udliwanondlebe kunye
UJane Bender
Umhlala phantsi kwiBhunga lesiXeko saseSanta Rosa
USihlalo we-Habitat for Humanity, kwiNqila yaseSonoma
UMongameli ongenayo, iphulo loKhuseleko lweMozulu, kwiNqila yaseSonoma
Buyintoni/bebuyintoni ubudlelwane bakho noReLeaf?
Ngo-1990, sayigqiba iprojekthi yokuTyalwa koMzila, eyayinkulu kangangokuba yatsala amehlo eCarlifonia ReLeaf. Ngelo xesha sasisebenzisa i-Friends of the Urban Forest njengomcebisi wethu kunye ne-arhente yezemali de kube malunga ne-1991 xa sasibandakanya njenge-stand-alone nonprofit-Sonoma County ReLeaf. Abahlobo behlathi laseDolophini (FUF) kunye Sacramento Tree Foundation (STF) ibe luncedo kakhulu kuthi. Sakuba sizibandakanye kwiNethiwekhi yeReLeaf, safumana uncedo kwamanye amaqela kulo lonke ilizwe. U-Ellen Bailey kunye nam sasisitsha kule nto kwaye sasiyixabisa kakhulu indlela abanye abafikelela ngayo kuthi ngokukhawuleza kwaye basithatha phantsi kwamaphiko abo. Njengoko sasifumana unyawo lwethu, sasisoloko sicelwa ukuba sithethe kwaye sabelane namanye amaqela kwi-Network retreat. Ngaphandle kwe-FUF kunye ne-STF, kwakungekho maqela amaninzi emantla eCalifornia kwaye sasiziva sinamandla malunga nokunceda amanye amaqela e-Urban Forestry ukuba ahambe. Sahlala sisebenza kwiReLeaf de savala iingcango zethu ngo-2000.
Ithetha ntoni/ithetha ntoni iCalifornia ReLeaf kuwe?
Ndicinga ukuba ukusebenzela ihlathi lasezidolophini elingenzi nzuzo yayilixesha lokuqala ndifumana lo mbono uphela wokucinga kwihlabathi jikelele, wenze endaweni. Sobabini no-Ellen beza kuluntu lokutyala imithi ukusuka kumbono wehlabathi jikelele wokunciphisa utshintsho lwemozulu. Kodwa leyo yayiyingcamango entsha kwaye isaphikisana kangangokuba abantu abaninzi abazange bayifumane. Noko ke, abantu babeyiqonda imithi. Yayiluqhagamshelo olulula ebantwini ukuba utyala umthi kwaye uthungela indlu yakho kwaye uya kufuna amandla amancinci. Bayifumene. Wonke umntu uyayithanda imithi kwaye besisazi ukuba yonke imithi etyaliweyo igalelwe i-CO2 kwaye inciphise ukusetyenziswa kwamandla.
Eyona nkumbulo ilungileyo okanye isiganeko seCalifornia ReLeaf?
Iinkumbulo ezimbini ezinkulu ezifika engqondweni: Iprojekthi yokuqala ethi qatha engqondweni yam yayinkulu kwaye isoyikeka. Oku kwaba xa sagqiba ekubeni senze isicelo senkxaso-mali kwiBhodi yeSizwe yeMfundo ukuze senze uluhlu lwemithi kusetyenziswa abafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo. Sifike iibhasi zigcwele abantwana emva koko baphuma bejonge emithini, bebala, saqokelela idata. Le projekthi ibalasele kuba ibinkulu kakhulu ukuya kuthi ga kwimithi nakubantwana kwaye ngenxa yokuba ibinzima kakhulu, besingaqiniseki ukuba iza kusebenza. Kodwa, yasebenza. Kwaye, siye safumana ulutsha ukuba lujonge emithini. Khawufan’ ucinge!
Enye inkumbulo yam yenye iprojekthi esiyigqibileyo yeSixeko saseSanta Rosa. IsiXeko sasicela ukuba sigqibezele iprojekthi yokutyala kwindawo enemivuzo ephantsi. Yayingummandla owawuzaliswe ziinkathazo: ugonyamelo, amaqela emigulukudu, ulwaphulo-mthetho noloyiko. Yayiyindawo apho abahlali babesoyika ukushiya amakhaya abo. Umbono yayikukuzama ukwenza abantu baphucule indawo abahlala kuyo kwaye, okubaluleke ngakumbi, baphume baze basebenze kunye. IsiXeko sihlawulele imithi kwaye iPG &E yanikezela ngokudibanisa i-hotdog BBQ. Mna no-Ellen sasilungiselela lo msitho kodwa sasingazi ukuba uya kusebenza na. Kwakukho thina, u-Ellen kunye nam, abaqeqeshwayo bethu, abasebenzi be-3 basezidolophini, kunye nayo yonke le mithi kunye nefosholo, simi kwisitrato ngo-9 AM kwintsasa, ngoMgqibelo obandayo. Noko ke, kwisithuba esingangeyure, isitrato sasizele qhu. Abamelwane babesebenza kunye ukutyala imithi, ukutya iihotdog kunye nokudlala imidlalo. Yonke le nto ivele yasebenza kwaye yaphinda yandibonisa amandla okutyalwa komthi.
Kutheni le nto ibalulekile ukuba iCalifornia ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
Okokuqala kunye neyona nto iphambili yaseCalifornia ReLeaf kufuneka iqhubeke kuba ngoku, nangaphezulu kunanini na ngaphambili, abantu kufuneka bacinge ngotshintsho lwemozulu kunye nemithi inika impendulo echanekileyo. Okwesibini, iReLeaf ivumela abantu ithuba lokuhlangana. Kwaye ngemicimbi emininzi esijongene nayo namhlanje, njengokutshintsha kwemozulu okanye imbalela yombuso, kubalulekile ukuba sisebenzisane.