Lo mjikelo wama-21 weNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo (i-COP21) unethemba lesivumelwano sokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwerhasi yegreenhouse ukuze kugcinwe ukunyuka kobushushu behlabathi ukuya kutsho ku-2 degrees celcius ngaphezu kwamanqanaba aphambi kwamashishini. Leyo yinjongo yamabhongo, ehlekwa ngabanye njengeembono ezinqwenelekayo, kodwa akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngamabhongo okubotshelelwa kwiinkolelo. Nangona kunjalo, iinjongo kufuneka zibe yinyani, zihambelane nemithetho yefiziksi kunye nekhemistri, kwaye zinyaniseke malunga nezinto ezinokwenzeka ngaphakathi, kunye nezithintelo ezidalwe yinkqubo yezoqoqosho nezopolitiko yehlabathi.
Nantsi enye yezona ndawo zinzima kwezo zinyani ekufuneka sijamelane nazo: Nokuba iinkokeli zivelisa isivumelwano esinobuzaza ngeenkqubo zonyanzeliso, asiyi kuba siphila kuhlobo olufanayo lwehlabathi apho abantu badale ezo nkqubo zentlalo. Imiphumo yokungakhathali komntu ichaza ikamva lethu.
Nokuba izithembiso zokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwezinto ezixutyushwayo ziinkokeli zehlabathi zinokufezekiswa, siza kubona ukufudumala kwehlabathi okunokuba yintlekele ekupheleni kwale nkulungwane, yaye mhlawumbi ngaphambilana. Imvumelwano yoluntu lwezenzululwazi malunga nokutshintsha kwemozulu ibandakanya kungekuphela nje imodeli malunga nokunokwenzeka okunokwenzeka ukuba asinciphisi izinto ezikhutshwayo, kodwa ubungakanani bobushushu obusele buvaleleke ngaphakathi kukukhutshwa kwezinto ezikhutshwayo zangaphambili kunye neziphumo eziya ziba nzulu zeengxelo zemozulu.
Kwaye ukuphazamiseka kwemozulu yinye kuphela inxalenye yebali lokuthotywa kwezinto eziphilayo. Uqikelelo ngumdlalo wesidenge, kodwa jonga kuwo nawuphi na umlinganiselo obalulekileyo wempilo yendalo esingqongileyo apho ubomi bethu buxhomekeke khona-ukuncipha kwamanzi aphantsi komhlaba, ukulahleka komhlaba ongaphezulu, ukungcoliseka kweekhemikhali, ukwanda kwetyhefu emizimbeni yethu, inani kunye nobukhulu "beendawo ezifileyo" kwiilwandlekazi, ukutshabalala ngokukhawuleza kweentlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana eziphilayo nokuncipha kweentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayoโyaye ubuze umbuzo olula: Ngaba sisiya kwicala elifanelekileyo?
Nokuba sifuna okanye asifuni ukujongana nayo nayiphi na kwezi kwezopolitiko, abantu abaninzi ubuncinci banombono we-visceral wento ezayo. Ukuba sifuna ukuqalisa ukubumba ikamva eliphilayo, sifanele siqalise ukuba buhlungu, xa sisonke, ngoko siphulukene nako noko sisenokuphulukana nako. Usizi alunikezeli kodwa kukwamkela into engenakuguqulwa kunye nokuzinikela kwinto enokwenziwa, ngaphakathi kwemida isethi ye-ecosphere. Siyakuqonda ukubaluleka kosizi olunjalo kwiimeko zobuqu, xa sifelwa ngabantu esibathandayo, kwaye ngoku kufuneka sikusebenzise emhlabeni, kunye.
Umhlobo wam uJim Koplin wayengumntu wokuqala endimaziyo owayejongene nezi nyani, kumashumi eminyaka eyadlulayo, kwakudala ngaphambi kokuba ezi ngxaki zibe ziindaba eziphambili. UJim waye wagxininiswa kakhulu yimibutho yentlalontle ngeminyaka yoo-1960 kwaye wabunjwa ziingcambu zakhe zasemaphandleni kumdaka wefama yexesha loxinzelelo awazalelwa kuyo. Njengoko wayegxile kubulungisa bentlalontle, egxeka ulawulo/ukuzithoba okusentliziyweni yoxhatshazo phakathi kwentsapho yoluntu, wayesiya exhalaba ngakumbi ngemiphumo yemizamo yabantu yokulawula ihlabathi elikhulu eliphilayo.
