ndikhuthazwa ngabantwana bam abasebancinci kakhulu kodwa bakhule bevezwa elwandle, kookrebe, kumbono wokuba sinxibelelene nolwandle. Ukuzibandakanya kwabo kwihlabathi lamanzi yinto enefuthe ngokwenene kwindlela endiwujonga ngayo umsebenzi wam kunye nendlela endicinga ngayo ngezinto.

Erin Ashe -Inyaniso yokuba iminenga isesemngciphekweni kwaye isengozini enkulu ngokuqinisekileyo isikhuthazo esinamandla. Ndikwafumana inkuthazo enkulu ekwenzeni umsebenzi wasendle ngokwawo. Ngokukodwa, eBritish Columbia, apho ikude kakhulu kwaye ubona izilwanyana ezingenabantu abaninzi. Azikho ezi nqanawa zinkulu zekhonteyina…Ndifumana inkuthazo eninzi koontanga bam kwaye ndiya kwiinkomfa. Ndibona into evelayo endle, zithini iindlela zobugcisa zokujongana nale miba. Ndikwajonga ngaphandle kwentsimi yethu, ndimamele iipodcasts kwaye ndifunde ngabantu abavela kwamanye amacandelo. Kutshanje ndiye ndakhuthazwa yintombi yam.

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Erin Ashe of Oceans Initiative

UKelly Stewart – Indalo ihlala ingundoqo kum kwaye iyandigcina ebomini bam. Ndiyakuthanda ukukwazi ukusebenza nabafundi kwaye ndifumanisa ukuba intshiseko yabo, umdla kunye nochulumanco ngokufunda kuyakhuthaza. Abantu abanesimo sengqondo esihle nababonisa ithemba endaweni yokungabi nathemba ngehlabathi lethu nabo bayandikhuthaza. Ndicinga ukuba iingxaki zethu zangoku ziya kusonjululwa ziingqondo ezintsha ezikhathalayo. Ukuba nembono enethemba ngendlela ihlabathi elitshintsha ngayo kunye nokucinga ngezicombululo kuhlaziya ngakumbi kunokunika ingxelo yokuba ulwandle lufile, okanye ukukhala kweemeko eziyintlekele. Ukubona kudlule iindawo ezidanisa ulondolozo lwendalo kukukhanya kwethemba kulapho amandla ethu akhoyo kuba abantu bayadinwa kukuva ukuba kukho ingxaki abaziva bengenakunceda ngayo. Iingqondo zethu zisikelwe umda ngamanye amaxesha ekuboneni ingxaki kuphela; izisombululo zizinto nje esingekayicingi. Kwaye kwimiba emininzi yolondolozo, kukho phantse lonke ixesha.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson -Abantu baseCaribbean abanobuchule obumangalisayo kwaye bomelele endisebenze nabo kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo bebengumthombo omkhulu wenkuthazo. Kum bonke bayiMacGyver- benza okuninzi ngokuncinci. Iinkcubeko zeCaribbean endizithandayo (inxalenye ngenxa yokuba sisiqingatha saseJamaican), njengeenkcubeko ezininzi zonxweme, zidibene kakhulu nolwandle. Umnqweno wam wokunceda ukugcina ezo nkcubeko zidlamkileyo zifuna ukulondolozwa kwendalo yaselunxwemeni, ngoko ke ikwangumthombo wenkuthazo. Abantwana endikhe ndasebenza nabo bayakhuthaza ngokunjalo-ndifuna ukuba bakwazi ukudibana nolwandle ngendlela eyoyikisayo efanayo naleyo bendikhe ndanayo, bahlale kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni ezinoqoqosho olukhulayo, kwaye batye ukutya kwaselwandle okusempilweni.

Anne Marie Reichman – Ubomi bundikhuthaza. Izinto zihlala zitshintsha. Yonke imihla kukho umngeni ekufuneka ndiziqhelanise nawo kwaye ndifunde kuwo-ukuvuleleka kwinto eyiyo, elandelayo. Imincili, ubuhle kunye nendalo iyandikhuthaza. Kwakhona "okungaziwa", i-adventure, ukuhamba, ukholo, kunye nethuba lokutshintshela ngcono yimithombo eqhubekayo yokundikhuthaza. Nabanye abantu bayandikhuthaza. Ndisikelelekile ngokuba nabantu ebomini bam abazinikeleyo nabanomdla, abaphila amaphupha abo kwaye benze into abayithandayo. Ndikwakhuthazwa ngabantu abazithembileyo ukuba bayimele into abakholelwa kuyo kwaye bathathe amanyathelo apho kuyimfuneko.

Rocky Sanchez Tirona - Indlela abahlali basekuhlaleni abazimisele ngayo kulwandle lwabo - banokuba nebhongo kakhulu, babe nomdla kunye nobuchule bokwenza izisombululo zenzeke.

