Lapho i-apocalypse ifika akekho owayazi ukuthi yayingayenga kangako. E-Pacific Northwest ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kusho izinsuku zasebusika ezifanele ukuhlala ngaphandle ngezikibha. Amahlathi ashile manje avutha akhiqiza ukukhanya kwelanga oku-tangerine-orange. Ukushisa kudale umonakalo kuyo yonke into kusukela epakini yeqhwa kuya emachwebeni olwandle, kodwa futhi kusho inkathi ende yokukhula kanye nokuhlukahluka kwezitshalo.
Lokhu akukona ukubeka ubuso obumoyizelayo kumgibeli wamahhashi amane. Isintu, ngemva kokuthatha isihlalo somshayeli sokuziphendukela kwemvelo, siwuphahlaze odongeni lwezitini lwempucuko yezimboni.
Noma kunjalo, umhlaba we-apocalyptic yilokho esikwenzayo ngawo. Manje sisemkhankasweni wokusindisa lapho izinhloso zethu kuwukuphulukisa nokwenza kabusha umhlaba oshabalalayo.
Icala alikwazi ukusatshalaliswa ngokulinganayo. Izigebengu, izifundazwe, izinhlangano, nezikhungo, zimbalwa kakhulu ezingabizwa ngamagama. Sekungamashumi eminyaka besebenza kanzima ukuze bavimbele noma yikuphi ukuguquka okunengqondo kude nomnotho wezinsalela ezimbiwa phansi. Ngo-2015 i-atmospheric carbon dioxide yadlula Izingxenye ezingama-400 ngesigidi ngasinye, izinga eliphezulu kowokugcina Iminyaka eyizigidi ezingama-23, futhi ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa kuyanda. Izwe elilodwa liyaphela ngenxa yokuqothulwa okukhulu kwesithupha, ukungcoliswa komhlaba, ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukuwa kwezindawo zokudoba, ukukhuphuka kwezinga lolwandle, imililo yequbula, izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezihlaselayo, nokufa kwezixhobo zamakhorali.
Igama elilodwa lezwe elisha lithi โi-anthropocene i-biosphere.โ Abanye ososayensi bathi umthelela wethu ujulile kakhulu abantu sebeqale isigaba sesithathu sokuziphendukela kwemvelo eminyakeni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-3.8. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwezinto ezisele. Njengoba iqhutshwa emithanjeni yezentengiselwano, "i-neobiota" njengamakati, amagundane, nezimbaza ziningi kangangokuthi ngeke zife embhalweni wezinsalela. Sephule "isithiyo samandla e-photosynthetic" ngamalahle kawoyela negesi yemvelo. Senze ikoloni noma salungisa yonke indawo yemvelo. Senze kabusha inguquko ngokulima kwezimboni kanye nokulima okukodwa, ukungcola, ukuzalanisa, ubuchwepheshe bezakhi zofuzo, kanye nesayensi yezinto eziphilayo ezisafufusa. Sidale i-technosphere encike futhi eqhudelana ne-biosphere, futhi engahlanganisa ukuphila nomshini.
Kukho konke lokhu, abantu abakwazi ukuqeda umhlaba. Esinye isazi sezinto eziphilayo amanothi, โUkukhipha amagciwane eplanethini ukuze kususwe zonke izinto eziphilayo kungadinga okuthile okufana nokuncibilikisa uqweqwe loMhlaba kube udaka oluncibilikisiwe nokubilisa olwandle nomkhathi.โ Ezehlakalweni ezinhlanu ezedlule zokuqothulwa kwabantu abaningi emlandweni womhlaba, i-biosphere yachuma futhi ngemva kweminyaka eyizigidi ezimbalwa. Lokho kuyinduduzo encane lapha namanje, kodwa kunemiphumela yokuphila kwe-apocalyptic. Inikezwe Ukubikezela Umhlaba njenge-cinder yasezulwini, umfutho ovame ukwanda ngakwesobunxele uwuku ukuphelelwa ithemba, umphakathi ocabangayo uyoguguleka ube ugwadule lwababusi bempi, abadobi bezobuchwepheshe, namahlelo okukhulekela amanzi ngaphambi kokuba ama-homo sapiens angabe esabakho. Ilungelo, okwamanje, libanjwe ukuphika komlingo. Mayelana 40 amaphesenti womphakathi wase-U.S. ukholelwa, ngokumelene nabo bonke ubufakazi, ukuthi ukufudumala kubangelwa izimbangela zemvelo.
Ukucabanga kokuphela komlando kusenza singakwazi ukwenza okuthile, kuyilapho ukuphika kusebenzela izithakazelo zabaphathi bebhizinisi njengenjwayelo. Sidinga enye inketho: ukwamukela ikusasa lethu lezinganekwane zesayensi lapho ucwaningo olwaqala ngokukhula konxiwankulu kanye nokushiswa kwezinto zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi kuphume esandleni sethu.