Ngenxa yokuba engazange ayeke ukuthobela inyaniso, kamva ebomini bakhe uJim wazityandโ igila kubahlobo bakhe esithi, โNtsasa nganye ndivuka ndikwintlungu engathethekiyo.โ
UJim wayengonwabanga bubomi bakhe okanye edandathekile. Usizi lwakhe, kungekuphela nje kubantu ababandezelekileyo kodwa nokutshatyalaliswa kwenkqubo yezinto eziphilayo zehlabathi, akuzange kumkhokelele ekubeni arhoxe. Wade wafa eneminyaka engama-79, uJim wayezixakekise kakhulu kwiiprojekthi zezopolitiko, iinzame zokufundisa uluntu, kunye nokulungelelanisa uluntu. Ubuchule bakhe bokujamelana neenyaniso ezinzima babundomeleza, yaye kwakubaluleke gqitha kum kangangokuba emva kokufa kwakhe ndabhala incwadi ethetha ngaye, ethi, Plain Radical, ndinikela ngobulumko bakhe kwabo bangazange badibane naye.
UJim uye wandinceda ukuba ndiqonde ukuba akukho zisombululo kwiingxaki ezininzi, eziphazamisayo zendalo ukuba sinyanzelisa ukugcina amandla aphezulu / ubukho betekhnoloji ephezulu buhlala kuninzi lwelizwe elinemizi-mveliso (kwaye lifunwa ngabaninzi abangabandakanywanga kulo ngoku). Kwanamatshantliziyo amaninzi anengqondo elukhuni azimisele ukucelโ umngeni ukugxininiswa kobutyebi namandla ngokungekho sikweni ayathandabuza ukuyeka ukuzibophelela koku kubizwa ngokuba โyindlela yokuphila,โ engakhange ivelise inkcubeko yokuphila kodwa uhlobo lwehlelo lokufa, ibutho labantu ixabisa iziyolo ezitshiphu kunye namathoyizi atshiphu ngaphezu kwabantu abasempilweni kunye neplanethi esempilweni.
Xa sisala ukuba buhlungu ngenxa yoko kudlulayo, kusenokwenzeka ukuba sibambelele ngokungekho ngqiqweni kwiindlela zokuphila ezingenakunyanyekelwa. Xa singenako ukubuvuma usizi olunzulu loko kulahlekileyo, siyazama ukuzifihla kubunyani belahleko kwaye siqhubekisela phambili ubuxoki bokuba sinokuqhubeka neli khondo. Yiyo loo nto inkqubo yokulila edibeneyo kufuneka ibe yinto ephambili kuthi sonke, isinceda ukuba siyeke ubuxoki bokuba singakwazi ukugcina iinkqubo ezingazinzanga.
Abaxhasi betekhnoloji abasisiseko-abo bakholelwa ukuba sinokuyidela yonke imida kwaye siyila indlela yethu yokuphuma kuyo nayiphi na ingxaki-baya kusixelela ukuba kufuneka sisebenzise iingcinga zethu. Ndiyavuma, kodwa umsebenzi wethu ayikokucinga ngekamva lentsomi lenzululwazi ye-narcissistic. Ikamva eliqaqambileyo lomntuโmhlawumbi ukubakho kwekamva lomntu konke konkeโkuxhomekeke kubuchule bethu bokuba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wolwalamano olutsha nehlabathi elikhulu eliphilayo.
URobert Jensen ungunjingalwazi kwiSikolo soBuntatheli kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas e-Austin kunye nelungu lebhodi leZiko leZibonelelo zoMsebenzi woNxweme lwesiThathu eAustin. Ungumbhali we-Plain Radical: Ukuphila, Ukuthanda, kunye nokufunda ukushiya iPlanethi ngobubele (i-Counterpoint / Soft Skull, 2015). Ezinye iincwadi zikaJensen ziquka i-Arguing for Our Life: Isikhokelo soMsebenzisi kwiNgxoxo eyakhayo (Izibane zeSixeko, i-2013); Onke Amathambo Am Angcangcazela: Ukufuna Indlela eNgqongileyo kwiLizwi lesiprofeto, (I-Soft Skull Press, 2009); Ukuphuma: Iphonografi kunye nokuphela koBudoda (South End Press, 2007); Intliziyo yobumhlophe: Ukujongana nobuhlanga, ubuhlanga kunye neLungelo labaMhlophe (Izibane zeSixeko, 2005); Abemi boBukhosi: Umzabalazo wokuBanga uBuntu Bethu (Izibane zeSixeko, 2004); kunye nokuBhala ukuPhikisa: Ukuthatha iMibono eyiRadical ukusuka kwiMida ukuya kwiMainstream (Peter Lang, 2002). UJensen ukwangumvelisi wefilimu ebhaliweyo ethi "Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other still Dancing" (Media Education Foundation, 2009), echaza ngobomi kunye nefilosofi yomlweli wexesha elide.
Jensen unokufikelelwa kuyo [imeyile ikhuselwe] kunye namanqaku akhe anokufumaneka kwi-intanethi ku-http://robertwjensen.org/. Ukujoyina uluhlu lwe-imeyile ukufumana amanqaku nguJensen, yiya ku-http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/jensenupdates-info.html. Twitter: @jensenrobertw.
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