Lesi sigaba sigqamisa indima ebalulekile edlalwa ukukhetha komuntu ekubumbeni umhlaba onozwelo, ozinzile, nolinganayo. Nakuba uguquko lwesistimu lubalulekile, izenzo zansuku zonke—esikudlayo, esikugqokayo, indlela esikhuluma ngayo—ziphethe amandla okubekela inselele imikhuba eyingozi futhi zibe nomthelela ekushintsheni okubanzi komphakathi. Ngokuvumelanisa ukuziphatha kwethu nezimiso zethu, abantu ngabanye bangasiza ekuhlakazeni izimboni ezizuza ngonya nokulimala kwemvelo.
Ihlola izindlela ezingokoqobo, ezinikeza amandla abantu abangenza ngazo umthelela ophusile: ukwamukela ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni, ukusekela izimpawu zokuziphatha, ukunciphisa imfucuza, ukuhileleka ezingxoxweni ezinolwazi, kanye nokumela izilwane ngaphakathi kwemibuthano yabo. Lezi zinqumo ezibonakala zizincane, uma zandiswe emiphakathini yonkana, ziphuma ngaphandle futhi ziqhubekisele phambili uguquko lwamasiko. Lesi sigaba futhi sibhekana nezithiyo ezivamile ezifana nengcindezi yomphakathi, ulwazi olunganembile, nokufinyelela—sinikeza isiqondiso sokuzinqoba ngokucacile nangokuzethemba.
Ekugcineni, lesi sigaba sikhuthaza umqondo wokuzibophezela okuqaphelayo. Igcizelela ukuthi uguquko oluzwakalayo aluqali ngaso sonke isikhathi emahholo omthetho noma ezindlini zezinkampani—imvamisa luqala ngesibindi somuntu siqu nokungaguquguquki. Ngokukhetha uzwela ekuphileni kwethu kwansuku zonke, sinikela enhlanganweni eyazisa ukuphila, ubulungisa, nempilo yeplanethi.
Ukuswela amanzi kuyavela njengezinkinga zomhlaba wonke, kwaqiniswa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nemikhuba engaphephile. Phakathi kwalolu daba kunguzolimo zezilwane - umshayeli omkhulu ovame ukwenziwa ngaphansi kwamanzi amasha. Ukusuka emanzini amakhulu okusetshenziswa kwezilimo okuphakelayo ekungcoleni nasekukhishweni kwe-aquifer ngokweqile, ukulima kwezimboni kubeka ingcindezi enkulu ekuhlinzekweni kwamanzi okuncipha. Lo mbhalo uhlola ukuxhumana okuvusa umsindo phakathi kwezolimo zezilwane kanye nokushoda kwamanzi, ama-delves ezibonelweni zangempela zomhlaba ezinjenge-california ephakathi nendawo kanye nomkhakha wenyama yenyama ye-california, bese ubeka izixazululo ezisebenzayo zokuvikela izinhlelo zokudla ezibalulekile