kuyankhulana ndi
Jane Bender
Adapuma pantchito ku Santa Rosa City Council
Wapampando wa Habitat for Humanity, Sonoma County
Purezidenti Wobwera, kampeni yoteteza nyengo, County Sonoma
Kodi ubale wanu ndi ReLeaf ndi wotani?
Mu 1990, tinamaliza ntchito ya Plant the Trail, yomwe inali yaikulu kwambiri moti inakopa chidwi cha California ReLeaf. Panthawiyo tinkagwiritsa ntchito Friends of the Urban Forest monga mlangizi wathu ndi wothandizira zachuma mpaka cha m'ma 1991 pamene tidachita nawo ntchito yopanda phindu - Sonoma County ReLeaf. Anzanu a Urban Forest (FUF) ndi Sacramento Tree Foundation (STF) zinali zothandiza kwambiri kwa ife. Titalowa nawo mu ReLeaf Network, tinalandira thandizo kuchokera kumagulu ena kudera lonselo. Ellen Bailey ndi ine tinali atsopano pa izi ndipo tinali oyamikira kwambiri momwe ena anafikira kwa ife mwamsanga ndi kutitengera ife pansi pa mapiko awo. Titayamba kuyenda, nthawi zambiri timafunsidwa kuti tilankhule ndikugawana ndi magulu ena pa Network retreat. Kupatula FUF ndi STF, kunalibe magulu ena ambiri kumpoto kwa California ndipo tinkafunitsitsa kuthandiza magulu ena a Urban Forestry kuti apite. Tinakhalabe achangu mu ReLeaf mpaka tidatseka zitseko zathu mu 2000.
Kodi California ReLeaf imatanthauza chiyani kwa inu?
Ndikuganiza kuti kugwira ntchito yopanda phindu m'nkhalango za m'tawuni inali nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndinapeza lingaliro lonse la kuganiza padziko lonse lapansi, kuchita kwanuko. Ine ndi Ellen tinabwera mdera lobzala mitengo kuchokera kumalingaliro apadziko lonse lapansi ochepetsa kusintha kwanyengo. Koma limenelo linali lingaliro latsopano ndi lokanganabe kotero kuti anthu ambiri sanalimvetse. Anthu ankamvetsa mitengo, komabe. Unali kulumikizana kosavuta kwa anthu kotero kuti mumabzala mtengo ndikuyika m'nyumba mwanu ndipo mudzafunika mphamvu zochepa. Iwo anachipeza icho. Aliyense amakonda mitengo ndipo tinkadziwa kuti mtengo uliwonse wobzalidwa unkaviikidwa mu CO2 ndikuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu.
Kukumbukira bwino kapena chochitika cha California ReLeaf?
Zokumbukira ziwiri zazikulu zimabwera m'maganizo mwanga: Ntchito yoyamba yomwe ndimakumbukirabe inali yaikulu komanso yolemetsa. Apa ndi pamene tinaganiza zopempha thandizo kuchokera ku State Board of Education kuti tipeze mitengo yamtengo wapatali pogwiritsa ntchito ana asukulu za sekondale. Tinali ndi mabasi akufika odzaza ndi ana ndipo anali kunja akuyang'ana mitengo, kuwerengera, ndipo tinasonkhanitsa deta. Ntchitoyi ndi yodabwitsa chifukwa inali yaikulu kwambiri mpaka kumitengo ndi ana ndipo chifukwa inali yochuluka kwambiri, sitinkadziwa kuti idzagwira ntchito. Koma zinagwira ntchito. Ndipo, ife tiri ndi achinyamata kuti aziyang'ana pamitengo. Tangoganizani zimenezo!
Zomwe ndikukumbukira ndi ntchito ina yomwe tamaliza ku Mzinda wa Santa Rosa. Mzindawu unatipempha kuti tikamalize ntchito yobzala m’dera la anthu opeza ndalama zochepa. Linali dera lodzala ndi mavuto: chiwawa, magulu achifwamba, umbanda, ndi mantha. Anali m’dera limene anthu ankaopa kuchoka m’nyumba zawo. Lingaliro linali kuyesera kuti anthu akonze malo okhalamo ndipo, chofunika kwambiri, atuluke ndikugwira ntchito limodzi. Mzindawu udalipira mitengoyo ndipo PG &E idaperekanso kuphatikiza BBQ yamoto. Ine ndi Ellen tinakonza mwambowu koma sitinkadziwa ngati sungagwire ntchito. Kumeneko tinali, Ellen ndi ine, ogwira ntchito athu, ogwira ntchito mumzinda wa 3, ndi mitengo yonseyi ndi mafosholo, titayima pamsewu pa 9 AM pa Loweruka lozizira, lozizira m'mawa. Koma pasanathe ola limodzi, msewu unali utadzaza. Anthu oyandikana nawo anali kugwirira ntchito limodzi kubzala mitengo, kudya ma hotdogs ndi kusewera masewera. Zonse zidangoyenda bwino ndipo zidandiwonetsanso mphamvu yakubzala mitengo.
Chifukwa chiyani kuli kofunikira kuti California ReLeaf ipitilize ntchito yake?
Choyamba komanso chofunika kwambiri ku California ReLeaf ikuyenera kupitiriza chifukwa tsopano, kuposa kale lonse, anthu ayenera kuganizira za kusintha kwa nyengo ndipo mitengo imapereka yankho lolondola. Chachiwiri, ReLeaf imalola anthu kukhala ndi mwayi wosonkhana. Ndipo ndi zovuta zambiri zomwe tikukumana nazo masiku ano, monga kusintha kwa nyengo kapena chilala chaboma, ndikofunikira kuti tigwire ntchito limodzi.