Pane Zvakawanda kune iyo Label kupfuura Meets the Ziso

NaMiranda Ossolinski

Ndinofanira kubvuma kuti ndaiziva zvakawanda pamusoro petsvakurudzo kupfuura nyaya dzekuchengetedzwa kwemakungwa pandakatanga kudzidza paThe Ocean Foundation muzhizha ra2009. Zvisinei, hazvina kutora nguva refu ndisati ndave ndichipa uchenjeri hwekuchengetedza gungwa kune vamwe. Ndakatanga kudzidzisa mhuri yangu neshamwari, ndichivakurudzira kutenga mhuka dzemusango pachinzvimbo chekurima salmon, ndichinyengetedza baba vangu kuti vaderedze kushandisa kwavo tuna, uye nekuburitsa homwe yangu yeSeafood Watch muresitorendi nezvitoro zvegirosari.

Munguva yezhizha rangu rechipiri paTOF, ndakapinda muchirongwa chekutsvaga che "ecolabeling" mukubatana neEnvironment Law Institute. Nekufarirwa kuri kuramba kuchikura kwezvigadzirwa zvinonzi “zvine hushamwari kwezvakatipoteredza” kana kuti “girinhi,” zvaiita sezvinonyanya kukosha kuti titarise zvakanyanya mipimo yaidiwa pachigadzirwa chisati chawana ecolabel kubva kune chimwe chinhu. Parizvino, hapana imwe chete inotsigirwa nehurumende ecolabel mwero une chekuita nehove kana zvigadzirwa zvinobva munyanza. Zvakadaro, kune akati wandei ekuyedza ecolabel ega ega (semuenzaniso Marine Stewardship Council) uye ongororo yekuchengetedza chikafu chegungwa (semuya akagadzirwa neMonterey Bay Aquarium kana Blue Ocean Institute) kuzivisa sarudzo yevatengi uye kukurudzira maitiro arinani ekukohwewa kana kugadzira hove.

Basa rangu raive rekutarisa akawanda ecolabeling mwero kuti ndizivise zvingave zviyero zvakakodzera kune wechitatu bato certification yezvokudya zvegungwa. Nezvizhinji zvigadzirwa zvichiiswa ecolabled, zvainakidza kuziva kuti iwo mavara ainyatsotaura nezvei nezve zvigadzirwa zvavakasimbisa.

Imwe yemazinga andakaongorora mukutsvagisa kwangu yaive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA inzira inoronga zvese zvekushandisa uye simba rekuisa uye zvinobuda mukati mega ega nhanho yehupenyu hwechigadzirwa. Iyo inozivikanwawo se "cradle to grave methodology," LCA inoedza kupa chiyero chakanyanya uye chakakwana chekukanganisa kwechigadzirwa pane zvakatipoteredza. Nekudaro, LCA inogona kuverengerwa mumayero akaisirwa ecolabel.

Chisimbiso cheGreen ndechimwe chezvinyorwa zvakawanda zvakasimbisa marudzi ese ezvigadzirwa zvemazuva ese, kubva pabepa reprinter rakadzokororwa kusvika kune sipo yeruoko. Green Seal ndeimwe yemashoma makuru ecolabels akabatanidza LCA mune yayo chigadzirwa certification process. Maitiro ayo ekupihwa zvitupa aisanganisira nguva yeHupenyu Cycle Assessment Chidzidzo ichiteverwa nekuitwa kwechirongwa chekuita kudzikisa kukanganiswa kwehupenyu kunoenderana nezvakabuda muchidzidzo. Nekuda kwemaitiro aya, Green Seal inosangana nezviyero zvakatarwa neISO (International Organisation for Standardization) uye US Environmental Protection Agency. Zvakava pachena munguva yese yekutsvagisa kwangu kuti nyangwe zviyero zvinofanirwa kusangana nezviyero.

Kunyangwe nekuoma kwemazinga akawanda mukati mezviyero, ndakasvika pakunzwisisa zvirinani maitirwo ezvitupa zvezvigadzirwa zvinotakura ecolabel seGreen Seal. Green Seal's label ine matatu mazinga echitupa (bronze, sirivheri, uye goridhe). Imwe neimwe inovaka pane imwe sequentially, kuitira kuti zvigadzirwa zvese padanho regoridhe zvinofanirwa kusangana nezvinodiwa zvebronze nesirivheri. LCA chikamu chechikamu chega chega uye inosanganisira zvinodikanwa zvekudzikisa kana kubvisa zvinokanganisa kubva mukutsvagirwa kwezvinhu, maitiro ekugadzira, zvinhu zvekurongedza, pamwe nekutakura chigadzirwa, kushandiswa, uye kuraswa.

Saka, kana munhu aitsvaga kuzivisa chigadzirwa chehove, munhu aizoda kutarisa kuti hove yakabatwa kupi uye sei (kana kuti yakarimwa kupi uye sei). Kubva ipapo, kushandisa LCA kunogona kusanganisira kureba kwayakatakurwa kuti igadziriswe, mafambisirwo ayo, mafambisirwo aiitwa, maitiro anozivikanwa ekugadzira uye kushandisa zvinhu zvekurongedza (semuenzaniso Styrofoam uye kuputira kwepurasitiki), zvichingodaro, kusvika kutenga uye kuraswa kwemarara kwemutengi. Kuhove dzinorimwa, munhu aitarisawo rudzi rwechikafu chinoshandiswa, manyuko ezvokudya, mashandisirwo emishonga inorwisa mabhakitiriya nemimwe mishonga, uye mabatirwo etsvina inobva muzvishandiso zvepapurazi.

Kudzidza nezveLCA kwakandibatsira kuti ndinzwisise zviri nani kuomarara kuri shure kwekuyeresa nharaunda, kunyangwe padanho remunhu. Kunyange zvazvo ndichiziva kuti ndinokuvadza zvakatipoteredza kuburikidza nezvinhu zvandinotenga, zvokudya zvandinodya, uye zvinhu zvandinorasa, zvinowanzonetsa kuona kuti kukanganiswa ikoko kwakakura sei. Nemaonero ekuti “cradle to grave”, zviri nyore kuti tinzwisise kukura chaiko kwesimba iroro uye kunzwisisa kuti zvinhu zvandinoshandisa hazvitange uye zvinopera neni. Zvinondikurudzira kuti ndizive kuti kukanganisa kwangu kunosvika papi, kuita nhamburiko yekuidzikisa, uye kuramba ndakatakura gwara rangu rehomwe reSeafood Watch!

Aimbove TOF research intern Miranda Ossolinski akapedza kudzidza muna 2012 kuFordham University kwaakakunda kaviri muchiSpanish neTheology. Akapedza chirimo chegore rake rejunior achidzidza muChile. Achangobva kupedza mwedzi mitanhatu yekudzidzira muManhattan nePCI Media Impact, NGO inorapa Dzidzo yeVaraidzo uye kutaurirana kwekuchinja munharaunda. Iye zvino ari kushanda mukushambadzira muNew York.