Ma diamondi Sali Kwamuyaya

Mwala wonyezimira wonyezimira kuchokera kumabokosi owoneka bwino a velvet muzodzikongoletsera zabata

masitolo kukhala kosavuta kuiwala kuti ena mwa zizindikiro za chikondi ndi

kulemerera kunayambira kumaiko akutali, mkati mwa nthaka ya mikangano.

Ndizosaloledwa ku United States kutaya malo abwino kwambiri

zida zotchedwa "tailings" m'madzi. Koma mwala

ntchito zamigodi kunja kwa U.S. malire sangafanane

malamulo, ngakhale atayendetsedwa ndi makampani aku America kapena katundu wawo atagulidwa ndi

U.S. ogula. Kufuna kwakukulu kumafuna migodi yayikulu, yomwe

zimatengera kuchuluka kwa sedimentation ndi tailings kugweramo

machitidwe a madzi padziko lonse lapansi. Mercury ndi cyanide ankalekanitsa

golidi ndi mkuwa wochokera ku thanthwe nazonso zimalowa m'madzi apansi. Nthaŵi

ozunzidwa ndi ntchito zamigodizi amakhala nyama zakuthengo komanso

anthu omwe amakhala m'madera olemera kwambiri.

Mwachitsanzo, Freeport-McMoRan yochokera ku New Orleans idatsutsidwa mu 1996 ndi

atsogoleri azikhalidwe ku Papua New Guinea chifukwa chotaya matani 80,000 a mgodi

kumalowa m'mitsinje yapafupi tsiku lililonse. Freeport ndi

ofufuza zachilengedwe, Dames ndi Moore, anati akufuna kukulitsa

Ntchito zamigodi za Freeport ku Indonesia zitha "kuchulukitsa

kutaya michira yosadulidwa mpaka matani 285,000 tsiku lililonse. "

Malonda a diamondi ku Angola, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone ndi

Democratic Republic of the Congo yakhala imodzi mwamagwero akuluakulu

mkangano wamkati ndi chilengedwe m'malo amenewo. Malinga ndi

Africa Policy Information Center, zigawenga za ku Angola zidapanga ndalama zokwana $3.7

mabiliyoni akugulitsa diamondi pakati pa 1992 ndi 1998 kuti athandizire ntchito yawo yankhondo

motsutsana ndi boma la Angola. Mpaka nkhondo itatha, kukakamiza

njira zosamalira migodi zomwe zimakhudzidwa ndi chilengedwe zidzapitiriza kuikidwa

pa chowotcha chakumbuyo. Pakali pano, mitsinje yopatuka ikuchititsa anthu kutero

kusweka, kugwetsa maiwe akuwononga madera akuluakulu a nthaka, ndi

madzi oipitsidwa ayambitsa matenda m'madera a migodi, m'deralo

midzi ndi nyama zakuthengo.

Komabe, kukumba miyala yamtengo wapatali sikuwononga mwachibadwa. Anthu

akhala akupeza miyala yamtengo wapatali ndi mchere kwa zaka mazana ambiri polowa mkati

mitsinje pamtengo wochepa wa chilengedwe. Pali ngakhale "theme

m'mapaki" omwazikana ku America komwe amakulolani kuti mukhale anu

miyala yamtengo wapatali."

Chikondi chathu ndi mwala chimalemba anthu masauzande ambiri

Mayiko ogulitsa miyala yamtengo wapatali monga Namibia ndi South Africa, kulimbikitsa mayiko awo

chuma. Ntchito zambiri zamigodi ku U.S. ndi mayiko ena

malamulo ochuluka ofunikira kuunika kwa chilengedwe ndi malo

zolinga zakubadwanso. Migodi ikuyembekezeka kuganizira momwe ntchito zawo zikuyendera

zidzakhudza nsomba za m'deralo ndi nyama zakutchire, komanso kutsata malamulo

za chitetezo cha mpweya ndi madzi, kutaya zinyalala ndi kasamalidwe ka

zinthu zowopsa. Ku U.S., malamulo obwezeretsa boma amafuna

kumera, kuyeretsa malo ndi kuteteza madzi apansi ndi pansi.

Koma malonda a zodzikongoletsera ndi njira yapadziko lonse, yolukanalukana ya olowetsa kunja

ndi otumiza kunja, ochita migodi ndi ocheka, ogula ndi ogulitsa. Ndi ayi

dziko-of-origin zolembera dongosolo, ogula sangakhale otsimikiza ngati awo

zodzikongoletsera zinachokera ku gwero lodalirika kapena yemwe migodi yake imathandizira a

Nkhondo yapachiweniweni, cyanide inathiridwa m'madzi apansi panthaka kapena kuwadyera masuku pamutu

anthu chifukwa cha chuma chawo.

