Enye yensimu yezithelo yokugcina esele e-Silicon Valley igqugquzele umthwebuli wezithombe u-Angela Buenning Filo ukuthi ajikise ilensi yakhe ezihlahleni. Ukuvakashela kwakhe ngo-2003 engadini yezihlahla yeplamu engasasetshenziswa, eduze kwekhempasi yaseSan Jose IBM ku-Cottle Road, kwaholela kumsebenzi omkhulu: umzamo weminyaka emithathu wokuthwebula isihlahla ngasinye kweziyi-1,737. Uyachaza, “Bengifuna ukwenza imephu yalezi zihlahla futhi ngithole indlela yokuzibamba kusenesikhathi. Namuhla, insimu yezithelo isaqhubeka e-Buenning Filo eyandlalwe ngokucophelela igridi yezithombe zezihlahla zokuqala, embukisweni waphakade e-San Jose City Hall.
Iphrojekthi yakhe yakamuva yezithombe, i-Palo Alto Forest, ingumzamo oqhubekayo wokubhala nokugubha izihlahla ezisizungezile. Le phrojekthi ikhuthaza umphakathi ukuthi ulethe izithombe zesihlahla osithandayo kanye nendaba yamagama ayisithupha mayelana nesihlahla, ezizothunyelwa ngokushesha kugalari eku-inthanethi futhi ziboniswe kusizindalwazi sephrojekthi. Umnqamulajuqu wokulethwa nguJuni 15. Iphrojekthi yokugcina izodalulwa embukisweni omkhulu wokuvula kabusha we-Palo Alto Art Center, I-Community Creates, kulokhu kuwa.
“Bengifuna ukucabanga ngendlela izihlahla ezisizungezile ezisithinta ngayo,” echaza. “I-Palo Alto yindawo ehlonipha futhi ezazisa izihlahla. Umqondo wethu we-Palo Alto Forest wawuwukuthi abantu bakhethe isihlahla futhi basihloniphe ngokusithwebula futhi baxoxe indaba ngaso.” Kuze kube manje, abantu abangaphezu kuka-270 bathumele izithombe nombhalo.
U-Angela ukhuthaza izithombe zezihlahla ezibalulekile yena mathupha, “Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyathakazelisa ukuthi abantu bathumela izihlahla eziqondene nabo futhi eziqondile kubo, ekuphileni kwabo kwansuku zonke, emagcekeni abo, emapaki abo. Ziyangimangaza lezi zindaba…ngihlale ngilangazelela ukubona okulandelayo.” Uphawule ukuthi i-Palo Alto City Arborist u-Dave Dockter usanda kuthumela isithombe sesihlahla esiyiswa ekhaya laso elisha e-Heritage Park eminyakeni embalwa edlule. “Lelo manje sekuyipaki lomndeni wethu!” uyahleka. “Futhi leso yisihlahla engigijima ngaso nginonyaka owodwa kanye nengane yami emithathu.”
U-Angela uthwebule indawo yaseSilicon Valley iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, ethwebula imvelo eshintsha ngokushesha. Umsebenzi wakhe uboniswa esikhumulweni sezindiza saseSan Jose Mineta, eqoqweni le-San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, futhi ubonisa njalo. Chofoza lapha ukuze ubone okwengeziwe ngomsebenzi wakhe.
Muva nje, u-Angela Buenning Filo ujoyine uhambo lwesihlahla oluphethwe yilungu le-ReLeaf Network I-Canopy. Abahlanganyeli bamenywe ukuba beze namakhamera abo ukuze bathwebule izihlahla ngesikhathi sohambo.
Uma usendaweni yase-Palo Alto, layisha izithombe zakho zesihlahla bese uhambisana nendaba yamagama ayisithupha ku-The Palo Alto Forest noma ungazithumelela i-imeyili ku-tree@paloaltoforest.org, ngaphambi komhla ziyi-15 kuJuni.