NguKeith McAleer
Bekuluyolo ukumela uMthi uDavis kwiNkomfa yeSizwe yaMahlakani aHlathi ePittsburgh (enkosi kakhulu California ReLeaf ukwenza ukubakho kwam ukubakho!). Inkomfa yaminyaka le yabaSebenzi lithuba elikhethekileyo lemibutho engenzi nzuzo, abaxhasi bemithi, ii-arhente zoluntu, izazinzulu kunye nezinye iingcali zemithi ukuba zihlangane ukuze zinxibelelane, zisebenzisane, kwaye zifunde ngophando olutsha kunye neendlela ezingcono zokuzisa ekhaya ukunceda ukwakha indalo eninzi kwizixeko zethu. .
Ndandingazange ndiye ePittsburgh ngaphambili, kwaye ndandivuyiswa ngumbala wayo omhle wokuwa, iintaba, imilambo kunye nembali etyebileyo. Ukudityaniswa kwedolophu yolwakhiwo olutsha lwangoku kunye nezakhiwo eziphakamileyo ezixutywe nezitena ezidala zekoloniyali zenze isibhakabhaka esimangalisayo, kwaye senziwa uhambo olunika umdla. Umbindi wedolophu ungqongwe yimilambo edala usingasiqithi uziva ufana neManhattan okanye iVancouver, BC. Ekupheleni kwentshona yedolophu, umlambo waseMonongahela (omnye wemilambo embalwa yehlabathi ehamba ngasentla) kunye nomlambo wase-Allegheny udibana ukuze wenze i-Ohio enamandla, udala ubunzima bomhlaba obunxantathu abahlali babhekisela kuwo ngothando njenge "Point". Ubugcisa buninzi kwaye isixeko siyaphithizela ngabantu abatsha abasebenza ukwakha imisebenzi. Okona kubalulekileyo (kuthina bathandi bemithi), mininzi imithi emincinci etyalwe ngasemilanjeni nasembindini wedolophu. Enjani yona indawo enkulu kwinkomfa yomthi!
Kungekudala ndafumanisa okungakumbi ngendlela okwabakho ngayo oku kutyalwa kwemithi emitsha. Kwenye yezona ntetho zikhumbulekayo zenkomfa, Umthi wasePittsburgh, i Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, kwaye Davey Resource Group thaca zabo ISicwangciso esiPhambili seHlathi laseDolophini sasePittsburgh. Isicwangciso sabo sibonise ngokwenene indlela yokwakha intsebenziswano phakathi kwee-non-profits kunye nee-arhente zoluntu kwinqanaba lengingqi, lengingqi, kunye nelizwe lonke kunokuvelisa isiphumo ekungekho qela elinye elinokuze lisizuze ngokwalo. Kwakuhlaziya ukubona isicwangciso soluntu semithi kuwo onke amanqanaba karhulumente, kuba ekugqibeleni oko kwenziwa luluntu olunye, kuya kuchaphazela ummelwane walo ngokuphambanayo. Ke, iPittsburgh inesicwangciso somthi esihle. Kodwa inyaniso yayibonakala njani emhlabeni?
Emva kwentsasa exakekileyo ngoMhla woku-1 wenkomfa, ababekho bakwazi ukukhetha ukukhenketha ukuze babone imithi (kunye nezinye izinto) ePittsburgh. Ndakhetha ukhenketho lwebhayisekile kwaye andizange ndiphoxeke. Sabona i-oki esandul' ukutyalwa kunye neemephu ecaleni komlambo - uninzi lwazo zityalwe kwiindawo ezazifudula zinemizi-mveliso ezazizaliswe lukhula ngaphambili. Saphinda sahamba ngebhayisekile ukudlula kwimbali egciniweyo nesasetyenziswa kakuhle I-Duquesne incline, umgaqo kaloliwe othambekileyo (okanye i-funicular), enye kwezimbini ezishiyekileyo ePittsburgh. (Sifunde ukuba bekukho amashumi, kwaye le ibiyindlela eqhelekileyo yokuhamba kwixesha elidlulileyo lemizi-mveliso yasePittsburgh). Eyona nto yayibalasele kukubona abangama-20,000th umthi otyalwe yinkqubo yeWestern Pennsylvania Conservancy's Tree Vitalize eyaqala ngo-2008. Amashumi amabini amawaka emithi kwiminyaka emihlanu sifezekiso emangalisayo. Ngokucacileyo, i-20,000th umthi, um-oki omhlophe ongumgxobhozo, owawunobunzima obumalunga neekhilogram ezingama-6,000 XNUMX xa wawutyaliwe! Kubonakala ngathi ukwakha i-Urban Forest Master Plan kunye nokubandakanya amaqabane amaninzi kubonakala kukuhle emhlabeni.
