Isikhathi eside esihlala eMaui (ngendlela yaseTexas), uDuane Sparkman wathatha uthando lwendalo yonke futhi uyisebenzise emsebenzini wakhe njengesihloko esingenasisekelo (futhi esingaphansi) esibizwa ngokuthi uMphathi Wezemvelo eMnyangweni Wezobunjiniyela waseWestin Maui Indawo yokuhlalisa ne-Spa.
Ngokushesha i-About.com yayinezinjabulo ezingalindelekile zokuhlangana no-Sparkman, indoda yangempela yokuvuselela, e-Relish Burger Bar yangaphandle.
Ushadile nomzukulwana wesishiyagalolunye u-Maui, izingane zakhe, ngokuziqhenya, ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi. Umndeni uhlala emzini owawuyisibhedlela ekuqaleni. U-Sparkman uhola uhlelo oluhle kakhulu lokufundisa nokuqinisa uhlelo lokuvakasha lendlela okuthakazelisayo kunalokho okuzwakalayo.
"Ngiyathanda kakhulu izitshalo zaseHawaii kanye nesiko laseHawaii," kusho uSparkman, onomsebenzi owamvumela ukuba "azethule izitshalo eziningi zemfundo yemfundo kanye nomsebenzi." Ukwabelana ngezindaba nezivakashi ezihlala kuyo nezivakashi, kanye nabahlali bendawo . U-Sparkman, ngenkathi esebenza kahle lapho ekhuluma ngokuphila komkhiqizo wendabuko kanye nomlando wesiko nomlando wezolimo, akunjalo uma ecindezelwa ukukhuluma kabanzi mayelana nokubandakanyeka kwakhe nolwazi oluningi. Kwase kuyiminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 engumngcwabo wangasese, okwamnika ithuba elihle kakhulu lokufunda ngokuphila kwemifino yemvelo kanye nemvelo.
U-Sparkman uye wabahola phambili, futhi usize, emizamweni nasezinzame zokuzithandela, konke okuzungeze ukusimama nokulondolozwa. Umgomo wakhe ukuhlukanisa iWestin kwezinye izindawo zokuhlala. Wayenesibopho sokuklama igama elithi "Westin" ekuhambeni kwe-beach kanye ne-Hanging Green Wall emnyango wokungenisa izivakashi.
U-Sparkman wethule "i-Chef's Garden" e-resort. Yena kanye neqembu lakhe labanjiniyela baphinda futhi, ngokusebenzisa ukuthengisa, noma yiziphi izitshalo ezisusiwe.
Ukuthandana kwakhe ngoMaui kubangele ukuhlanganyela kwakhe emzamweni wokunciphisa njalo umonakalo wekhabhoni nokuvikela nokuvimbela izinhlobo ezisengozini ekuqothulweni.
Ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwezitshalo zokuvakasha, izivakashi zifunda ngezitshalo nezilwane zasendle zasemakhaya eziqhingini, futhi izitshalo ezenziwa abahamba ngePolynesia.
Ezinye imizamo kaSparkman:
- Wabambisana ne-Kaunoa Senior Center ngokuvakasha okwemvelo kwezitshalo zezitshalo ezikhulile.
- Yena kanye neqembu le-Starwood Maui babambe iqhaza emsebenzini wokuhlanza esikoleni saseLahainaluna ukuze kulungiswe isakhiwo kanye nokuvuselela nokuthuthukisa ukuhlelwa kwemvelo.
- I-King Kamehameha Day iqhubekele ngo-2014 no-2015, wasebenza eMetroi, ehamba phambili, ekhiqiza amaqabunga amaqabunga namagatsha.
- E-King Kamehameha III Elementary School watshala umuthi we-Ulu, uMuthi wokuPhila iminyaka eyi-100 yesikole.
- Ukhuthaza abalingani bokusebenzisa ukujoyina izinhlelo zokuzithandela eKaheawa Wind Farm kanye nemizamo yokubuyisela isigodi saseHonokowai (aka Malama Honokowai). "UMalama Honokowai wuhlelo oluqala ngawo-1990 futhi luye lwaba luhambo lwamasonto onke olwamavivolontiya nezivakashi," kusho uSparkman. NgoMgqibelo, kuvulekile emphakathini. "Sihlangana eSitokisini Sokuqeqesha ePuukoli'i ngo-9 ekuseni bese sinezimoto ezine ezinezintambo eHonokowai Valley lapho kutholakala khona indawo yasendulo yaseHawaiian Village, futhi sisiza ukususa izinhlobo eziphilayo nezimila eziphilayo ezikhona endaweni yase-Hawaiian.
- Ikhuthaza ithimba lezokuvakasha ukuthi lihlanganyele emisebenzini ebalulekile yomphakathi njengehlelo lokuzithandela lwe-Auwahi Forest, ukuvolontiya kweWaihe'e Ridge kanye nezinhlelo zikaMaui Cultural Lands.
- Ngaphambi kokusebenza eWestin, wasebenza eHaleakala National Park ; uqhubeka nobudlelwane bakhe njengesivolontiya emadokhumenti ezitshalo kanye nokukhanda kocingo.
- Usebenze iminyaka engu-17 endaweni yokugcinwa kweMvelo Area Reserve kanye neNative Hawaiian Plant Society. Ukusuka e-Auwahi kuya ku-Kahakuloa, uyazivolontiya ngokususwa kwezitshalo kanye nezincwadi zezitshalo.
