Ithimba le-2018 Sea Youth Rise Up Delegation

Esikhathini lapho umhlaba ubhekene nezinselelo ze-herculean, kubalulekile ukuthi sibandakanye intshiseko, umbono omuhle, namandla atholakala entsheni yanamuhla. Phakathi kwezinhlelo eziningi zeWorld Oceans Day zowezi-2018 zokuhlanganisa lo mthombo obalulekile wamandla amasha kwaba umkhankaso we-Sea Youth Rise Up, owasungulwa okokuqala ngoSuku Lwezilwandle Lomhlaba Lowezi-2016 yi-The Ocean Project, i-Big Blue & You, kanye neNgqungquthela Yokulondolozwa Kwentsha Yolwandle. Lo mkhankaso uhlanganisa ithimba labaholi abayisikhombisa abasha, bamazwe ngamazwe - bonke abaneminyaka engaphansi kwengama-21 - ukuze babelane ngomsebenzi wabo wokongiwa kwemvelo ukuze bakhuthaze izethameli zomhlaba wonke futhi babonise ukubaluleka kokubandakanya abantu abasha ezinqubweni zokuthatha izinqumo.

Ngo-2016, ngasebenza njengelungu lomcimbi wokuqala Intsha Yasolwandle Iyavuka izithunywa. Kwakungenye yezinto ezangikhuthaza kakhulu ekuphileni kwami, okwaba nesandla esikhulu esinqumweni sami sokuzinikela ngokugcwele ekulondolozeni imvelo. Ngilibonga kakhulu ithuba lokuhlala ngixhumekile, okokuqala njengomeluleki we-alumni futhi ngokulandelayo njengomxhumanisi. Lokhu kuhlanganyela okuqhubekayo kuqinisa ithemba lami ngekusasa futhi kungethula kubaholi abasha abaqhakazile, abasha bezemvelo. Umkhankaso walo nyaka uhambisana, futhi kungenzeka weqe, izinga eliphezulu lomdlandla namandla eminyaka edlule – into ebengingayazi ukuthi ingenzeka.

Ithimba le-SYRUP lango-2016, u-Ben May/Intsha Yasolwandle Iyaphakama

Njengomunye wabadidiyeli balo nyaka, ngichithe amahora amaningi amade endaweni yami yokulala yasekolishi ngihlela ukuhlelwa komkhankaso. Ngifunde ukuthi yini edingekayo ukuze ngikhiphe izinyathelo eziphumelelayo ngokusiza ukuqhuba inqubo yesicelo, ukuhlela umkhankaso, nokuxhumanisa iwebhusayithi kanye nenkundla yezokuxhumana.

Kulo nyaka, i-Sea Youth Rise Up ibuyele eWashington, DC nethimba elimangalisayo labaholi abasha abayisikhombisa bezokongiwa kwemvelo.

Ngenhla, ukusuka kwesobunxele kuya kwesokudla kukhona Izihambeli ze-SYRUP zango-2018: Kayi Beattie (17, New York), usosayensi wesakhamuzi kanye nomhleli womphakathi wezemvelo; UMadison Toonder (17, Florida), umcwaningi wezemvelo owaziwa yi-NOAA ngokuthi "Ukuthatha i-Pulse of the Planet"; Vyshnavi Kosigishroff (18, Delaware), umxhumanisi wesifunda we-ThinkOcean kanye noMashi we-Science Delaware coordinator; Annie Kusho (18, California), isikhulumi somfundi kanye nomsunguli webhulogi yezemvelo Ukugaywa kabusha e-Seattle Waterfront; URuby Rorty (18, California), umsunguli weSanta Cruz Environmental Alliance; UJacob Garland (15, Massachusetts), umsunguli webhulogi yezemvelo Ukusebenzela Ukulondoloza; UDarrea Frazier (16, Maryland), umfundisi wezemvelo owine umklomelo kanye nommeli.

