I-TOF Yethula Uhlelo Lobambiswano Lwensimu

Imikhiqizo enentshiseko yokusimama kanye nolwandle—njengozakwethu wesikhathi eside i-Columbia Sportswear—belokhu benikela ngomkhiqizo ku-The Ocean Foundation ukuze usetshenziswe amaphrojekthi kulo mkhakha iminyaka emithathu. Ngokwenza le modeli ibe ngokusemthethweni ibe uhlelo lobambiswano, abacwaningi benkambu manje sebengakwazi ukwabelana ngezibuyekezo nemikhiqizo ebambe iqhaza, babelane ngezithombe nokuthunyelwe kwenkundla yezokuxhumana futhi bagqoke ngisho nemikhiqizo yokuhlola nezinto zokusebenza emkhakheni. I-Ocean Foundation isebenzise Lolu hlelo ukuze bobabili banikeze i-value-add kubalingani babo bamanje futhi badonse ukunaka kwabasha.

E-Costa Rica, izigqoko zase-Columbia zisetshenziswa abacwaningi basensimini abaqapha umsebenzi wofudu lwasolwandle olwandle. I-Numi Tea igcina izibonelelo ze-Polar Seas Fund zifudumele emazingeni okushisa abandayo e-arctic. E-San Diego, abafundi nabadidiyeli bohlelo abawasebenzisi amabhodlela epulasitiki njengoba behlanza imfucumfucu yasolwandle emabhishi, kodwa kunalokho baphuza amanzi emabhodleleni ensimbi engagqwali i-Klean Kanteen. I-JetBlue iphinde ihlinzeka ngamavawusha okuvakasha eminyakeni emibili edlule ukusiza ozakwethu be-The Ocean Foundation kanye nezinkampani ezisebenzisana nokucwaninga emkhakheni ukuze bafinyelele ezindaweni abadinga ukufinyelela kuzo ukuze benze umsebenzi wabo.

"Sihlale sifuna izixazululo ezintsha, ezintsha zemiklamo yethu yokongiwa kwemvelo, abaholi bazo ababheke ku-The Ocean Foundation njengensiza yokuthuthukisa umsebenzi wabo wasensimini," kubonisa uMark Spalding, umongameli we-The Ocean Foundation. "I-Field Research Partnership Programme iletha imikhiqizo ephakamisa amazinga okusebenza awo wonke amaphrojekthi, okuholela ezinhlelweni zokuvikela ulwandle eziyimpumelelo."

Ukugxila kwe-Columbia ekongiweni kwangaphandle kanye nemfundo kubenza babe umsunguli ohamba phambili ekugqokeni kwangaphandle. Lokhu kubambisana kwezinkampani kwaqala ngo-2008, ngokunikela ku-TOF's SeaGrass Grow Campaign, ukutshala nokubuyisela utshani basolwandle eFlorida. Eminyakeni engu-6 edlule, i-Columbia inikeze ngegiya lekhwalithi ephezulu amaphrojekthi ethu athembele kulo ukwenza umsebenzi wasensimini obalulekile ekongiweni kolwandle.

Ngo-2010 Columbia Sportswear yasebenzisana ne-TOF, i-Bass Pro Shops, kanye ne-Academy Sports + Outdoors ukuze kugcinwe utshani basolwandle. I-Columbia Sportswear yenze amahembe nezikibha “zokonga utshani basolwandle” okukhethekile ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukubuyiselwa kwendawo ehlala utshani basolwandle ngoba ihlobene ngokuqondile nezindawo zokudoba ezibalulekile eFlorida nakwezinye izindawo eziningi. Lo mkhankaso wakhuthazwa kuzo zonke izingqungquthela zezemvelo nezangaphandle/zabathengisi kanye nasesiteji ephathini yangasese yase-Margaritaville yabathengisi.

Isikhungo se-Ocean Foundation I-Laguna San Ignacio Ecosystem Science Project (LSIESP) bathole izinto zokugqoka nezingubo zabafundi abangu-15 nososayensi ukuze bakwazi ukumelana nomoya nesifutho esinosawoti abasithola nsuku zonke lapho besebenza emanzini ngemikhomo empunga.

Izixhumi zolwandle, uhlelo lwemfundo ehlukahlukene oluxhumanisa abafundi baseSan Diego naseMexico lusebenzisa izilwane zasolwandle ezifudukayo ezihamba phakathi kwala mazwe womabili, njengofudu lwasolwandle oluluhlaza kanye ne-California grey whale, lunezifundo eziyisibonelo zokufundisa abafundi ukuphatha imvelo nokukhuthaza imibono yabafundi. indawo yomhlaba wonke eyabiwe. Umphathi Womklamo, u-Frances Kinney kanye nabasebenzi bakhe bathole amajazi nezingubo abazozisebenzisa ngesikhathi sokubuyiselwa kwendawo, uhambo oluya ezindaweni zokucwaninga ngofudu lwasolwandle kanye nohambo lokubuka imikhomo.

Isikhungo se-Ocean Foundation ICuba Marine Research and Conservation iphrojekthi ithole amagiya ahlukahlukene eqembu elizalela ufudu lwasolwandle elisebenza ngaphandle kweGuanahacabibes National Park, lapho kulo nyaka iqembu lephule irekhodi lonyaka lesifunda ngokubala isidleke salo sama-580. Amalungu eqembu anikezwe i-insect blocker nezingubo ze-omni shade ukuze zisize ukulwa nelanga elinamandla nomiyane abavuthayo abatholakala esifundeni. Ukwengeza, ithimba lasebenzisa amatende e-Columbia Sportswear ukuze linikeze isivikelo kuzinto phakathi namashifu okuqapha amahora angama-24.

