Wolemba Keith McAleer
Zinali zosangalatsa kuimira Tree Davis pa Msonkhano Wadziko Lonse wa Partners in Community Forestry ku Pittsburgh (zikomo kwambiri kwa California ReLeaf kuti athe kupezekapo kwanga!). Msonkhano wapachaka wa Partners ndi mwayi wapadera kwa osapindula, olima mitengo, mabungwe aboma, asayansi ndi akatswiri ena amitengo kuti abwere pamodzi kuti azitha kulumikizana, kugwirizanitsa, ndikuphunzira za kafukufuku watsopano ndi njira zabwino zobweretsera kunyumba kuti zithandizire kumanga zachilengedwe m'mizinda yathu. .
Ndinali ndisanakhalepo ku Pittsburgh, ndipo ndinakondwera ndi maonekedwe ake okongola a kugwa, mapiri, mitsinje ndi mbiri yakale. Kusakanizika kwa mzinda wa zomangamanga zatsopano zamakono ndi zinyumba zosanjikizana zosakanikirana ndi njerwa zakale za atsamunda zidapanga mawonekedwe owoneka bwino, ndikupangitsa kuyenda kosangalatsa. Mzindawu wazunguliridwa ndi mitsinje yomwe imapanga chilumba chofanana ndi Manhattan kapena Vancouver, BC. Kumapeto akumadzulo kwa mzindawu, mtsinje wa Monongahela (mmodzi mwa mitsinje yochepa padziko lapansi yomwe imayenda kumpoto) ndi mtsinje wa Allegheny umakumana kuti upange Ohio wamphamvu, ndikupanga dziko la katatu lomwe anthu ammudzi amawatchula mwachikondi kuti "The Point". Zojambula ndi zambiri ndipo mumzindawu muli achinyamata omwe akugwira ntchito yomanga ntchito. Chofunika kwambiri (kwa ife okonda mitengo), pali mitengo yaing'ono yambiri yomwe yabzalidwa m'mphepete mwa mitsinje ndi mkatikati mwa tawuni. Ndi malo abwino bwanji a msonkhano wamtengo!
Posakhalitsa ndinadziŵa zambiri za mmene kubzala mitengo kwatsopano kumeneku kunayambira. M'modzi mwazinthu zosaiŵalika pamsonkhanowu, Mtengo Pittsburgh, ndi Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, ndipo Davey Resource Group anapereka awo Urban Forest Master Plan ya Pittsburgh. Dongosolo lawo lidawonetsadi momwe kumanga mgwirizano pakati pa mabungwe osapindula ndi mabungwe aboma pamlingo wamba, madera, ndi chigawo chonse kungabweretse zotsatira zomwe palibe gulu lomwe likanatha kuzipeza palokha. Zinali zotsitsimula kuwona dongosolo la anthu la mitengo m'maboma onse, popeza kuti zomwe dera limodzi limachita, zidzakhudza mnansi wawo komanso mosemphanitsa. Chifukwa chake, Pittsburgh ili ndi dongosolo lalikulu lamitengo. Koma kodi choonadi chinaoneka bwanji pansi?
Pambuyo pa m'mawa wotanganidwa pa Tsiku 1 la msonkhano, opezekapo adatha kusankha kuyendera kuti akawone mitengo (ndi zinthu zina) ku Pittsburgh. Ndinasankha ulendo wanjinga ndipo sindinakhumudwe. Tinaona mitengo ya thundu ndi mapulo amene angobzalidwa kumene m’mphepete mwa mtsinje – ambiri mwa iwo anabzalidwa m’madera omwe kale anali mafakitale ndipo m’mbuyomu munali namsongole. Tidayendanso panjinga kupyola zakale zomwe zidasungidwa komanso zogwiritsidwa ntchito bwino Duquesne amapita, njanji yokhotakhota (kapena funicular), imodzi mwa ziwiri zomwe zatsala ku Pittsburgh. (Tidaphunzira kuti panali ambiri, ndipo iyi inali njira yodziwika bwino yoyendera m'mbuyomu yamakampani aku Pittsburgh). Chochititsa chidwi chinali kuwona 20,000th mtengo wobzalidwa ndi pulogalamu ya Tree Vitalize ya Western Pennsylvania Conservancy yomwe inayamba mu 2008. Mitengo zikwi makumi awiri m'zaka zisanu ndizochita zodabwitsa. Zikuoneka kuti 20,000th mtengo, chithaphwi cha thundu woyera, wolemera pafupifupi mapaundi 6,000 pamene unabzalidwa! Zikuwoneka ngati kumanga Urban Forest Master Plan ndikuphatikizanso mabwenzi ambiri kumawoneka bwino pansi.
