Aia kekahi manaʻo kaulana ma ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi kaʻa kaiapuni, ke hoʻopakele nei mākou i ka honua mai kahi pōʻino kaiapuni. Aia kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo i kēia. Akā he māhele wale nō. ʻAʻole hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā kaʻa wale nō ka planetary ecology, akā ... ka meaʻai maʻamau. Kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike i kēlā me kēia makahiki hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka ʻoihana meaʻai US ma kahi o 2,8 tons carbon dioxide i ka wā o ka hana ʻana, e hāʻawi ana i ka ʻohana maʻamau o ʻAmelika me nā meaʻai kuʻuna. A ʻo kēia ʻoiai ʻo ka huakaʻi ma ke kaʻa i ka ʻohana hoʻokahi e hoʻokuʻu i 2 tons o ke kinoea like. No laila, mai ka manaʻo kūpono, aia kahi koho wikiwiki a maʻalahi e hāʻawi i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni - e hoʻololi i kahi meaʻai me ka liʻiliʻi o ka carbon.
Hoʻopuka ka paʻakikī mahiʻai o ka honua ma kahi o 30% o ka carbon dioxide a pau. Hana lākou i ka hopena greenhouse. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o nā kaʻa a pau. No laila, i ka wā e hōʻemi ai i kāu kapuaʻi kalapona i kēia lā, palekana ka ʻōlelo ʻana he mea nui kāu meaʻai e like me kāu mea e hoʻokele ai. Aia kekahi mea koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe e makemake ai i kahi "ʻai" haʻahaʻa-carbon: maikaʻi nā greens no mākou. ʻO nā meaʻai e waiho ana i kahi "carbon footprint" nui (ka ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula, ka puaʻa, nā huahana waiu, nā meaʻai i hoʻohana ʻia i ke kemika) ua hoʻopiha ʻia me ka momona a me nā calorie. ʻOiaiʻo kaʻai "'ōmaʻomaʻo" pono e komo i nā mea kanu, nā huaʻai, a me nā kīʻaha piha.
ʻO ka hana ʻana i nā meaʻai no McDonald's e hoʻokuʻu i ke kalapona ma mua o kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai, e hoʻokele kaʻa i waho o ke kūlanakauhale. Eia naʻe, no ka mahalo i ka pālākiō, pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka nui a me ka ikaika o ka ʻoihana meaʻai honua. ʻOi aku ma mua o 37% o ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o ka honua i hoʻohana ʻia no ka mahiʻai, ʻo ka hapa nui o kēia ʻāina he nahele. ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau ke alakaʻi i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kalapona. Ke waiho nei nā mea momona a me nā mīkini i kahi kapuaʻi kalapona koʻikoʻi, e like me nā kaʻa holo moana e hāʻawi pololei i nā meaʻai i kāu papaʻaina. Lawe ia ma ka awelika he 7-10 manawa ʻoi aʻe ka ikehu wahie mōʻalihaku e hana a hāʻawi i ka meaʻai ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻai ʻana i kēlā meaʻai.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻemi ai i ka wāwae kalapona o kāu papa inoa ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka pipi. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka hānai ʻana i nā holoholona ma mua o ka ulu ʻana i ka cereals, nā huaʻai a i ʻole nā mea kanu. No kēlā me kēia calorie o ka ikehu i loko o ia meaʻai, pono 2 calories o ka ikehu wahie fossil. I ka hihia o ka pipi, hiki i ka lakio ke kiʻekiʻe e like me 80 a 1. ʻO ka mea hou aku, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā holoholona ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i hānai ʻia ma ka nui o ka palaoa - 670 miliona tons i ka makahiki 2002. laʻana, hana hou i nā pilikia kaiapuni, e like me ka wai kahe e alakaʻi ai i nā wahi make ma nā kai kahakai, e like me ke Kaiwa o Mexico. ʻO nā holoholona i hānai ʻia ma ka palaoa e hoʻopuka ana i ka methane, kahi kinoea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻoi aku ka ikaika o 20 ma mua o ka carbon dioxide.
I ka makahiki 2005, ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi o ke Kulanui o Chicago inā hoʻōki kekahi i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo a hoʻololi i ka meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai, hiki iā lākou ke mālama i ka nui o ka carbon dioxide me he mea lā ua hoʻololi lākou i Toyota Camry no Toyota Prius. Ua maopopo ka ho'ēmiʻana i ka nui o kaʻiʻoʻulaʻula iʻaiʻia (aʻai nāʻAmelika ma mua o 27 kg o ka pipi i ka makahiki) he hopena maikaʻi hoʻi i ke olakino. Manaʻo ka poʻe akamai ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka 100 grams o ka pipi, hoʻokahi hua manu, 30 grams o ka paʻakai i kēlā me kēia lā me ka nui o nā huaʻai, nā mea kanu a me nā kīʻaha e hōʻemi i ka komo ʻana o ka momona a hoʻonui i ka lawe ʻana i ka fiber. I ka manawa like, e hoʻopakele ʻia ka 0,7 ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai, a e hoʻemi ʻia ka nui o nā ʻōpala holoholona i 5 mau tona.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo: ʻo ka mea āu e ʻai ai, ʻaʻole ia e emi iho ma mua o kahi i hele mai ai kēia meaʻai. Hele kā mākou meaʻai ma ka awelika o 2500 a 3000 km e kiʻi mai ka ʻāina a i ka hale kūʻai kūʻai, akā ʻo kēia huakaʻi he 4% wale nō o ka wāwae kalapona o ka meaʻai. "Eʻai i nā meaʻai maʻalahi e hoʻohana i nā kumu waiwai liʻiliʻi e hana ai, eʻai i nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai, a me ka emiʻana o kaʻiʻo a me nā huahana waiu," wahi a Keith Gigan, ka meaʻai meaʻai a me ka mea kākau o ka puke e paʻi kokeʻia Eat Healthy and Lose Weight. "He mea maʻalahi."
ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻololi i nā mea i komo i loko o ko mākou kino i kēia lā - a ʻo nā hoʻoholo e like me kēia e pili ana i ke olakino o ko mākou honua a me mākou iho.
Wahi a The Times