Sandra Steingraber, wasayansi wodziwika bwino, wolemba ndakatulo komanso wopulumuka khansa, akukhala m'ndende masiku 15 chifukwa chosokoneza kayendetsedwe kabwino kamakampani omwe akukulirakulira. M'mwezi wa Marichi, Katswiri Wodziwika wa Ithaca College in Residence in Environmental Studies and Science adalumikizana ndi Seneca Lake 12 potsekereza msewu wa Inergy Midstream, kampani yosungiramo mphamvu ndi zoyendera kumpoto kwa New York yomwe ikukonzekera kupopa gasi wopanikizika kwambiri wochokera kutali. minda kukhala m'mapanga amchere m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi pansi pa nyanja yomwe imapereka madzi akumwa kwa anthu 100,000 m'derali. Iye ndi ena awiri - Melissa Chipman ndi Michael Dineen - adaweruzidwa kuti akhale m'ndende atakana kulipira chindapusa cha $375.
Kwa kotala zana Dr. Steingraber wakhala akufufuza mosalekeza, kulemba, kulemba ndi kugwira ntchito motsutsana ndi zoopsa zomwe zimachitika m'mafakitale padziko lapansi ndi okhalamo. Kuphatikiza prose yamphamvu ndi zomwe asayansi apeza, mabuku ake ofunikira akuphatikizapo Kukhala Pansi Pansi: Katswiri Wachilengedwe Amayang'ana Khansa ndi Chilengedwe (1997), Kukhala ndi Chikhulupiriro: Ulendo wa Ecologist kupita Kumayi (2001) ndi Kulera Eliya: Kuteteza Ana Athu M’nthawi ya Mavuto a Zachilengedwe (2011). Nthawi yomweyo, wakhala akugwira ntchito mu kampeni ku New York kuteteza fracking mu boma.
Chigamulo chake m'ndende ya Chemung County ku Elmira, NY, yomwe idayamba pa Epulo 17 - patangopita maola ochepa anafunsidwa ndi Bill Moyers pa pulogalamu yake yokhudzana ndi anthu - sizikuwoneka kuti zimamuchepetsa. Asanalowe, iye adanena Bill McKibben wa 350.org kuti adakonza zogwiritsa ntchito nthawi yake kuti apitirize kulemba ntchito ndi mndandanda wa ntchito zina.
Chimodzi mwazinthu izi, mwachiwonekere, chinali kalata izo zinapitirira Maloto Amodzi pa Tsiku la Dziko Lapansi zimene analemba m’chipinda chake “ndi pensulo yobwereka kumbuyo kwa ‘Chemung County Inmate Request Form,’ yomwe ili theka la pepala.” (Kusowa kwa zinthu zolembera kumeneku kukutikumbutsa Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. akukanda “Kalata Yochokera kundende ya Birmingham” papepala lachimbudzi komanso m’mphepete mwa nyuzipepala yothandiza kwambiri zaka 50 zapitazo mwezi uno.) Kuwonjezera pa kufotokozapo ndemanga pa nkhaniyi. nkhanza za ndendeyo, kusowa chifundo kwa m'ndende, komanso kukana kwa akaidi pang'ono kotsatiridwa ndi chigonjetso chosayembekezereka - zonse zikuwonetsedwa m'masiku angapo oyambilira mkati - Steingraber akugawana zifukwa zitatu zomwe adasankhira kupita kundende.
Choyamba, kukana kutukuka kwa chigawo cha Finger Lakes chomwe “chidzathandiza ndi kuthandizira makampani osokonekera pomanga malo osungiramo zinthu pafupi ndi kumene mwana wanga anabadwira.”
Chachiwiri, kuyankha posachedwa ndemanga ndi katswiri wazachuma Jeremy Grantham lofalitsidwa mu nyuzipepala Nature. Zomwe zikuchitikadi zikupitilira ngakhale zochitika zoyipa kwambiri zakusintha kwanyengo, Grantham adalemba, chifukwa chake asayansi ayenera kuchitapo kanthu. “Limbani mtima, khalani olimba mtima, mangidwa (ngati kuli kofunikira),” iye analimbikitsa motero. Steingraber adaganiza zoyankha kuyimba uku.