Ngakhale, ena a ife okonda mitengo sitingafune kuvomereza, ndale ndi gawo lomanga midzi yolimba ndi mitengo. Msonkhano wa Partners unali ndi nthawi yoyenera kwambiri pa izi, monga Lachiwiri linali Tsiku lachisankho. Meya wosankhidwa watsopano wa Pittsburgh anali pa ndandanda yolankhula, ndipo lingaliro langa loyamba linali Nanga bwanji akanapanda kupambana pa chisankho usiku watha… Posakhalitsa ndinazindikira, kuti meya watsopano, Bill Peduto, anali wokamba nkhani wodalirika monga aliyense, popeza adapambana chisankho usiku watha ndi 85% ya mavoti! Osati zoipa kwa osakhala paudindo. Meya Peduto adawonetsa kudzipereka kwake kumitengo ndi nkhalango zakutawuni polankhula ndi omvera okonda mitengo osapitilira maola awiri akugona. Anandimenya ngati meya yemwe amafanana ndi Pittsburgh yachichepere, yatsopano, yosamala zachilengedwe yomwe ndidakumana nayo. Panthawi ina adanena kuti Pittsburgh inali "Seattle" ya US ndipo ali wokonzeka kuti Pittsburgh ibwerenso ngati malo a akatswiri ojambula, opanga zinthu, opanga zinthu, komanso chilengedwe.
Patsiku lachiwiri, Senator wa State Jim Ferlo adalankhula pamsonkhano wamitengo. Adatengera chiyembekezo cha Meya Peduto pankhani ya tsogolo la boma, komanso adapereka chenjezo lowopsa pazovuta zomwe ma hydraulic fracturing (fracking) akukumana nawo ku Pennsylvania. Monga mukuwonera pamapu awa aku Pennsylvania fracking, Pittsburgh kwenikweni yazunguliridwa ndi fracking. Ngakhale a Pittsburghers atagwira ntchito molimbika kuti amange mzinda wokhazikika mkati mwa malire a mzindawu, pali zovuta zachilengedwe kunja kwa malire. Izi zimawoneka ngati umboni wochulukirapo kuti ndikofunikira kuti magulu achilengedwe a m'deralo, m'chigawo, ndi m'boma agwire ntchito limodzi kuti akwaniritse kukhazikika komanso malo abwinoko.
Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri pa Tsiku 2 chinali Presentation ya Dr. William Sullivan Mitengo ndi Thanzi la Anthu. Ambiri aife tikuwoneka kuti tili ndi malingaliro achibadwa akuti "Mitengo Ndi Yabwino," ndipo ife m'munda wa nkhalango za m'tawuni timathera nthawi yambiri tikukamba za ubwino wa mitengo pa chilengedwe chathu, koma bwanji za zotsatira za mitengo pamaganizo athu ndi chisangalalo. ? Dr. Sullivan anapereka kafukufuku wazaka zambiri wosonyeza kuti mitengo ili ndi mphamvu yotithandiza kuchiritsa, kugwirira ntchito limodzi, ndi kukhala osangalala. Mu imodzi mwa maphunziro ake aposachedwapa, Dr. Sullivan anagogomezera maphunziro powapangitsa kuti azichita zovuta zochotsa mosalekeza kwa mphindi za 5 (zimenezo zimamveka ngati zovuta!). Dr. Sullivan anayeza milingo ya cortisol (mahomoni owongolera kupsinjika) asanafike ndi pambuyo pa mphindi zisanu. Anapeza kuti maphunzirowo analidi ndi ma cortisol apamwamba pambuyo pa mphindi 5 zochotsa kusonyeza kuti anali opsinjika kwambiri. Pambuyo pake, adawonetsa mitu ina zithunzi za malo ouma, konkriti, ndi malo ena okhala ndi mitengo yochepa, ndi malo ena okhala ndi mitengo yambiri. Kodi anapeza chiyani? Chabwino, adapeza kuti maphunziro omwe amawona malo okhala ndi mitengo yambiri anali ndi ma cortisol otsika kusiyana ndi maphunziro omwe amawona malo okhala ndi mitengo yochepa kutanthauza kuti kungoyang'ana mitengo kungatithandize kulamulira cortisol ndikukhala opanikizika kwambiri. Zodabwitsa !!!
Ndinaphunzira zambiri ku Pittsburgh. Ndikusiya zambiri zothandiza zokhudzana ndi njira zochezera, njira zabwino zopezera ndalama, kuchotsa udzu ndi nkhosa (kwenikweni!), komanso kukwera kokongola kwangalawa komwe kumalola opezekapo kuti azitha kulumikizana kwambiri ndikutithandiza kuwona zomwe timachita mwanjira ina. Monga momwe munthu angayembekezere, nkhalango zamatawuni ndizosiyana kwambiri ku Iowa ndi Georgia kuposa momwe zilili ku Davis. Kuphunzira za malingaliro ndi zovuta zosiyanasiyana kunandithandiza kumvetsetsa kuti kubzala mitengo ndi kumanga midzi sikuthera malire a mzindawo komanso kuti tonse tili pamodzi. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ena opezekapo adamvanso chimodzimodzi, ndikuti titha kupitiliza kumanga maukonde m'mizinda yathu, mayiko, dziko, ndi dziko kuti tikonzekere malo abwinoko mtsogolo. Ngati pali chilichonse chomwe chingatibweretsere tonse pamodzi kuti tikhale osangalala, athanzi, dziko, ndi mphamvu ya mitengo.
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Keith McAleer ndi Executive Director wa Mtengo Davis, membala wa California ReLeaf Network.