Pali Zambiri pa Label imeneyo kuposa Meets the Diso

Wolemba Miranda Ossolinski

Ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti ndimadziwa zambiri za kafukufuku kusiyana ndi nkhani zoteteza nyanja pamene ndinayamba kuphunzira ku The Ocean Foundation m'chilimwe cha 2009. Komabe, sizinatenge nthawi kuti ndipereke nzeru zosamalira nyanja kwa ena. Ndinayamba kuphunzitsa achibale anga ndi anzanga, ndikuwalimbikitsa kugula nsomba zakutchire m'malo molima nsomba, kutsimikizira abambo anga kuti achepetse kudya kwawo nsomba, ndikutulutsa kalozera wanga wam'thumba wa Seafood Watch m'malesitilanti ndi m'masitolo.

M'chilimwe changa chachiwiri ku TOF, ndimakhala ndikuchita kafukufuku wa "ecolabeling" mogwirizana ndi Environmental Law Institute. Chifukwa cha kuchulukirachulukira kwa zinthu zomwe zimatchedwa "zokonda chilengedwe" kapena "zobiriwira," zidawoneka kufunikira kwambiri kuyang'ana mosamalitsa pamiyezo yofunikira pa chinthucho chisanalandire ecolabel kuchokera kwa munthu payekha. Mpaka pano, palibe muyezo umodzi wa ecolabel wothandizidwa ndi boma wokhudzana ndi nsomba kapena zinthu zochokera kunyanja. Komabe, pali zoyesayesa zingapo zachinsinsi za ecolabel (monga Marine Stewardship Council) komanso kuwunika kwazakudya zam'nyanja (monga komwe kunapangidwa ndi Monterey Bay Aquarium kapena Blue Ocean Institute) kudziwitsa kusankha kwa ogula ndikulimbikitsa njira zabwino zokolola kapena kupanga nsomba.

Ntchito yanga inali kuyang'ana pamiyezo yambiri ya ecolabeling kuti ndidziwitse zomwe zingakhale zoyenera pazakudya zam'nyanja za gulu lina. Ndi zinthu zambiri zomwe zidatenthedwa, zinali zosangalatsa kudziwa zomwe zilembozo zinali kunena za zomwe adazitsimikizira.

Imodzi mwamiyezo yomwe ndidawunikiranso pakufufuza kwanga inali Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA ndi njira yomwe imawerengera zonse zakuthupi ndi mphamvu ndi zotuluka mkati mwa gawo lililonse la moyo wa chinthu. Imadziwikanso kuti "cradle to grave methodology," LCA imayesa kupereka muyeso wolondola komanso wokwanira wa momwe chinthu chimakhudzira chilengedwe. Chifukwa chake, LCA imatha kuphatikizidwa mumiyezo yokhazikitsidwa ndi ecolabel.

Green Seal ndi amodzi mwamalemba ambiri omwe amatsimikizira mitundu yonse yazinthu zatsiku ndi tsiku, kuchokera pamapepala osindikizira obwezerezedwanso mpaka sopo wamadzi am'manja. Green Seal ndi imodzi mwama ecolabels ochepa omwe adaphatikizira LCA mumayendedwe ake otsimikizira zinthu. Ndondomeko yake yopereka ziphaso inaphatikizapo nthawi ya Life Cycle Assessment Study yotsatiridwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa ndondomeko yochepetsera zovuta za moyo malinga ndi zotsatira za kafukufuku. Chifukwa cha izi, Green Seal imakwaniritsa miyezo yokhazikitsidwa ndi ISO (International Organisation for Standardization) ndi US Environmental Protection Agency. Zinali zoonekeratu panthawi yonse ya kafukufuku wanga kuti ngakhale miyezo iyenera kukwaniritsa miyezo.

Ngakhale zinali zovuta za miyezo yambiri mkati mwa miyezo, ndidamvetsetsa bwino njira zotsimikizira zazinthu zomwe zimakhala ndi ecolabel ngati Green Seal. Zolemba za Green Seal zili ndi magawo atatu a certification (bronze, siliva, ndi golide). Iliyonse imamanga pa inzake motsatizana, kotero kuti zinthu zonse pamlingo wa golidi ziyeneranso kukwaniritsa zofunikira zamkuwa ndi siliva. LCA ndi gawo la mulingo uliwonse ndipo imaphatikizanso zofunikira zochepetsera kapena kuchotseratu zovuta pakupanga zinthu, kupanga, zonyamula, komanso zonyamula, kugwiritsa ntchito, ndi kutaya.

Choncho, ngati munthu akuyang'ana kuti atsimikizire za nsomba, ayenera kuyang'ana kumene nsombazo zinagwidwa ndi momwe (kapena kumene zimalimidwa ndi momwe). Kuchokera pamenepo, kugwiritsa ntchito LCA kungaphatikizepo utali womwe unanyamulidwa kuti ukakonzedwe, momwe unapangidwira, momwe unatumizidwa, zomwe zimadziwika popanga ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zolongedza (monga Styrofoam ndi pulasitiki), ndi zina zotero, mpaka kugula ndi kutaya zinyalala kwa wogula. Kwa nsomba zoweta, munthu angayang'anenso mtundu wa chakudya chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito, magwero a chakudya, kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka mankhwala opha tizilombo toyambitsa matenda ndi mankhwala ena, komanso kagwiritsidwe ntchito ka utsi wochokera m'mafakitale a famuyo.

Kuphunzira za LCA kunandithandiza kumvetsetsa zovuta zomwe zimabweretsa kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe, ngakhale pamunthu payekha. Ngakhale ndikudziwa kuti ndimawononga chilengedwe kudzera muzinthu zomwe ndimagula, chakudya chomwe ndimadya, komanso zinthu zomwe ndimataya, nthawi zambiri zimandivuta kuwona kuti kukhudzidwa kumeneku kuli kofunikira. Pokhala ndi kawonedwe ka "kuyambira kumanda", ndikosavuta kumvetsetsa kukula kwake kwa chikokacho ndikumvetsetsa kuti zinthu zomwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito siziyamba ndi kutha ndi ine. Zimandilimbikitsa kudziwa momwe mphamvu yanga imayendera, kuyesetsa kuchepetsa, komanso kupitiriza kunyamula kalozera wanga wa mthumba wa Seafood Watch!

Wophunzira wakale wa TOF Miranda Ossolinski ndi womaliza maphunziro a 2012 ku Fordham University komwe adachita bwino kwambiri Chisipanishi ndi Theology. Anakhala masika a chaka chake chaching'ono akuphunzira ku Chile. Posachedwa adamaliza maphunziro a miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ku Manhattan ndi PCI Media Impact, NGO yomwe imagwira ntchito pa Entertainment Education ndi kulumikizana kwa kusintha kwa chikhalidwe. Panopa akugwira ntchito yotsatsa malonda ku New York.