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Dziwani zosintha za eco-friendly zomwe zimapangitsa kusiyana ndi zomwe mungadumphe.

MWAMVA Sankhani matewera a nsalu

TIMANENA Apatseni makina anu ochapira

Nsalu motsutsana nazo: Ndiwo mayi wazovuta zonse zachilengedwe. Poyang'ana koyamba, zingawoneke ngati zopanda pake. Kupatula apo, makanda amadutsa matewera pafupifupi 5,000 asanakaphunzitsidwe chimbudzi - ndiwo pulasitiki ambiri omwe amadzaza malo otayira. Koma mukalowa m'madzi ndi mphamvu zomwe mumagwiritsa ntchito kutsuka matewera onse, kusankha sikumveka bwino. M'malo mwake, kafukufuku waku Britain adawonetsa kuti matewera omwe amatha kutayika ndi nsalu amakhudzanso chilengedwe pachifukwa chomwechi.

Ndiye pali funso lazosavuta. Ndi makolo angati omwe ali ndi maso otumbululuka, omwe ali ndi nthawi yochapa matewera khumi ndi awiri tsiku lililonse? Ngakhale kulibe chinthu choti 100% ikhoza kuwonongeka, zina ndizabwino kuposa chilengedwe. Makampani monga Seventh Generation (seven generation.com), TenderCare (tendercarediapers.com), ndi Tushies (tushies.com) amapangidwa opanda chlorine, motero samatulutsa poizoni popanga. Onaninso za GDiapers (gdiapers.com), wosakanizidwa pakati pazotayika ndi nsalu. Ali ndi chivundikiro cha thonje chogwiritsidwanso ntchito chomwe chimagwiridwa ndi Velcro, ndi liner mumagwetsera kuchimbudzi.

MWAMVA Sinthani mababu okhazikika ndi ma compact fulorescent

TIMANENA Sinthani m'zipinda zina, osati zonse

Pakadali pano, njira yosavuta yopezera mphamvu ndikusintha magetsi opangira magetsi (CFLs), omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa 75 peresenti ndipo amatha kupitilira kakhumi. Nanga n’cifukwa ciani si onse amene anasinthana? Chifukwa chachikulu ndi kuwala kowala, komwe sikumagwirizanabe pamitundu yonse. Kuti mukhale wowala, wowala ngati wonyezimira, sankhani CFL yokhala ndi 2,700K (Kelvin) m'malo mwa 5,000K (m'munsimu nambala, kutentha kwa kuwala), ndikusankha wopanga wodziwika bwino, monga GE kapena N: Vision . Kenako ikani ma CFL pomwe kuyatsa sichinthu chachikulu, monga pakhonde kapena chipinda chogona, ndikusungabe chipinda chochezera ndi bafa.

Pomaliza, kumbukirani kuti ma CFL amakhala ndi pang'ono mercury. Babu ikatentha, itanani oyang'anira zinyalala zolimba kapena mupite ku epa.gov/bulbrecycling kuti mudziwe komwe angataye m'dera lanu. Muthanso kusiya CFL yogwiritsidwa ntchito m'masitolo a Home Depot kapena ku Ikea.

MWAMVA Sankhani pepala pamwamba pa pulasitiki

TIMANENA Bweretsani Thumba Lanu

Ganizirani za tsiku lomwe munthu amathera pochita zinthu zina: Mumayima pamalo ogulitsa mankhwala, sitolo ya mabuku, malo ogulitsira nsapato, ndi sitolo. Kunyumba mumamasula matumba apulasitiki 10 ndikuwataya m'zinyalala (kapena kuwagwiritsa ntchito posungira zinyalala), ngakhale mumadziimba mlandu. Sikuti matumba amenewo amangokhala ndi malo otayira zinyalala, koma ngati mumakhala mumzinda ngati New York kapena Seattle-omwe akufuna kuti azilipiritsa ogula - amathanso kukuwonongerani ndalama. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ma tote omwe amagwiritsidwanso ntchito ndiyo njira yokhayo yogulitsira. Green-kits.com imagulitsa matumba ambiri achilengedwe ndi matumba, kuphatikiza mitundu yazopanga ndi ma totes amakongoletsedwe omwe amapanga mphatso zokongola, zapadziko lapansi.

