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Uvile Khetha i-diapers zelaphu

SITHI Nika umatshini wakho wokuvasa ikhefu

Ilaphu xa lithelekiswa nokulahlwayo: Ngumama wazo zonke iimpikiswano ze-eco. Ekubonweni kokuqala, kunokubonakala ngathi akukho mntu ulapha. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, iintsana zidlula kwi-diapers eqikelelweyo engama-5 000 ngaphambi kokuba ziqeqeshwe zangasese- zininzi iiplastiki ezifumba kwiindawo zokugcwalisa umhlaba. Kodwa xa ufaka amanzi kunye namandla asetyenziselwa ukuhlamba zonke ezo diapers, ukhetho alucacanga gca. Ngapha koko, uphononongo lwase-Bhritane lubonise ukuba i-diapers elahlwayo kunye nelaphu zinempembelelo efanayo kwindalo yeso sizathu. "Kulula ukuba abantu babone i-diapers ezilahlayo zivala i-landfill, kodwa akulula kangako ukuba nomfanekiso wezixhobo ezifunekayo zokuhlamba i-diapers yelinen, ngoko kubonakala ngathi ayothusi," utshilo uLaura Jana, MD, ugqirha wabantwana e-Omaha, e-Nebraska, ophande lo mbandela ngelixa ebhala ngokubhala incwadi yeAmerican Academy of Pediatrics ethi Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality.

Emva koko kukho umbuzo wokulungelelaniswa. Bangaphi abanamehlo abomvu, batshice-abazali abanalo ngokwenene ixesha lokuhlamba ishumi elinesibini lamadiaper yonke imihla? Nangona kungekho nto ifana ne-100 ekhulwini le-biodegradable elahlwayo, ezinye zingcono kwimo engqongileyo kunabanye. Iinkampani ezifana neSeventh Generation (isizukulwana sesixhenxe.com), iTenderCare (tendercarediapers.com), kunye neTushies (tushies.com) zenziwe ngaphandle kweklorine, ngoko ke azikhuphi i-toxins ngexesha lokuvelisa. Kwakhona qwalasela i-GDiapers (gdiapers.com), i-hybrid phakathi kwezinto ezilahlayo kunye nelaphu. Banesembozo somqhaphu esinokuphinda sisebenze esigcinwe kwiVelcro, kunye neliner oyigungxula indlu yangasese.

Uvile Buyisela iiglowubhu eziqhelekileyo ngeefluorescent ezixineneyo

SITHI Yenza utshintsho kumagumbi athile, hayi onke

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, eyona ndlela ilula yokonga amandla kukutshintsha i-incandescents for compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), ezisebenzisa malunga neepesenti ezingama-75 zamandla amancinci kwaye ezinokuhlala ixesha eliphindwe kalishumi. Kutheni ke ingenziwanga ngumntu wonke? UJosh Dorfman, umbhali wencwadi ethi The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget, uthi: “Esona sizathu sisisiseko silula. "Akuhambelani kwiimpawu." Ukukhanya okufudumeleyo okufana nokukhanya, khetha i-CFL ene-2,700K (Kelvin) kune-5,000K (isezantsi inombolo, ushushu umbala wokukhanya), kwaye ukhethe umenzi olinganiswe kakhulu, njengo-GE okanye N: Umbono . Emva koko fakela iiCFL apho ukukhanya kungekho nto inkulu, njengokungena epasejini okanye kwigumbi lokulala, kwaye ugcine iiglasi kwigumbi lokuhlala nakwigumbi lokuhlambela.

Okokugqibela, khumbula ukuba iiCFL zinexabiso elincinci lemekyuri. Xa ibhalbhu itshile, biza isebe lakho eliqinileyo lokugcina inkunkuma okanye uye epa .gov / bulbrecycling ukufumanisa malunga nokulahlwa kwindawo yakho. Unokulahla iiCFLs esele zisetyenzisiwe kwivenkile yaseKhaya eDepho okanye eIkea.

