Lo mzuliswano wama-21 weNgqungquthela Yamaqembu Ezizwe Ezihlangene (i-COP21) uthemba ukuthi kuzoba nesivumelwano sokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya ukuze kugcinwe izinga lokushisa lomhlaba wonke libe ngu-2 degrees Celsius ngaphezu kwamazinga angaphambi kwezimboni. Lowo umgomo wokuvelela, ogconwa abanye ngokuthi unengqondo, kodwa akukho lutho olungalungile ngokufuna ukuvelela okuboshelwe emibonweni. Noma kunjalo, izinjongo nazo kufanele zibe ngokoqobo, zihambisane nemithetho yefiziksi nekhemistri, futhi zithembeke mayelana namathuba angaphakathi, nezithiyo ezidalwe, izinhlelo zezomnotho nezombusazwe zomhlaba.
Nansi enye yezingxenye ezinzima kakhulu zalezo zimo ezingokoqobo okufanele sibhekane nazo: Ngisho noma abaholi bengenza isivumelwano esibucayi nezinqubo zokuphoqelela, ngeke siphile kuhlobo olufanayo lomhlaba lapho abantu abadale lezo zinhlelo zenhlalo yomphakathi. Imiphumela yobudedengu bomuntu ichaza ikusasa lethu.
Ngisho noma izithembiso zokunciphisa ukungcola okuxoxwa ngazo abaholi bomhlaba zingafezwa, sizobona ukufudumala kwembulunga okungaba inhlekelele ekupheleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka, futhi cishe ngaphambili kakhulu. Ukuvumelana komphakathi wesayensi mayelana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu akubandakanyi nje kuphela amamodeli mayelana nokuthi yini engenzeka uma singanciphisi ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, kodwa izinga lokushisa elivele likhiyiwe yizinto ezikhishwayo ezidlule kanye nemiphumela eqinisayo yezimpendulo zesimo sezulu.
Futhi ukuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu kuyingxenye eyodwa kuphela yendaba yokuwohloka kwemvelo. Izibikezelo ziwumdlalo weziwula, kodwa bheka noma yisiphi isilinganiso esibucayi sempilo yendawo ezungezile ukuphila kwethu okuncike kuyoโukuncipha kwamanzi angaphansi komhlaba, ukulahlekelwa kwenhlabathi engaphezulu, ukungcoliswa kwamakhemikhali, ukwanda kobuthi emizimbeni yethu, inani nosayizi โwezindawo ezifileโ ezilwandle, okusheshisa ukushabalala kwezinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo nokunciphisa izinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayoโfuthi ubuze umbuzo olula: Ingabe siphokophele endaweni efanele?
Ukuthi siyafuna noma cha ukubhekana nanoma yikuphi kwalokhu kwezombusazwe, abantu abaningi okungenani banombono obonakalayo wokuthi yini ezayo. Uma sifuna ukuqala ukwakha ikusasa eliphilayo, kufanele siqale ukudabuka, sihlangene, ngalokho esilahlekelwe futhi okungenzeka ukuthi sizosilahlekela. Ukuba lusizi akukhona ukuzinikela kodwa ukwamukela lokho okungenakushintshwa nokuzibophezela kulokho okungafezwa, ngaphakathi kwemingcele ebekwa yi-ecosphere. Siyakuqonda ukubaluleka kosizi olunjalo ezimweni zomuntu siqu, lapho silahlekelwa abathandekayo, futhi manje sidinga ukukusebenzisa emhlabeni, ndawonye.
Umngane wami uJim Koplin wayengumuntu wokuqala engangimazi owake wabhekana nalezi zimo, emashumini eminyaka edlule, kudala ngaphambi kokuba lezi zinkinga zibe yizindaba ezihamba phambili. UJim washiswa kakhulu yizinhlangano zomphakathi zango-1960 futhi walolongwa izimpande zakhe zasemaphandleni obishini lwepulazi lenkathi yokudangala azalelwa kulo. Njengoba ayegxile ebulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, egxeka ukubusa/ukuzithoba okunamandla enhliziyweni yokuxhashazwa phakathi komkhaya wesintu, wayeya ngokuya ethuswa ngemiphumela yemizamo yabantu yokubusa umhlaba omkhulu ophilayo.