Chachitatu, kusonyeza kudzipereka kwake polimbana ndi kutha kwa mitundu ya zinthu zamoyo. Lonjezo limeneli linazikidwa pa zimene anakumana nazo zaka zingapo zapitazo pamene mwana wake wamwamuna anamupempha kuti amupangire chovala cha zimbalangondo cha ku polar cha Halowini ndipo, pamene anali kuchita zimenezi, anazindikira kuti chovalacho chikhoza kukhala ndi moyo kuposa nyamayo. “Panja mumsewu usiku umenewo ndinawona zamoyo zambiri zikuyandikira kutha; ana ovala ngati achule, njuchi, agulugufe a monarch, ndi chithunzi cha Halowini palokha - kagulu kakang'ono ka bulauni. Ubale umene ana amamvera pa nyama ndiponso kutisowa kwawo kosalekeza kunandigwetsa m’maondo usiku umenewo, m’khwalala la mudzi wanga womwe. Chikondi chinali chomwe chinandilimbikitsa. Chikondi ndi chimene chinandibweretsa kundende imeneyi,” Steingraber analemba motero.
Kalata iyi (ndi wina wosowa adatumizidwa kuchokera kundende kupita ku mabungwe azachilengedwe, komanso pa Earth Day) akugogomezera kulumikizana kosasunthika pakati pazamunthu ndi ndale. Zolemba za Steingraber nthawi zambiri zimabweretsa kuchuluka kwazambiri zasayansi ndikuwunika makamaka za miyoyo yomwe imakhudzidwa mwachindunji ndi mphamvu zazikulu zachuma, zandale komanso zachilengedwe zamagulu otukuka. Zinayamba ndi zomwe adakumana nazo za khansa ya m'chikhodzodzo ali ndi zaka za m'ma 20 (ndi zizindikiro zosonyeza kuti zinali zogwirizana nazo gulu lowoneka la khansa kumudzi kwawo komanso m'banja lake) ndipo wakhala akuyang'ana kwambiri kafukufuku wake m'njira ina. Zimabweranso chifukwa cha kukhudzika kwa mitu ya mabuku ake, zomwe zimakhudza kwambiri umunthu wake komanso momwe zimagwirira ntchito kwa anthu kulikonse.
Miyoyo yeniyeni ndi matupi enieni amakhudzidwa ndi ulamuliro wa poizoni womwe timakhalamo - mfundo yomwe imakulitsa tanthauzo ndi mphamvu ya zochita za Steingraber zakusamvera anthu, zomwe zilibe kanthu ngati sizikuphatikizidwa kukana. Kusintha kopanda chiwawa kumatengera kukhazikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa zokambirana zamphamvu, zosaka komanso zophatikizana pakati pa anthu kuti athe kulimbana ndi mavuto omwe ali patsogolo pathu ndikupeza mayankho ogwira mtima. Kaŵirikaŵiri izi zimatanthauza njira yanthaŵi yaitali ya anthu kusintha malingaliro ake. Ngati sitinaphunzitsidwe china chilichonse m'zaka XNUMX zapitazi kuyambira pomwe Gandhi adawunikira kuthekera kosintha anthu mopanda chiwawa, chilankhulo champhamvu kwambiri chomwe tili nacho pazokambiranazi ndi matupi athu osatetezeka, opanda zida, olimba komanso okhazikika. Sikokwanira kutchula zotsutsa zathu kapena kulemba malingaliro athu. Tiyenera kuyika moyo wathu wonse patsogolo.
