The No-Stress Guide to Going Green

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MWAMVA Sankhani matewera a nsalu

TIKUTI Perekani makina ochapira anu kupuma

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. "N'zosavuta kuti anthu aziwona matewera otayira akutsekereza zinyalala, koma sikophweka kufotokoza zinthu zomwe zimafunikira kuchapa matewera, kotero sizikuwoneka ngati zowopsa," akutero Laura Jana, MD, dokotala wa ana ku Omaha, Nebraska. amene anafufuza nkhaniyi pamene ankalemba limodzi bukhu la American Academy of Pediatrics’ lakuti Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality.

Ndiye pali funso lazosavuta. Ndi angati amaso otumbuluka, omwe adalavulira-odetsedwa makolo ali ndi nthawi yosamba 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.

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TIKUTI Sinthani kusintha muzipinda zina, osati zonse

Pofika pano, njira yosavuta yopulumutsira mphamvu ndiyo kusintha magetsi opangira magetsi opangidwa ndi fulorosenti (CFLs), omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zochepa ndi 75 peresenti ndipo amatha kuwirikiza nthawi 10. Nanga n’cifukwa ciani si onse amene anasinthana? "Chifukwa chachikulu ndi kuwala," akutero Josh Dorfman, wolemba The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. "Sichikugwirizana 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 ikatha, itanani oyang'anira dera lanu kuti akalandire zotayira mdera lanu. Muthanso kusiya CFL yogwiritsidwa ntchito m'masitolo a Home Depot kapena ku Ikea.

MWAMVA Sankhani pepala pamwamba pa pulasitiki

TIKUTI BYOB

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 matumbawo amangodzaza ndi ma landfi, koma ngati mumakhala mumzinda ngati New York kapena Seattle-omwe akufuna kuti azilipiritsa ogula - atha kukupangitsani kuti musinthe. 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 organic wazinthu 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. Cindy Burke, wolemba buku la To Buy kapena Not to Buy Organic akuti: "Mukamagwiritsa ntchito makina olemera, kukonza kwakukulu, ndi kutumiza chakudya mamailosi masauzande ambiri, sizitanthauza kuti chilengedwe chizikhala chabwino." "Kuphatikizansopo, miyezo ya USDA organic sichimasiyanitsa pakati pa alimi omwe amapita pamwamba ndi kupitirira njira zolima organic ndi omwe amatsatira zochepa zochepa, kotero ogula sadziwa kwenikweni ubwino wa 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 organic, Burke ndi akatswiri ena amalimbikitsa kugula kwa opanga akomweko ngati zingatheke. "Mutha kupeza chakudya chapamwamba pamtengo wotsika," akutero. Kupatula kuchepetsedwa kwa kukonza ndi kutumiza komwe kumakhudzidwa ndi mafamu ang'onoang'ono, am'deralo, kugula zinthu zomwe zakulitsidwa pafupi ndi nyumba kumathandizanso kuti mukhale ndi ubale ndi opanga, kotero mutha kufunsa momwe akukulitsira malonda awo (ngakhale mafamu ang'onoang'ono ambiri sangakwanitse kutero. kupeza organically certifi d, 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.

MWAMVA Kongoletsaninso ndi utoto wochepa wa VOC

TIKUTI Chitani—ndi kupuma 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. Kelly LaPlante anati: "Ichi ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zosavuta kupanga kunyumba kwanu." "Pafupifupi kampani iliyonse tsopano ili ndi zosankha zochepa kapena zopanda VOC. Amawononga zambiri [paliponse kuchokera pa 15% yowonjezera kuti awonjezere mtengo], koma makampani akamapitilira kulumpha, tiona mitengo ikutsika." Mitundu yobiriwira yomwe LaPlante amakonda kwambiri ndi Benjamin Moore Natura (benjamin moore.com), Yolo (yolo colorhouse.com), ndi Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

MWAMVA Bweretsani chimbudzi chanu; imagwiritsa ntchito madzi ochuluka kwambiri

TIMANENA Kungojambulitsa pang'ono kumachepetsa 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 poyika Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org), chimodzi mwazida zomwe Dorfman amakonda. "Zikuwoneka ngati khushoni ya whoopee. Zomwe mumachita ndikuzidzaza ndi madzi ndikuzipachika m'thanki ndipo zimakhala ngati mwaikapo chimbudzi chatsopano," akufotokoza. (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. CarG Oosterhouse wa HGTV, wolandila Hot Hot & Green, akuwonetsa kukhazikitsa njira ziwiri m'malo mwake. Sizosavuta kuzipeza (onani ku Home Depot ndi m'masitolo apadera apanyumba ndi kukhitchini) ndipo zimawononga ndalama zokwana $100, koma a home-reno guru amayamikira luso lawo lokonda zachilengedwe. "Vuto la zimbudzi zina zotsika kwambiri nthawi zambiri mumayenera kuchita flash kangapo kuti zonse zitheke," akufotokoza Oosterhouse. "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."

MWAMVA Ikani mutu wosamba wotsika

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.

MWAMVA Bweretsaninso zinthu zamagetsi

TIKUTI Go 4 izo

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 zimakhala ndi zinthu zoopsa, monga lead ndi mercury, zomwe zimayenera kutayidwa bwino, chifukwa chake simungangowasiyira otolera zinyalala.

Lowani ku epa.gov/ epawaste, kenako dinani zamagetsi obwezeretsanso (ecycling) pamndandanda wamabungwe obwezeretsanso ndi maulalo akumisika 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.)

MWAMVA Invest in carbon offsets

TIMANENA Musagule

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 ili lingaliro labwino kwambiri lotsatsa, simungathe kuthana ndi zomwe mwachita, atero a Dorfman. "Mukangothauluka, mpweya wochokera mundegepo uli kale mumlengalenga. 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

TIKUTI Lumpha pagulu

Mwina palibe chomwe chimafuula "Ndine pro-planet!" mokweza kuposa kuyendetsa haibridi. Amathamanga pa injini yaing'ono, yosagwiritsa ntchito mafuta limodzi ndi mota 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 mulibe mu bajeti yanu, pali magalimoto ena ambiri abwino osagwiritsa ntchito mafuta kunja uko, atsopano ndi omwe agwiritsidwa ntchito. Pitani ku fueleconomy .gov ndipo mupeza ma mileage ndi ma emissions amitundu yonse yamagalimoto.

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