"I-Columbia Sportswear ibe nguzakwethu oziqhenyayo we-The Ocean Foundation iminyaka eyisikhombisa," kusho uScott Welch, i-Global Corporate Relations Manager. "Sizizwa sihloniphekile ukugqoka iqembu elimangalisayo le-Ocean Foundation labacwaningi emkhakheni njengoba besebenza ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene emhlabeni wonke ukuze balondoloze futhi bavikele izindawo ezihlala olwandle nezilwane ezisengozini."

The I-SeaGrass Khula umkhankaso ubuyisela ngokuqhubekayo izingxenye zemibhede yotshani basolwandle eyonakele ezimakethe ezibalulekile zaseFlorida. Lo mkhankaso wokufinyelela emphakathini nokufundisa ufundisa abagibeli bezikebhe nabahamba olwandle ukuthi banganciphisa kanjani umthelela wabo ukuze baqinisekise ukudoba okuphumelelayo, imvelo enempilo, kanye nokufinyelela okuqhubekayo emigodini yethu yokudoba esiyintandokazi.

“Mina nethimba lami sihlala sisebenza ezindaweni ezinokhahlo nezinzima, sidinga izingubo nemishini ehlala isikhathi eside, esezingeni eliphezulu,” kuphawula u-Alexander Gaos, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (umklamo we-The Ocean Foundation e-Central America). “Ngegiya laseColumbia, singakwazi ukuphatha izinsuku ezinde ensimini ngendlela ebesingakwazi ngayo ngaphambili.”

I-Ocean Foundation ibambisene ne-JetBlue Airways Corp. ngo-2013 ukuze igxile empilweni yesikhathi eside yolwandle namabhishi e-Caribbean. Lokhu kubambisana kwezinkampani kwafuna ukunquma ukubaluleka kwezomnotho kwamabhishi ahlanzekile ukuze kuqiniswe ukuvikelwa kwezindawo okuyiwa kuzo kanye nesimiso semvelo lapho ukuvakasha nokuvakasha kuncike khona. I-TOF inikeze ubuchwepheshe ekuqoqweni kwedatha yezemvelo ngenkathi i-JetBlue ihlinzeka ngedatha yemboni yokuphathelene. I-JetBlue iqambe lo mqondo "I-EcoEarnings: Into Yasogwini" ngemuva kwenkolelo yabo yokuthi ibhizinisi lingaboshelwa kahle ogwini.

Imiphumela yephrojekthi ye-EcoEarnings inikeze izimpande emfundisweni yethu yasekuqaleni yokuthi kunobudlelwano obungebuhle phakathi kwezempilo ye-coastal ecosystem kanye nemali engenayo yenkampani yezindiza ngesihlalo ngasinye kunoma iyiphi indawo. Umbiko wesikhashana ovela kuphrojekthi uzohlinzeka abaholi bemboni isibonelo somugqa omusha womcabango wokuthi ukongiwa kwemvelo kufanele kufakwe kumamodeli abo ebhizinisi kanye nomgomo wabo oyinhloko.

Ngo-2015, u-Klean Kanteen waba yilungu elisungula i-Field Research Partnership Programme ye-TOF, ehlinzeka ngemikhiqizo yekhwalithi ephezulu kumaphrojekthi aqeda umsebenzi obalulekile wokongiwa kwemvelo. U-Klean Kanteen uzibophezele ekukhiqizeni imikhiqizo emisha eklanyelwe ukuhlala futhi iphephe kubo bonke. Njengenhlangano ye-B eqinisekisiwe nelungu le-1% leplanethi, u-Klean Kanteen uzinikele ekubeni imodeli nomholi ekusimameni. Ukuzibophezela kwabo nothando lwabo lokunciphisa udoti wepulasitiki nokugcina imvelo kwenza ubambiswano lwethu lwangabi nangqondo.

“U-Klean Kanteen uyaziqhenya ngokubamba iqhaza ku-Field Research Partnership Programme kanye nokweseka umsebenzi omangalisayo we-The Ocean Foundation,” kusho u-Caroleigh Pierce, oyiMenenja ye-Nonprofit Outreach ye-Klean Kanteen. “Ngokubambisana, sizoqhubeka nokusebenzela ukuvikela imithombo yethu ebaluleke kakhulu - amanzi."

Ngo-2014, u-Numi waba yilungu elisungula i-Field Research Partnership Programme ye-TOF, ehlinzeka ngemikhiqizo yetiye esezingeni eliphezulu kumaphrojekthi aqeda umsebenzi obalulekile wokongiwa kwemvelo. I-Numi ibungaza iplanethi ngokukhetha kwabo okucatshangelwayo kwetiye eliphilayo, ukupakishwa okufanele kwe-eco-responsible, ukususa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, kanye nokunciphisa imfucuza ye-supply chain. Muva nje, u-Numi uhlomule ngendondo yobuHoli yobuzwe yi-Specialty Food Association.

“Liyini itiye ngaphandle kwamanzi? Imikhiqizo ye-Numi incike olwandle olunempilo, oluhlanzekile. Ukusebenzisana kwethu ne-The Ocean Foundation kubuyisela futhi konga umthombo sonke esithembele kuwo.” -Greg Nielson, VP of Marketing

Unentshisekelo yokuba nguzakwethu we-The Ocean Foundation?  Chofoza lapha ukuze ufunde kabanzi! Sicela uxhumane ne-Marketing Associate, UJulianna Dietz, nganoma yimiphi imibuzo.