Network of Compadres

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Ellen Bailey

Akasiya basa, akashanda nguva pfupi yadarika seGang Prevention Specialist

Hukama hwenyu neReLeaf ndehupi?

Pakutanga, Jane Bender neni takasangana muboka ravazvipiri rainzi Beyond War muRuwa rweSonoma iro rakashanda kuti pave norugare nokupedza kukakavara. Pashure pokunge Rusvingo rweBerlin rwawa, Beyond War rakavharwa uye Jane neni takaziva nezvokunetseka kuri kuwedzera pamusoro pokudziya kwepasi.

Takadzidza kuti miti chaive chishandiso chekusvika vanhu uye yaibatsira nekuporesa, kudzidzisa kuzvipira, nekuvandudza nharaunda. Izvi zvakaita kuti tishande neFriends of the Urban Forest uye pakupedzisira takagadzira Sonoma County ReLeaf (muna 1987)- sangano revanhu vanozvipira. Imwe yezviitiko zvedu zvekutanga zveruzhinji yaive yekukoka Peter Glick kuti auye kuzotaura neSonoma County vateereri vanopfuura mazana maviri nezve kudziya kwepasirese - izvi zvaive zvakapoteredza 200.

Chirongwa chikuru chekutanga cheSonoma County ReLeaf chaive muna 1990 chinonzi Plant The Trail project. Muchiitiko chezuva rimwe chete, takaronga kudyara miti ine miti 600, vazvipiri 500, uye mamaira 300 okudiridza. Iyi purojekiti yekuhwina mibairo yakaisa Sonoma County ReLeaf pamberi uye yakawana tarisiro yeCalifornia ReLeaf ichangobva kuumbwa uye PG&E. Kambani yezvishandiso yakazopedzisira yaita chibvumirano nesu kuti tiite chirongwa chemuti wemimvuri muNorthern California yese yatakaita kwemakore anopfuura matanhatu.

Ipapo Sonoma County ReLeaf yakava chikamu cheReLeaf network. Chokwadi, takanga tiri chikamu cheCalifornia ReLeaf incentive program apo takabhadhara $500 kuti tive chikamu cheCalifornia ReLeaf. Zvino mushure mekunge tave nechirevo chechinangwa, zvinyorwa zvekubatanidzwa, bhodhi revatungamiriri, uye zvakabatanidzwa, takawana madhora mazana mashanu kumashure. Ndaitya uye ndakafara kuva mumwe wenhengo dzokutanga dzeCalifornia ReLeaf advisory council, kunyange zvazvo ndaiziva zvishoma nezvemiti. Sonoma County ReLeaf yaive nhengo yeNetwork kusvika yavhara magonhi muna500.

Ko California ReLeaf yairevei kwauri?

California ReLeaf yakapa kusimbiswa. Taive muNetwork yemacomadres, vanhu vane mweya mimwechete, vanhu vanofunga zvimwe chete. Takaonga vamwe vanhu vaiziva zvakawanda zvikuru avo vaida kugoverana nesu. Sevanhu vanopinda muzvinhu vasingatyi, takaonga kuti mamwe mapoka akakwanisa sei kutidzidzisa; vanhu vakaita saFred Anderson, Andy Lipkis, Ray Tretheway, Clifford Jannoff naBruce Hagen.

Yakanyanya ndangariro kana chiitiko cheCalifornia ReLeaf?

Pane imwe nguva ndakakumbirwa kuti ndipe hurukuro pamusoro pemari pamusangano weNetwork. Ndinoyeuka ndimire pamberi peboka uye ndichitsanangura kuti pane nzira mbiri dzekutarisa kunobva mari. Tinogona kukwikwidzana kana kuonana seshamwari. Ndakatarisa mhomho yevanhu vose musoro waigutsurira. Wow, munhu wese aibvumirana - isu tese tiri vabatsiri pano. Kana tose tikashanda pamwe chete, chinhu chemari chichabudirira.

Zvakare, takaronga kudyara mumigwagwa mutaundi duku reMiddletown nerubatsiro rwekudyara miti yeCalifornia ReLeaf. Mangwanani echiitiko dhorobha rose rakauya kuzobatsira kudyara. Musikana mudiki akaridza Star Spangled Banner paviolin yake kuti avhure chiitiko. Vanhu vakauya nezvokudya. Vanodzima moto vakadiridza miti. Kana ndikawana mukana wekutyaira nemuMiddletown ndichiona miti yakura, ndinorangarira mangwanani aya anoshamisa.

Sei zvakakosha kuti California ReLeaf ienderere mberi nebasa rayo?

Ini ndinofunga nezve iyo hurukuro yaPeter Glick nezvekudziya kwepasirese. Kunyange kare ikako, akafanotaura zvaizoitika kupasi redu. Zvose zviri kuitika chaizvo. Zvakakosha nekuti kuburikidza neboka rakaita seCalifornia ReLeaf, vanhu vanoyeuchidzwa nezvekukosha kwemiti uye magadzirirwo avanoita nyika. Chokwadi pane dzimwe nguva dzekuti mari yeveruzhinji yakamanikana asi tinofanira kuyeuka kuti miti chinhu chenguva refu. ReLeaf inoyeuchidza veruzhinji, kuburikidza nemapoka ayo etiweki uye kuvapo kwayo muSacramento, nezvenguva refu, yesainzi-inopupurirwa mabhenefiti emiti. Vanokwanisa kusvika kune vanhu vari kunze kwenharaunda yemasango emumaguta. Zvinoshamisa, paunobvunza vanhu izvo zvakakosha kwavari munharaunda yavo vanozotaura mapaki, nzvimbo yakasvibira, mvura yakachena, asi izvo zvinogara zviri zvinhu zvekutanga zvinotemwa kubva mubhajeti.

Ndinotenda kuti ReLeaf inotibatsira kuwana zvigadziriso zvinogadzira shanduko dzakanaka mudunhu reCalifornia - shanduko dzinogona kuitika chete kana boka rinofunga revanhu richishanda pamwe chete uye richiramba richikwanisa kunzwika.