Eminyakeni engu-25 edlule, i-California ReLeaf iye yasizwa, yaholwa, futhi yakhuthazwa abantu abaningi abamangalisayo. Ekuqaleni kuka-2014, u-Amelia Oliver uxoxisane nabaningi balabo bantu abenza umthelela omkhulu phakathi neminyaka yokuqala ye-California ReLeaf.
Andy Lipkis
Umsunguli kanye noMongameli, TreePeople
I-TreePeople yaqala umsebenzi wayo ngo-1970 futhi yahlanganiswa njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ngo-1973.
Buyini/bebuyini ubudlelwano bakho ne-ReLeaf?
Ubudlelwano bami neCalifornia ReLeaf baqala ngenkathi ngihlangana no-Isabel Wade ngo-1970. U-Isabel wayenentshisekelo ngamahlathi asemadolobheni asekelwe emphakathini futhi mina naye saqala ukuhlanganisa izinto ndawonye. Sahambela iNgqungquthela Kazwelonke Yamahlathi Asemadolobheni yango-1978 eWashington DC futhi savula ingxoxo nabanye esizweni mayelana namahlathi omphakathi nezakhamuzi. Saqhubeka siqoqa imininingwane yokuthi lokhu kungasebenza kanjani eCalifornia. Sagqugquzelwa abanye bababoni bokuqala, abafana noHarry Johnson, owasekela isidingo sezihlahla zasemadolobheni.
Ngokushesha phambili ku-1986/87: U-Isabel wagqugquzelwa ngempela mayelana neCalifornia yokuba nenhlangano yezwe lonke. Ekuqaleni umqondo wawuwukuthi i-TreePeople isingatha lokhu, ngoba ngo-1987 sasiyinhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke esifundazweni, kodwa kwanqunywa ukuthi i-ReLeaf kufanele ibe yinhlangano ezimele yodwa. Ngakho-ke, amaqembu amancane amahlathi asemadolobheni ahlangana futhi abelane ngemibono. Ngingathanda ukuphinde ngihlangane nalaba baboni bokudala. I-California ReLeaf yasungulwa ngo-1989 no-Isabel Wade njengomsunguli.
Umthethosivivinywa weBush Farm ka-1990 wafika ngesikhathi esifanele. Bekungokokuqala ngqa ukuthi uhulumeni wobumbano axhase ngezimali i-Urban Forestry nokuthi iqhaza lamahlathi omphakathi laqashelwa. Lo Mthethosivivinywa ubudinga ukuthi wonke umbuso ube noMxhumanisi Wehlathi Lase-Urban kanye noMxhumanisi Wokuzithandela Wama-Urban Forestry kanye nomkhandlu wezeluleko. Yaphusha imali kuhulumeni (ngoMnyango Wezamahlathi) eyayizoya emaqenjini omphakathi. Njengoba iCalifornia isivele inenethiwekhi ye-Urban Forest (ReLeaf) eqine kakhulu ezweni, yakhethwa ukuba ibe uMxhumanisi Wokuzithandela. Lokhu kwaba ukugxuma okukhulu kweCalifornia ReLeaf. I-ReLeaf iqhubekile nokukhula phakathi neminyaka njengoba ibifundisa amanye amaqembu futhi inikela ngezibonelelo zokudlulela ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu ayo.
Isinyathelo esikhulu esilandelayo se-ReLeaf kwaba ukuvela kwenhlangano eyakha futhi ithonya inqubomgomo yomphakathi kunokuba kube iqembu lokusekela kuphela. Lokhu kwakhulisa ukungezwani phakathi kukahulumeni, owayelawula imali, kanye nekhono leNethiwekhi lokuba nomthelela ezinqumweni zokuthi yasetshenziswa kanjani noma yimalini imali yomphakathi maqondana naMahlathi Asemadolobheni. I-Urban Forestry yayiseyinto entsha futhi abenzi bezinqumo babonakala bengaqondi. Ngokubambisana okuhle ne-TreePeople, i-ReLeaf ikwazile ukuthuthukisa izwi labo elihlangene futhi yafunda ukuthi ingabafundisa kanjani abenzi bezinqumo futhi basebenzise inqubomgomo yezamahlathi asemadolobheni.
Ibe/isho ukuthini i-California ReLeaf kuwe?
Ngokwami, ngibheka emuva ku-ReLeaf eminyakeni edlule - ngibona lokhu kubudlelwane ne-TreePeople. I-TreePeople manje isiyinhlangano eneminyaka engu-40 ubudala futhi isithuthukise itimu 'yokufundisa'. Bese kuba neCalifornia ReLeaf; lapho beneminyaka engu-25 babonakala bebasha futhi benempilo. Ngiphinde ngizizwe ngixhumene nomuntu siqu ku-ReLeaf. Umsebenzi engawufeza ngoMthethosivivinywa Wepulazi wango-1990 waqala ngempela amahlathi asemadolobheni e-California futhi wavula umnyango we-ReLeaf. Kufana nobudlelwane bukamalume nengane, ngempela, engibuzwa no-ReLeaf. Ngizizwa ngixhumekile futhi ngithola ukujabulela ukubabuka bekhula. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke bahambe.
Inkumbulo engcono kakhulu noma umcimbi we-California ReLeaf?
Izinkumbulo zami eziyintandokazi ze-ReLeaf zikuleyo minyaka yokuqala. Sagqugquzelwa abaholi abasebasha behlangana ukuze babone ukuthi sizokwenzani. Sasijabule kakhulu ngoxhaso lwamahlathi asemadolobheni oluza e-California, kodwa kwaba umshikashika, sizama ukuthola indlela yethu yokusebenzelana noMnyango Wezamahlathi wase-California. I-Urban Forestry yayiwumbono omusha noguquguqukayo futhi umphumela waba impi eqhubekayo yokuthi ubani owayehola i-Urban Forestry eCalifornia. Ngokuphikelela nesenzo, i-ReLeaf kanye nenhlangano yamahlathi yasemadolobheni e-California ikhulile futhi yachuma. Bekungumthelela omuhle wobukhulu.
Kungani kubalulekile ukuthi i-California ReLeaf iqhubeke nomsebenzi wayo?
I-California ReLeaf isendaweni yamaqembu asekelayo kuso sonke isifunda, futhi siyazi ukuthi izoqhubeka nokuba khona. Kuyakhuthaza ukuthi i-paradigm ye-ReLeaf inikeza imodeli entsha yengqalasizinda yokuthi sibhekana kanjani nomhlaba wethu. Kudingeka sisuke ezixazululweni ezimpunga ezithuthukisiwe zezinkinga zasemadolobheni siye kulezo ezilingisa imvelo, lezo ezisebenzisa ingqalasizinda eluhlaza, njengezihlahla ukuletha izinsiza ze-ecosystem. I-ReLeaf iyisakhiwo esihlanganisiwe esikhona ukuze kuqhubeke lokho. Njengoba iye yajwayela ngokuhamba kweminyaka, izoqhubeka nokuzivumelanisa nezimo ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zeNethiwekhi. Iyaphila futhi iyakhula.