Eco-Chokwadi & Ngano

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Tsvaga kuti ndeapi eco-hushamwari shanduko anoita chaizvo mutsauko uye ndeapi iwe aunogona kutsika.

WAKANZWA Sarudza machira emachira

TINOTI Ipa muchina wako kuzorora

Mucheka kana kuraswa Pakutanga kuona, zvingaita sechinhu chisina basa. Mushure mezvose, vacheche vanopinda nepakati inofungidzirwa 5,000 diapers vasati vasvika muchimbuzi vakadzidziswa-iyo yakawanda yepurasitiki inotutira mumarara. Asi kana iwe uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge uchinge waita. Muchokwadi, ongororo yeBritish yakaratidza kuti marasa uye machira emachira ane maitiro akafanana ezvakatipoteredza nekuda kwechikonzero ichocho.

Ipapo pane mubvunzo wekureruka. Vangani vane maziso ane bleary, vakapfira-tsvina vabereki vane nguva yekugeza gumi nemaviri manapukeni mazuva ese? Kunyangwe pasina chinhu chakadai se100 muzana inogona kuora inogona kuraswa, mamwe ari nani kune nharaunda kupfuura mamwe. Makambani akaita seSechinomwe Chizvarwa (wechinomwe chizvarwa.com), TenderCare (tendercarediapers.com), uye maTushies (tushies.com) anogadzirwa asina chlorine, saka haaburitse chepfu panguva yekugadzira. Uyezve funga nezveGDiapers (gdiapers.com), hybrid pakati pezvinoraswa uye machira. Ivo vane reusable donje chifukidzo chakabatwa neVelcro, uye liner iwe unoshambidza pasi chimbuzi.

WAKANZWA Tsiva mababu enguva dzose neakaumbika fluorescents

TINOTI Gadzira chinjana mune mamwe makamuri, kwete ese

Kusvika kure, nzira iri nyore yekuchengetedza simba ndeyekuchinja ma incandescent emwenje efluorescent (CFLs), ayo anoshandisa simba shoma nezvikamu makumi manomwe neshanu muzana uye anogona kugara kakapetwa kagumi. Saka nei vanhu vese vasina kuita shanduko? Chikonzero chikuru ndechekupenya kwemhando, iyo ichiri kusaenderana nemhando dzese. Pakupenya kunodziya, kwakafanana nekupenya, sarudza CFL ine 2,700K (Kelvin) pane 5,000K (inodzikira nhamba, inodziya ruvara rwechiedza), uye sarudza mugadziri ane mwero wakanyanya, seGE kana N:Vision. . Wobva waisa maCFL uko kuvheneka kusiri chinhu chikuru, semukoridho kana mukamuri yekurara, uye chengetedza mavhenekeri muimba yekutandarira uye yekugezera.

Pakupedzisira, yeuka kuti maCFL ane hushoma hwemekiyuri. Kana girobhu rapera, fonera dhipatimendi rako rekanzuru yemarara kana enda kuepa.gov/bulbrecycling kuti uzive nezvekurasa kwaunogara. Iwe unogona zvakare kudonhedza anoshandiswa maCFL kuImba Depot kana Ikea zvitoro.

WAKANZWA Sarudza pepa pamusoro pepurasitiki

TINOTI Uya neBhegi Rako

Funga nezve zuva chairo raunopedza uchiita zvekutumwa: Unomira kuchitoro chemishonga, chitoro chemabhuku, shopu yeshangu, uye supamaketi. Kumusha unosunungura mapurasitiki gumi woakanda mumarara (kana kuashandisa kuchengeta marara), kunyangwe uine mhosva. Haasi chete iwo mabhegi anounganidzwa mumatope, asi kana iwe uchigara muguta senge New York kana Seattle-iyo yakurudzira kubhadharisa vatengi mapurasitiki-naivowo vanogona kumisidzana nekukubhadhara iwe chunk yeshanduko. Ndosaka reotes inodzokororwa ndiyo chete nzira yekutenga. Green-kits.com inotengesa mabhegi edonje akawanda echisikigo uye ega ega, anosanganisira emhando dzakasiyana-siyana uye matoti akashongedzwa emunhu anoita zvipo zvinoyevedza, zvepro-earth.

