ʻO ke alakaʻi koʻikoʻi ʻole no ka hele ʻana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo

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Ua lohe ʻoe e koho i nā pale pale lole

ʻŌlelo mākou 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 a pau, hele nā ​​pēpē i kahi 5,000 diapers ma mua o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka halepaku-ʻo ia ka nui o ka ʻilika e hōʻiliʻili ana i nā ʻōpala. 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. "He mea maʻalahi i ka poʻe ke nānā aku i nā diapers hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā pae ʻāina, akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai e pono ai no ka holoi ʻana i nā diapers lole, no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli," wahi a Laura Jana, MD, he pediatrician ma Omaha, Nebraska, nāna i noiʻi i ka pilikia ma ke kākau pū ʻana i ka puke ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o Pediatrics Heading Home me kāu keiki hānau: mai ka hānau ʻana a hiki i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.

A laila aia ka nīnau o ka maʻalahi. ʻEhia ka nui o nā mākua maka poʻo, kuha i ka kuha i loaʻa ka manawa e holoi ai i hoʻokahi kakini diapers 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 ʻoe E hoʻololi i nā ʻōpuʻu maʻamau me nā fluorescents paʻa

'Ōlelo mākou E hoʻololi i kekahi mau lumi,ʻaʻole i nā mea a pau

Ma kahi lōʻihi, ʻo ke ala maʻalahi e mālama i ka ikehu ke hoʻololi i nā incandescents no nā kukui fluorescent compact (CFLs), e hoʻohana nei ma kahi o 75 pākēneka a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ikehu a hiki ke hala i 10 mau manawa ka lōʻihi. No laila no ke aha i hana ʻole ai nā mea āpau i ka hoʻololi? "ʻO ke kumu nui ka maikaʻi māmā," wahi a Josh Dorfman, ka mea kākau o The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget. "Kūlike ʻole ia ma waena o nā lama." 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 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 MAKOU BYOB

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 hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻāpana ʻāina, akā inā ʻoe e noho ana i ke kūlanakauhale e like me New York a i ʻole Seattle-nāna i manaʻo e hoʻolimalima i nā mea kūʻai aku no ka plastic- hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i ke kumu kūʻai iā ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana o ka loli. 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

WE SAY E hele i kahi meaola no kekahi 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 kumu ʻoe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini kaumaha, hana nui ʻana, a me ka hoʻouna ʻana i nā meaʻai he mau mile he mau mile, ʻaʻole pono ka meaola ke ʻano no ka nohona," wahi a Cindy Burke, ka mea kākau o To Buy or Not to Buy Organic. "Hoʻohui, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa nā kūlana organik USDA ma waena o ka poʻe mahiʻai e hele ana ma luna a ma waho o nā ʻenehana ulu lāʻau a me ka poʻe e hahai ana i ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, no laila ʻaʻole ʻike maoli ka mea kūʻai aku i ka maikaʻi o nā mea a lākou e loaʻa ai." (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, Burke a me nā loea ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i ke kūʻai ʻana mai nā mea hana kūloko i ka wā e hiki ai. "Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe ma ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoemi ʻana a me ka hoʻouna ʻana me nā mahiʻai liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, kūʻai aku 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 loaʻa. kiʻi i nā palapala hōʻoia d, ʻaʻole paha lākou e hoʻohana ana 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 ʻimi ʻana i kahi CSA ma kou kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ka ʻāina, e hele i localharvest.org/csa.

Ua lohe ʻoe Hoʻololi hou me ka pena haʻahaʻa VOC

ʻ Slelo mākou WE hana-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 kaiaola maʻalahi hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma kou home," wahi a ka mea hoʻolālā hale ʻo Kelly LaPlante. "Ma kahi o kēlā me kēia ʻoihana i kēia manawa nā koho haʻahaʻa a i ʻole VOC. ʻOi aku kā lākou kumukūʻai [ma kahi o 15 pākēneka keu e pālua i ke kumukūʻai], akā ke hoʻomau nei nā poʻe e lele i luna o ka moku, ʻike mākou i nā kumukūʻai e iho mai ana." ʻO nā pena ʻōmaʻomaʻo punahele a LaPlante e pili pū ana me Beniamina Moore Natura (benjamin moore.com), Yolo (yolo colorhouse.com), a me Devoe Wonder Pure (devoepaint.com).

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

'Ōlelo MAKOU Hiki i ka ho'oponopono hou 'ana ke ho'emi i kou ho'ohana 'ana i ka 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, ma 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), kekahi o nā hāmeʻa punahele a Dorfman. "Me he mea lā ʻo ka cushion whoopee. ʻO nā mea āpau āu e hana ai e hoʻopiha iā ia me ka wai a kau aku i loko o ka pahu wai a me he mea lā ua hoʻokomo ʻoe i loko o kahi lumipaku kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe," i wehewehe ai ʻo ia. (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. ʻO Carter Oosterhouse o HGTV, ka mea hoʻokipa o ʻulaʻula wela & ʻōmaʻomaʻo, paipai i ke kau ʻana i kahi hoʻohālikelike pālua-flush ma kahi. ʻAʻole maʻalahi lākou e loaʻa (nānā ma Home Depot a ma nā hale kūʻai home a me ka lumi kuke kūikawā) a he $ 100 keu ke kumu kūʻai, akā mahalo ka home-reno guru i kā lākou ʻenehana ecoffriendly. "ʻO ka pilikia me kekahi mau hale liʻiliʻi haʻahaʻa, pono ʻoe e lele i mua o hoʻokahi manawa e hoʻopau i nā mea āpau," wehewehe ʻo Oosterhouse. "He pālua kā ka flush pālua-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 OE E hoʻokomo i kahi poʻo ʻauʻau haʻahaʻa

KE 'Ōlelo mākou E 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 ʻoe i kāu mea uila

WE SAY E hele 4 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 e hemo kūpono ʻia, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke waiho wale iā lākou no ka ʻohiʻohi ʻōpala.

E komo i ka epa.gov/epawaste, a laila kaomi i ka electronics recycling (ecycling) no ka papa inoa o nā hui recycling a me nā loulou i nā hale kūʻai a me nā mea hana-me BestBuy, Verizon Wireless, Dell, a me Office Depot- nāna e hāʻawi i kā lākou 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 ʻoe i ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana o ke kalapona

ʻ Slelo aku 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 kūʻai maikaʻi loa ia, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae i nā hopena o kāu mau hana, wahi a Dorfman. "I ka wā i lele ai ʻoe, aia nā mea hoʻokuʻu mai ka mokulele i ka lewa. 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 ke kāwili ʻana i kāu hoʻohana ikehu kahi ʻoi aku ka effi cient koho.

Ua LOHE KOU Kuai i ke kaʻa hybrid

OLELO MAKOU E lele i ke kaa

ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻōho "He pro-planet wau!" ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi hybrid. Holo lākou ma luna o kahi ʻenekini liʻiliʻi, pono-wahie i hui pū ʻia me ka motika uila e kōkua i ka ʻenekini ke wikiwiki 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 ia i kāu moʻohelu kālā, nui a hewahewa nā autos maikaʻi ʻē aʻe i waho, he mea hou a hoʻohana ʻia. E hele i ka fueleconomy .gov a e ʻike ʻoe i nā helu mileage a me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana no nā kaʻa a pau.

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