- Sekuyiminyaka engu-15, usize u-Leeward Haleakala Ukubuyisela Ukubuyisana Kwezokubuyisela ukubuyisela amahlathi asePu'u Makua nase-Auwahi.
- Usiza futhi ekuxhumaniseni kwe-East Maui Water Supplementation, ekusizeni ekususeni i-ginger engavamile esuka e-Waikamoi Watershed e-East Maui ngaphezu kweMakawao.
- Uzivolontiya zeMaui Cultural Lands, uqondisa amaqembu ezisebenzi zokuzithandela ukusiza ukuhlwanyela, ukucingo, ukususwa kwezitshalo ezingavamile, ukuhlanza izindawo ezingaphansi komhlaba nokuchaza izibopho zamasiko endaweni. Ithemba lakhe lizobuyisela izindawo ezinomlando wokulinganisela, "ngakho bazosebenza njengezindawo zokufunda, ukuthola ukuthula, nokuhlonipha labo abaye bafika ngaphambili."
- Uyaqhubeka nokuxhumanisa amaqembu ukusiza ukutshala izitshalo zaseHawaii zendabuko futhi ufake uhlelo olusha lokunisela eWestin.
- Uhileleke kuHulumeni waseHawaii ohlelweni lokufundela izifundo, okuyingxenye yoHlelo LokuFunda Lokufunda Ngezemfundo.
- Wabamba iqhaza kuloluhlelo lwesikole lwesikole esithi "Amathuba Ezingxenyeni" ukuletha ukuqwashisa kwabafundi embonini yezihambi.
- Ekugcineni, uyilungu leLungu leHhovisi likaHookolakhi e-Westin Maui Resort & Spa; Uphinde asekele iqembu elizinikezele emiphakathini ehlukahlukene yomphakathi kanye nezisebenzi zokuzithandela.
Umphathi wezokuxhumana we-Coral Reef Alliance, u-Marissa Stein, uthi ngoSparkman, "Ungummeli wangempela wemvelo, futhi ushintshe imikhuba ye-Westin's landscape yokunciphisa umthelela wabo emgodini oseduze. Usebenzisa umquba esikhundleni samakhemikhali, ukwakha izingadi zemvula futhi udwebe umhlaba wokubamba amanzi esiphepho, futhi ulungiselela ihhotela ukusebenzisa amanzi asetshenzisiwe endaweni yawo. Ngokwenza kanjalo, udala ikusasa eliqhubekayo leWestin, futhi usethe izinhlelo ezizoholela ekugcineni izindleko ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Futhi isimo sibukeka sihle-izitshalo ziphilile futhi utshani buhlaza. "
UStein uthe uSarkark ungumlingani omuhle nomkhulumeli, kusho uMarissa. "Indawo yakhe eyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu ye-ahupua'a-iyindlela yokugcina yokuzivikela, indawo esiseduze nemifula yamakhorali. Ukuba nomhlaba wakhe oklanyelwe ukubamba izidakamizwa futhi kuvimbele ukuvunguza kwamanzi esivunguvungu kuyisici esiyinhloko ekubuyiseleni impilo ye-watershed. Futhi ubonise impumelelo-ngokubeka imifula yamakhorali phambili phambili ezinqumweni nasezenzo zakhe, ubhekana nomthelela omuhle ebhizinisini futhi uphuthukisa isipiliyoni somvakashi, "kuchaza.
Lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okukhulu kuphelela ku-Sparkman's Botanical Tour, egcinwe eWestin Maui ngoLwesine ngo-10 ekuseni futhi ivulekile ukuvakashela izivakashi, izivakashi kanye nezakhamuzi zendawo. "Sihlangana endaweni yokubambela indawo enkulu ye-Westin Maui Resort & Spa futhi sihamba ngezindawo ezingu-12 zama-acre beachfront resort ukuze sibone izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-50 zezitshalo nezilwane," kuchaza. Kuyinto eyingqayizivele futhi ibanjwe ngaphakathi kuka-87,000 sq. Ft resort, phakathi kwamasimu, imifula kanye nemifula, ama-flamingos aseChile, nezitshalo zamasiko zendabuko ezifana nezitshalo zeNaupaka nezikebhe zaseHawaiian, njengezitshalo, umdabu waseNew Guinea. Ngaphezu kwezingxoxo ezitshalweni zezitshalo (- ekhomba isitshalo esivamile, uthi, "Aloe Vera, isibonelo ... Ngikhuthaza izivakashi ukuba zisebenzise ukuphatha amanxeba nokushisa kwelanga, kodwa, ngibazise ukuthi kufanele bahlanze kahle ukutshala ngamanzi ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-gel, njengoba abantu kudingeka baqiniseke ukuthi kuhlanzekile nokuthi abadlulisisi i-MRSA esikhumbeni sabo. "), uxoxa ngemvelo yendawo (i-resort, isiqhingi) kanye nokuhamba kwabantu abahamba ngePolynesia. Futhi yini engase ibe yinhle kakhulu? Endaweni yonke lapho konke - kuyilapho kuhle - kubiza kakhulu, i-Sparkman's Botanical Tour iyakhululekile!
"Ngifuna ukwenza okulungile imvelo," kusho uSparkman. "Uma lesi siphepho sifa, ngenzenjani? Angizange ngenze into efanele. I-sea iyigugu. Yilokho esizama ukulondoloza. Akukhona ngami. "