Kukho Okuninzi kuloo Leyibhile kunokudibana neliso

NguMiranda Ossolinski

Ndimele ndivume ukuba ndandisazi ngakumbi ngophando kunemiba yolondolozo lolwandle xa ndandiqala ukufunda e-The Ocean Foundation ngehlobo lika-2009. Nangona kunjalo, akuzange kuthathe xesha lide phambi kokuba ndibe nokunika abanye ubulumko bolondolozo lolwandle. Ndaqalisa ukufundisa usapho lwam kunye nabahlobo bam, ndibakhuthaza ukuba bathenge isalmon yasendle endaweni yokufuya isalmon, ndeyisela utata wam ukuba anciphise ukusebenzisa kwakhe ityhuna, kwaye ndakhupha isikhokelo sam sepokotho yeSeafood Watch kwiindawo zokutyela nakwiivenkile ezithengisa ukutya.

Ngexesha lehlobo lam lesibini e-TOF, ndingene kwiprojekthi yophando kwi-"ecolabeling" ngokubambisana ne-Environmental Law Institute. Ngokukhula kokuthandwa kweemveliso ezibhalwe “njengezobuhlobo kwindalo esingqongileyo” okanye “eziluhlaza,” kuye kwabonakala kubaluleke ngakumbi ukujonga ngokusondeleyo imigangatho ethile efunekayo kwimveliso ngaphambi kokuba ifumane i-ecolabel kwiziko ngalinye. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, akukho mgangatho umnye we-ecolabel oxhaswa ngurhulumente ngokunxulumene neentlanzi okanye iimveliso ezivela elwandle. Nangona kunjalo, kukho inani leenzame ze-ecolabel zabucala (umz. i-Marine Stewardship Council) kunye novavanyo lokuzinza kokutya kwaselwandle (umz. ezo zidalwe yiMonterey Bay Aquarium okanye iBlue Ocean Institute) ukwazisa ukhetho lwabathengi kunye nokukhuthaza iindlela ezingcono zokuvunwa okanye ukuveliswa kweentlanzi.

Umsebenzi wam ibikukujonga imigangatho emininzi ye-ecolabeling ukwazisa ukuba yintoni enokuba yimigangatho efanelekileyo yesiqinisekiso somntu wesithathu sokutya kwaselwandle. Ngeemveliso ezininzi ezifakwe kwi-ecolabled, bekunomdla ukufumanisa ukuba ezo lebhile bezithetha ntoni malunga neemveliso abaziqinisekisileyo.

Omnye wemigangatho endiyijongileyo kuphando lwam yayiyiLife Cycle Assessment (LCA). I-LCA yinkqubo eyenza uluhlu lwazo zonke izinto kunye namandla amagalelo kunye neziphumo kwinqanaba ngalinye lomjikelo wobomi bemveliso. Ikwaziwa ngokuba yi-“cradle to grave methodology,” i-LCA izama ukunika owona mlinganiselo uchanekileyo nobanzi wempembelelo yemveliso kokusingqongileyo. Ke, i-LCA inokufakwa kwimigangatho emiselwe i-ecolabel.

IGreen Seal yenye yeeleyibhile ezininzi eziqinisekise zonke iintlobo zeemveliso zemihla ngemihla, ukusuka kwiphepha lomshicileli elihlaziyiweyo ukuya kwisepha yesandla elulwelo. I-Green Seal yenye yee-ecolabels ezimbalwa eziphambili ezifake i-LCA kwinkqubo yoqinisekiso lwemveliso. Inkqubo yokuqinisekiswa kwayo iquka ixesha loHlolo loVavanyo lwe-Life Cycle Assessment lulandelwa kukuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso sokwenza ukunciphisa iimpembelelo zomjikelo wobomi ngokusekelwe kwiziphumo zophononongo. Ngenxa yezi mpawu, iGreen Seal ihlangabezana nemigangatho ebekwe yi-ISO (I-International Organisation for Standardization) kunye ne-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US. Kuye kwacaca kulo lonke ixesha lophando lwam ukuba nemigangatho kufuneka ihlangabezane nemigangatho.

Ngaphandle kokuntsonkotha kwemigangatho emininzi phakathi kwemigangatho, ndiye ndayiqonda ngcono inkqubo yoqinisekiso lweemveliso ezithwala i-ecolabel efana neGreen Seal. Ileyibhile yeGreen Seal inamanqanaba amathathu esiqinisekiso (ubhedu, isilivere, kunye negolide). Nganye yakha phezu komnye ngokulandelelana, ukuze zonke iimveliso ezikumgangatho wegolide nazo zihlangabezane neemfuno zobhedu nesilivere. I-LCA yinxalenye yenqanaba ngalinye kwaye ibandakanya iimfuno zokunciphisa okanye zokuphelisa iimpembelelo zokufumana izinto ezikrwada, inkqubo yokuvelisa, izinto zokupakisha, kunye nokuthuthwa kwemveliso, ukusetyenziswa, kunye nokulahlwa.

Ngaloo ndlela, ukuba umntu wayejonge ukuqinisekiswa kwemveliso yeentlanzi, umntu uya kufuna ukujonga apho intlanzi ibanjelwe khona kwaye njani (okanye apho yayifuywa kwaye njani). Ukusuka apho, ukusebenzisa i-LCA kunokubandakanya ukuba ithuthwe kude kangakanani ukuze iqhutywe, iqhutywe njani, yathunyelwa njani, impembelelo eyaziwayo yokuvelisa kunye nokusetyenziswa kwempahla yokupakisha (umz. I-Styrofoam kunye nokusonga iplastiki), njalo njalo, ukuya ngqo ukuya. ukuthengwa komthengi kunye nokulahlwa kwenkunkuma. Kwiintlanzi ezifuywayo, umntu ebeya kujonga nohlobo lokutya okusetyenzisiweyo, imithombo yokutya, ukusetyenziswa kwamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane namanye amayeza, kunye nokunyangwa kwamanzi amdaka avela kwizibonelelo zefama.

Ukufunda malunga ne-LCA kwandinceda ukuba ndiqonde ngcono ubunzima obusemva kokulinganisa impembelelo kokusingqongileyo, nakwinqanaba lomntu. Nangona ndisazi ukuba ndinempembelelo eyonakalisayo kwimekobume ngeemveliso endizithengayo, ukutya endikutyayo, nezinto endizilahlayo, kudla ngokuba nzima ukubona ukuba ibaluleke kangakanani na loo mpembelelo. Ngombono we "cradle to grave", kulula ukuqonda ubungakanani bokwenene bempembelelo kwaye uqonde ukuba izinto endizisebenzisayo aziqali kwaye ziphela ngam. Iyandikhuthaza ukuba ndiqonde ukuba ifuthe lam liya kude kangakanani, ukwenza iinzame zokulinciphisa, kwaye ndihlale ndiphethe isikhokelo sam sepokotho ye-Seafood Watch!

Owayesakuba ngumsebenzi wophando we-TOF u-Miranda Ossolinski uphumelele ngo-2012 kwiYunivesithi yaseFordham apho waye waphumelela kabini kwiSpanish kunye neTheology. Uchithe intwasahlobo yonyaka wakhe omncinci efunda eChile. Kutshanje ugqibe i-internship yeenyanga ezintandathu eManhattan ngePCI Media Impact, iNGO egxile kwiMfundo yoLonwabo kunye nonxibelelwano lotshintsho lwentlalo. Ngoku usebenza kwiintengiso eNew York.