Musi waNovember 3rd, ndakanzwa nhandare ichizununguswa kubva kuvadzidzi 6,000 2007 vachisvetuka vachiimba “Green Jobs, Kwete Majeri! Mapaki, Kwete Majeri! Hatizoregi Kusvikira Mumwe Munhu Ateerera!” Yakanga iri yerudzi rwebato renyika rinobuda revechidiki mamiriro ekunze. Kupfuura musangano wezvakatipoteredza wevadzidzi, Powershift XNUMX yaive nguva yairatidza simba revechidiki uye kugona kwayo kufambisa shanduko dzakadzama munyika ino.
Powershift yaive chirongwa cheEnergy Action, wechidiki akavamba uye akatungamira mubatanidzwa wemasangano anopfuura makumi mana kubva kuGreenpeace kuenda kuIndigenous Environmental Network. Chinangwa chaive chekuunganidza vatungamiriri vevadzidzi kubva kumativi ese enyika kuenda
Mapoka kubva kuStudent Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) kuenda kuArab-American Action Network (AAAN) akaunganidza hunhengo hwavo, ukuwo varongi vevadzidzi pamisasa vaironga mafambiro emabhazi evatungamiriri vevechidiki kubva kumativi ese enyika. Chinhu chinonyanya kushamisa chePowershift ndechekuti kuwanda kwekutaura hakuna kuitwa kuburikidza nemasangano echinyakare, asi kuburikidza netiweki yezvidzidzo zvemapurofesa uye manejimendi ezvikoro. Vatori vechikamu vangangove vauya kumusangano kuburikidza nekirasi yavo yesainzi yezvakatipoteredza kana chirongwa chekudzokorora pane neboka rakarongeka rinokurudzira shanduko.
Powershift, ingave nemaune kana kuti kwete, yaive yakamisikidzwa zvakakwana kuita hwaro hwevaratidziri-vave-, vachivapa pfungwa yekuti vaive chikamu cheboka rakakura kekutanga. Mapoka ekuvaka mafambiro aivepo akatora mukana uyu.
Van Jones, muvambi we
Kunyangwe kana mafambiro edu akabatana, Van akakwanisa kumutsa uye kufadza vanhu vatsva, vazhinji vavo vangangove vasina kumbonzwa nezve "kururamisira kwemamiriro ekunze" kare. Pakati pehusiku, vadzidzi vakataura pamusoro pekuti isu hatingaregi vezvematongerwo enyika kutinyengedza kuti tifunge kuti shanduko yemamiriro ekunze inogadziriswa pasina kugadzirisa nyaya hombe dzekusaenzana munharaunda.
Mumiriri weDemocratic Representative Ed Markey akataurawo, achikumbira vadzidzi kuti vatsigire bhiri rake resimba. Paaitsanangura hurongwa hwake hwekuderedza kuburitswa kwegasi rinopisa ne40%, vadzidzi vaiva munhandare vakangoerekana vaita ruzha vachiimba “Tinoda Zvimwe! Tinoda Zvakawanda!” kumanikidza Marky kumira pakati pekutaura kwake. "Tinoda zvimwe" yaive sirogani yakakodzera yenzwi rePowershift. Munhu nemunhu wandakataura naye akaramba achitaura zvimwe chete: chizvarwa chekare chakatikanganisa. Yasvika nguva yekuti titore ramangwana redu kumashure.
Mapaneli uye nhaurirano pamusangano uyu dzaisanganisira nhumwa dzakabva kunharaunda dzeMarudzi dzakaparadzwa nebhizimusi rekurima reUS, varongi vachitaura nezvekusateerera kwevanhu uye kuita kwakananga, varongi verusarura vachikurukura nezvepfungwa yeGreen Jobs, uye vechidiki vachikakavadzana nezvebasa revadzidzi kuronga mumagariro evanhu. Matunhu ewekishopu aisanganisira “Kurwisa Kudzvanyirirwa uye Kusiyana-siyana,” “Kuronga Kwemakambani,” “Mushandirapamwe Wekambani,” “Kururamisira Kwezvakatipoteredza/Energy,” “Media and Messaging,” “Skills Trainings,” pakati pezvimwe.
Yakawanda yePowershift yaive yakagadzirirwa kuvhura magonhi mukati mekufamba. Imwe chirongwa chakadai chakanzi "I Shot Powershift." Energy Action yakapa mazana emavhidhiyo makamera kune vatungamiriri vevechidiki, paine chikonzero chekuti vatore mavhidhiyo mapfupi mashanu panguva yemusangano, voaisa kuyoutube, vovamaka "Powershift100." Vaizozvipira kurodha mamwe mavhidhiyo gumi nemaviri gore rese zvichienderana nebasa ravo renzvimbo. Mhedzisiro inoguma ichava zviuru zvemavhidhiyo evechidiki vanotora matanho pamusoro pekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze, vachizadza internet. Ndeipi nzira iri nani yekubatsira vechidiki, avo vanowanzonzwa vari vega pamakampasi avo, kunzwa sekunge vari chikamu cheboka rakakura?
Mushure memazuva maviri emapanera uye maworkshops, Powershifters vakapfeka girinhi hard-heti dzakadzika paCapitol Hill kwezuva rekugombedzera uye kuungana. Panguva imwe cheteyo, vadzidzi vanopfuura mazana matatu vakabatana neRainforest Action Network (RAN), Coal River Mountain Watch, uye SEAC mukufa kukuru kwakavhara bazi guru reCitibank kwezuva. Citi ndomumwe wevanopa mari hombe dzemagetsi emagetsi emarasha. Nepo vakadzi veAppalachian vane nharaunda dziri kuparadzwa nekubviswa pamusoro pegomo vakakurudzira mhomho, varatidziri vakapfeka masutu ehaz-mat vakarasa marasha pamberi pebhangi. Nesimba rinotapukira, kuimba kwakanaka uye kwekugadzira uye kutumira mameseji, matani ehunyanzvi, uye pasina kusungwa, chaive chiitiko chekutanga chinofadza uye chine simba kune vazhinji vevadzidzi mazana matatu "vafa."
Sezvo kudziya kwepasi kuchiwedzera kuve "nyaya yechizvarwa chedu" zvichange zviri kwatiri kuronga gakava renyika uye kusundira shanduko dzakadzama. Mumibatanidzwa mikuru, misiyano yekuti ungaendera mberi sei unogara uripo, uye Energy Action haina kusarudzika. Tichiri nebasa rakawanda rekuita kuvaka rudzi rwekufamba kwakataurwa naVan Jones. Powershift 2007, isina kupesana kwayo, yakaratidza kutendeuka kwakakosha kune chimiro chekururamisira kwemamiriro ekunze, chiitiko chinonakidza mukati mesangano rakakura rezvakatipoteredza muno
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