Welcome to The Climate Toolkit

Wageni wapendwa wa Zana ya Hali ya Hewa,

It wasn’t long ago that many of us in the world of cultural institutions felt that if our mission didn’t explicitly state that we should be concerned with the environment and climate change, we were off the hook — to attend to these concerns was a form of “mission creep,” and environmental initiatives were best led by environmental causes. But times have changed, and they have changed rapidly: science tells us that climate change is real, advancing at an alarming rate and that it will affect everyone and everything on the planet. Today, the trust that we have established in the communities we serve and our decades of commitment to the exploration of science, history, art, and nature compel us to not only address these issues but to emerge as the leaders of change in our regions and beyond. Each and every one of us must do all we can as quickly as we can.

Chanzo kikuu cha mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa ni mitindo ya maisha tunayoishi na jinsi tunavyofikiri kuhusu uhusiano wetu na ulimwengu. Zana iliundwa ili kushughulikia masuala ya mtindo wa maisha na kutuhimiza kuona ulimwengu kutoka kwa mtazamo wa kuzaliwa upya. Tunatambua kwamba kila shirika, jumuiya na eneo la kibayolojia ni la kipekee na kwamba kila mmoja wetu atalazimika kuyapa kipaumbele maeneo ambayo ni muhimu zaidi kwa hali yetu tunapokuza uwezo ndani yetu na jamii zetu kuchukua hatua. Tumeunda vipimo vinavyopendekezwa katika maeneo kadhaa muhimu ili kukuwezesha kuanza, na unapoendelea na safari hii, tunatumai kuwa utapitia mapendekezo haya ili kupata pointi mpya za kuingilia ambapo unaweza kuwa na athari ya juu zaidi.

Faida kuu ya Zana ni jinsi ilivyoundwa ili kuruhusu mashirika kushiriki kile wanachofanya, kuwezesha ushauri, na kutumika kama fursa ya kujifunza njia mpya za kushughulikia mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kutoka kwa wengine katika uwanja wetu.

Katika miaka mingi ya kuongoza mipango endelevu katika Phipps, tumegundua kwamba hatuwezi kupunguza mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kupitia hatua ya taasisi moja au mtu mmoja. Tunahitaji kufanya kazi pamoja. Elimu yetu, vifaa, uendelevu, uuzaji, kilimo cha bustani, makusanyo, na idara zingine zimekuwa muhimu katika kusaidia kuanzisha mazoea na kuendelea kushughulikia mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa huku tukiwa hai katika jamii yetu. Iwapo taasisi za umma na wataalamu wao watafanya kazi pamoja kwa pamoja, tunaweza kushiriki taarifa muhimu na mifano iliyofanikiwa, kusaidia kujibu maswali ya kila mmoja wetu, kushirikisha jumuiya zetu, na kusaidiana katika safari zetu za uendelevu.

Tafadhali chukua muda kusoma baadhi yetu makala za elimu, tazama baadhi yetu mitandao, na ujiandikishe kwa yetu jarida! Tunatazamia kuunganishwa zaidi - na hakuna kikomo kwa kile tunaweza kutimiza pamoja.

Kwa dhati,

Richard V. Piacentini
Rais na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji
Phipps Conservatory na Botanical Gardens