Iviki Lami Lokuqala Lolwandle laseCapitol Hill

Ngikhulele ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwe-Baltimore, angikaze ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngizungeze amanzi amaningi. Lapho kufika olwandle, ukuma kwami, njengabaningi balabo ababengizungezile, kwakungasabonwa, kwakungenangqondo. Nakuba ngangifunde esikoleni ukuthi ulwandle, olusinikeza amanzi nokudla, lwalusengozini kanjani, umcabango wokudela isikhathi nomzamo wokusindisa ulwandle awuzange ubonakale njengobizo lwami. Mhlawumbe umsebenzi wazizwa mkhulu kakhulu futhi ungaphandle. Ngaphandle kwalokho, yini encane engangingayenza ngisuka endlini yami ekhiywe umhlaba e-Baltimore suburbia?

Ezinsukwini zami zokuqala ngifunda e-The Ocean Foundation, ngaqala ukubona ukuthi ngangingayibukeli phansi kangakanani indima yami ezindabeni ezithinta ulwandle. Ukuhambela Isonto Lolwandle laseCapitol Hill (CHOW), ngathola ukuqonda okwengeziwe ngobudlelwano phakathi kwabantu nolwandle. Yonke ingxoxo yephaneli engayibona ifaka odokotela, ososayensi, abenzi bezinqubomgomo, nabanye ochwepheshe, bonke behlangana ukuze baqwashise ngokongiwa kolwandle. Uthando lwesikhulumi ngasinye ngezindaba zasolwandle kanye nomfutho waso wokuxhumana nabanye ukuthi benze okuthile kwashintsha kakhulu umbono wami wokuthi ngihlobana kanjani nokuthi ngingaba nomthelela onjani olwandle.

Ukuhambela i-March For the Ocean e-National Mall

Iphaneli Yokuxhumana Kwamasiko kanye Nezemvelo yayingikhanga ngokukhethekile. Inganyelwe nguMonica Barra (Isazi se-Anthropologist e-The Water Institute of the Gulf), amaphaneli axoxisane ngokuhlanganiswa kwesiko lezenhlalo nemizamo yokongiwa kwemvelo, kanye nobudlelwano be-symbiotic phakathi koMhlaba nabantu. Omunye wamaphaneli, u-Kathryn MacCormick (Pamunkey Indian Reservation Living Shorelines Project Coordinator) wanginikeza imininingwane eyangithinta kakhulu. U-MacCormick uchaze ukuthi abantu bomdabu besizwe samaNdiya asePamunkey baxhumene kangakanani nomhlaba wabo ngokusebenzisa ucwaningo lwezinhlanzi. NgokukaMacCormick, lapho inhlanzi isebenza njengomthombo wokudla ongcwele futhi iyingxenye yamasiko abantu, khona-ke lelo siko liyoshabalala lapho izinhlanzi zinyamalala. Lesi sibopho esicacile phakathi kwemvelo nesiko lomuntu kwangikhumbuza ngokuphazima kweso ukuphila emuva eCameroon. Esigodini sakithi e-Oshie, eCameroon, i-'tornin planti' iyisidlo sethu esiyinhloko samasiko. Eyenziwe ngamapulangwe nezinongo ezinhle, i-tornin planti iyisisekelo kuyo yonke imicimbi emikhulu yomndeni neyomphakathi. Ngenkathi ngilalele iphaneli ye-CHOW, angikwazanga ukuzibamba kodwa ngazibuza: bekuzokwenzekani uma umphakathi wakithi ungasakwazi ukutshala ukhova ngenxa yemvula ene-asidi engapheli noma izibulala-zinambuzane ezigelezayo? Leso sisekelo esikhulu sesiko lika-Oshie sizoshabalala kungazelelwe. Imishado, imingcwabo, ama-baby shower, ukuthweswa kweziqu, ukumenyezelwa kwenkosi entsha kwakuyoba ize kulawo masiko anengqondo. Ngibona sengathi ekugcineni ngiyaqonda ukuthi ukulondolozwa kwamasiko kusho ukongiwa kwemvelo.

Ukuxhumana Kwamasiko kanye Nephaneli Yezemvelo e-CHOW 2018

Njengomuntu onesifiso sokusiza abantu, ugqozi lwami belulokhu kuwukuba ngelinye ilanga ngenze ushintsho olunenjongo noluhlala isikhathi eside emhlabeni. Ngemva kokungenela iphaneli Yokuxhunywa Kwamasiko kanye Nendawo, ngicabange ukuthi uhlobo loshintsho engilwela ukulwenza, nendlela engiyisebenzisayo, ingabhekwa njengehlanganisa ngempela yini. I-Panellist Les Burke, JD, (Umsunguli Wososayensi Abancane Olwandle) ukugcizelele kakhulu ukubaluleka kokufinyelela emphakathini ukuze kube nempumelelo ehlala njalo. Ngokusekelwe e-Baltimore eduze nalapho ngakhulela khona, Ososayensi Abancane Olwandle benza abantu abavela ezizindeni ezihlukene zenhlalo-mnotho bakwazi ukuhlola umhlaba ongaphansi kwamanzi kuyilapho bezuza ulwazi lwesayensi, ubuchwepheshe, ubunjiniyela kanye nezibalo (STEM). UDkt. Burke uthe impumelelo yale nhlangano ibangelwe ukuzibandakanya emazingeni aphansi eyasungulwa kukho. Kusukela emazingeni aphezulu obugebengu kuya ekuhlukeni okusabalele kwezenhlalo nezomnotho, akuyona imfihlo ukuthi iBaltimore ayinalo idumela elikhulu kunawo wonke—engikwaziyo. Noma kunjalo, uDkt. Burke wenza umzamo oqotho wokulalela ngempela izidingo nezidingo zezingane ukuze aqonde kangcono amaqiniso ezinsuku zentsha ekhula kulo mphakathi. Ngokusungula inkhulumomphendvulwano yangempela nokwethembana nomphakathi wase-Baltimore, Ososayensi Abancane Olwandle bakwazile ukubandakanya izingane ngempumelelo ngokusebenzisa i-scuba diving futhi bazifundise hhayi kuphela ngempilo yasolwandle, kodwa namakhono empilo abalulekile njengokufinyelela ngaphandle, ukuhlela isabelomali, namandla inkulumo ngobuciko. Uma ngizodala uguquko oluphusile, kufanele ngiqaphele ukuthi ngingasebenzisi indlela efanayo, ngoba wonke umphakathi unomlando ohlukile, isiko, namandla.

I-Panelilist u-Les Burke, u-JD kanye nami ngemva kwengxoxo

Wonke umuntu kulo mhlaba unombono ohlukile ngokusekelwe lapho uvela khona. Ngemva kokuhambela i-CHOW yami yokuqala, angizange ngihambe kuphela ngokuqaphela okukhulu iqhaza lami ezindabeni zasolwandle, ezifana ne-acidification yolwandle, i-carbon eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ne-coral reef bleaching, kodwa futhi ngokuqonda okujulile kwamandla omphakathi ohlukahlukene kanye nezimpande. ukufinyelela. Ukuthi izithameli zakho ngezendabuko noma zesimanje, abadala noma abasha, ukuthola indawo efanayo lapho ungabandakanya abantu kuyindlela ephumelela kakhulu yokugqugquzela ushintsho lwangempela. Ngake ngaba intombazane esebumnyameni mayelana namandla ayo okushintsha umhlaba, manje ngizizwa nginamandla okuthi yebo, ngingakwazi ogwini yenza umehluko.