Rampant consumerism: nei uchifanira kurega kutenga zvese

Zvakaonekwa kuti kudai vanhu vose pasi pano vakadya mari yakaenzana neyeavhareji yevagari vomuUnited States, ipapo mapuraneti mana akadaro aizodiwa kuti atiraramise. Nyaya yacho inowedzera kunyange munyika dzakapfuma, uko kunofungidzirwa kuti pasi rinofanira kutsigirwa ne5,4 mapuraneti akafanana kana isu tose takararama nechiyero chakafanana neUnited Arab Emirates. Kushungurudza uye panguva imwechete kukurudzira kuita chiito ichokwadi chokuti tichine imwe nyika.

Chii chaizvo chinonzi consumerism? Iyi imhando yekutsamira kwakashata, hypertrophy yezvinhu zvinodiwa. Sosaiti ine mukana unokura wekuwana hukuru kuburikidza nekushandisa. Kushandiswa kunova kwete chikamu chete, asi chinangwa uye zvinoreva hupenyu. Munyika yanhasi, manwiro ekunyepedzera asvika pakakwirira zvisati zvamboitika. Tarisa pa Instagram: inenge yese positi yaunopihwa kutenga iyo cardigan, yakaoma massage bhurashi, accessory, zvichingodaro zvichingodaro. Vanokuudza kuti unohuda, asi une chokwadi chokuti unohuda chaizvoizvo here? 

Saka, kushandiswa kwemazuva ano kunokanganisa sei hupenyu hwepasi redu?

Mhedzisiro yeConsumerism paSosaiti: Kusaenzana Kwepasirese

Kuwedzera kukuru mukushandiswa kwezvinhu munyika dzakapfuma kwakatokonzera mukaha mukuru pakati pevanhu vakapfuma nevarombo. Sokutaura kunoita chirevo, “vapfumi vanoramba vachipfuma uye varombo vanova varombo zvikuru.” Muna 2005, 59% yezviwanikwa zvepasi zvakadyiwa nevapfumi gumi muzana vehuwandu. Uye varombo gumi muzana vakadya chete 10% yezviwanikwa zvepasirese.

Kubva pane izvi, tinogona kutarisa maitiro ekushandisa uye kunzwisisa kuti mari iyi nezviwanikwa zvingashandiswa nani zviri nani. Zvave zvichifungidzirwa kuti US$6 bhiriyoni chete inogona kupa dzidzo yehwaro kuvanhu pasi rose. Imwe mabhiriyoni makumi maviri nemaviri emadhora ichapa munhu wese ari panyika mukana wekuwana mvura yakachena, hutano hwakanaka uye kudya kwakakwana.

Iye zvino, kana tikatarisa dzimwe nzvimbo dzekushandisa, tinogona kuona kuti nzanga yedu iri mumatambudziko makuru. Gore negore, vanhu vokuEurope vanopedza mabhiriyoni gumi nerimwe emadhora paaizikirimu. Hongu, fungidzira ice cream! Zvinenge zvakakwana kurera mwana wese ari panyika kaviri.

Mari inosvika mabhiriyoni 50 emadhora inopedzerwa pafodya muEurope moga, uye mari inosvika mabhiriyoni 400 emadhora inopedzerwa muzvinodhaka munyika yose. Kana tikakwanisa kuderedza mashandisiro edu kusvika pachidimbu chezvavari iye zvino, tinokwanisa kuita mutsauko unoshamisa muhupenyu hwevarombo nevanoshaya pasi rese.

Mhedzisiro yekutenga kune vanhu: kufutisa uye kushaikwa kwekukura kwemweya

Tsvagiridzo inoratidza hukama hwakasimba pakati pekusimuka kwetsika dzemazuva ano dzevatengi uye huwandu hunotyisa hwekufutisa hwatiri kuona pasi rese. Zvisinei, izvi hazvishamisi, sezvo kushandiswa kwevatengi kunoreva izvi chaizvo - kushandisa zvakanyanya sezvinobvira, uye kwete sezvatinoda. Izvi zvinokonzera domino effect munharaunda. Kuwandisa kwemari kunounza kufutisa, izvo zvinozotungamira kune mamwe matambudziko etsika nemagariro.