USIVILE Khetha iphepha elingaphezulu kweplastiki

SITHI BYOB

Cinga ngemini eqhelekileyo oyichitha usenza imisebenzi ethile: Uyema kwikhemesti, kwivenkile ethengisa iincwadi, kwivenkile yezihlangu nakwivenkile enkulu. Emva ekhaya ukhulula iiplastiki ezili-10 uze uzilahle emgqomeni (okanye uzisebenzise ukugcina inkunkuma), nangona unesazela. Ayipheleli nje ekubeni ezo ngxowa ziqokeleleke kwi-landfi lls, kodwa ukuba uhlala kwisixeko esinjengeNew York okanye iSeattle-esiphakamise ukuhlawulisa abathengi ngeplastikhi- banokuphelisa iindleko zakho. Yiyo loo nto iitoti eziphinda zisetyenziswe zikuphela kwendlela yokuthenga. IGreen-kits.com ithengisa imithwalo yeengxowa zekotoni zendalo kunye nezendalo, kubandakanya imveliso kunye neenguqulelo ezithile ezenzelwe wena ezenza izipho ezintle, zomhlaba.

UVILE Xa kufikwa ekutyeni, yiba yingqokelela yezinto eziphilayo

SITHI Yiya kwindalo kwezinye iimveliso

Ngeempawu ezikhwaza "organic" kuyo yonke i-aisle, indawo yokuthenga i-grocery iye yabangela uxinzelelo (ngakumbi kuba ukutya okuphilayo kunokubiza ama-20 ukuya kuma-30 epesenti ngaphezulu). Kodwa ukugcwalisa inqwelo yakho yokuthenga ngentengo yendalo ayikwenzi ukuba ube ngoyena uluhlaza kwibloko. "Xa ujonga ukusetyenziswa koomatshini abanzima, ukusetyenzwa okubanzi, kunye nokuthumela ukutya ngamawaka eekhilomitha, i-organic ayithethi ukuba ngcono kwindalo esingqongileyo," utshilo uCindy Burke, umbhali wencwadi ethi, Thenga okanye ungaThengi i-Organic. "Kwaye, imigangatho ye-USDA yemvelo ayihlukanisi phakathi kwamafama ahamba ngaphezulu nangaphaya kobuchule bokukhula kwezinto eziphilayo kunye nabo balandela ubuncinci obungenanto, ke umthengi akayazi ngokwenene umgangatho wento abayifumanayo." (Iingcali zicebisa ukuba kuthengwe i-organic yezityalo ezithile ezine-pesticide, ezifana namaqunube, iipesika, ii-apile, i-celery, kunye ne-lettuce; uluhlu olupheleleyo lweemveliso ezinamanqanaba aphezulu e-pesticides, yiya ku-foodnews.org).

Endaweni yokukhetha i-organic, uBurke kunye nezinye iingcali zithethelela ukuthenga kubavelisi basekhaya nanini na kunokwenzeka. "Unokufumana ukutya okuphezulu ngexabiso eliphantsi," utshilo. Ngaphandle kokuncitshiswa kokulungiswa kunye nokuhanjiswa kwezinto kubandakanyeka kwiifama ezincinci, zalapha ekhaya, ukuthenga izinto ezikhule kufutshane nekhaya kunceda ukuba wakhe ubudlelwane kunye nabavelisi, ukuze ubuze ukuba bazikhulisa njani iimveliso zabo (nangona iifama ezininzi ezincinci zingenakho fumana isiqinisekiso sendalo, banokungasebenzisi izitshabalalisi). Ukuba awukwazi ukufikelela kwimarike yamafama, cinga ngokujoyina iqela lezolimo elixhaswe luluntu (i-CSA), apho amalungu ahlawula umrhumo wonyaka okanye wenyanga kwifama ukubuyisela ukutya. Ukufumana i-CSA kwisixeko sakho okanye kwingingqi, yiya kwi-localharvest.org/csa.

