Eco-Facts & Fiction

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E ʻike i nā mea i hoʻololi maoli i ka hoʻokele kūlohelohe a me nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke lele.

Ua LOHE KOU Koho i nā pale lole

OLELO MAU E hoʻomaha i kāu mīkini holoi

ʻO ka lole kū'ē me ka disposable: ʻO ka makuahine o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa eco a pau. I ka nānā mua ʻana, me he mea lā he no-brainer. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, hele nā ​​pēpē i kahi 5,000 diapers i manaʻo ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻana o ka halepaku Akā ke helu ʻoe i ka wai a me ka ikehu e hoʻohana ai e holoi i kēlā mau pale pale āpau, ʻaʻole ʻoki loa ke koho. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi Pelekane e pili ana ka hopena o ka diapers i nā disposable a me nā lole lole i kēlā ʻano kumu.

A laila aia ka nīnau o ka maʻalahi. Ehia mau maka maka leʻaleʻa, kuha i nā mākua i kuʻi ʻia i ka manawa maoli e holoi i nā kakaki kakini i kēlā me kēia lā? ʻOiai ʻaʻohe mea e like me ka 100 pākēneka biodegradable disposable, ʻoi aku kekahi no ke kaiapuni ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. Hana ʻia nā ʻoihana e like me ka hanauna ʻehiku (ʻehiku hanauna.com), ʻo TenderCare (tendercarediapers.com), a me Tushies (tushies.com) me ka ʻole o ka chlorine, no laila ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻopuka i nā toxins i ka hana ʻana. E noʻonoʻo hoʻi iā GDiapers (gdiapers.com), kahi hui ma waena o nā mea hoʻopau a me nā lole. Loaʻa iā lākou kahi uhi pulupulu i hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia me Velcro, a me kahi liner ʻoe e holoi ai i ka lua.

Ua LOHE KOU Hoʻololi i nā ʻōpuʻu maʻamau me nā fluorescents paʻa

OLELO MAU Hana i ke kuapo i kekahi mau lumi, ʻaʻole nā ​​mea āpau

Ma kahi lōʻihi, ʻo ke ala maʻalahi e mālama i ka ikehu ke hoʻololi i nā kukui uila fluorescent forcompact (CFLs), kahi e hoʻohana ai ma kahi o 75 pākēneka a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ikehu a hiki ke hala nā manawa he 10. No laila no ke aha i hana ʻole ai nā mea āpau i ka hoʻololi? ʻO ke kumu nui ka māmā o ka māmā, i kūlike ʻole i waena o nā mana. No ka ʻālohilohi mehana, e like me ka incandescent, e koho i kahi CFL me 2,700K (Kelvin) ma mua o 5,000K (ʻo ka helu haʻahaʻa, ʻoi aku ka mahana o ke kala o ke kukui), a koho i kahi mea hana i helu ʻia, e like me GE a i ʻole N: Vision. . A laila e hoʻouka iā CFL kahi ʻaʻole nui ka nui o nā kukui, e like me ke alaloa a i kahi lumi moe paha, a mālama i nā incandescents i ka lumi a me ka lua.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, e hoʻomanaʻo i loko o nā CFL he hapa liʻiliʻi o ka mercury. Ke pau ka ʻōpuʻu, e kelepona i kāu keʻena ʻōpala paʻa paʻa a i ʻole e hele i ka epa.gov/bulbrecycling e ʻike e pili ana i ka hoʻolei ʻana ma kou wahi. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu i nā CFL i hoʻohana ʻia ma Home Depot a i ʻole nā ​​hale kūʻai ʻo Ikea.

