"Angisoze ngalukhohlwa usuku engafunda ngalo ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Kwenzeka cishe eminyakeni emithathu edlule phakathi nonyaka wami omkhulu ngisesikoleni esiphakeme ngokungahleliwe phakathi nekilasi lami lokufaneleka. Sibe nomethuli wohlelo ozokhuluma ngomthelela onawo ekudleni kwethu emhlabeni wethu. Ugcizelele amaphuzu amathathu ayinhloko, izimiso zokuziphatha zokudla izilwane, imithelela enayo empilweni yethu, nendlela okuwuthinta ngayo umhlaba. Kuyo yonke i-PowerPoint umhlathi wami wehla ngoba phambilini, angikaze ngizwe ngobudlelwano obuyinkimbinkimbi esinabo nokudla kwethu ngale kwama-taste buds. Konke lokhu kwaziswa kwaqoshwa engqondweni yami futhi nganquma ngokushesha ukuthatha isinyathelo.

Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, ngakhuluma nawo wonke umuntu engangimazi ngokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nomthelela onalo emhlabeni wethu, ezempilo kanye nokuphila kahle. Alukho usuku engingazange ngilisho igama elithi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Ngangikholelwa ukuthi wonke umuntu ufanelwe ulwazi oluzosho isiphetho sekusasa lakhe, imindeni yabo, imiphakathi nendawo ezungezile. Ngenhlanhla, izingxoxo zami ezishisayo ziholela ekutheni ngiphishekele umsebenzi we-Sustainability. Ngangifuna ukukhala lapho umzala wami engitshela (ngenkathi emhlupha ngokusebenza enkampanini kawoyela) ukuthi kunomkhakha wokuxazulula izinkinga ezihilela ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu. Ngokushesha ngamgona ngase ngishintsha okukhulu engangikumemezele kusukela ebunesi (umsebenzi engangingawufisi) ngaya ekuSustainability and Environment at Florida international University, okungenzeka kwakungolunye lwezinsuku ezinhle kakhulu zokuphila kwami.Okwamanje ngikwesi-3 unyaka ngithanda amakilasi ami futhi ngithola izindlela zokufundisa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu ngobuciko ukuze abantu baqonde futhi bagqugquzelwe ukuthatha isinyathelo.

Eminyakeni engu-3 edlule impilo yami yashintsha ngoba othile wazinika isikhathi sokungifundisa ngempilo yami, ikusasa kanye nekhono lokwenza umthelela omuhle. Lokhu kugqugquzeleka kusesenhliziyweni yami nanamuhla futhi kuyangikhuthaza nsuku zonke ukuba ngibe umfundisi wokusungula ongazisa abantu ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kuyilapho ngibanikeza amandla ngezisombululo eziya emgomweni wethu wokuhlangana wokuhlala endaweni engcono."