He mea kākau kūʻokoʻa ʻo Mackenzie Nichols i loea i ka māla a me nā nūhou hoʻokipa. He loea ʻo ia i ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i nā mea kanu hou, nā ʻano māla, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a me nā hana hoʻopunipuni māla, nā ʻano hoʻokipa, nā nīnau a me nā pane me nā alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa a me ka māla, a me nā ʻano i ke kaiāulu o kēia wā. He ʻoi aku ma mua o 5 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke kākau ʻana i nā ʻatikala no nā puke paʻi nui.
Ua ʻike paha ʻoe i kēia mau ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka huʻa pua a i ʻole nā oase, i loko o nā hoʻonohonoho pua ma mua, a ua hoʻohana paha ʻoe iā lākou iho e mālama i nā pua i kahi. ʻOiai ua puni ka huʻa pua no nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻepekema hou nei hiki i kēia huahana ke hōʻino i ke kaiapuni. Ma ke ʻano kūikawā, wāwahi ia i loko o nā microplastics, hiki ke hoʻohaumia i nā kumu wai a hōʻino i ke ola wai. Eia kekahi, hiki i ka lepo huʻa ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia hanu no nā kānaka. No kēia mau kumu, ua neʻe aku nā hanana pua nui e like me ka Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show a me ka Slow Flower Summit mai ka huʻa pua. Akā, ke huli nui nei nā mea kūʻai pua i nā mea ʻē aʻe no ka huʻa pua no kā lākou mau hana. Eia ke kumu e pono ai ʻoe e hana pū, a me nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana ma kahi o nā hoʻonohonoho pua.
He mea māmā a omo ka huʻa pua i hiki ke kau ʻia ma lalo o nā vases a me nā ipu ʻē aʻe e hana i kahi kumu no nā hoʻolālā pua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Rita Feldman, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Sustainable Flower Network o Australia: "No ka manawa lōʻihi, ua manaʻo nā mea kūʻai pua a me nā mea kūʻai aku he huahana kūlohelohe kēia huʻa ʻōmaʻomaʻo brittle."
ʻAʻole i hana mua ʻia nā huahana huʻa ʻōmaʻomaʻo no nā hoʻonohonoho pua, akā ua patent ʻo Vernon Smithers o Smithers-Oasis iā lākou no kēia hoʻohana ʻana i nā makahiki 1950. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Feldmann ua lilo koke ʻo Oasis Floral Foam i mea kaulana i waena o nā mea kūʻai pua ʻoihana no ka mea he "makemake nui a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻohana. ʻOki wale ʻoe iā ia, e hoʻomohu i loko o ka wai, a hoʻokomo i ke kumu i loko." i loko o nā pahu, e paʻakikī ke lawelawe ʻana i kēia mau pahu me ka ʻole o kahi kumu paʻa no nā pua. "ʻO kāna mea i hana ai ua maʻalahi loa nā hoʻonohonoho pua i nā mea hoʻonohonoho ʻike ʻole i hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa i nā kumu i kahi a lākou e makemake ai," wahi āna.
ʻOiai ua hana ʻia ka huʻa pua mai nā carcinogens i ʻike ʻia e like me ka formaldehyde, ʻo ka nui wale nō o kēia mau kemika ʻawahia e koe ana i ka huahana i hoʻopau ʻia. ʻO ka pilikia nui me ka huʻa pua ka mea e hana ʻia ke hoʻolei ʻoe. ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka huʻa, a ʻoiai he biodegradable ʻenehana, ua haki maoli ia i loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo microplastics hiki ke noho i loko o ke kaiapuni no nā haneli mau makahiki. Ke hopohopo nei nā kānaka ʻepekema e pili ana i nā pilikia olakino i nā kānaka a me nā meaola ʻē aʻe i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā microplastics i ka lewa a me ka wai.
Eia kekahi laʻana, ua ʻike ʻia ma kahi noiʻi a ke Kulanui ʻo RMIT i paʻi ʻia ma 2019 ma Science of the Total Environment no ka manawa mua e hoʻopilikia ana nā microplastics i loko o ka huʻa pua i ke ola wai. Ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi he mea ʻino kino a kemika kēia mau microplastics i nā ʻano ʻano wai maʻemaʻe a me ke kai e ʻai ana i nā ʻāpana.
Ua ʻike ʻia kekahi noiʻi hou e nā kānaka ʻepekema ma ke Kula Lapaʻau ʻo Hull York no ka manawa mua i nā microplastics i loko o nā māmā kanaka. Hōʻike nā hopena he kumu nui ka hanu ʻana i nā microplastics o ka hōʻike ʻana. Ma waho aʻe o ka huʻa pua, loaʻa pū nā microplastics ea i nā huahana e like me nā ʻōmole, nā ʻōpala, nā lole a me nā mea hoʻonani. Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole maopopo pehea e pili ai kēia mau microplastics i nā kānaka a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe.
