DAVIS, Calif.— Umthi awuyonto nje yokuyila imbonakalo-mhlaba. Ukutyala imithi kwipropati yakho kunokunciphisa iindleko zamandla kunye nokwandisa ukugcinwa kwekhabhoni, ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint yakho. Isixhobo esitsha se-intanethi esiphuhliswe yi US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, Isebe laseCalifornia lezamaHlathi kunye noKhuseleko loMlilo (CAL FIRE) lweNkqubo yezaMahlathi yaseDolophini kunye noLuntu, kunye ne-EcoLayers inokunceda abanini beendawo zokuhlala baqikelele ezi zibonelelo zibambekayo.
Ukusebenzisa ujongano lweeMephu zikaGoogle, i-ecoSmart Landscapes (www.ecosmartlandscapes.org) ivumela abaninimzi ukuba bachonge imithi esele ikho kwipropati yabo okanye bakhethe indawo abaza kuyibeka kuyo imithi emitsha ecwangcisiweyo; qikelela kwaye ulungelelanise ukukhula komthi ngokusekelwe kubungakanani bangoku okanye umhla wokutyala; nokubala iimpembelelo zekhabhoni zangoku nezexesha elizayo kunye namandla emithi ekhoyo necetyiweyo. Emva kokubhalisa kunye nokungena, iiMaphu zikaGoogle ziya kusondela kwindawo yepropathi yakho ngokusekwe kwidilesi yesitrato sakho. Sebenzisa indawo yesixhobo ekulula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye ucofe imisebenzi ukuchonga ipasile yakho kunye nemida yokwakha kwimephu. Okulandelayo, faka ubungakanani kunye nodidi lwemithi kwipropathi yakho. Emva koko isixhobo siya kubala imiphumo yamandla kunye nokugcinwa kwekhabhoni leyo mithi ibonelela ngoku nakwixesha elizayo. Ulwazi olunjalo lunokukunceda ekukhetheni nasekubekweni kwemithi emitsha kwipropati yakho.
Ubalo lwekhabhoni lusekwe kwindlela ekukuphela kwayo eyamkelweyo yiProjekthi yeProjekthi yeNdawo yeClimate Action Reserve yeUrban Forest Project yokulinganisa ubungakanani bekharbon diokside kwiiprojekthi zokutyala imithi. Inkqubo ivumela izixeko, iinkampani eziluncedo, izithili zamanzi, imibutho engenzi nzuzo kunye neminye imibutho engekho phantsi kukarhulumente ukuba idibanise iinkqubo zokutyala imithi yoluntu kwiinkqubo zabo ze-carbon offset okanye zamahlathi asezidolophini. Ukukhutshwa kwe-beta yangoku kubandakanya yonke imimandla yemozulu yaseCalifornia. Idatha yentsalela yase-US kunye nenguqulelo yeshishini eyenzelwe abacwangcisi besixeko kunye neeprojekthi ezinkulu kufuneka ziphume kwikota yokuqala ka-2013.
UGreg McPherson, isazi samahlathi kwiPacific Southwest Research Station, uthi: “Ukutyala umthi ukuze ube nomthunzi wekhaya yenye yezona ndlela zingabiziyo kakhulu zokonga amandla nokunceda indalo esingqongileyo.” "Ungasebenzisa esi sixhobo ukubeka ngobuchule imithi eya kufaka imali epokothweni yakho njengoko ikhula."
Ukukhutshwa kwexesha elizayo kwe-ecoSmart Landscapes, esebenza ngoku kwiGoogle Chrome, Firefox, kunye neziphequluli ze-Internet Explorer 9, ziya kubandakanya izixhobo zovavanyo lokunciphisa ukubaleka kwamanzi, ukugcinwa kwamanzi, ukungena ngokusekwe kubume bomhlaba, ukungenelela kwamanzi emvula ngenxa yemithi, kunye nomngcipheko womlilo kwizakhiwo.
Ikomkhulu e-Albany, eCalif., Isikhululo soPhando sePacific Southwest siphuhlisa kwaye sinxibelelane nesayensi efunekayo ukuze kugcinwe indalo yehlathi kunye nezinye izibonelelo kuluntu. Ineendawo zophando eCalifornia, eHawaii nakwiziQithi zePasifiki ezihlangene ne-US. Ukuze ufumane inkcazelo engakumbi, tyelela www.fs.fed.us/psw/.