Bhabha iflegi yoMhlaba ngaphezu kweeFlegi zeSizwe

NguDave Meserve, ngoFebruwari 8, 2022

Apha e-Arcata, eKhalifoniya, sisebenzela ukwazisa kunye nokupasa ummiselo wokuvota oza kufuna ukuba isiXeko sase-Arcata siphephezelise iflegi yoMhlaba phezulu kuzo zonke iiflegi zesixeko, ngaphezulu kwe-United States kunye neeflegi zaseCalifornia.

IArcata sisixeko esinabantu abamalunga ne-18,000 kunxweme olusemantla eCalifornia. Ikhaya leYunivesithi yaseHumboldt State (ngoku eyiCal Poly Humboldt), i-Arcata yaziwa njengoluntu oluqhubela phambili kakhulu, olugxininise ixesha elide kwindalo, uxolo kunye nobulungisa bezenhlalakahle.

Iflegi yomhlaba ibhabha kwi-Arcata Plaza. Ilungile lonto. Azikho izikwere zedolophu ezininzi ezibandakanyiweyo.

Kodwa yima! Umyalelo wePlaza flagpole awukho ngqiqweni. Iflegi yaseMelika ibhabha phezulu, iflegi yaseCalifornia phantsi kwayo, kunye neflegi yoMhlaba ezantsi.

Ngaba umhlaba awuzijikelezi zonke izizwe nawo onke amazwe? Ngaba impilo yoMhlaba ayibalulekanga kubo bonke ubomi? Ngaba imiba yehlabathi ayibalulekanga ngakumbi kwimpilo yethu esempilweni kunobuzwe?

Lixesha lokuba siqaphele ubungangamsha boMhlaba phezu kwezizwe kwaye sithi xa sibhabha iisimboli zabo kwiindawo zethu zedolophu. Asinakuba nesizwe esisempilweni ngaphandle koMhlaba osempilweni.

Lixesha lokuba “Ubeke Umhlaba Phezulu.”

Ukufudumala kwehlabathi kunye nemfazwe yenyukliya zezona zoyikiso kubomi bethu namhlanje. Ukunciphisa ezi zoyikiso, izizwe kufuneka zihlangane kunye ngokholo oluhle kwaye zivumelane ukuba ukusinda kobomi eMhlabeni kubaluleke kakhulu kunobuzwe okanye umdla wenkampani.

Ukutshintsha kwemozulu okubangelwa ngabantu kunye nemveliso yayo yokufudumala kwehlabathi kuya kwenza ukuba umhlaba ungahlali phakathi kwexesha lokuphila kwabantwana nabazukulwana bethu, ngaphandle kokuba abantu bavumelane nezenzo eziya kumisa ukunyuka kweqondo lokushisa. Kodwa kwinkomfa yakutsha nje ye-COP26, akukho zicwangciso zamanyathelo afanelekileyo amkelweyo. Endaweni yoko seva kuphela ukuba uGreta Thunberg wayibiza ngokuchanekileyo, "Blah, blah, blah". Kunokuba bavume ukunciphisa ngamandla ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha efosili, amaqela azisebenzelayo kunye namaqela ezizwe, atyiwa kukubawa nokufuna igunya, alawule iingxoxo, yaye akukho nkqubela yokwenene yenziwayo.

Imfazwe yenyukliya, ephenjelelwa yimfazwe yethu ebandayo ehlaziyiweyo neRussia neTshayina, inokutshabalalisa bonke ubomi eMhlabeni kwiminyaka nje embalwa, ngokuqala kobusika benyukliya. (Eyona nto ingumnqa yeyokuba ubusika benyukliya bukuphela kweyeza lexesha elifutshane lokunyanga ukufudumala kwehlabathi! Kodwa masingathathi loo ndlela!) Ngokungafaniyo nokutshintsha kwemozulu, imfazwe yenyukliya ayikenzeki, kodwa siselunxwemeni. Ukuba kuyenzeka, ngokuyilwa okanye ngengozi, kuya kuzisa intshabalalo ekhawulezileyo nokuphela. Ekuphela kwendlela ekude kumathuba akhulayo emfazwe yenyukliya kukuba izizwe zibeke ecaleni ukuma kwazo kwezopolitiko kwaye zivume ukujoyina iSivumelwano sokuThintwa kwezixhobo zeNyukliya, ukunciphisa izixhobo zenyukliya, ukuthembisa ukungasebenzisi okokuqala, kunye nokusebenzisa idiplomacy yokwenyani ukusombulula iingxabano. . Kwakhona, ugxininiso kufuneka lususwe kwizinto ezinomdla welizwe luye kukhuseleko kunye nokuphila kakuhle kwesi sijikelezi-langa sethu esinguMhlaba.

Nokuba silithanda kangakanani ilizwe lethu, asinakubanga ukuba nayiphi na “inzala yesizwe” ibaluleke ngaphezu kokugcina umhlaba ukuhlalwa kwaye wamkelekile.

