I-Churning Seas: I-Blue Vision Summit 5

Ngu-Ben Scheelk, I-Program Associate

Kunendaba yesimo sezulu yakudala ethi:

Isibhakabhaka esibomvu ebusuku, intokozo yetilosi.
Isibhakabhaka esibomvu ekuseni, isexwayiso setilosi.

Ngenhlanhla, kubantu abangaphezu kuka-290 ababethamele i-Blue Vision Summit yalo nyaka, iSifunda sase-Columbia, ngendlela engavamile kakhulu yalesi sikhathi sonyaka, basijabulele sonke ngochungechunge lwezikhathi zakusihlwa ezibomvu-bomvu esichitha sibungaza phakathi kwabangane nozakwethu, futhi. njengezinsuku ezinhle ze-bluebird ekwamukeleni okuningi, izethulo kanye nemihlangano eyenzeka ngeNgqungquthela. I-Summit, umcimbi oqhutshwa kabili ngonyaka ohlelwa ngabakwa- Umkhankaso weBlue Frontier, ihlanganisa ndawonye abaholi bezokongiwa kolwandle abavela emhlabeni wonke.

Nokho, naphezu kwesimo sezulu esinokuthula, umuzwa wokuphuthuma nokuzimisela okujulile kokulindela isiphepho esisondela ngokushesha kwagcwala eNgqungqutheleni. Futhi cha, kwakungewona umqondo wethu obomvu owawusinika sonke ukukhathazeka, njengomphathi wephrojekthi we-The Ocean Foundation wesikhathi eside nomsunguli we-Ocean Foundation. I-LiVBLUE, Wallace J. Nichols, uyachaza encwadini yakhe edayisa kakhulu Ingqondo Eluhlaza, kodwa kunalokho uhlobo oluhlukile lwe-undercurrent. Umuntu okwakheka kwakhe—nephunga le-naphthalene elihlabayo—ujwayeleke kakhulu phakathi kwabathandi bolwandle. Bekuwusongo obeluqhamukayo lokunwetshwa kokumba ogwini obekungcolisa isibhakabhaka sasekuseni sibebomvu, uvalo olwabonakala ngobusuku bangaphambi kweNgqungquthela yeBlue Vision yalo nyaka nesimemezelo sika-Obama Administration sokuthi inkampani enkulu yezamandla uShell inikezwe imvume yokuqhubeka nokumba kule sizini. I-Alaska's Chukchi Sea enesiphepho.

Nakuba lolu daba lwathatha imiqondo yabaningi ababekhona—ukwehluleka okwabhebhethekiswa isimemezelo kamuva kulo leli sonto lokuthi ukubhola kuzophinde kuqalwe kabusha ensimini yaseMacondo yaseGulf of Mexico eqhele ngamakhilomitha angu-3 ukusuka lapho umsuka we-BP ka-2010. Ukuqhuma kukawoyela kwe-PLC, ukuchitheka kukawoyela okukhulu kakhulu emlandweni wase-US—akuzange kusithene amandla. Eqinisweni, yenza okuphambene. Kwasenza saba namandla. Okuningi kuxhunyiwe. Futhi ngilambele inselele yethu elandelayo.

Okukuthinta ngokushesha mayelana ne-Blue Vision Summit akukhona ukuthi ubani uhlu lwezikhulumi, noma i-ajenda ehlukahlukene futhi eklanywe kahle, kodwa umuzwa wokuhlanganyela nethemba ongenisa iNgqungquthela. Kuyindlela abantu abavela kuyo yonke imikhakha yempilo, abancane nabadala, abahlangana ukuze babe nengxoxo eyakhayo mayelana nezinsongo ulwandle lwethu nogu olubhekana nazo, futhi bakhe izinhlelo ezinesibindi zokubhekana nalezo zinsongo. Umqoka wawo i-Healthy Ocean Hill Day, ithuba labo bonke ababambiqhaza ukuba bakhuphukele eCapitol Hill ngalolu suku ukuze bakhulume namalungu eCongress ukuze bagcizelele kuwo ukubaluleka kwezindaba zasolwandle, kanye nokusekela imithetho eklanyelwe ukuthuthukisa ezempilo. zolwandle kanye nezigidigidi ezithembele kulo ngqo ukuze ziziphilise futhi ziziphilise.

