Inyuvesi yaseRedlands ebizwa nge-Tree Campus
U-Ed Castro, Umbhali Wezisebenzi
The Sun
I-REDLANDS - Inyuvesi yaseRedlands ithole ukuqashelwa ezweni lonke ngokwamukela izindinganiso ezinhlanu ezigxile ekunakekelweni kwesihlahla sekhampasi kanye nokubamba iqhaza komphakathi.
Ngemizamo yayo, i-U of R izuze ukuqashelwa kwe-Tree Campus USA unyaka wesithathu olandelanayo ngokuzinikela kwayo ekuphathweni kwamahlathi nokunakekela imvelo, ngokusho kwe-Arbor Day Foundation engenzi nzuzo.
Amazinga amahlanu ahlanganisa: ukusungulwa kwekomiti lesikhungo sokweluleka ngezihlahla; ubufakazi bohlelo lwekhampasi lokunakekela izihlahla; ukuqinisekiswa kwezindleko zonyaka ezinikelwe ohlelweni lwekhempasi lokunakekela izihlahla; ukuzibandakanya ekugujweni koSuku Lokutshalwa Kwezihlahla; kanye nesikhungo sephrojekthi yokufunda isevisi okuhloswe ngayo ukubandakanya inhlangano yabafundi.
I-Campus Tree Tour enezithombe yasenyuvesi iyatholakala ku-inthanethi futhi ibalazwe linikezwa ukuqondisa izivakashi phakathi nohambo lwasekhempasini.
“Abafundi ezweni lonke bayakuthakasela ukusimama nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi, okwenza ukugcizelela kweNyuvesi yaseRedlands ezihlahleni ezinakekelwa kahle nezinempilo kubaluleke kakhulu,” kusho uJohn Rosenow, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Arbor Day Foundation.
Ikomidi lokweluleka ngezihlahla lale nyuvesi lihlanganisa amalungu eqembu le-Students for Environmental Action, iHhovisi Lokufunda Inkonzo Yomphakathi, osolwazi eminyangweni yezifundo zemvelo kanye nesayensi yezinto eziphilayo, abasebenzi abaphethe izikhungo, kanye nelungu leKomidi Lezihlahla Zedolobha.
Ikhempasi iphinde ikhiqize amandla ayo amaningi, kanye nokushisisa nokupholisa, nesikhungo sayo esisebenza ndawonye esisebenza endaweni futhi itshala ingadi yayo yemifino esimeme.
Ehholo lokuhlala eliluhlaza lale nyuvesi, i-Merriam Hall, abafundi bangahlola ukuphila okusimeme. Izakhiwo zayo ezintsha, i-Centre for the Arts complex, muva nje zithole isitifiketi segolide Sobuholi Kwezamandla Nokwakhiwa Kwemvelo (i-LEED) ngezici zayo ezivumelana nemvelo, kanti i-Lewis Hall for Environmental Studies iyisakhiwo esiluhlaza esiqinisekiswe i-LEED esisiliva.
I-Tree Campus USA wuhlelo lukazwelonke oluhlonipha amakolishi namanyuvesi kanye nabaholi bawo ngokugqugquzela ukuphathwa okunempilo kwamahlathi ekhempasi yabo kanye nokuzibandakanya nomphakathi ekuphathweni kwemvelo.