Usuku Lomhlaba Akunjalo kuphela Ixesha Abantwana Kufuneka Bazisebenzise Ukusebenzisa okanye Ukutyala
Usuku lomhlaba lwaqala ngo-Apreli 22, 1970. Ngumhla apho singabonakalisa khona iplanethi yethu, indawo yethu kunye neendlela esinokuzigcina ziphilile.
Ukususela kuma-70, abantwana kunye nezikolo zaziswa ukuba zixhase ukubunjwa nokuqhubeka kwalo suku olukhethekileyo. Emva koko, abantwana banomdla obaluleke kakhulu ekugcineni umhlaba wethu uphilile. Ngaloo mini, abantwana bangatshala umthi, bafunde ngezilwanyana zasendle ezisengozini, okanye bahambe baye esikolweni kunokuba bakhwele emotweni.
Nangona abafundi bezemfundo kunye nabafundi beplasi yokuqala bebancinci ukuba baqonde iinkcukacha kunye nemigangatho yeqhwa eliqhekezayo e-Antarctica, ababancinane kakhulu ukuba babe nolwazi ngokusingqongileyo. Ukwazisa oku kuqala kunye neentsapho zabo kunye nabanikezeli babo bokunakekela abantwana abasebenzisana ngokubambisana nabantwana abancinci ukwenza inxaxheba yabo ekuncedeni ukulondoloza iplanethi.
Kwabantwana abancinci bangafunda izinto ezisisiseko zokuphinda zibuyiswe kwakhona, bengasebenzisi "i-chemicals" echaphazelekayo kwizinto, kwaye kutheni ukutshala imithi kunye nezityalo ukutshintsha indawo ezithathiweyo kubaluleke kakhulu. Ingane ekhulile ngokwaneleyo ukuphosa udoti indala ngokwaneleyo ukuba ifunde ukuhlunga iphepha kwiiplastiki (kunye nolawulo lomntu wokuqala) kunye nokucima izibane xa kungekho kwigumbi. Abantwana abancinci banokukunceda kunye neentsuku zokuthutha iinqwelo zomphakathi (bawagqoke iiglavu ngokuncinci kakhulu), funda indlela yokucoca kunye nendlela yokugcina amanzi.
Abantwana abaselula banokuvakalelwa kukuba yiyiphi imini yoMhlaba ngokuphathelele ukucula iingoma, imifanekiso yokubala kunye nokwenza ubugcisa.
Abafundisi bokuqala bokudala kunye nabafundisi besikolo esiphakathi basebenzisa iziganeko zeMini yoMhlaba njengendlela yokuxhamla ukuqala kwengqondo kunye nezingane ezizinyamekelayo. Njengoko abantwana bafunda ngeendlela zokulondolozwa, bahlala bezingqongqo kunye nabamalungu entsapho. Amaxesha amaninzi, abazali ababandakanyekayo bahlala besenza isisombululo sezosingqongileyo kunye nababoneleli, abaqeqeshi kunye nabanye abantu abadala abasebenzisanayo kunye nokulawula abantwana, ngaloo ndlela banethuba lokumisela imodeli yokuziphatha.
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