UA LOHE OE E koho i ka pepa ma luna o ka plastic

OLELO MAU Lawe i kāu ʻeke ponoʻī

E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kahi lā maʻamau e hana ai i nā hana: kūʻoe ma ka hale kūʻai kino, hale kūʻai puke, hale kūʻai kāmaʻa, a me kahi mākeke nui. Hoʻi i ka home wehe ʻoe i nā ʻeke plastic 10 a hoʻolei iā lākou i loko o ka ʻōpala (a i ʻole hoʻohana iā lākou e mālama i nā ʻōpala), ʻoiai me kahi ʻano o ka hewa. ʻAʻole wale kēlā mau ʻeke e ahu i nā landfill, akā inā ʻoe e noho ana ma ke kūlanakauhale e like me New York a i ʻole Seattle-i noi ʻia e koi aku i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka palakiko ʻO ia ke kumu o nā totes hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia ke ala hoʻokahi e kūʻai ai. Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo Green-kits.com i nā ʻeke pulupulu maoli a me nā mea kūlohelohe, me nā mana kikoʻī huahana a me nā kāʻei pilikino nani e hana i nā makana nani, pro-earth.

UA LOHE ʻoe I ka meaʻai, e lilo i mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe organik

ʻLelo mākou E hele i ka organik no kekahi mau huahana

Me nā ʻōuli e ʻuhea ana i ka "ʻokanika" i kēlā me kēia ala, ua lilo i mea koʻikoʻi loa ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai mai (ʻo ia hoʻi no ka mea hiki ke ʻai ʻia nā meaʻai meaola he 20 a 30 mau keneta). Akā, ʻo ka hoʻopiha ʻana i kāu kaʻa kūʻai me ka pānaʻi organik ʻaʻole ia e hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i ke kala ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ka poloka. Ke helu ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini koʻikoʻi, ka hana nui, a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā meaʻai i mau tausani mile, ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka organik no ke kaiapuni. Hoʻohui, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻohālikelike o nā kaulike USDA ma waena o nā mahiʻai i piʻi aʻe a ma ʻō aku o nā ʻenehana ulu a me nā mea e ukali ana i ka palena iki, no laila ʻaʻole ʻike maoli ka mea kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou mea e loaʻa nei. (Ke paipai nei ka poʻe akamai e kūʻai i nā mea kanu no kekahi mau mea kanu pesticide kiʻekiʻe, e like me nā strawberries, nā pīkī, nā ʻāpala, ka seleri, a me ka letus; no ka papa inoa piha o nā hua i loaʻa nā pae kiʻekiʻe o nā pesticides, e hele i foodnews.org).

Ma kahi o ke koho ʻana no nā meaola, hoʻolaha nā poʻe loea i ke kūʻai ʻana mai nā mea hana kūloko i nā manawa āpau e loaʻa ai nā meaʻai maikaʻi ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoliʻiliʻi hoʻoliʻiliʻi a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i pili me nā wahi liʻiliʻi, nā mahiʻai kūloko, ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea i ulu kokoke i ka home e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke hoʻomohala i kahi pilina me nā mea hana, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke nīnau pehea lākou e ulu nei i kā lākou huahana (ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki i nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi ke uku. e hōʻoia ʻia, ʻaʻole paha lākou e hoʻohana i nā pesticides). Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i kahi mākeke mahiʻai, e noʻonoʻo e komo i kahi hui mahiʻai kākoʻo kaiāulu (CSA), kahi e uku ai nā lālā i ka uku kau a i ʻole ka mahina i kahi mahiʻai no ka ʻai. No ka huli ʻana i kahi CSA ma kou kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ka ʻāina, e hele i localharvest.org/csa.

