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WAKANZWA Sarudzai machira emachira

TINOTI Ipa muchina wako wekugezesa zororo

Mucheka kana kuraswa Pakutanga kuona, zvingaita sechinhu chisina basa. Mushure mezvose, vacheche vanoenda kuburikidza neanofungidzirwa 5,000 manapukeni vasati vadzidziswa chimbuzi- iyo yakawanda yepurasitiki inoturika 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. "Zviri nyore kuti vanhu vafungidzire manapukeni anoraswa achivhara marara, asi hazvisi nyore kufungidzira zviwanikwa zvinodiwa kushambidza manapukeni emachira, saka zvinoita kunge zvisingaite," anodaro Laura Jana, MD, chiremba wevana muOmaha, Nebraska, uyo akaongorora nyaya iyi achinyora-nyora bhuku reAmerican Academy of Pediatrics 'Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality.

Ipapo pane mubvunzo wekureruka. Vangani vane maziso ane bleary, vakapfira - vabereki vane tsvina vane nguva yekugeza gumi nemaviri manapukeni zuva rega rega? 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 magirobhu enguva dzose necompact fluorescents

TINOTI Gadzira switch mune mamwe makamuri, kwete ese

Pari kure, nzira yakapusa yekuchengetedza simba kushandura magetsi emagetsi emagetsi (CFLs), ayo anoshandisa 75 muzana simba shoma uye anogona kugara zvakapetwa kagumi. Saka nei vanhu vese vasina kuita shanduko? "Chikonzero chikuru imhando yakareruka," anodaro Josh Dorfman, munyori weThe Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. "Ichiri kusingawirirane pamisika." 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 ratsva, fonera vedhipatimendi rekanzuru yako 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 BYOB

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 mu landfi lls, asi kana iwe uchigara muguta senge New York kana Seattle-iyo yakurudzira kubhadharisa vatengi vepurasitiki- ivowo vanogona kumisikidza kukubhadhara 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

Isu TINOTI Go organic 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 uchinge washandisa mukushandisa kwemishini inorema, kugadzira kwakanyanya, uye kutumira chikafu zviuru zvemamaira, organic haireve kuti zviri nani kune nharaunda," anodaro Cindy Burke, munyori weKutenga kana Kusatenga Organic. "Uyezve, USDA organic zviyero hazvisiyane pakati pevarimi vanoenda pamusoro uye kupfuura nzira dzekurima dzekurima uye avo vanotevera hushoma hushoma, 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, Burke nedzimwe nyanzvi vanotsigira kutenga kubva kune vagadziri vemuno pazvinogoneka. "Unogona kuwana chikafu chepamusoro nemutengo wakaderera," anodaro. Kunze kwekudzikiswa kwekugadziriswa uye kutumirwa kunosanganisirwa nediki, 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 tora muviri certifi d, vanogona kunge vasiri kushandisa mishonga yekuuraya zvipuka). 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 rako kana dunhu, enda kune localharvest.org/csa.

WAKANZWA Dzorerazve nepasi-VOC pendi

TINOTI Ita-uye kufema zviri nyore

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 yesarudzo dziri nyore kwazvo dzehukama dzaungaite mumba mako," anodaro mugadziri wemukati Kelly LaPlante. "Ingangoita kambani dzese dzave nesarudzo dzepasi- kana dzisina VOC. Dzinodhura zvakanyanya [chero kupi kubva pa15 muzana kuwedzera kupeta mutengo], asi makambani paanoramba achikwira, tichaona mitengo ichidzika." PaPlante anofarira green pendi anosanganisira Benjamin Moore Natura (benjamin moore.com), Yolo (yolo colorhouse.com), uye Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

WAKANZWA Tsiva chimbuzi chako; inoshandisa mvura yakawandisa

TINOTI Kungodzokorodza zvishoma kunogona kudzikisa mashandisiro ako emvura

Kana uine chimbuzi chakanaka chose uye usiri mubishi rekugadzirisa imba yako yekugezera, zviponese dambudziko uye mari yekuisa modhi ine flush. Panzvimbo iyoyo, nemari isingasvike $ 2, unogona kudzikisa zvakanyanya mvura yaunoshandisa nekuisa iyo Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org), chimwe chezvinhu zvinofarirwa naDorfman. "Inotaridzika sehope yewaopee. Zvese zvaunoita kuizadza nemvura uye kuiremberera mutangi uye zvinoita sekunge waisa chimbuzi chitsva chepamusoro-soro," anotsanangura. .

Kana iwe wagadzirira kutsiva chimbuzi chekare, usafunge yakadzika-flush ndiyo nzira yekuenda. HGTV's Carter Oosterhouse, inomiririra Red Hot & Green, inokurudzira kuisa maviri-flush modhi panzvimbo. Hazvisi nyore kuwana (tarisa paHome Depot uye muzvitoro zvemba nekicheni) uye inodhura imwezve $100, asi home-reno guru inorumbidza tekinoroji yavo ye ecofriendly. "Dambudziko rezvimbuzi zvine mvura yakadzika ndezvekuti iwe unofanirwa kufuridzira kanopfuura kamwe chete kuti uwane zvese pasi," anotsanangura Oosterhouse. "Dhi-flush ine mabhatani maviri-imwe yekurasa mvura, iyo inoshandisa chete 0.8 marita emvura, uye imwe ye solid, iyo inoshandisa 1.6 marita."

WAKANZWA Isai musoro weshawa inoyerera zvishoma

TINOTA 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 Dzokororazve magetsi ako

TINOTI Enda 4 iyo

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 pamagetsi emagetsi (ecycling) kune runyorwa rwemasangano anoshandiswazve uye zvinongedzo kuzvitoro nevagadziri-vanosanganisira BestBuy, Verizon Wireless, Dell, uye Office Depot- dzinopa zvirongwa zvavo. (Uye kana iwe ukatenga zvemagetsi, enda kumugadziri, senge Apple, iyo inokurudzira uye inobatsira kudzokorora.)

WAKANZWA Invest in carbon offsets

TINOTI Usatenge mazviri

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.

Nepo iri rakajeka zano rekushambadzira, haugone kudzima mhedzisiro yemabasa ako, anodaro Dorfman. "Ukangobhururuka chete, zvinobuda mundege zvatova mumhepo. Hapana nzira yekuzvibvisa nyangwe ukadyara miti mingani." Kuisa mari mune kabhoni zvinodzora kunogona kubatsira kudzikisira imwe mhosva, asi hazvikanganise mufananidzo wakakura. Kudzora simba rako rekushandisa ndiyo imwe nzira inoshanda zvakanyanya.

WAKANZWA Tenga mota yakasanganiswa

TINOTI Jump pane izvo bandwagon

Pamwe hapana chinhu chinopopota "Ndiri pro-nyika!" zvine ruzha kupfuura kutyaira hybrid. Vanomhanya neinjini diki, inoshandisa mafuta inosanganiswa nemota yemagetsi inobatsira injini kana iwe 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, kune akawanda emamwe akanaka emota-anoshanda mota kunze uko, nyowani uye anoshandiswa. Enda ku fueleconomy .gov uye uchawana miraji uye emissions ratings yemhando dzose dzemotokari.

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