Kulo nyaka ngibe nelungelo lokuhlanganyela kulo mzamo neqembu labantu ongase ungacabangi ukubahlanganisa nokongiwa kolwandle: imiphakathi emaphakathi nezwe. Iholwa nguVicki Nichols Goldstein, imenenja yephrojekthi ye-Ocean Foundation ye I-Colorado Ocean Coalition, ithimba lezithunywa zasolwandle eliphakathi nezwe lalihlanganisa abantu abavela kuzo zonke izifundazwe zaseMidwest naseNtshonalanga abazikhathalela ngokujulile izilwandle zethu futhi banethemba lokuthi lezi zinkinga zibhekana nawo wonke umuntu, okuhlanganisa izifundazwe ezivaliwe njengeColorado, eziziqhenya ngenani eliphakeme kakhulu labantu abatshuzi abagunyaziwe wonke e-US

Ithimba lami elincane lezithunywa zasolwandle olumaphakathi nezwe, ithimba laseMichigan, libe nethuba lenhlanhla lokuvakashela noRep. Dan Benishek (MI-1). Isifunda soku-1 saseMichigan yilapho ngakhulela khona futhi ngafunda ekolishi, yingakho lo mhlangano ubungithakasela kakhulu njenge-Michigander kanye ne-oceanophile.

Nakuba nginenhlonipho ejulile kanye nokutuseka kukaDkt. Benishek, ikakhulukazi isikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo-kanye we-National Marine Sanctuary Caucus, kanye nendima yakhe njengosihlalo kanye nomsunguli we-House Invasive Species Caucus, kunodaba olulodwa esikulo. ukungezwani okukhulu, futhi lokho kuwukubhola ogwini.

Sizilungiselele umhlangano wethu nezibalo zenani elikhulu lezezimali lomnotho wasogwini olunwebekayo lwasogwini olusempumalanga lapho ezokuvakasha, ukuzijabulisa, nezindawo zokudoba zihambisana kuphela ngokuba khona kwezinyoni ezimhlophe qhwa, izilwane ezincelisayo ezigcotshwe ngamafutha, namabhishi ambozwe ngetiyela. . Ephendula izingxabano zethu, uDkt. Benishek waphikisa ngokuthi isinqumo sokuvumela ukumba ogwini siyinkinga yamalungelo ezifundazwe, futhi uhulumeni wobumbano akufanele akwazi ukusho ukuthi abantu basoGwini LwaseMpumalanga bangawukhipha yini lo mthombo obalulekile ekujuleni. amagagasi.

Kodwa, lapho kwenzeka ingozi, engenakugwenywa ngokwezibalo nangokwezigaba, futhi uwoyela uqala ukugelezela kukholomu yamanzi futhi ukhukhulwe ngokushesha kulo lonke ugu lwe-Atlantic ugu lolwandle iGulf Stream, futhi ekugcineni uphumele olwandle eduze nomfula iNorth Atlantic current, akunjalo? kusese "indaba yombuso"? Uma ibhizinisi elincane lomndeni elikhona izizukulwane ngezizukulwane kufanele livale iminyango yalo ngoba akusekho muntu oza olwandle, ingabe "indaba yombuso"? Cha, wudaba lukazwelonke, oludinga ubuholi bukazwelonke. Futhi ngenxa yemiphakathi yethu, yezifundazwe zethu, yezwe lethu, kanye nomhlaba wethu, kungaba kuhle kakhulu ukumane ushiye lawo mafutha ezinsalela ngaphansi komhlaba, ngoba amanzi namafutha akuhlangani.

Usuku lwalo nyaka lwe-Healthy Ocean Hill luhlanganisa ababambiqhaza abangu-134 abavela kuzithunywa zezifundazwe ezingu-24 kanye nokuvakasha okungu-163 nabaholi be-Congressional kanye nabasebenzi—umzamo omkhulu wosuku olulodwa wokunxenxa ukuvikelwa kolwandle nogu emlandweni wesizwe sethu. Sibize bathandi bolwandle, sibize ngamavukelambuso olwandle, kodwa noma yini eniyenzayo, ningasibizi ngama-quitters. Nakuba isibhakabhaka sakusihlwa esibomvu se-Blue Vision Summit sisinike ikhefu ukuze sicabange ngokunqoba kwethu, sesilungele ukuntwela kwesibhakabhaka esibomvu. Lesi yisexwayiso setilosi lethu, futhi qiniseka, njengoba singena olwandle olushisayo lwale nkulumompikiswano yenqubomgomo eshisayo mayelana nekusasa lezinqolobane zikawoyela zaphesheya kwezilwandle, zonke izandla zisezingeni eliphezulu.

Isithombe 1 – Ithimba Lezithunywa Zase-Inland Ocean. (c) UJeffrey Dubinsky

Isithombe 2 - I-Poseidon ibheka phezu kwe-US Capitol Building ngesikhathi somzamo omkhulu wokunxenxa izakhamuzi zokongiwa kolwandle emlandweni wase-US. (c) Ben Scheelk.