Oriana Poindexter – Ulwandle luya kuhlala lundikhuthaza – ukuba ndihloniphe amandla endalo nokomelela, ukoyikiswa kukothuka kwayo okungapheliyo, nokuhlala ndinomdla wokwazi, ndiphaphile, ndisebenza, kwaye ndibandakanyeke ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndizenzele ngokwam yonke loo nto. Ukusefa, ukuntywila, kunye nokufota ngaphantsi kwamanzi zezona zizathu ndizithandayo zokuchitha ixesha elininzi emanzini, kwaye ungaze usilele ukundikhuthaza ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo.


Ngaba unayo nayiphi na imizekelo ekuncede ekuqiniseni isigqibo sakho sokufuna umsebenzi? 

Asher Jay Xa ndisemncinci ndandidla ngokujikeleza uDavid Attenborough, Izilingo Zobomi, Ubomi Emhlabeni, njalo njalo. Ndikhumbula ndijonge loo mifanekiso kwaye ndifunda ezo nkcazo zicacileyo kunye nemibala kunye nokwahluka awadibana nawo, kwaye andizange ndikwazi ukuphuma eluthandweni ngaloo nto.. Ndinomnqweno ongenasiphelo, wokutya izilwanyana zasendle. Ndihlala ndisenza lento ndiyenzayo kuba ndakhuthazwa nguye ndisemncinci. Kwaye kutsha nje uhlobo lokugwetyelwa asebenza ngalo u-Emmanuel de Merode (umlawuli weVirunga National Park eDemocratic Republic of the Congo) kunye nenkqubo yakhe kunye nendlela athe waqhubela phambili ngayo ngezenzo ezinamandla e-DRC, yinto endiyifumanayo. ukuba nomsindo ngendlela emangalisayo. Ukuba uyakwazi ukuyenza ndicinga ukuba nabani na angayenza. Uyenzile ngendlela enamandla nenenzondelelo, kwaye uzimisele ngokunzulu kangangokuba indiqhubele phambili ukuba ndibe luhlobo oluthile emhlabeni, umlondolozi osebenzayo njengonozakuzaku wasendle. Omnye umntu omnye – uSylvia Earle – ndiyamthanda nje, njengomntwana wayengumzekelo kodwa ngoku ulusapho endingazange ndibe nalo! Ungumfazi omangalisayo, umhlobo, kwaye ube yingelosi yomgcini kum. Ungumthombo omangalisayo wamandla kuluntu lolondolozo njengowasetyhini kwaye ndimthanda ngokwenene…Unamandla okucinga naye.

UJuliet Eilperin - Kumava am aquka imiba yaselwandle, kukho inani labasetyhini abadlala indima ebalulekileyo kunye neyona nto ibalulekileyo malunga nesayensi ephambili kunye nokukhuthaza. Oko kwacaca kum kwasekuqaleni kwexesha lam lokusebenzisa indalo esingqongileyo. Ndathetha nabasetyhini abafana noJane Lubchenco, ngaphambi kokuba abe yiNtloko ye-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, xa wayenguNjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yase-Oregon State, edlala indima ebaluleke kakhulu ekuhlanganiseni izazinzulu ukuba zibandakanyeke kwimiba yomgaqo-nkqubo ngeNkqubo yeAlpha Leopold. Ndiphinde ndafumana ithuba lokuthetha nenani leengcali zenzululwazi kunye neengcali zookrebe, eyenzeka ukuba ingabafazi - nokuba ngu-Ellen Pikitch, uSonya Fordham (iNtloko ye-Shark Advocates International), okanye uSylvia Earle. Inika umdla kum, kuba zininzi iindawo apho abasetyhini badibana nemingeni ekulandeleni imisebenzi yesayensi, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo ndifumene iitoni zezazinzulu ezibhinqileyo kunye nabameli ababebumba ubume belizwe kunye nengxoxo ngeminye yale miba. Mhlawumbi abasetyhini baye babandakanyeka kakhulu ekulondolozweni kookrebe ngokukodwa ngenxa yokuba abazange bafumane ingqwalasela eninzi okanye isifundo kwaye yayingabalulekanga kwezorhwebo amashumi eminyaka. Loo nto yayinokuba nethuba lokuvula amanye amabhinqa awayenokuthi ngenye indlela adibane nemiqobo.

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson -URachel Carson ligorha lonke ixesha. Ndimfundele ingxelo yencwadi yakhe kwibanga lesi-5 kwaye ndakhuthazwa kukuzinikela kwakhe kwisayensi, kwinyaniso, kunye nempilo yabantu kunye nendalo. Emva kokufunda i-biography eneenkcukacha ezininzi kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, intlonipho yam ngaye iye nzulu ekufundeni ukuba yayinkulu kangakanani imiqobo awayejongene nayo malunga nocalucalulo ngokwesini, ukuthatha ishishini/amaqumrhu amakhulu, ukunqongophala kwenkxaso-mali, kunye nokujongelwa phantsi ngenxa yokungabi nayo. iPh.D.

