U-Moriah Byrd ungumlondolozi wemvelo osemusha ofuna ukuthola isikhundla sakhe emkhakheni ongenakho ukumelwa okuhlukahlukene. Ithimba lethu limeme uMoriah ukuthi asebenze njenge-blogger eyisivakashi ukuze abelane ngolwazi lwakhe nokuqonda okuhlobene nomsebenzi wakhe osafufusa kwezokongiwa kwasolwandle. Ingosi yakhe igqamisa ukubaluleka kokwehlukanisa imikhakha yethu, njengoba egqugquzelwe ngabafana naye. 

Ukwakha ompetha kuyo yonke imiphakathi emkhakheni wezokongiwa kolwandle kubalulekile ukuze kulondolozwe futhi kuvikelwe ulwandle lwethu. Intsha yethu, ikakhulukazi, kufanele ihlonyiswe ngamathuluzi nezinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe umfutho wethu njengoba silwela iplanethi yethu. Funda indaba ka-Moriah ngezansi, futhi ujabulele isitolimende sakamuva se-Reflections yangempela kanye ne-Raw.

Kwabaningi, ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lwabangela elinye lamaphuzu aphansi kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu okusiphoqa ukuthi silahlekelwe kakhulu. Sabuka njengoba abantu abasondelene kakhulu nathi bezabalaza ukulondoloza indlela yethu yokuphila. Imisebenzi yanyamalala ngobusuku. Imindeni yahlukaniswa ngokuvinjelwa ukuhamba. Esikhundleni sokuphendukela emaqenjini ethu okusekela ajwayelekile, sahlukaniswa siphoqelela ukuthi sizizwele usizi lwethu sodwa. 

Okuhlangenwe nakho sonke esibhekane nakho phakathi nalolu bhubhane bekuyinselele ngokwanele kodwa abantu abaningi bemibala (POC) baphoqeleka ukuthi kanyekanye bezwe izehlakalo ezibuhlungu. Udlame, ukucwasa, kanye nokwesaba okubonwe umhlaba ngalesi sikhathi bekuyingxenye encane yalokho i-POC ebhekana nakho nsuku zonke. Ngenkathi sisinde kuphupho elibi eliyingqayizivele elaliyi-COVID-19, siphinde saqhubeka nempi ende yaphakade yokuthi umhlaba uhloniphe amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo. Impi ebhidliza amandla ethu engqondo okuba khona futhi sisebenze njengamalungu asebenzayo omphakathi. Nokho, njengabantu abeza ngaphambi kwethu, sithola izindlela zokuqhubekela phambili. Ngobubi, sithole indlela yokungathuthuki nje kokudala kodwa nokusekelana ngalesi sikhathi esiyinselele.

Phakathi nalezi zikhathi ezivivinyayo, umphakathi wokulondoloza imvelo olwandle wavuma isidingo sokusekela abaNsundu, aboMdabu, nabanye abantu bebala kanye namanye amaqembu athintwa kabi isiko laseNtshonalanga. Ngemithombo yezokuxhumana nezinye izindlela zokuxhumana eziqhelelene nabantu, abantu ababencishwe amathuba babuthana ukuze bakhe izindlela ezintsha zokufundisa, ukubandakanya, nokweseka abantu ababencishwe amathuba hhayi kuphela kwisayensi yasolwandle kodwa nezimpilo zethu siqu. 

Ngemuva kokufunda isitatimende sikaMoriah Byrd ngenhla, kuyacaca ukuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana ziqwashise ngosizi abantu bebala ababhekana nalo. Kodwa-ke, lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uyazizwa yini inkundla yezokuxhumana-noma abezindaba bebonke-ibonisa abantu bemibala kanye nentsha ngendlela engcono kakhulu abe nempendulo ejabulisa kakhulu. U-Moriah uthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi imiphakathi encishwe amathuba ihlonze izikhala zemidiya eziqhutshwa abaholi ababenganakiwe ukuze indaba yakho idalwe ngokudalulwa kwabezindaba abajwayelekile. Ngokuvamile akusilingisi ngendlela engcono kakhulu, futhi kudala umbono oxubile wemiphakathi yethu. Siyethemba ukuthi isiphakamiso sikaMoriah sithathwa ngokungathi sína, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zobhubhane, njengoba ngokwaso sethule izingqinamba ezimbalwa uMoriah azigqamisa ngezansi.