Nangona, abanye bethu bathandi bemithi abanakuthanda ukuyivuma loo nto, ipolitiki ngokuqinisekileyo yinxalenye yokwakha uluntu olunamandla ngemithi. INkomfa yabaSebenzi yayinexesha elibalulekileyo malunga noku, njengoko ngoLwesibini yayiluSuku loNyulo. Usodolophu osandul’ ukunyulwa wasePittsburgh wayekucwangciso lokuthetha, yaye into yokuqala endiyicingayo yaba Bekunokuthini ukuba ebengaluphumelelanga ulonyulo phezolo…ingaba omnye umfana ebethetha endaweni? Kungekudala ndafumanisa, ukuba usodolophu omtsha, uBill Peduto, wayesisithethi esithembekileyo njengaye nawuphi na, ekubeni waphumelela unyulo ngobusuku obudlulileyo nge-85% yevoti! Ayikubi kumntu ongekhoyo. USodolophu uPeduto ubonise ukuzinikela kwakhe kwimithi nakumahlathi asezidolophini ngokuthetha nabaphulaphuli abathandi bemithi kungekho ngaphezulu kweeyure ezi-2 zokulala. Wandibetha njengosodolophu ohambelana nePittsburgh eselula, evelisa izinto ezintsha, ekhathalele indalo esingqongileyo. Ngesinye isikhathi wathi i-Pittsburgh yayiyi-"Seattle" yase-US kwaye ulungele ukuba i-Pittsburgh iphinde icinge njenge-hub yamagcisa, abaqambi, abaqambi, kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Ngomhla wesi-2, uSenator weSizwe uJim Ferlo wathetha kwinkongolo yemithi. Ubonakalise ithemba likaSodolophu uPeduto malunga nekamva likarhulumente, kodwa wanika nesilumkiso esibi malunga nefuthe le-hydraulic fracturing (fracking) enalo ePennsylvania. Njengoko ubona kule mephu yasePennsylvania fracking, iPittsburgh ingqongwe kukuqhekezwa. Nokuba iiPittsburghers zisebenza nzima ukwakha isixeko esizinzileyo ngaphakathi kwemida yesixeko, kukho imingeni yokusingqongileyo ngaphandle kwemida. Oku kubonakala njengobungqina obuninzi bokuba kubalulekile ukuba amaqela asekuhlaleni, ommandla, kunye nelizwe lonke asebenze kunye ukufezekisa uzinzo kunye nokusingqongileyo okungcono.
Enye yeenkcazo-ntetho endizithandayo ngoSuku lwesi-2 yayiyinkcazo-ntetho kaGqr. William Sullivan Imithi kunye nempilo yabantu. Uninzi lwethu lubonakala lunemvakalelo yangaphakathi yokuba "Imithi ilungile," kwaye thina kwintsimi yamahlathi asezidolophini sichitha ixesha elininzi sithetha ngeenzuzo zemithi kwindawo yethu, kodwa kuthekani ngefuthe lemithi kwimeko yethu kunye nolonwabo. ? UGqr. Sullivan ubonise amashumi eminyaka yophando olubonisa ukuba imithi inamandla okusinceda siphilise, sisebenze kunye kwaye sonwabe. Kwesinye sezifundo zakhe zamva nje, uDkt. Sullivan wagxininisa izifundo ngokwenza ukuba benze iingxaki zokuthabatha ngokuqhubekayo kwimizuzu ye-5 (oko kuvakala kuxinzelelo!). UGqr. Sullivan walinganisa amanqanaba e-cortisol (ihomoni elawula uxinzelelo) ngaphambi nangemva kwemizuzu emi-5. Ufumene ukuba izifundo zineemigangatho ephezulu ye-cortisol emva kwemizuzu emi-5 yokuthabatha ebonisa ukuba baxinzelelwe ngakumbi. Emva koko, wabonisa eminye imixholo imifanekiso yemiqwebedu, imihlaba ekhonkrithi, kunye nemimandla enemithi embalwa, kunye nemimandla enemithi emininzi. Wafumana ntoni? Ewe, wafumanisa ukuba izifundo ezijonga imihlaba enemithi emininzi zinamanqanaba asezantsi e-cortisol kunezifundo ezijonga imihlaba enemithi emincinci nto leyo ethetha ukuba ukujonga nje imithi kunokusinceda ukulawula i-cortisol kwaye sicinezeleke kancinci. Iyamangalisa !!!
Ndifunde okuninzi ePittsburgh. Ndishiya ulwazi olungenasiphelo oluluncedo malunga neendlela zemidiya yoluntu, eyona ndlela ibalaseleyo yokufumana inkxaso-mali, ukususa ukhula ngeegusha (ngokwenene!), kunye nokuhamba ngesikhephe esimnandi esivumela abantu abazileyo ukuba benze unxibelelwano olungakumbi kwaye basincede sibone into esiyenzayo kwelinye imbono. Njengoko umntu unokulindela, amahlathi asezidolophini ahluke kakhulu e-Iowa naseGeorgia kunokuba kunjalo eDavis. Ukufunda ngeembono ezahlukeneyo kunye nemingeni kwandinceda ukuba ndiqonde ukuba ukutyala imithi kunye nokwakha uluntu akupheli kwimida yesixeko kwaye sonke sikunye ngokubalulekileyo. Ndiyathemba ukuba abanye abazileyo baziva ngendlela efanayo, kwaye singaqhubeka nokwakha uthungelwano kwizixeko zethu, amazwe, ilizwe, kunye nehlabathi ukucwangcisela indawo engcono kwixesha elizayo. Ukuba kukho nantoni na enokusihlanganisa sonke ukwenza ulonwabo, impilo, ihlabathi, ngamandla emithi.
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UKeith McAleer unguMlawuli oyiNtloko we Umthi uDavis, ilungu le-California ReLeaf Network.