MWAMVA Pankhani ya chakudya, khalani organic purist

TIMANENA Pitani ku organic pazinthu zina

Ndi zikwangwani zofuula "organic" pamisewu iliyonse, kugula zinthu kwakhala kopanikiza (makamaka chifukwa chakudya chamagulu chimatha kulipira 20 mpaka 30 peresenti kuposa). Koma kudzaza ngolo yanu ndi mitengo yazinthu sizimakupangitsani kukhala gal obiriwira kwambiri. Mukamagwiritsa ntchito makina olemera, kukonza kwakukulu, ndi kutumiza chakudya mamailosi masauzande ambiri, organic sizitanthauza kuti chilengedwe chizikhala chabwino. Kuphatikiza apo, miyezo ya USDA siyisiyanitsa pakati pa alimi omwe amapitilira njira zopitilira kukula kwa organic ndi iwo omwe amatsata zochepa, kotero kuti ogula sakudziwa kwenikweni zomwe akupeza. (Akatswiri amalangiza kugula organic kwa mbewu zina zophera tizilombo, monga sitiroberi, mapichesi, maapulo, udzu winawake, ndi letesi; kuti mupeze mndandanda wazinthu zonse zomwe zili ndi mankhwala ophera tizilombo ambiri, pitani ku foodnews.org).

M'malo mosankha zachilengedwe, akatswiri amalimbikitsa kugula kwa opanga akudziko momwe zingathere kuti mupeze chakudya chabwino pamtengo wotsika. Kuphatikiza pa kuchepa kwa ntchito ndi kutumiza komwe kumachitika m'minda yaying'ono, yakomweko, kugula zinthu zomwe zimakulira pafupi ndi nyumba kumathandizanso kuti mukhale ndiubwenzi ndi opanga, chifukwa chake mutha kufunsa momwe akulimira zinthu zawo (ngakhale minda ing'onoing'ono yambiri singakwanitse kukhala ndi certification organically, mwina sakugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo). Ngati mulibe mwayi wamsika wa alimi, lingalirani zolowa nawo gulu lothandizidwa ndi alimi (CSA), pomwe mamembala amalipira pachaka kapena pamwezi pafamu kuti abweretse chakudya. Kuti mupeze CSA mumzinda kapena dera lanu, pitani ku localharvest.org/csa.

MUMVA Bwezerani ndi utoto wotsika-VOC

TIMANENA Chitani-ndikupuma mosavuta

Pali chifukwa chake utoto watsopano umakhala ndi fungo losiyanasiyanalo - ukupuma mpweya wambiri wa poizoni womwe umatchedwa mankhwala osakanikirana (VOCs). Sikuti amangoipitsa mpweya wa m’nyumba, akatswiri amakhulupirira kuti amathandizanso kuti mulingo wa ozone uwonongeke. Zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, makampani adayamba kupereka utoto wotsika komanso wopanda VOC, womwe wakonzedwa bwino kuti ugwirizane ndi kulimba komanso kufalikira kwa utoto wachikhalidwe, kupatula mpweya. Ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zosavuta kupanga zomwe mungachite kunyumba kwanu. Pafupifupi kampani iliyonse tsopano ili ndi zosankha zochepa kapena zopanda VOC. Amawononga zambiri [paliponse kuchokera pa 15% yowonjezera kuti achulukitse mtengo], koma makampani akamapitiliza kulumpha, mitengo idzatsika. Ena mwa utoto womwe timakonda wobiriwira ndi Benjamin Moore Natura (Benjaminmoore.com), Yolo (yolocolorhouse.com), ndi Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

MUMVA Bwezerani chimbudzi chanu; imagwiritsa ntchito madzi ochuluka kwambiri

TIMANENA Kungowonjezera pang'ono kungachepetse kugwiritsa ntchito madzi

Ngati muli ndi chimbudzi chabwino ndipo simukukonzanso bafa yanu, zisungireni zovuta ndi zolipira kukhazikitsa mtundu wotsika. M'malo mwake, pamtengo wochepera $2, mutha kuchepetsa kwambiri madzi omwe mumagwiritsa ntchito pokhazikitsa Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org). Zomwe mumachita ndikuzidzaza ndi madzi ndikuzipachika mu thanki ndipo zimakhala ngati mwayika chimbudzi chatsopano chapamwamba kwambiri. (Zimbudzi zovomerezeka zomwe zidapangidwa kuyambira 1994 zimagwiritsa ntchito magaloni 1.6 pamadzi; mitundu yabwino kwambiri imagwiritsa ntchito malita 1.28. Toilet Tank Bank imachepetsa kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwamadzi ndi malita 0.8 pakamodzi.)

Ngati mwakonzeka kugwiritsa ntchito chimbudzi chakale, musaganize kuti kutsika pang'ono ndiye njira yopita. M'malo mwake, yesani kuyika chosinthira chapawiri. Sizovuta kuzipeza (onani ku Home Depot ndi malo ogulitsira apanyumba ndi kukhitchini) ndikuwononga $ 100 enanso. Komabe, nthawi zambiri mumayenera kutsuka kangapo kuti mupeze chilichonse chimbudzi chotsika. Kupukuta pawiri kumakhala ndi mabatani awiri-imodzi ya zinyalala zamadzimadzi, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito malita 0.8 okha amadzi, ndi imodzi yolimba, yomwe imagwiritsa ntchito malita 1.6.