Lapho ubhubhane luqala, mina, njengabantu abaningi, ngazabalaza ukushintshela kokuhlangenwe nakho okuku-inthanethi futhi ngalilela ukulahleka kwami ​​kokufunda ehlobo. Kodwa ngaphinde ngacela ukuphephela ezithombeni ezinodlame nenkulumo enenzondo eyayinamekwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana engake ngayibona njengephunyuka. Ukuze ngigqashule kulezi zithombe ngaqala ukulandela amakhasi okulondoloza olwandle ku-Twitter. Ngenhlanhla, ngahlangana nomphakathi omangalisayo wososayensi basolwandle abamnyama ababekhuluma ngesimo senhlalo samanje nokuthi sibathinte kanjani. Nakuba ngaleso sikhathi ngingazange ngibambe iqhaza, ngifunda kuma-tweets abantu ababefana nami futhi basesigabeni esifanayo nesami, ngabona ukuthi ngangingahlanganyeli kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ngedwa. Kwanginika amandla okuqhubekela phambili kokuhlangenwe nakho okusha. 

I-Black in Marine Science (BIMS) yinhlangano ehlinzeka ngosekelo kososayensi basolwandle abamnyama. Baqala ngokufundisa intsha esakhulayo ekuqondeni izindlela ezingenakulinganiswa ngaphakathi kwesayensi yolwandle. Inikeza usekelo kubafundi abazulazula njengamanje ezinseleleni ekuqaleni kohambo lwabo oluhlukile. Futhi ekugcineni, inikeza ukwesekwa okuqhubekayo kulabo asebezinzile emsebenzini wabo abadinga inhlangano ewuqondayo umshikashika wokuba mnyama emkhakheni wesayensi yasolwandle.

Kimina, ingxenye enomthelela omkhulu yale nhlangano ukumela. Esikhathini esiningi sokuphila kwami, ngiye ngatshelwa ukuthi ngihlukile kubantu abafisa ukuba usosayensi omnyama wasolwandle. Ngivame ukunikezwa ukubukeka ngendlela engakholeki sengathi ayikho indlela umuntu onjengami angafinyelela ngayo emkhakheni wokuncintisana nenselelo enjalo. Umgomo wami wokuhlanganisa ucwaningo olunamandla, ubulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, kanye nenqubomgomo ichithiwe ngenxa yokulangazelela kakhulu. Nokho, lapho ngiqala ukusebenzisana ne-BIMS, ngabona ububanzi bobuchwepheshe bososayensi abamnyama basolwandle. 

I-Black in Marine Science isingathe uDkt. Letise LaFeir, Umeluleki Omkhulu kwa-NOAA ogxile ekuhlanganeni kwezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle kanye nenqubomgomo, ukuze abe nengxoxo mayelana ne-Ocean Championship. Njengoba uDkt. LaFeir echaza uhambo lwakhe, ngangilokhu ngizwa okwedlule, okwamanje, nekusasa lami endabeni yakhe. Uthole ulwandle ngokubuka izinhlelo ezifundisayo ku-Discovery Channel ne-PBS ngendlela efanayo engasuthisa ngayo izintshisekelo zami ngezinhlelo ezikulezi ziteshi. Ngokunjalo, ngabamba iqhaza kuma-internship kuwo wonke umsebenzi wami weziqu ukuze ngithuthukise izintshisekelo zami kusayensi yasolwandle njengoDkt. LaFeir nezinye izikhulumi. Okokugcina, ngabona ikusasa lami njengomuntu wakwa-Knauss. Nganikwa amandla ngibona laba besifazane abahlangabezana nezilingo eziningi nezinsizi ezifana nezami, befeza amaphupho ami. Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho kwanginika amandla ngokwazi ukuthi ngisendleleni elungile nokuthi bakhona ababengasiza endleleni.  