Poyang'anizana ndi ziwopsezo zazikulu zomwe zingachitike padziko lapansi (ndi matupi onse omwe amaunjikana mozungulira) chifukwa cha tsunami yapoizoni yomwe timakumana nayo, Steingraber ndi ena akuyika matupi awo pachiwopsezo poyimirira panjira ya tsoka likuwoneka ngati losapeŵeka. Pochita izi, amayamba kutsutsana ndi zomwe Steingraber watcha "informed futility syndrome" - momwe kudziwa zambiri za vuto kungatilepheretse. Tikadziwa zambiri, timakhala olumala kwambiri. Kuchitapo kanthu, kuyika matupi athu mumkangano wopanda chiwawa, kuli ndi njira yosungunula kusasunthika kwathu kwachisanu.
Mutu wina wa Gandhi ukuwoneka kuti ukugwira ntchito pano. Anatcha mbiri yake, Kuyesera Kwanga ndi Choonadi, zomwe makamaka zinali nkhani za kuyesa kwake kusachita zachiwawa m'moyo wake komanso m'dziko lalikulu. Pogwiritsa ntchito njira yoyambira ya sayansi, adaphunzira mwa kuchita, ndipo adapempha owerenga ake kuchita chimodzimodzi. Osatenga mawu anga chifukwa cha mphamvu yakukana kopanda chiwawa, adawoneka kuti akutero. Tulukani ndi kuyesa izi nokha! Wasayansi Sandra Steingraber wakhala akuyesa kwanthawi yayitali kuti dzikoli likhalebe ndi moyo komanso moyo wa anthu okhalamo. Kodi tingalize alamu? Kodi tingasinthe njira? Zidzatengera chiyani? Tsopano zomwe zikuchulukirachulukira zamupangitsa kuti ayesenso - kupita kundende - chifukwa sakufuna kufotokoza dziko lapansi koma kulisintha.
Pochita izi, amaima pamzere wautali wa asayansi omwe amatsogozedwa osati kungosanthula koma kumasulira zomwe apeza kuti achite, monga asayansi a Manhattan Project omwe adatembenuka ndi mantha ndi zomwe adapanga m'chipululu cha New Mexico ndikupanga maziko. za gulu losatha la zida za nyukiliya; kapena Carl Sagan, yemwe adatsogoleredwa ndi kumvetsetsa kukongola kwa chilengedwe kuti atichenjeze za nyengo yozizira ya nyukiliya ndi kumangidwa pa Nevada Test Site akuchita kusamvera kwachiwembu kwa anthu ku 1987; kapena James Hansen, wamkulu wakale wa NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies yemwe "analankhula zoona ku mphamvu" za kusintha kwa nyengo, ndipo anakumana ndi zotsatirapo zake kutero.
Asayansi amachita zoyeserera kuti awonjezere chidziwitso chaumunthu ndikukhazikitsa ntchito zothandiza. Ngati tiganizira za kusamvera kwa boma kwa Sandra Steingraber osati ngati umboni wa ndale koma ngati kuyesa kwa sayansi, chidzakwaniritsa cholinga chake chokha, monga zoyesera zonse, pamene zotsatira zake zikhoza kutsimikiziridwa mobwerezabwereza. Pachifukwa ichi, zingatanthauze kubwereza zotsatira monga kutimasula ku kulephera kwathu kusintha, kukulitsa ndi kukulitsa kayendetsedwe ka dziko lokhazikika, kapena kuwona dziko lapansi likuyamba kukhalapo.
Dr. Sandra Steinberger ali kundende. Ngati tikufuna kulemekeza umboni wake, titha kuchita zoyeserera zomwe wakhala akuchita ndikuzitengera mwanjira yathu. (Kuthekera kumodzi kochita izi ndikuganizira zolowa nawo anthu 59,535 omwe asayina Keystone XL Lonjezo Lakukaniza, kudzipereka kuchitapo kanthu kopanda chiwawa.) Polimbikitsidwa ndi Steingraber ndi gulu lomwe likukula padziko lonse lapansi, tili ndi mwayi wochita kuyesa kwathu kopanda chiwawa ndi chowonadi kudziko lokhazikika.
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