Ua LOHE KOU Redecorate me ka pena haʻahaʻa-VOC

ʻLelo mākou Hana ia-a hanu maʻalahi

Aia ke kumu i loaʻa ai i ka lole pena hou kēlā ʻala ʻokoʻa - ke hanu nei ʻoe i nā pae haʻahaʻa o nā mea ʻawaʻawa i kapa ʻia ʻo volatile organic compounds (VOCs). ʻAʻole wale lākou e hoʻohaumia i ka ea o loko, manaʻo ka poʻe loea he kōkua pū lākou i ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka ozone layer. He ʻumikūmālima mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaka nā hui e hāʻawi i nā pena haʻahaʻa a me ka ʻole-VOC, i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e like me ka lōʻihi a me ka uhi ʻana o ka pena kuʻuna, hoʻemi ʻia nā kinoea. ʻO ia kekahi o nā koho eco-friendly maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma kou home. Ma kahi o nā ʻoihana āpau i kēia manawa nā koho haʻahaʻa a ʻole VOC. Nui aʻe kā lākou kumukūʻai [ma kahi o 15 pākēneka keu e pālua ai ke kumukūʻai], akā i ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka lele ʻana o nā ʻoihana, e iho ana nā kumukūʻai. ʻO kekahi o kā mākou pena pena ʻōmaʻomaʻo punahele e komo pū me Benjamin Moore Natura (Benjaminmoore.com), Yolo (yolocolorhouse.com), a me Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

UA LOHE OE E pani hou i kou halepaku; hoʻohana nui loa ia i ka wai

ʻLelo mākou Hiki i kahi retrofitting liʻiliʻi ke hōʻemi i kāu hoʻohana wai

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi halepaku maikaʻi loa a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ke kaʻina hana o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i kou lumi ʻauʻau, e mālama iā ʻoe iho i ka pilikia a me ka lilo o ke kau ʻana i kahi kumu hoʻohālike haʻahaʻa. Ma kahi o, no lalo o $ 2, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻemi loa i ka wai āu e hoʻohana ai ma ke kau ʻana i ka Niagara Conservation Toilet Tank Bank (energyfederation.org). ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, hoʻopiha i ka wai a kau ʻia i loko o ka pahu a me he mea lā ua hoʻokomo ʻoe i loko o kahi halepaku kiʻekiʻe. (Hoʻohana nā halepaku maʻamau i hana ʻia mai ka makahiki 1994 i 1.6 mau galani no kēlā me kēia flush; ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kumu hoʻohālike kiʻekiʻe e hoʻohana ana i nā galani 1.28. Hoʻemi ka Toilet Tank Bank i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai e 0.8 mau galani no ka flush.)

Inā mākaukau ʻoe e pani i kahi lua mua, mai manaʻo ʻo low-flush ke ala e hele ai. E ho'āʻo e hoʻokomo i kahi kumu hoʻohālike pālua-flush. ʻAʻole maʻalahi lākou e ʻike (nānā ma Home Depot a ma nā hale kūʻai ʻoihana home a me nā lumi kuke) a he $ 100 keu ke kumu kūʻai. Eia nō naʻe, pono ʻoe e pīpī i nā manawa hou aku i hoʻokahi manawa e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i nā mea āpau me nā lumipaku lowflush. Loaʻa i kahi pālua-flush i ʻelua mau pihi-hoʻokahi no ka ʻōpala wai, kahi e hoʻohana ai i nā galani wai he 0.8, a hoʻokahi no ka paʻa, e hoʻohana ana i nā galani 1.6.

UA LOHE OED E hoʻokomo i kahi poʻo ʻauʻau haʻahaʻa

ʻLelo mākou Mālama i kāu kālā

Inā pili ʻoe i kēlā mahuahi, holoi kakahiaka kakahiaka piha, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e hauʻoli me kahi kahe wai kahe haʻahaʻa, kahi e ʻoki ai i ka wai e 25 a 60 pākēneka. Ma mua o ke kū ʻana ma lalo o kahi trickle, e paio nei e holoi i ka mea hoʻoneʻe, lawe i kahi ʻauʻau pōkole loa; e mālama ʻoe i 2.5 galani i kēlā me kēia minuke.

Ma kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻokiʻoki, eia naʻe kou poho. E hoʻouka i ka aerator-he mau kālā liʻiliʻi wale nō ia-a e hōʻemi ia i ke kahe wai ma 2 galani i ka minuke, ʻaʻole ia he mōhai ʻike.