Anne Marie Reichman – Ndinemizekelo emininzi kuyo yonke indawo! U-Karin Jaggi wayengumdlali wokuqala webhola ekhatywayo obhinqileyo endadibana naye eMzantsi Afrika ngo-1997. Waye waphumelela iiwonga zendebe yehlabathi kwaye ukudibana kwam naye wayenobubele, kwaye wakuvuyela ukwabelana ngengcebiso malunga namanzi awakrazulayo! Kwandikhuthaza ukuba ndifikelele usukelo lwam. Kwihlabathi lokubheqa laseMaui, ndaye ndasondela kuluntu oluza kubonisa ukhuphiswano kodwa kunye nenkathalo, ukhuseleko kunye ne-aloha komnye nomnye kunye nokusingqongileyo. U-Andrea Moller ngokuqinisekileyo ungumzekelo eluntwini okhuthazayo kumdlalo we-SUP, indoda enye iphenyane, iphenyane lamadoda amabini kwaye ngoku kwi-Big Wave surfing; ngaphandle kokuba ungumntu omkhulu, umhlobo kwaye ubakhathalele abanye kunye nokusingqongileyo; usoloko wonwabile kwaye unomdla wokubuyisela. UJan Fokke Oosterhof ngusomashishini ongumDatshi ophila ngamaphupha akhe ezintabeni nasemhlabeni. Umdla wakhe ulele ekunyukeni intaba kunye neemarathoni zokugqibela. Unceda ekuqondeni amaphupha abantu aze awenze abe yinyani. Sihlala sinxibelelana ukuze sixelelane malunga neeprojekthi zethu, imibhalo kunye nezinto esizithandayo kwaye sihlala sikhuthazana ngemishini yethu. Umyeni wam uEric ulukhuthazo olukhulu kumsebenzi wam wokubumba iibhodi zokusefa. Uwuvile umdla wam kwaye ube luncedo olukhulu kunye nenkuthazo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Umdla wethu oqhelekileyo wolwandle, ubuchule, indalo, omnye nomnye kunye nehlabathi elonwabileyo likhethekileyo ukuba sikwazi ukwabelana ngobudlelwane. Ndiziva ndinethamsanqa kwaye ndinombulelo ngayo yonke imizekelo yam.

Erin Ashe - UJane Goodall, uKaty Payne - Ndadibana naye (uKaty) ekuqaleni komsebenzi wam, wayengumphandi waseCornell owafunda izandi zendlovu ze-infrasonic. Wayengusosayensi obhinqileyo, ngoko oko kwandikhuthaza ngokwenene. Malunga nelo xesha ndafunda incwadi ka-Alexandra Morton owanyuka waya eBritish Columbia ngeminyaka yoo-70 waza wafunda ngeminenga ebulalayo, waza kamva waba ngumzekelo wokwenene wobomi. Ndidibene naye kwaye wabelana nam ngedata yakhe ngamahlengesi.

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UKelly Stewart kunye namantshontsho aqanduselweyo ngofele

UKelly Stewart-Ndandinemfundo emangalisayo neyohlukeneyo kunye nosapho olwalundikhuthaza kuyo yonke into endandikhetha ukuyenza. Imibhalo kaHenry David Thoreau noSylvia Earle yandenza ndaziva ngathi ikho indawo yam. KwiYunivesithi yaseGuelph (eOntario, eKhanada), ndandinonjingalwazi abanomdla ababekhe batyhutyha ihlabathi ngeendlela ezingaqhelekanga ukuze bafunde ngobomi baselwandle. Kwangoko kumsebenzi wam wofudo lwaselwandle, iiprojekthi zolondolozo luka-Archie Carr noPeter Pritchard zazikhuthaza. Kwisikolo esiphumelele isidanga, umcebisi wenkosi yam uJeanette Wyneken wandifundisa ukucinga ngocoselelo nangokuhlalutya kwaye umcebisi wam wePhD uLarry Crowder wayenethemba elandikhuthaza ukuba ndiphumelele. Ndiziva ndinethamsanqa ngoku ukuba ndisenabacebisi kunye nabahlobo abaninzi abaqinisekisayo ukuba lo ngumsebenzi wam.

Rocky Sanchez Tirona Kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo, ndakhuthazwa kakhulu yincwadi kaSylvia Earle Ukutshintsha koLwandle, kodwa ndandinephupha nje ngomsebenzi wokulondoloza indalo ekubeni ndandingesosazinzulu. Kodwa ekuhambeni kwexesha, ndiye ndadibana nabafazi abaliqela abavela kwiReef Check kunye nezinye ii-NGOs zasePhilippine, ababengabahlohli bokuntywila, abafoti kunye nabanxibelelana nabo. Ndaye ndabazi ndagqiba kwelokuba ndifuna ukukhula njengabo.

Wendy Williams- Umama wandikhulisa ukuba ndicinge ukuba ndifanele ukuba nguRachel Carson (isazi ngebhayoloji yaselwandle kunye nombhali)…Kwaye, abaphandi ngokubanzi abazinikele kakhulu ekuqondeni ulwandle ngabantu endibathandayo ukubakho… Bayikhathalele kakhulu into… inkxalabo yokwenene ngayo.


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