A hiki i ka wā e hoʻohiki ai nā noiʻi hou aku e hoʻomālamalama hou aku i nā pōʻino o ka huʻa pua a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe o nā microplastics, ke hopohopo nei nā mea kūʻai pua e like me Tobey Nelson o Tobey Nelson Events + Design, LLC e pili ana i ka hanu ʻana i ka lepo i hana ʻia i ka wā e hoʻohana ai i ka huahana. ʻOiai ʻo Oasis e paipai ana i nā mea kūʻai pua e ʻaʻahu i nā pale maka pale i ka wā e lawelawe ai i nā huahana, ʻaʻole nui ka poʻe. "Ke manaʻolana nei au i loko o 10 a 15 mau makahiki ʻaʻole lākou e kapa iā ia he foamy lung syndrome a i ʻole kekahi mea e like me ka maʻi ʻeleʻele o ka māmā o ka poʻe miners," wahi a Nelson.
ʻO ka hoʻolei pono ʻana i ka huʻa pua hiki ke hele lōʻihi i ka pale ʻana i ka haumia o ka ea a me ka wai mai nā microplastics hou aku. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Feldmann ma kahi noiʻi o nā mea pua ʻoihana i mālama ʻia e ka Sustainable Floristry Network, 72 pakeneka o ka poʻe e hoʻohana ana i ka huʻa pua i ʻae ua hoʻolei lākou i lalo o ka lua ma hope o ka mae ʻana o nā pua, a he 15 pakeneka i ʻōlelo ua hoʻohui lākou iā ia i kā lākou māla. a me ka lepo. Eia kekahi, "komo ka huʻa pua i ke kaiapuni kūlohelohe ma nā ʻano like ʻole: kanu ʻia me nā pahu kupapaʻu, ma o nā ʻōnaehana wai i loko o nā vases, a hui pū ʻia me nā pua i loko o nā ʻōnaehana ʻōpala ʻōmaʻomaʻo, nā māla a me nā compost," wahi a Feldman.
Inā pono ʻoe e hana hou i ka huʻa pua, ua ʻae nā loea he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolei ʻana i loko o kahi ʻōpala ma mua o ka hoʻolei ʻana i lalo o ka ʻauwai a i ʻole e hoʻohui iā ia i ka compost a i ʻole ka ʻōpala pā hale. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Feldman i ka ninini ʻana i ka wai me nā ʻāpana huʻa pua, "e ninini i loko o kahi lole mānoanoa, e like me kahi uhi uluna kahiko, e hopu i nā ʻāpana huʻa he nui e like me ka hiki."
Makemake paha nā mea kūʻai pua e hoʻohana i ka huʻa pua ma muli o kona ʻano maʻamau a me ka maʻalahi, wahi a Nelson. "ʻAe, he mea paʻakikī ke hoʻomanaʻo i kahi ʻeke kūʻai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia i loko o ke kaʻa," wahi āna. "Akā pono mākou a pau e neʻe aku mai ka noʻonoʻo maʻalahi a loaʻa i kahi wā e hiki mai ana e hoʻomau nei kahi e hana nui ai mākou a hōʻemi i ko mākou hopena ma ka honua." Ua hoʻohui ʻo Nelson ʻaʻole paha i ʻike ka nui o nā mea kūʻai pua he mau koho maikaʻi aʻe.
Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Oasis iā ia iho i kahi huahana compostable piha i kapa ʻia ʻo TerraBrick. ʻO ka huahana hou "hana ʻia mai nā olonā niu kūlohelohe i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā mea kanu, hiki ke hoʻohou ʻia, a me kahi mea hoʻopaʻa compostable." E like me Oasis Floral Foam, hoʻopili ʻo TerraBricks i ka wai e mālama i nā pua i ka pulu ʻoiai e mālama ana i ke kūlike o ke kumu pua. A laila hiki ke hoʻomoʻa palekana ʻia nā huahana olonā niu a hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka māla. ʻO kekahi ʻano hou ʻo ia ka Oshun Pouch, i hana ʻia i ka makahiki 2020 e ka Luna Nui o New Age Floral ʻo Kirsten VanDyck. Ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka ʻeke me kahi mea compostable e pehu ana i ka wai a hiki ke kū i ka pīpī pahu kupapaʻu nui loa, wahi a VanDyck.
Nui nā ala ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo ai i nā hoʻonohonoho pua, me nā rana pua, nā pā uea, a me nā pōhaku hoʻonaninani a i ʻole nā mīkini i loko o nā vases. A i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana noʻeau me kāu mea i loaʻa, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana a VanDyck i kāna hoʻolālā ʻana i kāna hoʻolālā hoʻomau mua no ka Garden Club. "Ma kahi o ka huʻa pua, ua ʻokiʻoki au i kahi watermelon i ka hapalua a kanu i kekahi mau manu o ka paradaiso i loko." ʻIke loa ʻaʻole e lōʻihi ka watermelon e like me ka huʻa pua, akā ʻo ia ke kumu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo VanDyck he mea maikaʻi ia no kahi hoʻolālā e mau wale nō i hoʻokahi lā.
Me ka nui o nā koho ʻē aʻe i loaʻa a me ka ʻike i nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole o ka huʻa pua, ua maopopo he mea maʻalahi ka lele ʻana ma ka bandwagon #nofloralfoam. Malia paha ʻo ia ke kumu, i ka wā e hana ana ka ʻoihana pua e hoʻomaikaʻi i kona hoʻomau holoʻokoʻa, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo TJ McGrath o TJ McGrath Design "ʻo ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka huʻa pua kahi mea nui loa."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Pepeluali-03-2023