MUMVAD Ikani shawa losatulutsa madzi pang'ono

TIMANENA Sungani ndalama zanu

Ngati mumakonda kumwa madzi otentha oterewa, mwina simungakhale osangalala ndi mutu wotsika wotsika, womwe umadula madzi ndi 25 mpaka 60%. M'malo moyimirira pansi, ndikulimbana ndi kutsuka chofufumitsa, sambani mwachidule; mumasunga mpaka magaloni 2.5 pamphindi.

Kumene mungachepetseko, komabe, ndikumira kwanu. Ikani malo oyendetsa ndege - ndi ndalama zochepa chabe - ndipo ichepetsa kuchepa kwamadzi ndi malita awiri pamphindi, zomwe sizopereka nsembe.

MUMVA Bwezeraninso zamagetsi anu

TIMANENA Chitani zomwezo

Malinga ndi Consumer Electronics Association, banja lililonse la ku America lili ndi zinthu pafupifupi 24 zamagetsi. Ndipo zikuwoneka ngati tsiku lililonse, mafoni athu akale, makompyuta, ndi ma TV amatuluka, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti mulu wazinthu zachikale kuti tisiye. Koma zamagetsi zili ndi zida zowopsa, monga lead ndi mercury, zomwe zimafunika kutayidwa bwino, kotero simungangowasiya kuti azitaya zinyalala.

Lowani pa epa.gov/epawaste, kenako dinani pa electronics recycling (ecycling) kuti mupeze mndandanda wamabungwe obwezeretsanso ndi maulalo opita kumasitolo ndi opanga - kuphatikiza BestBuy, Verizon Wireless, Dell, ndi Office Depot-omwe amapereka mapulogalamu awo. (Ndipo mukamagula zamagetsi, pitani kwa wopanga, monga Apple, yomwe imalimbikitsa ndikuthandizira kukonzanso.)

MUMVA Gwiritsani ntchito zolipira kaboni

TIKUTI Osagula mu izo

Ili ndi lingaliro lomwe limamveka bwino pamalingaliro, koma pakuchita, osati zochuluka. Nachi maziko: Kuti muchepetse mpweya womwe mumapanga mukuchita bizinesi yanu yatsiku ndi tsiku-kuchapa zovala zanu kapena kupita kuntchito-mutha kulipira kampani yomwe ikulonjeza kuti ithandiza chilengedwe, tinene, kuchepetsa kuipitsidwa kwa mpweya; kupanga mphamvu zowonjezereka, monga mphamvu ya mphepo; kapena kubzala mitengo.

Ngakhale ndi lingaliro labwino kwambiri lazamalonda, simungathe kuletsa zotsatira za zochita zanu. Mukangothauluka, mpweya wochokera mundege wayamba kale kukhala m'mlengalenga. Palibe njira yozichotsera, ngakhale mutabzala mitengo ingati. Kuyika ndalama mu kaboni kumathandizira kuthana ndi vuto, koma sizimakhudza chithunzi chokulirapo. Kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu kwanu ndi njira ina yabwino kwambiri.

MWAMVA Gulani galimoto yosakanizidwa

TIMANENA Pitani pagululi

Mwina palibe chomwe chimafuula "Ndine pro-planet!" mokweza kuposa kuyendetsa haibridi. Magalimotowa amayenda pa injini yaying'ono, yopanda mafuta kuphatikiza yamagetsi yomwe imathandizira injini mukamathamanga. Ma hybrids amachepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta ndikuchepetsa mpweya, ndipo lipoti la 2008 la Intellichoice lidapezanso kuti limasungira ogula ndalama pamapeto pake (ngakhale mtengo wokwera mtengo) kudzera pakukonza kotsika komanso ndalama za inshuwaransi ndikukonzanso pang'ono. Kuphatikiza apo, ngati mudagula wosakanizidwa pambuyo pa Januware 1, 2006, mutha kulandira msonkho.

Chifukwa chake ngati muli pamsika wamagalimoto atsopano, mwa njira zonse, mugulitseni mtundu wosakanizidwa. Ngati sizili mu bajeti yanu, pali zina zambiri zabwino zomwe zingawononge mafuta, zatsopano komanso zogwiritsidwa ntchito. Pitani ku fueleconomy.gov ndipo mukapeza ma mileage ndi mayikidwe amtundu wamitundu yonse yamagalimoto.

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