UDkt. Nadina Galle, Umbhali, Unjiniyela Wezemvelo & Umdali we-inthanethi Yemvelo

Wazalelwa e- Netherlands and raised in Canada, I developed my love for the outdoors and my commitment to conserving nature from a young age. Reading works by trailblazing urbanists Jane Jacobs and James Howard Kunstler as a teenager, I questioned the imbalance between nature and the encroaching urban sprawl I saw around me in suburban Canada.
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Njengemvelo Unjiniyela, ngiqhutshwa uthando lwe-ecology kanye nokuthakasela ubuchwepheshe, ngiyacwaninga, ngithuthukise, futhi ngilethe emakethe ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa ukuze kwakhiwe imiphakathi engcono yabantu nemvelo. Umqondo Ngibiza “I-inthanethi Yemvelo” (IoN).

I-IoN manje inhlangano yomhlaba wonke yabasebenzi abanesibindi abasebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusafufusa ukuze bakhe imiphakathi enothile ngemvelo. Eyami podcast, I-inthanethi ye-Nature Podcast, ngokulandiwe okungaphezu kuka-25K, kubonisa umsebenzi omangalisayo walaba somabhizinisi nabasunguli.

Ngaphezu kuka-a ishumi leminyaka lokuhlangenwe nakho kwezemfundo kuwo wonke amazwekazi amane, ucwaningo lwesayensi lukhona endaweni yami yamasondo. Kodwa ucwaningo lwami oluhlangene neminyaka yami ngisebenza-kanye nokwakha okwami-ukuqala kobuchwepheshe yilapho ngigqama khona. Manje ngiletha amanothi ayinhloko, imicimbi yomhlaba wonke emaphakathi, ngisakaza ulwazi, futhi ngethula imikhiqizo ekuxhumaneni kwemvelo, abantu, nobuchwepheshe.

Umsebenzi wami ufakiwe amadokhumenti akhiqizwe ngu I-BBC Earth futhi i-arte.tv; kokuningi British, Irish, Futhi Dutch izinhlelo zomsakazo; nasezincwadini eziningi ezinyathelisiwe, kuhlanganise Newsweek, IT, Futhi National Geographic, lapho i-Ph.D yami. ucwaningo bekuyisihloko sesici esingamakhasi amahlanu.

Ngibe umamukeli wakho kokubili imiklomelo yezemfundo kanye nezamabhizinisi, kuhlanganise a Fulbright scholarship for a fellowship at MIT Senseable City Lab, where I still hold a research affiliation; inclusion on the Sustainable Top 100 list of young Dutch entrepreneurs for three consecutive years in a row (the maximum allowed); and umklomelo ophezulu we-European Space Agency, “Isikhala u-Oscar, " for my work on individual tree crown delineation to combat urban deforestation. Forbes futhi Elsevier ungikhethile ezinhlwini zabo ezithi “30 under 30”.

Amaklayenti, engisebenza nabo, nabangane bayalazisa ikhono lami lokuthatha ubunikazi bemiphumela. Ngithanda ukucabanga ukuthi leli khono, elihlanganiswe nokwethembeka, uzwela, nobuhlakani bami, yilo elingenza ngibe umholi okwazi ukuhola ngempumelelo amaqembu ukuze afeze umsebenzi owabelwe.

Ngijabule ngendlela engihamba kuyo, ngicwaninga futhi ngakha ulwazi “lokuthatha imvelo ku-inthanethi” futhi ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthi ikhanda lami likusayensi, kodwa inhliziyo yami isekukhulumeni. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukuhumusha okutholakele kwezemfundo nobuchwepheshe kulwazi lomphakathi kuyo yonke imidiya ehlukene.

Ngo-2024, ngaqanjwa ngokuthi a I-National Geographic Explorer, researching how growing cities across Latin America are plugging into the Internet of Nature. My debut book, Ubunjalo Bamadolobha Ethu: Ukusebenzisa Amandla Omhlaba Wemvelo Ukuze Usinde Iplanethi Eguqukayo, yashicilelwa nguHarperCollins ngoJuni 18, 2024. Ungakwazi oda lapha.