He aha te Hiranga o tāu Kōwhiringa Kapu i tō Whakaaro? "He rite tonu te āhua o ngā kirihou katoa—tae noa ki te turuturu, te piko, te ngatata rānei o tētahi ina inu tuatahi tō kaihoko." He whakaaro hē noa iho ko te kirihou he kirihou noa iho. Engari pātai atu ki tētahi e whakahaere ana i tētahi toa tī miraka, i tētahi pae kawhe, i tētahi ratonga kai hakari rānei, ...
He aha te Hiranga o tāu Kōwhiringa Kapu i tō Whakaaro? "He rite tonu te āhua o ngā kirihou katoa—tae noa ki te turuturu, te piko, te ngatata rānei o tētahi ina inu tuatahi tō kaihoko." He whakaaro hē noa iho ko te kirihou he kirihou noa iho. Engari pātai atu ki tētahi e whakahaere ana i tētahi toa tī miraka, i tētahi pae kawhe, i tētahi ratonga kai hakari rānei,...
I roto i ngā ahumahi kai me te manaaki manuhiri tere o ēnei rā, ko te watea, te akuaku, me te pumau ngā mea matua. Kua puta ake ngā kapu polypropylene (PP) hei otinga matua mā ngā pakihi e rapu ana ki te whakahaere i ngā mahi me te pupuri tonu i te kounga. Ko ēnei mea iti engari he mahi...
I tēnei ao tere o ēnei rā, kei te piki haere te hiahia mō ngā otinga takai kai hou e pai ana ki te taiao, e haumaru ana hoki. Kei te rapu tonu ngā hūpāmakete me ngā kaihokohoko kai i ngā huarahi auaha hei whakarite i te haumaru me te makona o ngā kaihoko me te pupuri tonu i te kounga o ngā hua. Ko te putanga mai o ...
"Kāore mātou e kite i te raruraru nā te mea ka maka atu mātou—engari kāore he 'whakakore'." Me kōrero tātou mō ngā kapu kirihou whakakorekore—ae, ko aua ipu iti e ahua kino ana, he tino māmā, he tino watea hoki ka hopukina e mātou me te kore e whakaaro tuarua mō te kawhe, te wai hua, te tī miraka hukapapa, te aihikirīmi tere rānei. Kei te ...
"I ētahi wā, ehara i te mea e inu ana koe, engari ko te mea e inu ana koe te mea nui." Kia pono tātou—e hia ngā wā kua tangohia e koe he inu i tētahi pāti, i tētahi kaihoko tiriti rānei, ā, ka rongo noa koe i te ngawari o te kapu, te turuturu, te āhua rānei… he āhua pōuri? Ae, ko taua kapu āhua harakore…
I ngā tau tata nei, kua hurihia te whakaaro mō ngā taonga o ia rā e te kaupapa mō te oranga tonutanga, ā, ko tētahi o ngā panonitanga nui ko te ao o ngā kakau para. I te mea ka mōhio haere ngā kaihoko ki te pānga o ngā para kirihou ki te taiao, kua piki haere te hiahia mō ngā mea rerekē e pai ana ki te taiao...
E kiia ana ngā ngahere ko ngā "pūkahukahu o te Ao," ā, he take pai tēnei. E kapi ana i te 31% o te whenua o te ao, e mahi ana hei puna waro nui, e mimiti ana i te tata ki te 2.6 piriona tāne o te CO₂ i ia tau—tata ki te kotahi hautoru o ngā tukunga mai i ngā wahie pūmua. Haunga te whakahaere āhuarangi, kei te mau tonu ngā ngahere...
I te mea kei te awhi tonu te ao i te whanaketanga tauwhiro, kua piki ake te hiahia mō ngā hua e pai ana ki te taiao, inā koa i roto i te mara o ngā taputapu kai whakakorekore. I tēnei puna, ka whakaatuhia e te Canton Fair Spring Exhibition ngā auahatanga hou o tēnei mara, me te arotahi ki ngā mea hou...
Ina tae ki te whakarite i tētahi marena, he maha ngā moemoeā a ngā tāne me ngā wāhine mō tētahi rā e ki ana i te aroha, te harikoa, me ngā maharatanga e kore e warewaretia. Engari me pēhea te pānga ki te taiao? Mai i ngā pereti whakakorekore ki ngā toenga kai, ka taea e ngā marena te whakaputa i te nui o te para. Koinei te wāhi e whakamahia ai ngā mea whakaranu...
I te whakatuwheratanga a Emma i tana toa aihikirīmi iti i waenganui o Seattle, i hiahia ia ki te waihanga i tētahi waitohu e kore e mahi noa i ngā kai reka engari e manaaki ana hoki i te ao. Heoi, i tere tana mōhio kei te whakararu tana kaupapa i tana whiringa kapu whakakorekore. Ngā mea tuku iho...
I te mea kei te piki haere te āwangawanga mō te parahanga kirihou puta noa i te ao, kei te rapu ngā kaihoko me ngā pakihi i ngā huarahi kē atu e pai ana mō te taiao. Kua puta ake ngā taputapu kai PLA (Waikawa Polylactic) hei otinga auaha, e piki haere ana te rongonui mō ōna painga ki te taiao me ōna whakamahinga maha...