Mabasa ekurapa ari kuwedzera zvakanyanya sezvo huwandu hwenyika hwekufutisa huri kuwedzera. Somuenzaniso, muUnited States, mari yokurapa pamunhu mumwe nomumwe inopfuura $2500 nokuda kwevanhu vakafuta kupfuura yevanhu vane uremu vane utano hwakanaka. 

Mukuwedzera kuuremu uye zvinetso zvoutano, munhu akadyiswa nezvinhu zvakadai sezvokudya, zvinwiwa, zvinhu, anorega chaizvoizvo kukura mumudzimu. Inoramba yakamira, ichinonotsa kwete kukura kwayo chete, asi kukura kwevanhu vose.

Kukanganisa kwekushandisa pane zvakatipoteredza: kusvibiswa uye kupera kwezviwanikwa

Kunze kwezvinetso zviri pachena zvenzanga nezvemari, kutenga zvinhu kuri kuparadza mhoteredzo yedu. Sezvo kudiwa kwezvinhu kunowedzera, kudiwa kwekugadzira zvinhu izvozvo kunowedzera. Izvi zvinoguma nekuwedzera kubudiswa kwezvinosvibisa, kushandiswa kwenyika kunowedzera uye kutemwa kwemasango, uye kuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze kunowedzera.

Tiri kusangana nedambudziko guru pakushandisa kwedu mvura sezvo kuwanda kwekuchengetedza mvura kuri kupera kana kushandiswa pakurima kwakadzama. 

Kurasa marara kuri kuita dambudziko pasi rose, uye makungwa edu zvishoma nezvishoma ari kuva mugodhi muhombe wekurasa marara. Uye kwekanguva, kudzika kwemakungwa kwakadzidzwa chete ne2-5%, uye masayendisiti anoseka kuti izvi zvakatonyanya kuderera kune kure kure kwemwedzi. Inofungidzirwa kuti inopfuura hafu yepurasitiki inogadzirwa ndeye-single-use plastiki, zvinoreva kuti mushure mekushandisa inoguma kana mumarara kana munzvimbo. Uye plastiki, sezvatinoziva, inotora makore anopfuura 100 kuti iparare. Maererano nevesainzi, matani epurasitiki anosvika mamirioni gumi nemaviri anopinda mugungwa gore rega rega, achigadzira marara makuru anoyangarara pasi rose.

Chii chatingaita?

Zviripachena, mumwe nemumwe wedu anofanirwa kudzikisa kushandiswa uye kushandura mararamiro edu azvino, zvikasadaro pasi sezvatinoziva ichamira kuvapo. Parizvino tiri kushandisa zviwanikwa pamwero wakakura, izvo zviri kukonzera kuparadza kukuru kwemhoteredzo uye matambudziko emagariro pasi rose.

Munguva pfupi yadarika, sangano reUnited Nations rakaburitsa gwaro rinoti vanhu vane makore gumi nemaviri chete ekurwisa kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, uko kuri kukonzerwa nekusvibiswa kwevanhu.

Unogona kufunga kuti munhu mumwe chete haakwanisi kuponesa pasi rose. Nekudaro, kana munhu wese akafunga nenzira iyi, isu hatizongobva pasi chete, asi tichawedzera mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Munhu mumwe chete anogona kushandura nyika nekuva muenzaniso kuzviuru zvevanhu.

Ita chinjo muupenyu hwako nhasi kupfurikidza nokuderedza pfuma yako yokudisa zvenyika. Zviwanikwa zveMedia zvinokutendera kuti uongorore ruzivo nezve kudzokororwa kwemarara, ayo atove kushandiswa kunyangwe mukugadzira zvipfeko zvefashoni uye zvemazuva ano. Simudza ruzivo nezvenyaya iyi pakati peshamwari dzako uye vanozivana kuitira kuti vanhu vazhinji vatore matanho. 

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