Ua LOHE KOU Hana hou i kāu mea uila

OLELO MAU E hele no ia

Wahi a ka Consumer Electronics Association, kēlā me kēia ʻohana ʻAmelika nona kahi 24 mau mea uila. A me he mea lā e puka mai ana nā mana hou a maikaʻi aʻe o kā mākou kelepona hele kahiko, kamepiula, a me nā TV, ʻo ia hoʻi he puʻu o nā mea kahiko e hoʻopau ʻia. Akā loaʻa i nā uila nā mea weliweli, e like me ke kēpau a me ka mercury, pono pono ke hoʻolei kūpono, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho wale iā lākou no ka ʻohiʻohi ʻōpala.

E ʻeʻe iā epa.gov/epawaste, a laila kaomi ma luna o ka uila uila (ecycling) no ka papa inoa o nā hui hana hoʻopōʻaiapuni a me nā loulou i nā hale kūʻai a me nā mea hana-e like me BestBuy, Verizon Wireless, Dell, a me Office Depot-e hāʻawi nei i kā lākou mau papahana ponoʻī. (A ke kūʻai ʻoe i nā mea uila, e hele i kahi mea hana, e like me Apple, e paipai a hoʻoikaika i ka hana hou ʻana.)

UA LOHE OE E hoʻokomo i nā ʻāpana kalapona

ʻLelo mākou Mai kūʻai i loko

He manaʻo maikaʻi kēia ma ke kumumanaʻo, akā ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻaʻole nui. Eia ke kumumanaʻo: No ke offset i nā emissions āu e hana ai e pili ana i kāu ʻoihana i kēlā me kēia lā e holoi i kou kapa a i ʻole ke hele ʻana i kahi hana-hiki iā ʻoe ke uku i kahi ʻoihana e hoʻohiki e kōkua i ke kaiapuni e, e ʻōlelo, ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ea o ka ea; ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kumu ikehu hou, e like me ka mana makani; a kanu lāʻau paha.

ʻOiai he manaʻo kālepa maikaʻi ia, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoki i nā hopena o kāu hana. I ka wā i holo ai ʻoe i ka lele, aia nā mea hoʻokuʻu mai ka mokulele i ka lewa. ʻAʻohe ala e hoʻopau ai iā lākou, no ka nui o nā kumulāʻau āu e kanu ai. Hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ke kalepona kalapona e hōʻemi i kekahi hewa, akā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopili i ke kiʻi nui aʻe. ʻO ka curtailing ʻana i kāu hoʻohana ikehu kahi koho i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

Ua LOHE KOU Kuai i ke kaʻa hybrid

ʻLelo mākou Lele ma ke kaʻa kaʻa

ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻōho "He pro-planet wau!" ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi hybrid. Holo kēia mau kaʻa ma luna o ka ʻenekini liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie i hui pū ʻia me kahi kaʻa uila e kōkua ai i ka ʻenekini i ka wā e holo wikiwiki ai ʻoe. Hoʻokiʻoki ʻo Hybrids i ka hoʻohana ʻenekini a hoʻēmi i nā mea i lawe ʻia, a ua loaʻa pū kahi hōʻike 2008 na Intellichoice ua mālama lākou i nā kālā o ka poʻe kūʻai i ka wā lōʻihi (ʻoiai ke kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ke sticker) ma o ka mālama haʻahaʻa ʻana a me nā kumukūʻai ʻinikua a me ka hapa liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana. Hoʻohui, inā ʻoe i kūʻai i ka hapalua ma hope o Ianuali 1, 2006, hiki iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi hōʻaiʻē ʻauhau.

No laila inā ʻoe i ka mākeke no kahi kaʻa hou, ma nā ʻano āpau, e kūʻai aku i kahi hybrid. Inā ʻaʻole i loko o kāu kālā, nui nā koho ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie, hou a hoʻohana ʻia. E hele i fueleconomy.gov a ʻike ʻoe i ka mileage a me nā emissionsratings no nā kaʻa kaʻa āpau.

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