Kule minyaka ingama-25 idlulileyo, iCalifornia ReLeaf iye yancedwa, yakhokelwa, kwaye yaxhaswa ngabantu abaninzi abamangalisayo. Ekuqaleni kuka-2014, u-Amelia Oliver udliwano-ndlebe nabaninzi babo bantu benza impembelelo enkulu ngexesha leminyaka yokuqala yaseCalifornia ReLeaf.
Andy Lipkis
Umseki kunye noMongameli, TreePeople
I-TreePeople yaqala umsebenzi wabo ngo-1970 kwaye yahlanganiswa njengengenzi nzuzo ngo-1973.
Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf?
Ubudlelwane bam neCalifornia ReLeaf baqala xa ndidibana no-Isabel Wade ngo-1970. U-Isabel wayenomdla kumahlathi asezidolophini asekelwe kuluntu kwaye mna naye saqala ukutsala izinto kunye. Siye kwiNkomfa kaZwelonke yeHlathi yaseDolophini ka-1978 eWashington DC saza savula incoko nabanye kwisizwe ngokubanzi malunga noluntu kunye namahlathi abemi. Siye saqhubeka siqokelela ulwazi malunga nendlela oku kunokusebenza ngayo eCalifornia. Siye sakhuthazwa ngabanye ababoni bokuqala, abanjengoHarry Johnson, abaxhasa imfuno yemithi yasezidolophini.
Ukukhawuleza ukuya kwi-1986/87: U-Isabel wayephefumlelwe ngokwenene malunga neCalifornia enombutho welizwe lonke. Ekuqaleni imbono yayikukuba iTreePeople ibambe oku, kuba ngo-1987 sasingowona mbutho mkhulu kurhulumente, kodwa kwagqitywa ekubeni iReLeaf ibe liqumrhu elizimeleyo. Ngoko ke, amaqela amancinci amahlathi asezidolophini adibana kwaye abelane ngeengcamango. Ndingathanda ukuphinda ndidityaniswe naba babonisi bokuyila. I-California ReLeaf yenziwe ngo-1989 kunye no-Isabel Wade njengomseki.
UMthetho osaYilwayo weFama yaseBush ka-1990 wafika ngexesha elifanelekileyo. Eli yayilixesha lokuqala ukuba urhulumente wobumbano axhase ngemali aMahlathi aseDolophini nokuba indima yamahlathi oluntu yamkelwa. Lo Mthetho uYilwayo ubufuna ukuba urhulumente ngamnye abe noMnxibelelanisi waMahlathi aseDolophini kunye noMnxibelelanisi wamaVolontiya eZamahlathi aseDolophini kwakunye nebhunga leengcebiso. Yatyhala imali kurhulumente (ngeSebe lezamahlathi) eyayiza kuya kumaqela oluntu. Ekubeni iCalifornia yayisele inenethiwekhi ye-Urban Forest enamandla kakhulu (ReLeaf) kweli lizwe, yakhethwa ukuba ibe nguMququzeleli weVolontiya. Oku yaba kukutsiba okukhulu kweCalifornia ReLeaf. I-ReLeaf yaqhubeka ikhula ngokuhamba kweminyaka njengoko ifundisa amanye amaqela kwaye inikezela ngenkxaso-mali kwimibutho engamalungu ayo.
Inyathelo elikhulu elilandelayo le-ReLeaf yayikukuziphendukela kwemvelo kumbutho owawuvelisa kwaye uphembelela umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu kunokuba ube liqela lenkxaso kuphela. Oku kuye kwakhulisa ukruthakruthwano phakathi kukarhulumente, owayelawula imali, kunye nokukwazi koThungelwano ukuphembelela izigqibo malunga nokuba yimalini karhulumente echithwe kuMahlathi aseDolophini. Amahlathi aseDolophini yayiseyinto entsha kwaye abenzi bezigqibo babonakala bengayiqondi. Ngothelelwano lwesisa kunye ne-TreePeople, i-ReLeaf iye yakwazi ukuphuhlisa ilizwi labo kwaye yafunda indlela yokufundisa abenzi bezigqibo kwaye basebenzise umgaqo-nkqubo wamaHlathi eDolophini.
Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe?
Ngokwam, ndijonge ngasemva kwiReLeaf kule minyaka idlulileyo-ndiyibona le nto kubudlelwane neTreePeople. I-TreePeople ngoku ingumbutho oneminyaka engama-40 ubudala kwaye iphuhlise umxholo 'wokucebisa'. Ke kukho iCalifornia Releaf; kwi-25 babonakala bebancinci kwaye bedlamkile. Ndikwaziva ndinoqhagamshelo lomntu siqu kwiReLeaf. Umsebenzi endawufezayo ngoMthetho osaYilwayo weFama ka-1990 waqalisa ngokwenene amahlathi asezidolophini eKhalifoniya kwaye wavula ucango lweReLeaf. Kufana nomalume kubudlelwane bomntwana, ngenene, endiziva ndikunye noReLeaf. Ndiziva ndiqhagamshelwe kwaye ndonwabela ukubabukela bekhula. Ndiyazi ukuba abazukuhamba.
Eyona nkumbulo ilungileyo okanye isiganeko seCalifornia ReLeaf?
Iinkumbulo zam endizithandayo zeReLeaf zikuloo minyaka yokuqala. Sasiziinkokeli eziselula eziphefumlelweyo zidibana ukuze zifumanise ukuba siza kwenza ntoni na. Sasivuya kakhulu malunga nenkxaso-mali yamahlathi asezidolophini eza eCalifornia, kodwa yayinzima, sizama ukufumana indawo yethu kubudlelwane kunye neSebe laseCalifornia lezamahlathi. Amahlathi aseDolophini yayiyingcamango entsha kunye nenguquko kwaye umphumo waba ngumlo oqhubekayo we-paradigm malunga nokuba ngubani okhokela amahlathi aseDolophini eCalifornia. Ngokuzingisa kunye nesenzo, iReLeaf kunye nentshukumo yamahlathi edolophini eCalifornia ikhulile kwaye iyachuma. Yayiyimpembelelo entle yobukhulu.
Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
I-California ReLeaf isendaweni yamaqela axhasayo kulo lonke ilizwe, kwaye siyazi ukuba iya kuqhubeka ikhona. Kuyakhuthaza ukuba i-paradigm yeReLeaf ibonelela ngemodeli entsha yeziseko zoncedo ngendlela esisebenza ngayo nehlabathi lethu. Kufuneka sisuke kwizisombululo zobunjineli zakudala ezingwevu kwiingxaki zasezidolophini siye kwezo zilinganisa indalo, ezisebenzisa iziseko ezingundoqo eziluhlaza, njengemithi ukunikezela ngeenkonzo ze-ecosystem. I-ReLeaf sisakhiwo esihlanganisiweyo esikhoyo ukugcina oko kuqhubeka. Njengoko iqhelanise iminyaka, iya kuhlala ilungelelanisa ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zeNethiwekhi. Iyaphila kwaye iyakhula.