Zodzikongoletsera Zopanda Kulakwa

Mwambo wa diamondi ndi golide, makamaka ukwati ndi

mphete za chinkhoswe, zimakhazikika mu chikhalidwe chathu, koma tikhoza kukongoletsa

tokha pogwiritsa ntchito njira zina zosamalira zachilengedwe. Ngati ndi

lingaliro la "zodzikongoletsera eco" limabweretsa masomphenya a ubwenzi

zibangili zopangidwa kuchokera ku thonje organic kapena maekala a hemp mikanda, konse

mantha - ojambula ambiri ndi opanga akugwiritsa ntchito zida zobwezerezedwanso kuti apange

zojambulajambula zomwe zimawoneka ngati zopanda pake.

Simon Harrison Designs waku Australia amapanga zosankha zambiri

zodzikongoletsera zopangidwa ndi magalasi obwezerezedwanso, mikanda ya kokonati ndi galasi lopangidwa ndi manja

mikanda. Mitundu, mosadabwitsa, ndi yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri

mabotolo: amber, azitona, zobiriwira, yade, zomveka ndi buluu. Kampaniyo imapereka

magawo awiri pa zana la malonda ake ku thumba lomwe limapereka mpunga ndi zina

zofunikira kumadera aku Philippines. Wosewera wina mu

zobwezerezedwanso magalasi zodzikongoletsera msika ndi Jody Freij-Tonder. Amagwiritsa ntchito mabotolo,

mitsuko, mazenera ndi magalasi opaka pamzere wake wa ndolo (mapeyala atatu

$25) yogulitsidwa kudzera mu Blue Skies Glassworks. Junk to Jewels amasanduka akale

mikanda, zida zamagetsi ndi njinga kukhala zodzikongoletsera zokongola modabwitsa: A

bolodi lozungulira limakhala pendant ($30); waya wamagetsi ndi matabwa a buluu

mikanda imapanga chinyengo cha mkanda wa turquoise ($ 18).

Ojambula a Eco-Artware.com amaperekanso zosiyanasiyana zobwezerezedwanso,

zogwiritsidwanso ntchito komanso zachilengedwe. Pa malo ogulitsira pa intaneti, mupeza

mapini ($22 mpaka $32) opangidwa kuchokera ku zovala zakale za Mardi Gras, mikanjo ya mpira ndi

mawaya ochokera ku ma TV osweka. Nkhani zakale za magazini ya Vogue zimapeza yachiwiri

moyo wamafashoni muzodzikongoletsera zamapepala ($12 mpaka $28) zopangidwa ndi Louisa ndi

Yongwoo Kim.

Pazodzikongoletsera zodziwika bwino ndi anthu, lingalirani za Global Marketplace,

zomwe zimathandiza amisiri osauka kukwera pamwamba pa umphawi. Padziko lonse lapansi

Marketplace imadzifotokoza ngati "gulu lopanda phindu, lotsika

bungwe lachitukuko." Mamembala a Co-op America Business

Network ndi Fair Trade Federation, kampaniyo imabwereranso zambiri

mtengo wogulitsa momwe angathere kwa ojambula am'deralo. Mwachitsanzo, kugula

ya mikanda ya ku Haiti ($ 7.50 iliyonse) imathandizira amayi aku Haiti

amene anapanga katundu pamanja. Global Marketplace imaperekanso mikanda, miyala,

mkuwa, hematite, hemp, pewter, ceramic ndi siliva kusankha.

Ndipo ngati mulibe cholowa m'malo mwa golidi ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali;

makampani ena amaonetsetsa anthu ndi chilengedwe kumene awo

zodzikongoletsera anabwera amalemekezedwa. Kampani imodzi yotere ndi Snooty Jewelry. Kampaniyo

sagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zanyama (chikopa, ngale, chipolopolo, fupa) pamapangidwe ake,

amagwiritsa ntchito zinyalala 100 peresenti ya ogula ndi inki zochokera ku soya pakuyika,

ndipo 10 peresenti ya phindu lake limapita ku nyama, anthu ndi chilengedwe

magulu a umoyo wabwino. Snooty Jewelry amasankha siliva wokongola kwambiri

ndi ndolo zagolide za 14-karat, mikanda ndi zibangili zilipo

miyala yamtengo wapatali monga amythest, garnet, yade, safiro ndi emarodi ($5 mpaka $80).

EnviroWatch imaperekanso mzere wa mphete zasiliva zapamwamba kwambiri

($35) ndi zibangili ($50) zosonyeza ma dolphin, shaki, akamba, manatees

ndi njovu. Kugulitsa zodzikongoletsera kumathandiza EnviroWatch kuyesetsa kuletsa

zipsepse za shark, kuchepetsa zotsatira za usodzi pa mitundu yotetezedwa ndi

thandizirani ntchito za chilungamo cha chilengedwe. CONTACT: 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; Padziko Lonse Marketplace, www.global marketplace.org; Junk to Jewels,

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

854-0208, www.harrisondesign.com; Zodzikongoletsera za Snooty, (877)884-4367,

www.snootyjewelry.com.

KATHERINE KERLIN ndi mkonzi wa E.