Bungwe la US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lidalengeza za mapulani othandizira maboma pafupifupi 125 am'deralo, maboma, ndi mafuko kupanga zisankho zambiri zanyumba, kupanga zoyendera kukhala zogwira mtima komanso zodalirika komanso kuthandizira madera omwe ali athanzi komanso athanzi omwe amakopa mabizinesi. Kusunthaku kumabwera chifukwa cha kufunikira kwakukulu kwa zida zolimbikitsira chitukuko chokhazikika pazachilengedwe komanso zachuma zomwe zimachokera kumadera osiyanasiyana kuzungulira dzikolo.
"EPA ikuyesetsa kuthandizira madera poyesetsa kuteteza thanzi ndi chilengedwe, ndikupanga zosankha zokhazikika zanyumba ndi zoyendera zomwe ndizo maziko achuma cholimba," adatero Mtsogoleri wa EPA Lisa P. Jackson. "Akatswiri a EPA azigwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu akumidzi, akumidzi, ndi akumidzi, ndikuwathandiza kupanga zida zofunikira zolimbikitsira mabanja ndi ana athanzi, komanso malo okongola opangira mabizinesi omwe akukula."
Kudzipereka kwa EPA kopitilira $1.5 miliyoni kudzabwera kudzera m'mapulogalamu awiri osiyana - pulogalamu ya Smart Growth Implementation Assistance (SGIA) ndi pulogalamu ya Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities. Mapulogalamu onse awiri azikhala akulandira makalata ochokera kwa anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi kuyambira pa Sept. 28 mpaka Oct. 28, 2011.
Pulogalamu ya SGIA, yomwe EPA yakhala ikupereka kuyambira 2005, imagwiritsa ntchito makontrakitala othandizira kuti ayang'ane pazovuta komanso zovuta zachitukuko chokhazikika. Thandizo limalola anthu kuti afufuze malingaliro atsopano kuti athe kuthana ndi zopinga zomwe zawalepheretsa kupeza chitukuko chomwe akufuna. Mitu yomwe ingakhalepo ikuphatikiza kuthandiza anthu kudziwa momwe angakulire m'njira zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala olimba ku ngozi zachilengedwe, kukulitsa kukula kwachuma, ndikugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zopangira magetsi. Bungweli likuyembekeza kusankha madera atatu kapena anayi kuti athandizidwe ndi cholinga chopanga zitsanzo zomwe zingathandize madera ena.
Pulogalamu ya Building Blocks imapereka thandizo laukadaulo lolunjika kumadera omwe akukumana ndi zovuta zachitukuko. Imagwiritsa ntchito zida zosiyanasiyana monga kukonza njira zopezera oyenda pansi ndi chitetezo, kuwunika kwa kagawo, komanso kuwunika kwanyumba ndi mayendedwe. Thandizo lidzaperekedwa m’njira ziwiri m’chaka chimene chikubwerachi. Choyamba, EPA idzasankha anthu okwana 50 ndikupereka thandizo lachindunji kuchokera kwa ogwira ntchito ku EPA ndi akatswiri a mabungwe apadera. Chachiwiri, EPA yapereka mapangano a mgwirizano kwa mabungwe anayi omwe si aboma omwe ali ndi ukadaulo wokhazikika wapagulu kuti apereke thandizo laukadaulo. Mabungwewa akuphatikiza Cascade Land Conservancy, Global Green USA, Project for Public Spaces, ndi Smart Growth America.
Mapulogalamu a Building Blocks ndi SGIA amathandiza pa ntchito ya Partnership for Sustainable Communities, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, ndi US Department of Transportation. Mabungwewa ali ndi cholinga chimodzi chogwirizanitsa mabizinesi aboma pazomangamanga, malo, ndi ntchito kuti apeze zotsatira zabwino m'madera ndikugwiritsa ntchito ndalama za okhometsa misonkho moyenera.
Zambiri paza Partnership for Sustainable Communities: http://www.sustainablecommunities.gov
Zambiri zokhudza pulogalamu ya Building Blocks ndi pempho la makalata okondweretsa: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/buildingblocks.htm
Zambiri za pulogalamu ya SGIA ndi pempho la makalata okondweretsa: http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/sgia.htm