The okushukumisa ingqondo U-Donna Haraway uhlanganisa okwangempela kokucatshangelwayo ngokucabangela ukulahlekelwa okuningi okungenakulungiseka phezu kwethu nalokhu okuzayo. Yena iphakamisa ukudala โizingosi eziqagelayo, izindaba eziqagelayo zabesifazane, izinganekwane zesayensi, neqiniso lesayensiโ njengendlela โyokuhlanganisa amandla ukuze kwakhiwe kabusha izindawo zokuphephela.โ
Lokhu akulona ububanzi besikhathi samanje ngokumelene nezindaba ezinhleโayikho indaba enkulu kunokuphela komhlaba, phela. I-Haraway ibiza izinganekwane zezimayini, ikakhulukazi lezo zokuvuselelwa kabusha. Isinyathelo sokuqala siwukuvuselela izimiso zokuphila, hhayi ema-zoo angewona ama-mausoleum aphilayo, kodwa emhlabeni ngokwawo. Ukululama kuyasebenza emhlabeni womuntu futhi. Njengoba ukuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke konxiwankulu kuye kwaphuca amahlathi nezilwandle ukuphila, kanjalo sekuqede amasiko, izilimi, izindlela zokuphila, ezombusazwe, ezomnotho kanye nabantu.
Ukulondoloza iziphephelo zasendle ezingasinda osizini oluzayo kuyethusa, ikakhulukazi lapho kusele okuncane kakhulu. Esifundeni esivundile kakhulu esisuka eNyakatho California kuya eNingizimu-ntshonalanga yeCanada, cishe amaphesenti amahlanu wendawo yokuhlala asele. Kulokho, amaphesenti angama-5 kuya kwangama-80 ezimila akhiwe izinhlobo ezingezona ezomdabu.
Ngakho-ke, noma yini esiyilondolozayo izosungulwa ngandlela thize. Kuwukuhlangana kweqiniso lesayensi nenganekwane ukweqa i-End Times: leyo yeplanethi efile, ikusasa lobunxiwankulu elingenakushintshwa, usuku lokwahlulela ngokwenkolo. Kuphinde futhi kube ukwenqatshwa kwezindaba ezixoxwayo zobuqhawe, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi isigaba samazwe ngamazwe esizoxazulula phakade zonke izingxabano noma indoda eyedwa yaseHollywood exuba inyama ngomshini ukuze ihlenge umhlaba ngesenzo esisodwa sikamesiya.
Isizukulwane sethu sithwele umthwalo wokuwelela ehlane le-apocalyptic, futhi kithina akukho ukuphuma. Mhlawumbe kuzophela ngo-a okubuhlungu ye-methane ephuma ezilwandle, ithungela umkhathi ngomlilo, ishisa izinkulungwane zezigidi, ilandelwe ingubo yokulala enobuthi ye-hydrogen sulfide eminyanisa amazwe, futhi igcine ebhokisini leplanethi elishiswa i-ozone.
Kodwa amamodeli esayensi alokho ukufudumala kwembulunga okubalekayo okungase kubukeke ayaqagela. Ziyizinganekwane zokufa, futhi zingenza buthaka isinqumo sokunciphisa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Ngokufanayo, izimo zosuku lwembubhiso zishintsha ukuzivumelanisa nezimo kube ukusinda kwabacebe kakhulu. Sekuvele kuyenzeka. Izizwe ezinamandla kakhulu zakhetha ukuqhubeka zisebenzisa umkhathi womhlaba njengendawo yokulahla imfucuza, ngakho-ke manje zikhetha izindonga namabutho ukuze kuvinjwe amagagasi omhlaba wabantu abaphelelwe yithemba ababazalayo.
UHaraway uyabhala, umsebenzi wethu, โukwenza i-Anthropocene ibe mfishane/yincane ngangokunokwenzeka futhi sihlakulele ngazo zonke izindlela izikhathi ongazicabanga ezizayo ezingabuyisela isiphephelo.โ
Alikho imephu ye-apocalypse, iziqondiso zomlando nje ezigcwele izindida. Kade singabakhi manje sizoba abaklimbi, sihlanganisa ndawonye amanoveli ama-ecosystem angavuselela umhlaba eminyakeni eyinkulungwane okuzoyithatha ukuze umkhuhlane womhlaba udlule. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sifuna kangakanani ukuphila ngokuvumelana emvelweni, sigwetshiwe ukuyibusa. Hhayi okokukhipha kanye nenzuzo, kodwa ukuvikela kanye nefa. Ukulondoloza impilo kuzokwenzeka phakathi nokuvuka okungapheli kwezinhlobo ezishabalalayo nayo yonke i-biota. Izenzo zendalo ziyohlangatshezwa ukubhujiswa. Izinkampani nohulumeni abasiphoqa ukuba singene endle ngeke bashintshe ngenxa yemibhikisho enesizotha, izinkundla zokuxhumana, noma ukuvota.
Lokhu kunengqondo kubonakala ezifundazweni zaseNtshonalanga ezikhungethwe yisomiso ezicekelwa phansi imililo yequbula. Kuleli hlobo, i-Shell Oil, isekelwa yi-White House futhi ivikelwe yizo zonke izinhlobo zamaphoyisa, imishini yokumba ephoqelelwe kanye nokuhlinzeka ngemikhumbi emanzini. ama-blockade e-Seattle nasePortland. Imikhumbi manje isise-Arctic ihlola uwoyela owake washiswa uzovula i-global thermostat, yomise izwe, futhi ibangele imililo yequbula eyengeziwe. Nokho uwoyela muningi kakhulu akukho mqondo wokwenza inzuzo wokugaya futhi ngokunokwenzeka ukufaka ushevu kwenye yezinto eziphilayo ezihlanzekile, ezihlukile, nezintekenteke emhlabeni.
Kodwa uShell uzibophezele esimisweni esiphakeme: ukuthi inhloso yomhlaba wemvelo kuphela ukusebenza njengempahla engavuthiwe ukuze iqongelelwe. Uma isintu sizulazula ku-anthropocene, kuzoba yingoba sicekele phansi lo mqondo wokufa obusa indlela yethu yokuphila yamanje.
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