DAVIS, Calif.— Mtengo suli chabe mawonekedwe a malo. Kubzala mitengo pamalo anu kumatha kuchepetsa mtengo wamagetsi ndikuwonjezera kusungirako mpweya, kuchepetsa mpweya wanu. Chida chatsopano pa intaneti chopangidwa ndi US Forest Service ndi Pacific Southwest Research Station, Dipatimenti ya California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) ya Urban and Community Forestry Program, ndi EcoLayers ingathandize eni nyumba kuyerekeza mapindu owoneka awa.
Pogwiritsa ntchito mawonekedwe a Google Maps, ecoSmart Landscapes (www.ecosmartlandscapes.org) amalola eni nyumba kuzindikira mitengo yomwe ilipo pamalo awo kapena kusankha malo oti aikeko mitengo yatsopano yokonzedwa; yerekezerani ndi kusintha kukula kwa mitengo potengera kukula kapena tsiku lobzala; ndi kuwerengera mphamvu zomwe zilipo panopa komanso zamtsogolo za carbon ndi mphamvu zamitengo yomwe ilipo komanso yokonzedwa. Mukalembetsa ndikulowa, Google Maps idzayandikira komwe muli malo anu kutengera adilesi yanu yamsewu. Gwiritsani ntchito chida chomwe chili chosavuta kugwiritsa ntchito ndikudina magwiridwe antchito kuti muzindikire malire anu pamapu. Kenako, lowetsani kukula ndi mtundu wa mitengo pamalo anu. Chidacho chidzawerengera mphamvu zamagetsi ndi kusungirako kaboni zomwe mitengoyi imapereka tsopano komanso mtsogolo. Chidziwitso choterocho chingakuthandizeni kukutsogolerani pa kusankha ndi kuyika mitengo yatsopano pamalo anu.
Kuŵerengera kwa mpweya kumatengera njira yokhayo yomwe yavomerezedwa ndi Climate Action Reserve's Urban Forest Project Protocol yowerengera kuchuluka kwa carbon dioxide m'mapulojekiti obzala mitengo. Pulogalamuyi imalola mizinda, makampani othandizira, zigawo zamadzi, osachita phindu ndi mabungwe ena omwe si aboma kuphatikiza mapulogalamu obzala mitengo yapagulu m'mapulogalamu awo a carbon offset kapena nkhalango zamatawuni. Kutulutsidwa kwaposachedwa kwa beta kumaphatikizapo zigawo zonse zanyengo zaku California. Deta yotsala ya US ndi mtundu wamabizinesi opangidwira okonza mizinda ndi mapulojekiti akuluakulu akuyenera kutulutsidwa kotala loyamba la 2013.
Greg McPherson, wofufuza za nkhalango ku Pacific Southwest Research Station yemwe adathandizira kupanga chidacho anati: "Mutha kugwiritsa ntchito chida ichi poyika mitengo yomwe imayika ndalama m'thumba lanu ikakhwima."
Kutulutsa kwamtsogolo kwa ecoSmart Landscapes, yomwe pakali pano ikugwiritsidwa ntchito pa asakatuli a Google Chrome, Firefox, ndi Internet Explorer 9, iphatikiza zida zowunika zochepetsera kuthamanga, kusungitsa madzi, kulowa mkati motengera kukhazikitsidwa kwa malo, kutsekereza madzi amvula chifukwa cha mitengo, komanso kuwopsa kwa moto ku nyumba.
Likulu lawo ku Albany, Calif., Pacific Southwest Research Station imapanga ndi kuyankhulana ndi sayansi yofunikira kuti ipititse patsogolo zachilengedwe za nkhalango ndi zopindulitsa zina kwa anthu. Ili ndi malo opangira kafukufuku ku California, Hawaii ndi US-ogwirizana ndi Pacific Islands. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, pitani www.fs.fed.us/psw/.