Abantu Abaphefumulelwe Bayakhuthaza

Umbhali: Mark J. Spalding, uMongameli

Ngisanda kubuya ezinsukwini ezine nengxenye eCalifornia. Ngiyathanda ukubuyela emuva ukuze ngivakashele izwe lakithi futhi ngibone izinto engizijwayele, ngihogele ukukhuhla okuhlakaniphile ogwini, ngizwe ama-gull ekhala kanye namagagasi aqhumayo, futhi ngihambe amamayela ogwini ekuseni inkungu.

Ezinsukwini ezimbili zokuqala, ngangiseLaguna Beach ngihambele I-Surfrider Foundation umhlangano webhodi labaqondisi. Imihlangano yebhodi yezinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo iyinselele ngoba ulalela njengoba abasebenzi nabaphathi bekutshela ngomsebenzi omkhulu wenhlangano owenziwa ngobuncane bezinsiza zezimali. Inhliziyo yami idonswa ukuzidela okwenziwe ngabasebenzi ukusebenza amahora angenakubalwa egameni lolwandle, ugu namabhishi ngokusebenzisa izahluko eziningi zamavolontiya, ukukhucululwa kwamabhishi amaningi kunanoma iyiphi enye inhlangano, kanye nokunqoba amashumi kwezomthetho nenqubomgomo ngonyaka. Thina esikhonza eBhodini singamavolontiya, siyazikhokhela imali yokuya emihlanganweni, futhi sonke senza isifungo sokusekela inhlangano nganoma iyiphi indlela esingakwazi ngayo.

Ekupheleni komhlangano Webhodi ngeSonto, ngashayela e-La Jolla futhi ngahlala phansi noMargaret Leinen, uMqondisi we-Scripps Institution of Oceanography kanye noDean Peter Cowhey we-UCSD's School for Global Policy & Strategy (kanye nomqashi wami wangaphambili) ukuze sixoxe. mayelana nokuthi yini enye engenziwa ukubandakanya isayensi yolwandle ye-UCSD ekusekeleni inqubomgomo engavikela ugu lwethu nolwandle.

Ngajabula ukuthola ithuba lokwenza izikhathi zokwelulekwa komuntu ngamunye nabafundi abasohlelweni lwe-SIO Master of Advanced Studies abasebenza ngokuxhumana phakathi kwesayensi yolwandle kanye nenqubomgomo yomphakathi. Ngamunye wabo usezoqala iphrojekthi ye-capstone ethokozisayo yeziqu zabo ze-master. Uhlu lwezihloko lwaluhlanganisa ukuqonda ukuthengiswa okuqondile kwezinhlanzi ngabadobi ekuhambiseni ukudla kwendawo, ukulandeleka kwezinhlanzi, ukuchazwa kwamaqoqo e-SIO, nokudala ukuvakasha okungokoqobo okungokoqobo kwezixhobo ezisetshenziswayo ezizosetshenziselwa ukufundisa ukongiwa kwemvelo, ukuqeqeshwa kwe-scuba kanye njenge. Abanye babecabanga nge-algae kanye nekhono lokusebenzisa ulwelwe esikhundleni sezingxenye ezisekelwe ku-petroleum ekwenzeni amabhodi okusefa. Omunye umfundi uzoqhathanisa izimakethe ze-Maine lobster ne-spiny lobster, okuhlanganisa uchungechunge lokusabalalisa. Kanti enye ibisebenza kwezokuvakasha kwemvelo, enye iphathelene nezinhlelo zokuphatha izindawo zokudoba kanye nezibukeli, kanti enye yayibhekene nenkinga ewumdonsiswano, futhi mhlawumbe engaxazululeki yokuphathwa kwezindawo zokudoba e-upper Gulf of California engqubuzana nokongiwa kwezinyane le-Vaquita. Okokugcina ngumfundi obheke ikusasa le-philanthropy elisekela ucwaningo lwesayensi yasolwandle. Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokuba ngusihlalo wekomiti lakhe ezinyangeni ezine ezizayo kuze kube yilapho eseqedile.

NgoMsombuluko kusihlwa ngamenywa uDean Cowhey ukuba ngihambele iHerb York Memorial Lecture eyanikezwa uJohn Holdren uMqondisi weHhovisi Lenqubomgomo Yesayensi Nobuchwepheshe eWhite House. Umsebenzi kaDkt Holdren nezinto azifezile ziningi, futhi inkonzo yakhe kulobu kuphatha iyancomeka. Okufezwe ngabaPhathi kwezesayensi nobuchwepheshe kuyimpumelelo engaculwanga phansi indaba. Ngemva kwenkulumo yakhe, ngahlonitshwa ukufakwa eqenjini elincane labasondelene eliqhubekisela phambili nezingxoxo eziphathelene nezindaba zesayensi nobuchwepheshe ngesikhathi sokudla kwakusihlwa. 

NgoLwesibili ngesimemo sabafundi beMasters eScripps, nginikeze eyami inkulumo ngekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ebizwa ngokuthi “Poop, Roots, and Deadfall: The Story of Blue Carbon.” I-arc yendaba kwakuyincazelo yekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye nezindlela ezahlukene zokuthi isebenza kanjani; izinsongo zalesi sici esimangalisayo se-carbon sink olwandle lwethu lomhlaba wonke; izixazululo zokubuyisela amandla olwandle okuthatha ikhabhoni emkhathini; kanye nokugcinwa kwesikhathi eside kwaleyo khabhoni ekujuleni kolwandle kanye nezinsalela ezingaphansi kolwandle. Ngithinte omunye wemisebenzi yethu ngokubuyiselwa kotshani basolwandle, ukuthola isitifiketi sendlela yokubala yokudliwa, nokudala kwethu I-SeaGrass Khulisa ikhabhoni offset wokubala. Ngizamile ukubeka konke lokhu kumongo wokuthuthukiswa kwenqubomgomo yamazwe ngamazwe neyasekhaya okuhloswe ngayo ukusekela lo mbono wokudliwa kwekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Yebo, angizange ngikudele ukuveza lezi zinhlelo zemvelo futhi zinikeza indawo yokuhlala evelele, kanye nokuncishiswa kweziphepho ukuze kuvikelwe izindawo zethu zokuhlala zabantu ogwini.

Ekupheleni kosuku, abafundi babehlele idili ngokwengxenye ukuze babonge ngokwelulekwa nangenkulumo yekhabhoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Omunye wabafundi bamanje be-masters uthe kimi “kumele ukhathele” ngemva kwalezi zinsuku ezinezigigaba. Ngamphendula ngathi abantu abaphefumulelwe bayakhuthaza, ukuthi ekupheleni kosuku ngezwa ukuthi ngithole amandla; bekungakasuswa kimi. Lesi yisibusiso sokuba yingxenye yomphakathi we-The Ocean Foundation—abantu abaningi abagqugquzelwe abenza umsebenzi okhuthazayo egameni losekelo lwempilo yethu yomhlaba: ulwandle lwethu. 

Buka isethulo sika-Mark ku-Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps, “Poop, Roots and Deadfall: The Story of Blue Carbon.” Qiniseka ukuthi ubuka ingxenye yokugcina ngeseshini ye-Q & A ehehayo.