He Moana Palaki

Ma ka lā 21 o Ianuali, ua komo au i nā lālā o ka Papa TOF ʻo Joshua Ginsberg, ʻo Angel Braestrup, i kahi hanana ʻo Salisbury Forum e pili ana i ka ʻōpala palaka ma ka moana. Ua hoʻomaka ka hanana me ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo 2016 "A Plastic Ocean," he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maikaʻi a hoʻomāinoino i ka naʻau o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā ʻōpala palaka a puni ko kākou moana honua.plasticoceans.org) a me ka pōʻino o ke ola moana a me nā kaiāulu kanaka pū kekahi. 

ʻOiai ma hope o kēia mau makahiki a me nā moʻolelo paʻakikī a mākou e nānā ai, ke ʻike nei au i nā hōʻike o kā mākou hana ʻino ʻana i ke kai e like me ka ʻeha ʻana o nā kohola i ka hanu ʻana i ka ʻili pepa, ka ʻōpū o nā manu i piha i nā ʻāpana iʻa. kaʻina hana, a me nā keiki e noho ana me ka sopa paʻakai ʻawaʻawa. I koʻu noho ʻana ma laila i loko o ka Hale Kiʻiʻoniʻoni i piha i ka lehulehu ma Millterton, New York, ua hoʻomaka wau e noʻonoʻo inā hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i nā moʻolelo ʻehaʻeha.

ʻAʻohe mea kānalua ka nui o nā helu - he mau ʻāpana ʻilika i loko o ke kai ʻaʻole e pau loa.

ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o 95% o lākou ma mua o kahi ʻano laiki a no laila e ʻai koke ʻia e ka lalo o ke kaulahao meaʻai, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea hānai kānana e like me nā manō koholā a me nā kohola polū. ʻOhi nā plastics i nā mea ʻawaʻawa a hoʻolei i nā mea ʻawaʻawa ʻē aʻe, hoʻopaʻa lākou i nā ala wai, a aia lākou ma nā wahi āpau mai Antarctica a i ka ʻĀkau ʻĀkau. A, ʻoiai ko mākou ʻike i ka laulā o ka pilikia, ua wānana ʻia ka hana ʻana o nā plastics i ʻekolu, i kōkua ʻia e nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa no nā wahie fossil, kahi i hana ʻia ai ka nui o ka plastic. 

Microplastic, ke Kulanui o Oregon State

No ka mahalo o ka poʻe hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni, hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i ka manawa a pau e komo ai i nā hoʻonā - a me ka manawa e leo ai i kā mākou kākoʻo no nā hoʻonā ākea no nā wahi e like me nā lāhui mokupuni kahi e hoʻoponopono ai i nā mauna o ka ʻōpala a me ka hoʻolālā no ka hoʻokele wā e hiki mai ana, a pono no ke ola kino o na ola moana a pau. He ʻoiaʻiʻo kēia ma kahi o ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai e hoʻoweliweli ana i nā wahi ʻōpala a me nā ʻoihana kaiāulu ʻē aʻe, a ʻoi aku ka pilikia o nā kaiāulu.

ʻO kēia ka mea a ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni i hoʻokūpaʻa hou ai: Nui nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ke ola moana, a me ka hiki ke hana i ka oxygen o ke kai. ʻO ka ʻōpala palaki kahi mea nui o ia mau mea hoʻoweliweli. ʻO ka acidification moana kekahi. ʻO nā mea haumia e kahe ana mai ka ʻāina a i nā kahawai, nā muliwai, a me nā kai kūʻono kekahi. I mea e ola ai ke ola moana, pono mākou e hana e like me ka mea hiki ke hoʻemi i kēlā mau hoʻoweliweli. ʻO ia hoʻi he mau mea like ʻole. ʻO ka mea mua, pono mākou e kākoʻo a hoʻokō i nā kānāwai i manaʻo ʻia e kaupalena i ka pōʻino, e like me ke Marine Mammal Protection Act, ka mea i hana nui i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻōla ʻana o nā mammals moana a hiki ke hoʻomau i nā hana hou aku inā pale ʻia kāna mau mea. 

ʻO nā ʻōpala moana ma kahi noho pūnana albatross, Steven Siegel/Marine Photobank

I kēia manawa, ke hana nei nā ʻepekema, nā kamaʻāina hopohopo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i nā ala e lawe ai i ka plastic mai ke kai me ka ʻole o ka hana ʻino hou aku i ke ola moana, hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā mea āpau e hiki ai iā mākou ke mālama i ka plastik mai ke kai. Ke hana nei nā poʻe hoʻolaʻa ʻē aʻe i nā ala e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka poʻe mea hana plastik ke kuleana nui no ka ʻōpala plastik. Ma mua o kēia mahina, ua hui au me Matt Prindiville o Upstream (upstreampolicy.org), he hui nona ka manaʻo ʻo ia wale nō—ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia nā ala e mālama ai i ka ʻeke a me nā mea hoʻohana ʻē aʻe o ka plastic e hoʻemi ai i ka leo a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā koho no ka hana hou a hoʻohana hou.

ʻO Sea Urchin me Plastic Fork, Kay Wilson/Indigo Dive Academy St.Vincent a me nā Grenadines

Hiki i kēlā me kēia o mākou ke hana e kaupalena i kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole ia he mea hou ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā. Ma ka manawa like, ʻike wau pono mākou a pau e mālama i ka lawe ʻana i kā mākou mau ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia i ka hale kūʻai, e lawe mai i kā mākou mau hue wai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia ma nā wahi āpau (ʻo nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻi), a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana e noi ʻole i nā ʻōpala ke kauoha mākou i kā mākou mea inu. Ke hana nei mākou i ka nīnau ʻana i kā mākou mau hale ʻaina punahele inā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻololi i nā kulekele "noi i kāu mauʻu" ma mua o ka hana ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke mālama i kekahi kālā. 

Pono mākou e hoʻokomo i loko—e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻōpala plastik ma kahi e pono ai a hoʻoneʻe iā ia mai kahi ʻaʻole ʻo ia - nā alahele, nā ʻōpala, a me nā paka. ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe kaiāulu nā manawa kūpono a ʻike wau hiki iaʻu ke hana hou aku i kēlā me kēia lā. E hui pū me aʻu.

E aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ka plastik moana a me kāu e hana ai e pale aku ai.