ʻAʻole mau ke daimana

ʻO nā pōhaku nani e ʻālohilohi ana mai nā pahu velvet maikaʻi i nā mea nani mālie

maʻalahi nā hale kūʻai e hoʻopoina i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona o ke aloha a

ʻo ka pōmaikaʻi i puka mai ma nā ʻāina mamao, hohonu i ka lepo o ka hakakā.

ʻAʻole kānāwai ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ke hoʻolei ʻana i ka lepo maikaʻi

nā mea ʻai i kapa ʻia ʻo "tailings" i loko o nā ala wai. But gem

hana eli ma waho o U.S. ʻAʻole pili nā palena i ka like

nā lula, ʻoiai inā e holo ʻia e nā hui ʻAmelika a i kūʻai ʻia kā lākou waiwai e

U.S. nā mea kūʻai. Kāhea ka noi nui no ka mining nui, kahi

pili i ka nui o ka sedimentation a me nā huelo e hāʻule ana i loko

ʻōnaehana wai a puni ka honua. Hoʻohana ka mercury a me ka cyanide e hoʻokaʻawale

ʻO ke gula a me ke keleawe mai ka pōhaku mai, loaʻa nō hoʻi kona ala i loko o ka wai honua. Aloha i

ʻO ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i kēia mau hana eli ʻana, he holoholona hihiu o ka ʻāina

ka poʻe ʻōiwi e noho ana ma nā wahi waiwai waiwai.

No ka laʻana, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo Freeport-McMoRan ma New Orleans ma 1996 e

nā alakaʻi ʻōiwi ma Papua New Guinea no ka hoʻolei ʻana i 80,000 tons o kaʻu

nā huelo i loko o ka ʻōnaehana muliwai kūloko i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO Freeport

ʻO nā mea hoʻoponopono kaiapuni, ʻo Dames lāua ʻo Moore, i ʻōlelo i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻonui

Hiki i nā hana mining a Freeport ma Indonesia ke "hoʻonui i kāna

ʻO ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā huelo i mālama ʻole ʻia i 285,000 tons i kēlā me kēia lā."

ʻO ke kālepa daimana ma Angola, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone a me ka

Ua lilo ʻo Democratic Republic of Congo i kekahi o nā kumu nui loa

o ka paio kuloko a me ke kaiapuni ma ia mau wahi. Wahi a ka

ʻApelika Policy Information Center, ua loaʻa i nā kipi Angolan he $3.7

piliona ma ke kuai daimana ma waena o 1992 a me 1998 no ke kālā i kā lākou hana kaua

kū'ē i ke aupuni Angola. A hiki i ka pau ʻana o ke kaua, hoʻokō

E hoʻomau ʻia nā ʻenehana mining pili i ke kaiapuni

ma ke kapuahi hope. I kēia manawa, hoʻohuli ʻia nā kahawai i nā kānaka

hoʻoneʻe ʻia, ke hoʻopōʻino nei nā loko wai i nā wahi nui o ka ʻāina, a me ka

ua hoʻohaumia ka papa wai i ka maʻi ma nā kaiāulu eli, kūloko

kauhale a me na holoholona hihiu.

ʻO ka mining no nā mea nani, ʻaʻole ia he mea luku maoli. Kanaka

ua loaʻa i nā mea waiwai nui a me nā minela no nā kenekulia ma o ka panning in

nā muliwai ma ke kumu kūʻai kaiapuni. Aia kekahi "kumu

nā paka" i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ʻAmelika e ʻae iā ʻoe "noʻu iho

pōhaku makamae."

ʻO kā mākou aloha me ka pōhaku e hoʻohana ai i nā tausani o ka poʻe i loko

ʻO nā ʻāina kālepa gem e like me Namibia a me ʻApelika Hema, e kākoʻo ana i kā lākou

hoʻokele waiwai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hana mining ma US. a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i loaʻa

nā hoʻoponopono ākea e koi ana i nā loiloi kaiapuni a me ka ʻāina

hoʻolālā hoʻoponopono. Manaʻo ʻia nā mines e noʻonoʻo i kā lākou mau hana

e pili ana i nā iʻa maoli a me nā holoholona hihiu, a me ka mālama ʻana i nā lula

e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i ka ea a me ka wai, ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka ʻōpala a me ka mālama ʻana i

mea weliweli. Ma U.S., ke koi aku nei na kanawai o ka mokuaina

ka hoʻoulu ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻāina a me ka pale ʻana i ka ʻili a me ka wai lepo.

Akā ʻo ke kālepa mea kūʻai aku he honua, interweaving system of importers

a me nā mea kūʻai aku, nā miners a me nā mea ʻoki, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea kūʻai aku. Me ka no

ʻōnaehana hōʻailona ʻāina o ka kumu, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke maopopo inā ʻo lākou

mai kahi kumu kuleana a i ʻole kekahi nāna i hoʻolilo kālā a

kaua kīwila, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka cyanide i loko o ka wai o ka lepo a i ʻole i hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻōiwi

kanaka no ko lakou waiwai.

Na Mea Nani me ka hewa ole

ʻO ka moʻomeheu o nā daimana a me ke gula, ʻoi loa no ka male ʻana a me

nā apo komo, ua paʻa paʻa i loko o kā mākou moʻomeheu, akā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonani

iā mākou iho e hoʻohana ana i nā mea ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ke kaiapuni. Ina ka

ʻO ka manaʻo o "eco-jewelry" e lawe mai i nā hihiʻo o ka pilina

nā kūpeʻe lima i hana ʻia mai ka pulupulu kūlohelohe a i ʻole nā ​​ʻeka o nā lei hemp, ʻaʻole loa

makaʻu--ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea pena kiʻi a me nā mea hoʻolālā e hoʻohana ana i nā mea hana hou e hana ai

kiʻi hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me ka ʻōpala.

