Pipiri Ki A Papatūānuku

Pipiri Ki A Papatūānuku

Pipiri Ki A Papatūānuku (PKP) started in 2017. Their mission is to raise awareness around the state of our taiao (our environment), both here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and around the world.

PKP is a social movement lead by rangatahi Māori (young people) that is raising awareness and engaging people to make environmentally sustainable choices in their everyday lives.

There are 9 options to pursue in this initiative. Three learnings for food, three for waste, and three for plastics.

Food Initiatives

1. Meat-Free 🥩 🚫 

In Aotearoa, one of our biggest contributors to climate change is agriculture. Pipirikia papatūānuku recommends minimising your consumption of industrially farmed meats (meat from the supermarkets).

   📣 Call to action
  • Practice Meat-free Mondays / Meat-free Fridays
  • Learn or practice how to eat more kai that doesn't include industrially farmed meats

2. Dairy-Free 🐮 🚫

In Aotearoa, the biggest pollutant of our awa (rivers) is dairy farming. Cows were the first tool of colonisation in Waikato that continue to pollute our waterways today.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise your consumption of dairy products
  • Dairy-free options include: Oat milk, peanut butter, olive oil, coconut yogurt, coconut cream, and dark chocolate

3. Tūkino-Free 🎣 🚫   

There is a lot of kai that does tūkino (harm) to our taiao. Mainly trawled fish from our moana (ocean), land degradation and polluted waterways due to agriculture, and deforestation from palm oil.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise kai that causes tūkino to our taiao
  • Practice Mahinga kai (to work the food):
         - Getting your own kai moana (seafood) or your ika (fish)
         - Hunting
         - Get your whenua (land) ready to plant in the new year

Waste Initiatives

1. No Kai Waste 🚫 🍏 🚮 

There's a common misconception that if you put your kai (food) into the rubbish bin, it's going to go back to the whenua (land) where it will magically biodegrade. That does not happen. Organic matter in landfill turns into leachate - a poisonous liquid that pollutes our waterways.

   📣 Call to action

2. No Textile Waste 🚫 👕 🚮  

This is a big issue that not only affects our taiao (environment), but also impacts people's lives around the world.

   📣 Call to action
  • Don't buy anything brand new, buy second-hand or items that can be repaired
  • If you do buy something, make sure it is something that will last
  • Buy clothes that are good for the taiao (clothes swap, organic fabrics, circular fashion)

3. No Plastic Waste 🚫 🥤 🚮  

Plastic waste enters our sea, breaks down into micro plastics, is eaten by fish, and is then eaten by us. We are eating plastic.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise & be conscious of the plastic you bring into your life so you make make an informed decision about whether you need it
  • Start small, and keep going. There's too much plastic to stop all at once, so start slow with a few items

Plastic Initiatives

1. Refuse 🙅‍♂️

Most of the time, when you walk through the supermarket, items comes in packaging.

   📣 Call to action
  • Try your best to go without buying anything that comes in packaging
  • Shop at a refillery: e.g. Bin Inn, Goodfor, The Source
  • If shopping at your local supermarket, go for naked produce (no packaging) and use your own produce bags.

2. Reuse 🔁  

   📣 Call to action

Choose one thing in your everyday to reuse:

  • If you're a coffee drinker, instead of using a single-use coffee cup, opt for a reusable mug
  • Swap single-se plastic bottles for a reusable water bottle
  • Cutlery, straws, kai containers, shopping bags also have reusable options

3. Recycle ♻️  

The majority of households in Aotearoa don't recycle properly.

   📣 Call to action
  1. Check what number your piece of rubbish is. For plastics, they should be number 1-7. Usually 1,2 & 5 can be recycled.
  2. Check your local council website or somewhere where there is more information about whether that number can be recycled in your area.
  3. Wash it and remove any kai before putting it in your recycling bin.
  4. If it can't be recycled, then it has to go into the rubbish

Source

https://www.pipirikiapapatuanuku.org/

Pipiri Ki A Papatūānuku (PKP) started in 2017. Their mission is to raise awareness around the state of our taiao (our environment), both here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and around the world.

PKP is a social movement lead by rangatahi Māori (young people) that is raising awareness and engaging people to make environmentally sustainable choices in their everyday lives.

There are 9 options to pursue in this initiative. Three learnings for food, three for waste, and three for plastics.

Food Initiatives

1. Meat-Free 🥩 🚫 

In Aotearoa, one of our biggest contributors to climate change is agriculture. Pipirikia papatūānuku recommends minimising your consumption of industrially farmed meats (meat from the supermarkets).