Selokhu ngathola i-BIMS, ngigqugquzelekile ukufeza izinhloso zami. Njengoba ngiqala uhambo lwami lokufundisa, umgomo owodwa omkhulu uwukubuyisela lokho engikunikwe ngokuba umeluleki wabanye abancane besayensi yasolwandle. Ngokufanayo, ngihlose ukuthuthukisa izinhlelo zokusekela phakathi kontanga yami. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngithemba ukuthi umphakathi wezokongiwa kwasolwandle nawo ukhuthazekile. Ngokusungula ubambiswano nezinhlangano ezifana ne-BIMS, umphakathi wezokongiwa kwasolwandle ungafunda ukuthi ungabasekela kanjani kangcono abantu abangamelweli kahle. Ngalokhu kubambisana, ngithemba ukubona izindlela eziningi zamathuba ezokongiwa kolwandle eziqondiswe kubantu abangameleli kahle. Lezi zindlela ziyizinhlelo zokweseka ezibalulekile kubantu abangamelwe kahle ngenxa yezimo abebengeke banikezwe la mathuba. Ukubaluleka kwalezi zindlela kubonakala kubafundi abafana nami. Ngohlelo lwemizila yasolwandle oluhlinzekwa yi-The Ocean Foundation, yonke indawo yokongiwa kwasolwandle ivulelwe mina, okungivumela ukuba ngithole amakhono amasha futhi ngenze ukuxhumana okusha. 

Sonke singompetha basolwandle, futhi ngalo mthwalo wemfanelo, kufanele sizivumelanise nezimo ukuze sibe abalingani abangcono ekulweni nokungalingani. Ngiyasikhuthaza sonke ukuthi sizibheke ngaphakathi kwethu ukuze sibone lapho singanikeza khona ukweseka labo abasindwa ezinye izinselele.

Njengoba kushiwo, indaba ka-Moriah ikhombisa ukubaluleka kokuhlukahluka kuwo wonke umkhakha wethu. Ukuxhuma nokwakha ubudlelwano nalabo abebebukeka njengaye bekubalulekile ekukhuleni kwakhe, futhi kunikeze indawo yethu ingqondo ekhaliphile okungenzeka ukuthi besingayilahlekela. Ngenxa yalobo budlelwano, uMoriah wanikezwa ithuba lokuthi:  

  • Ukuthola izinsiza ezibalulekile ekukhuleni nasekuthuthukeni kwakhe;
  • Thola isiqondiso nokuqeqeshwa ngenxa yokuxhumana okwakhiwa; 
  • Ukuqonda futhi athole ukuchayeka ezinseleleni ayezobhekana nazo njengomuntu webala emphakathini wasolwandle;
  • Thola indlela eya phambili yomsebenzi, ehlanganisa namathuba ayengazi ukuthi akhona.

I-Black in Marine Science ngokusobala ibambe iqhaza empilweni ka-Moriah, kodwa maningi amanye ama-Moriah emhlabeni wethu. I-Ocean Foundation ithanda ukukhuthaza abanye ukusekela i-BIMS, njengoba i-TOF namanye amaqembu enzile, ngenxa yomsebenzi obucayi abawenzayo nabantu ngabanye—njengoMoriya–kanye nezizukulwane abazikhuthazayo! 

Iplanethi yethu isemahlombe entsheni yethu ukuze siqhubeke esikuqalile. Njengoba uMoriah eshilo, kuwumthwalo wethu ukuzivumelanisa nezimo futhi sibe abambisene ekulweni nokungalingani. I-TOF inselele umphakathi wethu kanye nathi ukuba sakhe ompetha basolwandle kuzo zonke izizinda, ukuze siqonde kangcono futhi sisekele imiphakathi esiyisebenzelayo.

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