Iidayimani Azikho Ngonaphakade

Amatye anqabileyo akhazimlayo avela kwimilo yevelvet ehonjisiweyo kwizacholo ezolileyo

iivenkile zenza kube lula ukulibala ukuba ezinye zezi mpawu zothando kunye

ubutyebi bavela kumazwe akude, nzulu kumhlaba wongquzulwano.

Akukho mthethweni eUnited States ukulahla umhlaba ocolekileyo

imathiriyeli yentsimbi eyaziwa ngokuba yi "tailings" kwimizila yamanzi. Kodwa gem

imisebenzi yemigodi ngaphandle kweU.S. imida ayixhomekeke kwinto enye

imithetho, nokuba iqhutywa ziinkampani zaseMelika okanye iimpahla zabo zithengwa

U.S. abathengi. Imfuno enkulu ibiza imigodi yemigodi emikhulu, leyo

ibandakanya izixa ezikhulu zentlenga kunye neentsalela eziwela kuzo

iinkqubo zamanzi kwihlabathi jikelele. I-mercury kunye ne-cyanide zazisetyenziselwa ukwahlula

igolide nobhedu olusuka etyeni nalo lungena emanzini aphantsi komhlaba. I-

amaxhoba ale misebenzi yemigodi idla ngokuba zizilwanyana zasendle zasekuhlaleni kunye

abantu bomthonyama abahlala kwimimandla etyebileyo ngezinto zokusebenza.

Umzekelo, i-New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan yamangalelwa ngo-1996 ngu

iinkokeli zomthonyama ePapua New Guinea ngokulahla 80,000 iitoni zam

imisila kwinkqubo yemilambo yendawo yonke imihla. KwiFreeport's

abaphicothi zincwadi zokusingqongileyo, Dames and Moore, uthe izicwangciso ukwandisa

Imisebenzi yemigodi ye-Freeport e-Indonesia inoku "yandisa

ukulahlwa kweentsalela zeentsinga ezingaphathwanga ukuya kwiitoni ezingama-285,000 mihla le.

Urhwebo lwedayimani e Angola, Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone kunye

IDemocratic Republic of the Congo ibe ngomnye wemithombo emikhulu

yongquzulwano lwangaphakathi nokusingqongileyo kwezo ndawo. Ngokutsho kwe

IZiko leNgcaciso yoMgaqo-nkqubo wase-Afrika, abavukeli base-Angola benza imali eqikelelwa kwi-3 yeedola.7

iibhiliyoni zeedayimani phakathi kowe-1992 nowe-1998 ukuxhasa imali yabo yemfazwe

ngokuchasene norhulumente waseAngola. Ide imfazwe iphele, ukunyanzelisa

iindlela zokumbiwa kwemigodi ezinovakalelo kokusingqongileyo ziya kuqhubeka zibekwe

kwisitshisi ngasemva. Okwangoku, imilambo ejijekileyo ibangela ukuba abantu benze njalo

ukudiliza, ukudiliza amachibi kuyonakalisa iindawo ezinkulu zomhlaba, kwaye

itafile yamanzi engcolisekileyo ibangele ukugula kwiindawo ezinemigodi, kwingingqi

iilali kunye nezilwanyana zasendle.

Noko ke, ukumbiwa kwamatye anqabileyo akuyonakalisi ngokwemvelo. Abantu

bebefumana amatye anqabileyo kunye neeminerali kangangeenkulungwane ngokungena

imilambo ngexabiso elincinci lokusingqongileyo. Kukho kwakhona "imixholo

iipaki" ezisasazeke kulo lonke elaseMelika ezikuvumela ukuba ube "ngowakho

amatye anqabileyo."

Ukuthandana kwethu nelitye kuqeshe amawaka abantu kwi

amazwe arhweba ngelitye elinqabileyo afana neNamibia kunye noMzantsi Afrika, eqinisa amazwe abo

uqoqosho. Uninzi lwemisebenzi yemigodi eU.S. kunye namanye amazwe

imimiselo ebanzi efuna uvavanyo lokusingqongileyo kunye nomhlaba

izicwangciso zokubuyisela. Imigodi kulindeleke ukuba ithathele ingqalelo indlela imisebenzi yayo

iya kuchaphazela iintlanzi zendalo kunye nezilwanyana zasendle, kunye nokuthobela imithetho

malunga nokhuseleko lomoya namanzi, ukulahlwa kwenkunkuma kunye nokuphathwa kwe

izinto eziyingozi. E-US, imithetho yokubuyisela ilizwe ifuna

uhlaza, ukucocwa kwendawo kunye nokukhuselwa kwamanzi angaphezulu naphantsi komhlaba.

Kodwa urhwebo lwezacholo luyinkqubo yehlabathi jikelele, yokulukwa kwabathengi abavela kumazwe angaphandle

kunye nabathumela ngaphandle, abasebenzi basezimayini nabasiki, abathengi nabathengisi. Nge no

inkqubo yokuleyibhela ilizwe-yemvelaphi, abathengi abanakuze baqiniseke ukuba zabo

izacholo zavela kumthombo onoxanduva okanye lowo umgodi uxhaswa ngemali a

imfazwe yamakhaya, icyanide evuziswe emanzini aphantsi komhlaba okanye ixhatshazwe yimveli

abantu ngezibonelelo zabo.