Hoʻokumu ʻo Simon Harrison Designs ma Australia i kahi koho ākea o

nā mea nani i hana ʻia mai ke aniani i hana hou ʻia, nā lei niu a me ke aniani hana lima

nā lei. ʻO nā kala, he mea kupanaha, ʻo ia nā kala i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia

nā ʻōmole: amber, ʻoliva, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, jade, maopopo a uliuli. Hāʻawi ka hui

ʻelua pākēneka o kāna kūʻai ʻana i kahi waihona e hoʻolako ai i ka laiki a me nā mea ʻē aʻe

nā mea e pono ai i nā kaiāulu ma Philippines. ʻO kekahi mea pāʻani ma ka

ʻO Jody Freij-Tonder ka mākeke makai aniani i hoʻohana hou ʻia. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i nā ʻōmole,

nā ipu, nā puka makani a me nā aniani ʻeleʻele no kāna laina o nā apo pepeiao (ʻekolu pālua

no $25) kūʻai ʻia ma o Blue Skies Glassworks. Huli kahiko ka Junk to Jewels

nā lei, nā ʻāpana uila a me nā paikikala i mea nani ʻē aʻe: A

lilo ka papa kaapuni i pendant ($30); uwea uila a me ka laau uliuli

ʻO nā pelekane ka mea hoʻopunipuni o ka lei turquoise ($18).

Hāʻawi pū nā mea pena kiʻi ʻo Eco-Artware.com i nā ʻano mea like ʻole,

hoʻohana hou ʻia a me nā mea kūlohelohe. Ma kona hale kūʻai pūnaewele, e ʻike ʻoe

nā pine ($22 a i $32) i hana ʻia mai nā kāhiko Mardi Gras i hoʻohana ʻia, nā ʻaʻahu kinipōpō a me

nā uwea mai nā pahu TV nahā. Loaʻa nā puke kahiko o Vogue magazine i kekona

ʻO ke ʻano o ke ola i loko o ka lei pepa ($12 a $28) i hana ʻia e Louisa a me

Yongwoo Kim.

No nā mea nani e pili ana i ka pilikanaka, e noʻonoʻo i ka Global Marketplace,

e kōkua ana i ka poʻe hana lima ʻilihune e piʻi aʻe ma luna o ka laina ʻilihune. Ka honua

Hōʻike ʻo Marketplace iā ia iho he "kaiāulu kumu ʻole

hui hoʻomohala." Nā lālā o ka ʻoihana Co-op America

Network a me ka Fair Trade Federation, hoʻi ka hui e like me ka nui o

ke kumu kūʻai e like me ka hiki i nā mea pena kiʻi kūloko. No ka laʻana, kūʻai

o na lei seramika Haitian ($7.50 pakahi) kokua i na wahine Haitian

nana i hana lima i na waiwai. Hāʻawi pū ka Global Marketplace i nā beaded, pōhaku,

keleawe, hematite, hemp, pewter, seramika a me ke kala koho.

A inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e pani i ke gula a me nā mea nani.

ʻO kekahi mau hui e hōʻoia i ka poʻe a me ke kaiapuni mai kahi o lākou

mahalo ʻia nā mea nani i hele mai. ʻO kekahi o ia ʻoihana ʻo Snooty Jewelry. ʻO ka hui

ʻaʻole hoʻohana i nā huahana holoholona (ʻili, momi, pūpū, iwi) i kāna mau hoʻolālā,

hoʻohana i ka 100 pākēneka o ka ʻōpala ma hope o nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā inika i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka soy i loko o ka ʻeke,

a he 10 pakeneka o kona mau waiwai e lilo i holoholona, ​​kanaka a me ke kaiapuni

hui pono. ʻO Snooty Jewelry kahi koho nui o ke kālā sterling

a me nā apo pepeiao gula 14-karat, nā lei a me nā kūpeʻe lima

nā pōhaku makamae e like me amythest, garnet, jade, sapphires a me emeralds ($5 a $80).

Hāʻawi pū ʻo EnviroWatch i kahi laina o nā apo pepeiao kala sterling kiʻekiʻe

($35) a me nā kūpeʻe lima ($50) e hōʻike ana i nā iʻa, nā mano, nā honu, nā manatees

a me na elepani. Kōkua nā mea kūʻai aku iā EnviroWatch i kāna hoʻāʻo ʻana e pāpā

ʻo ka ʻili manō, e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka lawaiʻa ma luna o nā ʻano mea i mālama ʻia a

kākoʻo i nā papahana hoʻoponopono kaiapuni. HOAKAKA: Blue Skies Glassworks,

(800)388-8698, www.lakenet .com/glass4mj; Eco-Artware.com, (877)

326-2781, www.eco-artware.com; EnviroWatch, www.envirowatch.org/jewelry

.htm; Mākeke honua, www.global marketplace.org; ʻAʻole i nā mea nani,

(301)3600699, www.junktojewels.net; Nā Hoʻolālā Simon Harrison, (301)

854-0208, www.harrisondesign.com; Nā mea nani Snooty, (877)884-4367,

www.snootyjewelry.com.

ʻO KATHERINE KERLIN ka luna hoʻoponopono o E.