Ua hui pū ʻo Loews Chicago Hotel i kā Shedd Aquarium's "Shedd The Straw" hoʻolālā e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mauʻu palaka hoʻohana hoʻokahi a puni ka hōkele. ʻO Loews Chicago Hotel ka hōkele mua i hui pū me ka hoʻolālā e hoʻemi ana i nā mauʻu palaka hoʻohana hoʻokahi i mea e hōʻemi ai i ka ʻōpala a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kaiaola kai a me ka wai maʻemaʻe.
E hoʻomaka ana i ka lā 1 o ʻAukake, ʻaʻole e lawelawe ʻia nā mea inu ma loko o ka hōkele, me Streeterville Social, ETA Restaurant + Bar, The Lobby Bar, ʻahaʻaina, a me ka ʻaina i loko o ka lumi ʻaʻole e lawelawe ʻia me nā mauʻu palaka. Hāʻawi ʻia nā malihini i nā mauʻu biodegradable ma ke noi.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka hoʻolālā e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana wai a me nā holoholona e noho ana i loko o ia mau mea ma ka hōʻike ʻana i ka pōʻino o nā mauʻu plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi i ke ola wai. ʻO kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o 11 miliona paona plastik e komo i loko o Michigan wale nō - e like me 100 mau loko ʻauʻau ʻOlumepika - a ʻo nā mauʻu plastik kekahi o nā mea ʻilika kiʻekiʻe he ʻumi e hoʻohaumia ai i ko mākou moana, loko, a me nā muliwai.
"Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā mākou Good Neighbor Program, haʻaheo mākou e hui pū me Shedd Aquarium ma kā lākou 'Shedd The Straw' initiative e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā kaiaola wai," wahi a Christian Hansen, ka luna hoʻomalu, Loews Chicago Hotel. "Me ko mākou hōkele e kū wale ana mai Lake Michigan, hauʻoli mākou e hana i kēia hoʻololi e kōkua i ka hoʻololi ʻana ma kahi kokoke a mamao. Hoʻohanohano ʻia mākou i ka hōkele mua e hui pū me Shedd Aquarium e hōʻemi i kā mākou mau ʻōpala palaka hoʻohana hoʻokahi i loko o kā mākou hōkele, a ke manaʻolana nei hiki iā mākou ke kōkua e hoʻomau i ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma kēia kumuhana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ko mākou kaiapuni.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā mauʻu plastik i loko o ke kaiapuni a aneane hiki ʻole ke hana hou. ʻO ia hoʻi, kokoke i kēlā me kēia mauʻu palaka i hoʻohana ʻia ma ka honua e noho mau ana, ʻoiai ua wāwahi lākou i loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi. Ma ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mauʻu palaka, manaʻo ʻo Loews Chicago Hotel e mālama ʻoi aku ma mua o 155,000 mau mauʻu palaka mai ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. No ka mea, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe hoʻohana i ka mauʻu ʻōpala i kā lākou mau ʻōpala i ka wā e hana ʻia ai, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole e pau nā ʻōpala i mālama ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpala, kahi e pakele pinepine ai lākou i nā ʻōpala a hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ko mākou mau ala wai. E hāʻawi ʻia kahi mauʻu biodegradable i nā malihini, ke noi ʻia, me nā keiki a me nā poʻe kino kīnā e koi ana i kahi mauʻu e ʻai ai a inu paha.
“ʻOliʻoli mākou e hana pū me kā mākou mau hoa ma Loews Chicago Hotel e ʻimi i nā ala hou e hōʻemi i nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi a hoʻomaikaʻi iā lākou no ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e hōʻike i ke ʻano o nā loli liʻiliʻi e like me 'Shedding the Straw' hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi i ke olakino o ko mākou mau loko. , nā muliwai a me nā moana,” wahi a Cheryl Mell, Hope Pelekikena Nui, Conservation Partnerships. "Hiki i nā hana liʻiliʻi ke lilo i mea hoʻonā nui, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka lilo ʻana i kumu waiwai a me ka hana pū ʻana e hoʻoikaika i ka hana e hōʻemi i kā mākou wāwae plastik."
No ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia hui hoihoi, e hui pū me Loews Chicago Hotel a me Shedd Aquarium no kahi ahiahi iā Shedd the Straw ma Streeterville Social ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻAukake 21. E loaʻa iā Shedd Aquarium nā loea ma ka lima me nā hālāwai holoholona kūikawā. E loaʻa ana ka meaʻai a me ka mea inu no ke kūʻai ʻana, a ʻo nā mea e loaʻa mai ka The Mermaid, ʻo Streeterville Social's hou specialty cocktail, e pōmaikaʻi iā Shedd Aquarium. Wehe ʻia ʻo Streeterville Social mai ka hola 4-11 pm, a e mālama ʻia nā hui holoholona mai ka hola 5-7 pm Eia hou, no ka mahina ʻo ʻAukake, ʻo kahi hapa o ka loaʻa mai The Mermaid ma Streeterville Social e pōmaikaʻi iā Shedd Aquarium. Pono nā poʻe e hele ma lalo o 21, e hele pū me kahi kahu a makua paha he 21+ mau makahiki.
ʻO ka Loews Hotels Good Neighbor Policy, ka papahana hoʻolaha kaiaulu mua loa o ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa, e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia mai ka hoʻomaha ʻana i ka pōloli a me ka heluhelu heluhelu a hiki i nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā hana noʻeau. Ua loaʻa i ka Loews Hotels' Good Neighbor Policy ka Pelekikena Service Award, ka hanohano kiʻekiʻe loa i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Pelekikena o ʻAmelika no ka lawelawe kaiāulu i kuhikuhi ʻia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia pilikanaka koʻikoʻi.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo #SheddTheStraw i ka makahiki i hala ma ka Lā Honua, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ʻo Chicago's Shedd Aquarium i kāna hoʻolaha e paipai ana i ka poʻe e hoʻololi mai nā mauʻu palaka hoʻohana hoʻokahi i nā mea hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia a i ʻole biodegradable.