UVILEYO Ukuphinda usebenze kwakhona ngepeyinti ye-VOC esezantsi

SITHI Yenze-kwaye uphefumle lula

Kukho isizathu sokuba idyasi entsha yepeyinti ibe nelo vumba lahlukileyo-uphefumla kumanqanaba asezantsi ezinto ezikhutshwa yityhefu ezibizwa ngokuba zii-volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Abagcini nje ukungcolisa umoya wangaphakathi, iingcali zikholelwa ukuba zikwafaka isandla ekunciphiseni i-ozone layer. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, iinkampani zaqala ukubonelela ngepeyinti ephantsi kunye nengekho-VOC, esele iphuculwe ukuze ihambelane nokuqina kunye nokugqunywa kwepeyinti yesintu, kuthatyathwe iigesi ezingaphandle. “Lona lolona khetho lulula ulwenze kwikhaya lakho,” utshilo umyili wezangaphakathi uKelly LaPlante. "Phantse zonke iinkampani ngoku zineenketho eziphantsi okanye ezingekho-VOC. Zixabisa ngaphezulu [naphi na ukusuka kwi-15 ipesenti eyongezelelweyo ukuya kumaxabiso aphindwe kabini], kodwa njengoko iinkampani ziqhubeka zigxuma, siza kubona amaxabiso ehla." Iipeyinti eziluhlaza zikaLaPlante zibandakanya uBenjamin Moore Natura (benjamin moore.com), uYolo (yolo colorhouse.com), kunye noDevoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

Uvile Buyisela indawo yakho yangasese; isebenzisa amanzi amaninzi kakhulu

SITHI Ukubuyisela kwakhona into encinci kunokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi

Ukuba unayo indlu yangasese efanelekileyo kwaye awukho kwinkqubo yokulungisa indlu yakho yokuhlambela, zigcinele ubunzima kunye neendleko zokufaka imodeli egungxulwayo. Endaweni yoko, ngaphantsi kwe-2 yeedola, ungawanciphisa kakhulu amanzi owasebenzisayo ngokufakela i-Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org), enye yezixhobo ezithandwayo zikaDorfman. "Ijongeka njengomqamelo we-whoopee. Yonke into oyenzayo ukuyigcwalisa ngamanzi uyixhome etankini kwaye kufana nokuba ufake indlu yangasese entsha esebenza kakuhle," ucacisa. (Izindlu zangasese ezisemgangathweni ezenziweyo ukusukela ngo-1994 zisebenzisa i-1.6 yeelitha ngokugungxula; uninzi lweemodeli ezisebenza ngokukuko zisebenzisa i-1.28 yeelitha. I-Toilet Tank Bank inciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwamanzi nge-0.8 yeelitha ngokugungxula.)

Ukuba ukulungele ukutshintsha indlu yangasese endala, sukucinga ukuba ukugungxula okuphantsi yeyona ndlela yokuya. ICarter Oosterhouse yeHGTV, umphathi we Ishushu ebomvu noGreen, iphakamisa ukufaka imodeli yokugungxula kabini endaweni yoko. Akulula kangako ukuzifumana (jonga kwiDepho yaseKhaya nakwiivenkile ezikhethekileyo zasekhaya kunye nezasekhitshini) kunye neendleko malunga ne- $ 100 ngaphezulu, kodwa i-home-reno guru idumisa itekhnoloji yabo yobuhlobo. "Ingxaki kwezinye izindlu zangasese ezinamanzi asezantsi uhlala usenza ngaphezulu kwesihlandlo esinye ukufumana yonke into phantsi," ucacisa uOosterhouse. "Ukuqubha kabini kunamaqhosha amabini-inye yenkunkuma engamanzi, esebenzisa nje iilitha eziyi-0.8 zamanzi, kunye nenye yokuqina, esebenzisa iilitha eziyi-1.6."

UVILEYO Fakela intloko yeshawa ehamba kancinci

SITHI Gcina imali yakho

Ukuba ulikhoboka lala mphunga, ishawa yangokuhlwa egcweleyo, ngekhe wonwabe ngesihlambo esine-flow-flow shower, ecutha ukuphuma kwamanzi ngama-25 ukuya kuma-60 epesenti. Endaweni yokuma ngaphantsi kokuntywila, uzabalaza ukucoca i-conditioner, thatha ishawa emfutshane; uya konga ukuya kuthi ga kwi-2.5 yeegaloni ngomzuzu.