   📣 Call to action
  • Practice Meat-free Mondays / Meat-free Fridays
  • Learn or practice how to eat more kai that doesn't include industrially farmed meats

2. Dairy-Free 🐮 🚫

In Aotearoa, the biggest pollutant of our awa (rivers) is dairy farming. Cows were the first tool of colonisation in Waikato that continue to pollute our waterways today.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise your consumption of dairy products
  • Dairy-free options include: Oat milk, peanut butter, olive oil, coconut yogurt, coconut cream, and dark chocolate

3. Tūkino-Free 🎣 🚫   

There is a lot of kai that does tūkino (harm) to our taiao. Mainly trawled fish from our moana (ocean), land degradation and polluted waterways due to agriculture, and deforestation from palm oil.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise kai that causes tūkino to our taiao
  • Practice Mahinga kai (to work the food):
         - Getting your own kai moana (seafood) or your ika (fish)
         - Hunting
         - Get your whenua (land) ready to plant in the new year

Waste Initiatives

1. No Kai Waste 🚫 🍏 🚮 

There's a common misconception that if you put your kai (food) into the rubbish bin, it's going to go back to the whenua (land) where it will magically biodegrade. That does not happen. Organic matter in landfill turns into leachate - a poisonous liquid that pollutes our waterways.

   📣 Call to action

2. No Textile Waste 🚫 👕 🚮  

This is a big issue that not only affects our taiao (environment), but also impacts people's lives around the world.

   📣 Call to action
  • Don't buy anything brand new, buy second-hand or items that can be repaired
  • If you do buy something, make sure it is something that will last
  • Buy clothes that are good for the taiao (clothes swap, organic fabrics, circular fashion)

3. No Plastic Waste 🚫 🥤 🚮  

Plastic waste enters our sea, breaks down into micro plastics, is eaten by fish, and is then eaten by us. We are eating plastic.

   📣 Call to action
  • Minimise & be conscious of the plastic you bring into your life so you make make an informed decision about whether you need it
  • Start small, and keep going. There's too much plastic to stop all at once, so start slow with a few items

Plastic Initiatives

1. Refuse 🙅‍♂️

Most of the time, when you walk through the supermarket, items comes in packaging.

   📣 Call to action
  • Try your best to go without buying anything that comes in packaging
  • Shop at a refillery: e.g. Bin Inn, Goodfor, The Source
  • If shopping at your local supermarket, go for naked produce (no packaging) and use your own produce bags.

2. Reuse 🔁  

   📣 Call to action

Choose one thing in your everyday to reuse:

  • If you're a coffee drinker, instead of using a single-use coffee cup, opt for a reusable mug
  • Swap single-se plastic bottles for a reusable water bottle
  • Cutlery, straws, kai containers, shopping bags also have reusable options

3. Recycle ♻️  

The majority of households in Aotearoa don't recycle properly.

   📣 Call to action
  1. Check what number your piece of rubbish is. For plastics, they should be number 1-7. Usually 1,2 & 5 can be recycled.
  2. Check your local council website or somewhere where there is more information about whether that number can be recycled in your area.
  3. Wash it and remove any kai before putting it in your recycling bin.
  4. If it can't be recycled, then it has to go into the rubbish

Source

https://www.pipirikiapapatuanuku.org/

Pipiri Ki A Papatūānuku (PKP) started in 2017. Their mission is to raise awareness around the state of our taiao (our environment), both here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and around the world.

PKP is a social movement lead by rangatahi Māori (young people) that is raising awareness and engaging people to make environmentally sustainable choices in their everyday lives.

There are 9 options to pursue in this initiative. Three learnings for food, three for waste, and three for plastics.

Food Initiatives

1. Meat-Free 🥩 🚫 

In Aotearoa, one of our biggest contributors to climate change is agriculture. Pipirikia papatūānuku recommends minimising your consumption of industrially farmed meats (meat from the supermarkets).

   📣 Call to action

2. Dairy-Free 🐮 🚫

In Aotearoa, the biggest pollutant of our awa (rivers) is dairy farming. Cows were the first tool of colonisation in Waikato that continue to pollute our waterways today.

   📣 Call to action

3. Tūkino-Free 🎣 🚫   

There is a lot of kai that does tūkino (harm) to our taiao. Mainly trawled fish from our moana (ocean), land degradation and polluted waterways due to agriculture, and deforestation from palm oil.

   📣 Call to action

Waste Initiatives

1. No Kai Waste 🚫 🍏 🚮 

There's a common misconception that if you put your kai (food) into the rubbish bin, it's going to go back to the whenua (land) where it will magically biodegrade. That does not happen. Organic matter in landfill turns into leachate - a poisonous liquid that pollutes our waterways.

   📣 Call to action

2. No Textile Waste 🚫 👕 🚮  

This is a big issue that not only affects our taiao (environment), but also impacts people's lives around the world.

   📣 Call to action

3. No Plastic Waste 🚫 🥤 🚮  

Plastic waste enters our sea, breaks down into micro plastics, is eaten by fish, and is then eaten by us. We are eating plastic.

   📣 Call to action

Plastic Initiatives

1. Refuse 🙅‍♂️

Most of the time, when you walk through the supermarket, items comes in packaging.

   📣 Call to action

2. Reuse 🔁  

   📣 Call to action

Choose one thing in your everyday to reuse:

3. Recycle ♻️  

The majority of households in Aotearoa don't recycle properly.

   📣 Call to action
  1. Check what number your piece of rubbish is. For plastics, they should be number 1-7. Usually 1,2 & 5 can be recycled.
  2. Check your local council website or somewhere where there is more information about whether that number can be recycled in your area.
  3. Wash it and remove any kai before putting it in your recycling bin.
  4. If it can't be recycled, then it has to go into the rubbish

Source

https://www.pipirikiapapatuanuku.org/