Ubucwebe Ngaphandle Kwetyala

Isithethe sedayimani kunye negolide, ngakumbi umtshato kunye

amakhonkco othethathethwano, ifakwe ngokuqinileyo kwinkcubeko yethu, kodwa sinokuhombisa

thina ngokwethu sisebenzisa ezinye iindlela ezizinzileyo zokusingqongileyo. Ukuba i

ingcamango "eco-zacholo" kuzisa imibono ubuhlobo

izacholo ezenziwe ngomqhaphu wendalo okanye iihektare zeentsimbi zomqala zehemp, zange

uloyiko--amagcisa amaninzi kunye nabayili basebenzisa imathiriyeli ehlaziyiweyo ukuyila

ubugcisa obunxitywayo obufana nantoni na ngaphandle kwenkunkuma.

I-Australia-based Simon Harrison Designs yenza ukhetho olubanzi lwe

izacholo ezenziwe ngeglasi esetyenzisiweyo, amaso ekhokhonathi kunye neglasi eyenziwe ngesandla

amaso. Imibala, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, yileyo isetyenziswa ngokuqhelekileyo

iibhotile: i-amber, i-olive, eluhlaza, i-jade, ecacileyo kunye neblue. Inkampani inika

iipesenti ezimbini zentengiso yayo kwingxowa-mali ebonelela ngerayisi nezinye

iimfuno zoluntu kwiiPhilippines. Omnye umdlali kwi

recycled glass jewelry market is Jody Freij-Tonder. Usebenzisa iibhotile,

iingqayi, iifestile kunye neglasi enemibala yomgca wamacici akhe (izibini ezintathu

nge $25) ithengiswe ngeBlue Skies Glassworks. IJunk to Jewels ijika ibendala

amaso, iinxalenye ze-elektroniki kunye nebhayisekile zibe bubucwebe obuhle obungaqhelekanga: A

ibhodi yesekethe iba pendant ($30); ucingo lombane kunye neplanga eluhlaza

amaso enza inkohliso ye-necklace ye-turquoise (i-$ 18).

Amagcisa e-Eco-Artware.com akwabonelela ngeendlela ezininzi ezahlukeneyo ezisetyenzisiweyo,

isetyenziswe kwakhona kunye nezinto zendalo. Kwi-boutique yayo ye-intanethi, uya kufumana

izikhonkwane ($22 ukuya kwi-32 yeedola) ezenziwe kwiimpahla ezisetyenzisiweyo zeMardi Gras, iigawuni zebhola kunye

iingcingo ezivela kwiiseti zeTV ezaphukileyo. Imiba emidala yemagazini yeVogue ifumana okwesibini

ubomi fashion kwiphepha bead izacholo ($ 12 ukuba $28) eyenziwe Louisa kunye

Yongwoo Kim.

Kwizacholo ezinoxanduva loluntu, qwalasela indawo yeMarike yeHlabathi,

enceda amagcisa ahluphekayo aphakame ngaphezu komgca wentlupheko. Ehlabathini lonke

Indawo yentengiso izichaza "njengengenzi nzuzo, uluntu oluphantsi

umbutho wophuhliso." Amalungu eShishini leCo-op laseMelika

Network kunye Fair Trade Federation, inkampani ubuyisela kangangoko

ixabiso lentengiso kangangoko kunokwenzeka kumagcisa asekuhlaleni. Umzekelo, ukuthenga

yeentsimbi ze-ceramic zaseHaiti (i-$ 7.50 nganye) zinceda ukuxhasa abafazi baseHaiti

owenza iimpahla ngezandla. IMarike yeHlabathi ikwabonelela ngeentsimbi, ilitye,

ubhedu, ihematite, i-hemp, i-pewter, i-ceramic kunye nesilivere ekhethiweyo.

Ukuba ke akusayi kuthatyathelw' indawo yigolide, namatye anqabileyo.

ezinye iinkampani ziqinisekisa abantu kunye nokusingqongileyo ukusuka apho zabo

izacholo zeza ziyahlonitshwa. Enye inkampani enjalo yiSnooty Jewelry. IKHAMPANI

ayisebenzisi mveliso yezilwanyana (isikhumba, iiperile, iqokobhe, ithambo) kuyilo lwazo,

isebenzisa i-100 yepesenti yenkunkuma yasemva kwabathengi kunye nee-inki ezisekwe kwisoya ekupakisheni,

kwaye i-10 pesenti yengeniso yayo iya kwizilwanyana, ebantwini nakwimekobume

amaqela entlalontle. I-Snooty Jewelry ukhetho olubanzi lwesilivere enqabileyo

kunye namacici egolide e-14-karat, iintsimbi zomqala kunye nezacholo ziyafumaneka

amatye anqabileyo anjenge-amythest, igarnet, ijeyidi, isafire neeemeraldi (i-$5 ukuya kwii-$80).

I-EnviroWatch ikwabonelela ngomgca wamacici esilivere akumgangatho ophezulu

($35) kunye nezacholo ($50) ezibonisa amahlengesi, ookrebe, oofudo, iimanatee

kunye neendlovu. Ukuthengiswa kwezacholo kunceda i-EnviroWatch kwiinzame zayo zokuvala

amaphiko ookrebe, ukunciphisa iimpembelelo zokuloba kwiintlobo ezikhuselweyo kunye

xhasa iiprojekthi zobulungisa bokusingqongileyo. UQHAGAMSHELWANO: iBlue Skies Glassworks,

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

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

.htm; Indawo yeMarike yeHlabathi, www.global marketplace.org; Inkunkuma kumatye anqabileyo,

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

854-0208, www.harrisondesign.com; Ubucwebe beSnooty, (877)884-4367,

www.snootyjewelry.com.

UKATHERINE KERLIN ngumhleli odibeneyo we-E.