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Ellen Bailey
Ua hoʻomaha, hana hou loa ma ke ʻano he Gang Prevention Specialist
He aha kāu pilina me ReLeaf?
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua hui māua ʻo Jane Bender i kahi hui manawaleʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo Beyond War ma Sonoma County e hana ana i ka maluhia a me ka hoʻonā hakakā. Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka Wall Berlin, ua pani ʻia ʻo Beyond War a ua ʻike māua ʻo Jane i ka ulu ʻana o ka hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻomehana honua.
Ua aʻo mākou he mea hana nā lāʻau e hiki ai i nā kānaka a kōkua lākou i ka ho'ōla, aʻo i ka hoʻokō, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kaiāulu. Ua alakaʻi kēia iā mākou e hana pū me nā Hoa o ka Urban Forest a ua hana mākou i ka Sonoma County ReLeaf (ma 1987) - he hui manawaleʻa āpau. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou mau hanana lehulehu mua loa ʻo ia ke kono ʻana iā Peter Glick e hele mai e kamaʻilio me kahi anaina Sonoma County ma luna o 200 e pili ana i ka hoʻomehana honua - ma kahi o 1989.
ʻO ka papahana nui mua o Sonoma County ReLeaf ma 1990 i kapa ʻia ʻo Plant The Trail project. Ma kahi hanana hoʻokahi lā, ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi kanu lāʻau me 600 mau kumulāʻau, 500 mau mea manawaleʻa, a me 300 mau mile o ka wai. Ua hoʻokumu kēia papahana lanakila i ka Sonoma County ReLeaf i ke kukui a loaʻa ka manaʻo o California ReLeaf a me PG&E. Ua ʻaelike ka hui pono me mākou e holo i kahi papahana lāʻau malu ma Kaleponi ʻĀkau a mākou i hana ai no ʻeono makahiki.
A laila lilo ʻo Sonoma County ReLeaf i ʻāpana o ka pūnaewele ReLeaf. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua lilo mākou i ʻāpana o kahi papahana hoʻoikaika ʻo California ReLeaf kahi i uku ai mākou i $500 e lilo i ʻāpana o California ReLeaf. A laila ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou ʻōlelo misionari, nā ʻatikala o ka hui ʻana, ka papa alakaʻi, a ua hoʻohui ʻia, ua loaʻa iā mākou ka $500. Ua hopohopo a hauʻoli wau i ka lilo ʻana i lālā mua o ka ʻaha kūkā aʻoaʻo ʻo California ReLeaf, ʻoiai he liʻiliʻi koʻu ʻike e pili ana i nā kumulāʻau. He lālā ʻo Sonoma County ReLeaf a hiki i kona pani ʻana i nā puka i ka makahiki 2000.
He aha ka manaʻo o California ReLeaf iā ʻoe?
Hāʻawi ʻo California ReLeaf i ka hōʻoia. Aia mākou i kahi Pūnaewele o nā mea hoʻohālikelike, nā poʻe me nā ʻuhane like, nā poʻe i manaʻo like. Mahalo mākou i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ʻike nui i makemake e kaʻana like me mākou. Ma ke ʻano he poʻe e komo wiwo ʻole i nā mea, mahalo mākou i ka nui o nā hui ʻē aʻe i hiki ke aʻo mai iā mākou; e like me Fred Anderson, Andy Lipkis, Ray Tretheway, Clifford Jannoff a me Bruce Hagen.
ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi a i ʻole ka hanana o California ReLeaf?
I kekahi manawa ua noi ʻia au e hāʻawi i kahi kamaʻilio e pili ana i ke kālā ma kahi hālāwai Network. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i ke kū ʻana i mua o ka hui a wehewehe i ʻelua ala e nānā ai i nā kumu kālā. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokūkū kekahi i kekahi a i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kekahi i kekahi he mau hoa. Nānā au i ka lehulehu a ke kunou nei ke poʻo o kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻAe, ua ʻaelike nā mea a pau - he mau hoa aloha mākou a pau ma ʻaneʻi. Inā mākou e hana like, e holo pono nā mea kālā.
Eia kekahi, ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi kanu alanui ma kekahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Middletown me kahi hāʻawi kanu lāʻau California ReLeaf. I ke kakahiaka o ka hanana, ua hōʻike ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa e kōkua i ke kanu. Ua hoʻokani kekahi kaikamahine i ka Star Spangled Banner ma kāna violin e wehe i ka hanana. Ua lawe mai na kanaka i na mea inu. Hoʻohāinu ka ʻoihana ahi i nā kumulāʻau. Inā loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e holo ai ma waena o Middletown a ʻike i kēlā mau lāʻau ulu, hoʻomanaʻo wau i kēlā kakahiaka kupaianaha.
No ke aha he mea nui e hoʻomau ʻo California ReLeaf i kāna Misiona?
Manaʻo wau i kēlā kamaʻilio ʻana a Peter Glick e pili ana i ka hoʻomehana honua. I kēlā manawa, wānana ʻo ia i ka mea e hiki mai ana i ko kākou honua. Ke hana maoli nei. He mea koʻikoʻi ia no ka mea ma o kahi hui e like me California ReLeaf, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ka poʻe e pili ana i ka waiwai o nā lāʻau a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka honua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau manawa e paʻa ai ke kālā o ka lehulehu akā pono mākou e hoʻomanaʻo he kumu waiwai ka lāʻau. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ReLeaf i ka lehulehu, ma o kāna mau hui pūnaewele a aia ʻo ia ma Sacramento, e pili ana i nā pōmaikaʻi o nā lāʻau no ka wā lōʻihi. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻea i nā kānaka ma waho o ke ʻano o ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. He mea kupanaha, ke nīnau ʻoe i ka poʻe i ka mea nui iā lākou i ko lākou kaiāulu, e haʻi lākou i nā paka, nā wahi ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka wai maʻemaʻe, akā ʻo ia nā mea mua e ʻoki ʻia mai kahi kālā.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e kōkua ana ʻo ReLeaf iā mākou e ʻimi i nā hoʻonā e hana i nā loli maikaʻi ma ka mokuʻāina o Kaleponi - hiki ke hoʻololi wale ʻia ke hana pū kekahi pūʻulu noʻonoʻo a hoʻomau a hiki ke lohe ʻia.