Ngenxa yokuthi wenqaba ukufulathela iqiniso, kamuva ekuphileni kwakhe uJim watshela abangane bakhe, โNjalo ekuseni ngivuka ngisosizini olukhulu.โ
UJim wayengajabule ngempilo yakhe noma ecindezelekile. Usizi lwakhe, hhayi nje ngabantu abahluphekayo kuphela kodwa nokubhujiswa kwezinhlelo eziphilayo zomhlaba, akuzange kumholele ekubeni ahlehle. Kuze kube yilapho eshona eneminyaka engu-79, uJim wayematasa emisebenzini yezombangazwe, imizamo yokufundisa umphakathi, kanye nokuhlela umphakathi. Ikhono lakhe lokubhekana namaqiniso anzima laliwumthombo wamandla, futhi lalibaluleke kakhulu kimi kangangokuthi ngemva kokufa kwakhe ngabhala incwadi ngaye, ethi, Plain Radical, nginikeza ukuhlakanipha kwakhe kulabo abangakaze bahlangane naye.
UJim wangisiza ukuba ngiqonde ukuthi azikho izixazululo ezinkingeni eziningi zemvelo eziwohlokayo uma siphikelela ekugcineni amandla aphezulu/ubuchwepheshe obuphezulu obuhlala ezindaweni eziningi ezithuthukile (futhi ezifiswa abaningi abangabandakanyi kukho njengamanje). Ngisho nezishoshovu eziningi ezinomqondo oqinile ezizimisele ukubekela inselele ukugxilwa kwengcebo namandla ngendlela engenabulungisa ziyanqikaza ukudedela ukuzibophezela kulokhu okubizwa ngokuthi โindlela yokuphila,โ engazange ikhiqize isiko lempilo kodwa uhlobo oluthile lwehlelo lokufa, umphakathi wazisa izinjabulo ezishibhile namathoyizi ashibhile ngaphezu kwabantu abanempilo kanye neplanethi enempilo.
Lapho senqaba ukudabuka ngalokho okudlulayo, cishe siyonamathela ngokungenangqondo ezindleleni zokuphila ezingenakusekelwa. Lapho singakwazi ukuvuma usizi olujulile lwalokho okulahlekile, sizama ukucasha eqinisweni lokulahlekelwa futhi siqhubekisela phambili inkohliso yokuthi singaqhubeka nale nkambo. Kungakho inqubo yokulila eyiqoqo kufanele ibe yinto eza kuqala kithi sonke, isisiza ukuba siyeke ukukhohliswa kokuthi singagcina izinhlelo ezingasimame.
Abaqavile kwezobuchwephesheโlabo abakholelwa ukuthi singeqa yonke imingcele futhi sisungule indlela yethu yokuphuma kunoma iyiphi inkingaโbazositshela ukuthi sidinga ukusebenzisa imicabango yethu. Ngiyavuma, kodwa umsebenzi wethu awukona ukucabanga ngekusasa lenganekwane yesayensi. Ikusasa lomuntu elihloniphekileโmhlawumbe ithuba lekusasa lomuntu nhloboโkuncike ekhonweni lethu lokucabanga ubuhlobo obusha nomhlaba omkhulu ophilayo.
URobert Jensen unguprofesa eSikoleni Sobuntatheli eNyuvesi yaseTexas e-Austin futhi uyilungu lebhodi leThird Coast Activist Resource Center e-Austin. Ungumbhali we-Plain Radical: Ukuphila, Ukuthanda, Nokufunda Ukushiya Iplanethi Ngomusa (Counterpoint/Soft Skull, 2015). Ezinye izincwadi zikaJensen zifaka phakathi i-Arguing for Our Lives: Umhlahlandlela Womsebenzisi we-Constructive Dialogue (Izibani Zedolobha, 2013); Wonke Amathambo Ami Ayazamazama: Ukufuna Indlela Eqhubekayo Ezwini Lesiprofetho, (I-Soft Skull Press, 2009); Ukuphuma: Izithombe Zocansi kanye Nokuphela Kobudoda (South End Press, 2007); Inhliziyo Yobumhlophe: Ukubhekana Nobuhlanga, Ubuhlanga kanye Nelungelo Labamhlophe (Izibani Zedolobha, 2005); Izakhamizi Zombuso: Umzabalazo Wokufuna Ubuntu Bethu (Izibani Zedolobha, 2004); kanye Nokwehluka Kokubhala: Ukuthatha Imibono Eqinile Isuka Emaphethelweni Iyise Kokujwayelekile (Peter Lang, 2002). UJensen uphinde abe ngumdidiyeli wefilimu eyidokhumentari ethi โAbe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the Other Still Dancingโ (Media Education Foundation, 2009), elandisa ngempilo nefilosofi yesishoshovu sesikhathi eside.
UJensen angafinyelelwa ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] futhi izindatshana zakhe zingatholakala ku-inthanethi ku-http://robertwjensen.org/. Ukuze ujoyine uhlu lwe-imeyili ukuze uthole ama-athikili ka-Jensen, vakashela ku-http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/jensenupdates-info.html. Twitter: @jensenrobertw.
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