Apho unganciphisa khona, nangona kunjalo, isinki yakho. Faka i-aerator-ziyimbinana nje-kwaye iyakucutha ukuhamba kwamanzi nge-2 yeelitha ngomzuzu, ayilo dini libonakalayo.

UVILEYO Phinda usebenzise i-elektroniki yakho

SITHI Yiya 4 kuyo

Ngokwe-Consumer Electronics Association, ikhaya ngalinye laseMelika lineempahla ezimalunga nama-24 ze-elektroniki. Kwaye kubonakala ngathi yonke imihla, iinguqulelo ezintsha zeefowuni zethu ezindala, iikhompyuter, kunye neTV ziyaphuma, oko kuthetha ukuba imfumba yezinto eziphelelwe lixesha eziza kulahlwa. Kodwa i-electronics iqulethe izinto ezinobungozi, ezifana nelothe kunye ne-mercury, ezifuna ukulahlwa ngokufanelekileyo, ngoko awukwazi ukuzishiya ngaphandle komqokeleli wenkunkuma.

Ngena kwi-epa.gov/ epawaste, emva koko ucofe ukuphinda usebenzise i-elektroniki (i-ecycling) yoluhlu lwemibutho yokurisayikilisha kunye nokunxibelelana neevenkile kunye nabavelisi kubandakanya iBestBuy, iVerizon Wireless, iDell, kunye neOfisi yedepho- ezibonelela ngeenkqubo zazo. (Kwaye xa uthenga i-elektroniki, yiya kumenzi, onje ngeApple, ekhuthaza kwaye iququzelele ukurisayikilisha.)

Uvile ukutyala imali kwi-carbon offsets

SITHI Musa ukuyithenga kuyo

Lo ngumbono ovakala kakhulu kwithiyori, kodwa ekusebenzeni, hayi kakhulu.Nantsi ingongoma: Ukucima ukukhutshwa kwendalo okudala uhamba malunga neshishini lakho lokuhlamba iimpahla zakho okanye ukuya emsebenzini-ungabhatala inkampani ethembisa ukunceda indalo ngokuthi, ukuthintela ukungcoliseka komoya; ukuphuhlisa imithombo yamandla ehlaziyekayo, njengamandla omoya; okanye ukutyala imithi.

Ngelixa ingumbono oqaqambileyo wentengiso, awungekhe urhoxise iziphumo zemisebenzi yakho, utshilo uDorfman. "Wakuba uthathe uhambo ngenqwelomoya, ukukhutshwa kwenqwelomoya sele kusemoyeni. Akukho ndlela yokuzihlangula, nokuba ungatyala imithi emingaphi." Ukutyala imali kwii-carbon offsets kunokunceda ukunciphisa ityala, kodwa ayichaphazeli umfanekiso omkhulu. Ukunciphisa ukusebenzisa kwakho amandla yeyona ndlela isebenzayo.

Uvile Thenga imoto engumxube

THINA Qhuba kwi-bandwagon

Mhlawumbi akukho nto iyakhwaza "Ndingu-pro-planet!" phezulu kunokuqhuba umxube. Basebenzisa i-injini encinci, eyonga amafutha kunye nenjini yombane encedisa injini xa ukhawuleza. IiHybrids zinciphise ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli kunye nokunciphisa ukukhutshwa, kwaye ingxelo ka-2008 ye-Intellichoice ikwafumanise ukuba igcina abathengi imali ekuhambeni kwexesha (ngaphandle kwexabiso lesitikha eliphezulu) ngokulondolozwa okuphantsi kunye neendleko zeinshurensi kunye nokulungiswa okumbalwa. Kwaye ukuba uthenge i-hybrid emva komhla kaJanuwari 1, 2006, unokulungela ukufumana ityala lerhafu.

Ke ukuba usemarikeni yemoto entsha, ngandlela zonke, thenga i-hybrid. Ukuba ayikho kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali, zininzi ezinye ii-autos ezonga amandla ngaphandle, zintsha kwaye zisetyenzisiwe. Yiya ku-fueleconomy .gov kwaye uyakufumana ukulinganiswa kwemayile kunye nokukhutshwa kwazo zonke iimodeli zemoto.

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