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Gospodarenje otpada, 2018.godine

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Kako smanjiti kučni otpad - do nule?! Sve je moguće, samo treba krenuti, mic po mic.

'Za okoliš se založi, otpad pravilno odloži' 'Za okoliš se založi, otpad pravilno odloži' Foto: Vivian Grisogono

U posljednje vrijeme mnogo slušamo o gospodarenju otpadom - na državnoj i lokalnoj razini. Uz mnoge prepreke koje pred Hrvatskom stoje želi li uhvatiti korak sa ostalim, ekološki osvještenim i razvijenim europskim zemljama, običan čovjek često se zapita može li on uopće napraviti razliku, učiniti nešto značajno. Oni koji su se kroz kišu i plimu petak 2.3. u 17h probili do starogradske osnovne škole, mogli su o tome saznati iz prve ruke. Tamo nas je jedna sitna/nježna Španjolka podsjetila da svatko od nas itekako može napraviti razliku.

Naime, Esther Penarrubia, doktorica znanosti poljoprivrednog inženjeringa i učiteljica engleskog jezika, je pred zainteresiranim građanima Starog Grada govorila o knjizi Bee Johnson "Zero Waste Home" i svome iskustvu. Esther je Beinu knjigu prevela s engleskog na španjolski i katalonski, te u svojoj zemlji održala više od 25 predavanja na temu "Zero Waste" ili minimalnom kućnom otpadu. Kroz poglavlja knjige provela nas je govoreći o vlastitom iskustvu i konkretnim primjerima kako ona i njena četveročlana obitelj svakodnevno pokušavaju smanjiti količinu svog kućnog otpada. Kroz praktične primjere savjetovala nam je kako izbjegavati plastičnu ambalažu, nepotrebna pakiranja i općenito smanjiti svakodnevni otpad.

Esther i Nora, koja je organizirala predavanje.

Bilo je zanimljivo otkriti kako već i sitne promjene, koje ne iziskuju velik trud, već samo malo mašte i bolju organizaciju, mogu značajno smanjiti količinu otpada, pa čak i donijeti uštedu kućnom buđetu. Publika se uključila pitanjima i svojim iskustvima, pa je rasprava bila zanimljiva i dinamična. Esther nam je pokazala kako "zero waste" način života nije samo pomodna novotarija, nego prilika za svakoga od nas da preispitamo svoju vezanost za materijalne stvari, kao i odgovoran odnos prema prirodi i Zemlji koju ostavljamo budućim generacijama.

Publika se uključila u pitanjima.

Esther sa svojim mužem i dvoje male djece već 6 mjeseci biciklima putuje Europom, pa je tako posljednjih mjesec dana odsjela u Vrboskoj, te oduševljena ljepotom otoka još nas jednom podsjetila koliko je važno da ga ovakvim i sačuvamo. Sve nas se dojmila njena priča, pa je tako i jedna mlada prevoditeljica koja je prisustvovala predavanju izrazila želju uhvatiti se u koštac s prijevodom ove knjige i na hrvatski. Svjesni važnosti ove teme, veselimo se očekujući u budućnosti objavljivanje ove vrijedne knjige i na hrvatskom jeziku. Do tada, razne ideje i savjete za življenje sa manje otpada možemo pronaći i na stranici Bee Johnson www.zerowastehome.com

© Jelena Gracin 2018.

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