Umkhankaso wezi-2018 uqale ngoJuni 8, uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezilwandle, ekuseni eCapitol Hill - umhlangano okhuthazayo neSenate Ocean Caucus ukucindezela ukukhushulwa kokuvikelwa kwemvelo yasolwandle, imikhawulo yemithetho yokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki, nokuncipha kukawoyela ogwini. ukumba ezindaweni ezinemvelo yasolwandle entekenteke. Bese, izithunywa ze-Sea Youth Rise Up zabelana ngemilayezo yazo yasolwandle ngokusakaza bukhoma okusakazwa nge- Facebook futhi I-YouTube bukhoma. Lokhu kusakazwa kwabukwa izilaleli ezibukhoma, zamazwe ngamazwe zabantu abangaphezu kwe-1,000 futhi sekubukwe izikhathi ezingaphezu kuka-3,000 kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Emuva kokusakaza lezi zithunywa zahlanganyela nabanye ekwenzeni izingqwembe zeMarch for the Ocean. Ekugcineni, saqeda uSuku Lomhlaba Lwezilwandle e-Social for the Sea, exhaswe yi-The Ocean Project kanye ne-United Nations Environment Programme, ithuba elimangalisayo lokuxhumana nabaholi abaphezulu basolwandle, ososayensi, nosaziwayo kuhlanganise noPhilippe Cousteau, umsunguli we-EarthEcho International. , kanye noJim Toomey, umdwebi wekhathuni owaziwa kakhulu ngomdwebo wakhe wamahlaya owakhiwe uSherman's Lagoon.

Izihambeli zango-2018 eziseMgqumeni, u-Ben May/Intsha Yasolwandle Iyaphakama

Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuNhlangulana, umkhankaso uqhubekile nokuvakasha kwe-Ocean Plastics Lab e-National Mall. Ngemuva kwalokho, i-Sea Youth Rise Up yabamba iqhaza kuMashi wokuvula i-Ocean. Nakuba ukushisa kwakushubile usuku lonke, izinkulungwane zabagqugquzeli bolwandle zaphuma futhi zabamba iqhaza - isibonisi sangempela sothando ngolwandle lwethu! Imashi ilandelwe ngokushesha irali lapho sibe nenhlonipho yokungena esiteji lapho izithunywa zizozethula futhi zimemezele ukuthi zizosebenza. Ngaphezu kwesixuku esikhulu esikhona, abantu abangaphezu kuka-50,000 babuke lo mhlangano nge-Facebook Live. Nakuba ukuduma kwezulu kudale ukuthi lo mhlangano usheshe uphele, kube yithuba elihle ukuzwa abanye abaholi abasha nabadala, abafana ne-Heirs to Our Oceans, ithimba lentsha efunda amabanga aphakathi nangaphansi ezinikele ekuqwashiseni, ekuzibophezeleni nasekuthatheni izinyathelo. , noma u-Céline Cousteau, umsunguli we-CauseCentric Productions.

Ithimba le-SYRUP lango-2018

Njengoba ngibambe iqhaza kulolu hlelo iminyaka emithathu edlule, akukapheli ukungimangaza ukuthi amabhondi akheka ngokushesha kangakanani phakathi kwezithunywa. Okwaqala njengeqembu labaholi abasha abayisikhombisa abakhuthazayo kwaphela njengeqembu elibambene labangane elisebenza ndawonye ekulondolozweni kolwandle. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuhlanganyela kumaphrojekthi emvelo esikhathi esizayo noma ukuhlala uxhumekile, uthando olwabiwe ngolwandle lusebenze njengesisusa sokwakha ubungane obunamandla. Mina ngokwami ​​ngijabulile ukubona abangani bami u-Laura Johnson (Florida) kanye no-Baylee Ritter (Illinois) bethimba lango-2016 futhi ngathola abangani abasha phakathi kwethimba lalo nyaka. Ngokuletha ukuqwashisa ngezinkinga ezicindezelayo ezibhekene nolwandle lwethu, ukuhlanganisa abaholi abasebasha abanomqondo ofanayo ukuze baphishekele izixazululo, futhi bahlanganise izethameli ezikhula njalo, lo mkhankaso uyaqhubeka nokubonisa ikhono nesibopho sethu njengomphakathi ukubhekana nomthelela womuntu endaweni ezungezile. Ithemba elihlakulelwe izihambeli ze-Sea Youth Rise Up liye lakhuthaza abaningi ukuba bavukele olwandle, futhi ngijabule ngalokho okuyolethwa iminyaka ezayo.

Uma ungathanda ukuba yingxenye yaleli qembu elimangalisayo, njengelungu lika-2019 Intsha Yasolwandle Iyavuka Ithimba, silandeleni Facebook, Twitter, noma Instagram ngezibuyekezo. 

U-Ben May ungumxhumanisi we-Sea Youth Rise Up Coordinator kanye noMqondisi Omkhulu we-ThinkOcean. Ungowokuzalwa eNew York, uyilungu le-University of Pennsylvania Class ka-2018.