WAKANZWA Kana zvasvika pakudya, iva organic purist

TINOTI Enda kune zvakasikwa kune zvimwe zvigadzirwa

Nezviratidzo zvinoshevedzera "organic" munzira yese, kutenga girosari kwave kunetsa zvakanyanya (kunyanya nekuti organic chikafu chinogona kudhura makumi maviri kusvika makumi matatu muzana). Asi kuzadza ngoro yako yekutenga neye organic mutengo hakuiti kuti iwe uve wakasvibira gal pachivhariso. Kana iwe uchitarisa mukushandiswa kwemichina inorema, kugadzirisa kwakawanda, uye kutumira chikafu zviuru zvemamaira, organic hazvireve zvirinani kune zvakatipoteredza. Uyezve, USDA organic zviyero hazvisiyane pakati pevarimi vanoenda pamusoro uye kupfuura ekugadzira michina yekugadzira uye neavo vanotevera mashoma asina, saka mutengi haazive chaizvo mhando yezvavari kuwana. (Nyanzvi dzinokurudzira kutenga organic kune zvimwe zvirimwa zvinouraya zvipembenene zvakanyanya, semastrawberries, mapichisi, maapuro, celery, uye lettuce; kune runyorwa ruzere rwezvigadzirwa zvine huwandu hwemishonga yezvipembenene, enda kufoodnews.org).

Panzvimbo yekusarudza organic, nyanzvi dzinokurudzira kutenga kubva kune vagadziri vemuno pese pazvinogoneka kuwana chikafu chemhando yepamusoro nemutengo wakaderera. Kunze kwekudzikiswa kwekugadziriswa uye kutumirwa kunosanganisirwa nezvidiki, mapurazi emuno, kutenga zvinhu zvakasimwa padhuze nepamba zvinoitawo kuti iwe uve nehukama nevagadziri, saka unogona kubvunza kuti vari kurima sei zvigadzirwa zvavo (kunyange mapurazi madiki mazhinji asingakwanise kuwana organically certified, vangave vasiri kushandisa mishonga yezvipembenene). Kana iwe usingakwanise kuwana musika wevarimi, funga kujoina inharaunda-inotsigirwa neboka rezvekurima (CSA), uko nhengo dzinobhadhara mwaka kana mwedzi pamwedzi purazi mukudzosa chikafu. Kuti uwane CSA muguta kana mudunhu rako, enda ku localharvest.org/csa.

WAKANZWA Rongedzazve nependi yakaderera-VOC

TINOTI Zviite-uye fema zvirinyore

Pane chikonzero chejasi nyowani yependi ine iyo yakasarudzika hwema-iwe uri kufema mune yakaderera mazinga eine chepfu emesi inonzi isina kugadzikana organic makomputa (VOCs). Ivo havangosvibise mweya wepamukati, nyanzvi dzinofunga kuti dzinobatsirawo mukuderera kweozone layer. Makumi gumi nemashanu apfuura, makambani akatanga kupa yakaderera- uye isina-VOC pendi, iyo kubvira ipapo yakagadziridzwa kuti ifananidze nekusimba uye kufukidzwa kwependi yechinyakare, kubvisa iyo-gasi. Ndiyo imwe yedzakareruka eco-hushamwari sarudzo dzaungaite mumba mako. Ingangoita yega yega kambani ikozvino ine yakaderera- kana isina-VOC sarudzo. Ivo vanoita mari yakawanda [chero kupi kubva pa15 muzana yekuwedzera kuti vawedzere mutengo], asi makambani paanoramba achikwira, mitengo inodzika. Mashoma ependi edu egirinhi atinoda anosanganisira Benjamin Moore Natura (Benjaminmoore.com), Yolo (yolocolorhouse.com), uye Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

WAKANZWA Chinja chimbuzi chako; inoshandisa mvura yakawandisa

TINOTI Kungogadzirisa zvishoma kunogona kuderedza kushandisa kwako mvura

Kana uine chimbuzi chakanaka chose uye usiri mubishi rekugadzirisa imba yako yekugezera, zviponese dambudziko uye mari yekuisa modhi ine flush. Pane kudaro, nemari isingasviki madhora maviri, unogona kuderedza zvakanyanya mvura yaunoshandisa nekuisa Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org). Chaunoita kungoizadza nemvura woiturika mutangi woita sewaisa chimbuzi chitsva chemhando yepamusoro. .

Kana iwe wagadzirira kutsiva chimbuzi chekare, usafunge yakadzika-flush ndiyo nzira yekuenda. Edza kumisikidza maviri-flush modhi pachinzvimbo. Hazvisi nyore kuwana (tarisa paHome Depot uye pazvitoro zvemba nekicheni) uye inodhura madhora zana. Nekudaro, iwe kazhinji unofanirwa kugezesa kanopfuura kamwechete kuti udzikise zvese nezvimbuzi zvakaderera. Flat-flush ine mabhatani maviri-imwe yemvura yakasviba, iyo inoshandisa chete 0.8 marita emvura, uye imwe ye solid, iyo inoshandisa 1.6 marita.