Le nkolelo inkhokelele ekubeni ndithathe inyathelo ngokuqalisa inyathelo lokuvota lasekhaya lokuphephezelisa iflegi yoMhlaba ngaphezu kwe-US kunye neeflegi zaseCalifornia kuzo zonke iiflegi zedolophu ezilapha e-Arcata. Sibiza intshukumo "Beka Umhlaba Phezulu." Ithemba lethu lelokuba siya kuphumelela ekufumaneni inyathelo lokuvota kunyulo lukaNovemba ka-2022, kwaye liya kudlula ngomda omkhulu kwaye libangele ukuba isixeko siqalise ngokukhawuleza ukubhabha iflegi yoMhlaba phezulu kuzo zonke iiflegi ezisemthethweni.

Kumfanekiso omkhulu, sinethemba lokuba oku kuya kuqalisa incoko enkulu ngakumbi ngokubaluleka kokugxila kwizenzo kwimpilo yeplanethi yethu yoMhlaba.

Kodwa, akukho mthethweni ukubhabha nayiphi na iflegi ngaphezu kweNkwenkwezi kunye neMivi? IKhowudi yeFlegi yase-United States ichaza ukuba iflegi yaseMelika kufuneka ibhabhe phezulu kwipali yeflegi, kodwa malunga nokunyanzeliswa kunye nokusetyenziswa kweKhowudi, iWikipedia ithi (icaphula ingxelo yeNkonzo yoPhando ngo-2008):

"IKhowudi yeFlegi yase-United States iseka imithetho yeengcebiso zokubonisa kunye nokukhathalela iflegi yesizwe ye ilizwe elidibene lasemelika…Lo ngumthetho womanyano waseMelika, kodwa ucebisa kuphela amasiko okuzithandela okuphatha iflegi yaseMelika kwaye ubungajongwanga ukuba ube nokunyanzeliswa. Le khowudi isebenzisa ulwimi olungabopheleliyo olufana 'nekufuneka' kunye 'nokwenza isiko' kuyo yonke indawo kwaye ayimiseli naziphi na izohlwayo ngokusilela ukulandela izikhokelo.”

Ngokwezopolitiko, abanye banokucinga ukuba ukubhabha nantoni na ngaphezulu kweFlegi yaseMelika kukungathandi ilizwe. Umfanekiso okwiflegi yoMhlaba waziwa ngokuba yi-Blue Marble, ethathwe nge-7 kaDisemba, ngo-1972 ngabasebenzi baseziphekephekeni be-Apollo 17, kwaye uphakathi kweyona mifanekiso yaveliswayo kwimbali, ngoku ibhiyozela i-50 yayo.^th usuku enazimanya ngalo. Ukubhabha iflegi yoMhlaba ngaphezulu kweNkwenkwezi kunye neMivi ayideleli iUnited States.

Ngokufanayo, ukuba izixeko ezikwamanye amazwe zithatha le projekthi, injongo kukwandisa ulwazi malunga noMhlaba njengeplanethi yethu yekhaya, kwaye kungekhona ukudelela isizwe esihlala kuso.

Abanye baya kuphikisa ukuba akufanele sichithe amandla ekuhleleni kwakhona iiflegi, kodwa endaweni yoko sithathe "iingxaki zangempela zendawo" ezijongene noluntu lwethu. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba singenza zombini. Sinokuyilungisa le miba “ezantsi ukuya eMhlabeni” njengoko sijolise ngakumbi ekugcineni impilo yoMhlaba ngokwawo.

Ithemba lam kukuba ngonyaka ozayo, zonke iiflegi zeSixeko sase-Arcata ziya kuba neflegi yoMhlaba phezulu. Ke, ezinye izixeko ezijikeleze i-United States kunye nehlabathi liphela ziya kusebenza ukwamkela imimiselo efanayo, ibhabha iflegi yoMhlaba ngaphezulu kweflegi yelizwe labo. Kwihlabathi elibonakalisa uthando nentlonelo ngoMhlaba ngolu hlobo, izivumelwano ezikhokelela kwimozulu ephilileyo noxolo lwehlabathi ziya kufikeleleka ngakumbi.

Ngokusebenza ekuhlaleni kwizixeko zethu zasekhaya ukwamkela isimboli seflegi yomhlaba phezulu, ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na iflegi yelizwe, mhlawumbi sinokugcina uMhlaba njengekhaya elamkelekileyo kuthi nakwizizukulwana ezizayo.

Masibeke Umhlaba phezulu.

UDave Meserve uyila kwaye wakhe izindlu eArcata, CA. Wakhonza kwiBhunga leSixeko sase-Arcata ukusuka kwi-2002 ukuya ku-2006. Xa engasebenzi ukuze aphile, usebenza ukuphazamisa uxolo, ubulungisa kunye nokusingqongileyo okunempilo.