WANZWAD Isai musoro weshawa unoyerera wakaderera

TINOTI Chengetedza mari yako

Kana iwe wakapindwa muropa neiyo steamy, yakazara-pamangwanani ekugeza, iwe pamwe haungafari neinoyerera-inoyerera yeshawa, iyo inocheka kubuda kwemvura ne25 kusvika 60 muzana. Panzvimbo pokumira pasi pemvura inoyerera, uchinetseka kushambidza conditioner, tora mvura shomanana; iwe unozochengetedza anosvika 2.5 marita paminiti.

Iko kwaunogona kucheka kumashure, zvakadaro, ndiko kunyura kwako. Isa aerator - ingori mari shoma-uye inoderedza kuyerera kwemvura ne2 galoni paminiti, iyo isiri chibayiro chinooneka.

WAKANZWA Gadzirisazve magetsi ako

TINOTI Enda zvako

Maererano neConsumer Electronics Association, imba yega yega yeAmerica ine zvinhu zvinosvika makumi maviri nemana zvemagetsi. Uye zvinoita sekunge zuva rega rega, nyowani, shanduro dziri nani dzemafoni edu ekare, makomputa, uye maTV zvinobuda, zvinoreva murwi wezvinhu zvechinyakare zvekurasa. Asi zvemagetsi zvine zvinhu zvine njodzi, senge mutobvu uye mercury, izvo zvinofanirwa kuraswa nemazvo, saka haugone kungozvisiyira ivo kunotora marara.

Pinda pa epa.gov/epawaste, wobva wadzvanya pane zvemagetsi kudzokorodza (ecycling) kuti uwane runyoro rwemasangano anodzokorodza uye zvinongedzo kuzvitoro nevagadziri-kusanganisira BestBuy, Verizon Wireless, Dell, uye Office Depot-inopa zvirongwa zvavo. (Uye kana iwe ukatenga zvemagetsi, enda kumugadziri, senge Apple, iyo inokurudzira uye inobatsira kudzokorora.)

WAKANZWA Isa mari mumakabhoni offsets

TINOTI Usatenga mairi

Iyi ipfungwa inonzwika yakakura mudzidziso, asi mukuita, kwete zvakanyanya. Heino mhedziso: Kuti ubvise mhepo inobuda yaunogadzira uchiita bhizinesi rako rezuva nezuva-kuwacha mbatya dzako kana kuenda kubasa-unogona kubhadhara kambani inovimbisa kubatsira nharaunda ne, toti, kuderedza kusvibiswa kwemhepo; kugadzira matsimba emagetsi anovandudzwa, sesimba remhepo; kana kudyara miti.

Kunyangwe iri zano rakanaka rekushambadzira, haugone kudzima mhedzisiro yezviitwa zvako. Paunenge iwe watora kubhururuka, izvo zvinoburitswa mundege zvatova mumhepo. Hapana nzira yekuzvibvisa, zvisinei kuti wadyara miti mingani. Kuisa mari mune kabhoni zvinodzora kunogona kubatsira kudzikisira imwe mhosva, asi hazvikanganise mufananidzo wakakura. Kuderedza kushandisa kwako simba ndiyo imwe nzira inoshanda zvakanyanya.

WAKANZWA Tenga mota yakasanganiswa

TINOTI Svetuka pane bandwagon

Pamwe hapana chinhu chinopopota "Ndiri pro-nyika!" zvine ruzha kupfuura kutyaira hybrid. Mota idzi dzinofamba neinjini diki, isingadyi mafuta yakasanganiswa nemota yemagetsi inobatsira injini kana uchimhanyisa. MaHybrid akacheka kushandiswa kwepeturu uye kuderedza kuburitswa, uye chirevo cha2008 neIntellichoice chakawanawo kuti chinochengetedza vatengi mari nekufamba kwenguva (zvisinei nemutengo wezvimiti wepamusoro) kuburikidza nemitengo yakaderera yekuchengetedza uye inishuwarenzi uye zvishoma kugadzirisa. Uyezve, kana iwe wakatenga musanganiswa mushure meNdira 1, 2006, unogona kukodzera kuwana mutero kiredhiti.

Saka kana iwe uri mumusika wemotokari nyowani, nenzira dzose, tenga hybrid. Kana isiri mubhajeti yako, pane zvakawanda zvimwe zvakanaka mafuta-anoshanda sarudzo, nyowani uye anoshandiswa. Enda kune fueleconomy.gov uye iwe unowana mileage uye emissionsratidzo kune ese mamodheru emota.

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