Kubva pakuchinjana magirobhu kusvika pakuvaka mibhedha yakasimudzwa, nharaunda dzechitendero muChattanooga dziri kushandura dzimba dzavo dzekunamatira nenzvimbo kuti dziite kuti dzive nehushamwari.
Nhengo dzechechi dzakasiyana-siyana dzakataura kuti, kusiyana nekuvandudzwa kwesimba kumba, kugadziridza dzimba dzekunamatira kunopa matambudziko.Somuenzaniso, dambudziko guru, uye zvichida mushandisi mukuru wesimba muchivako chechechi, inzvimbo tsvene.
PaChechi yeSt. Paul's Episcopal, boka rechechi yegirini rakasunda kutsiva mwenje munzvimbo tsvene nemaLED.Kunyange kuchinja kuduku kwakadaro kwakaoma, kunoda kuti chechi iunze chikwiriso chinokosha kuti isvike magirobhu akaiswa mudenga rakakwirira, akadaro Bruce Blohm, mutezo weboka rakasvibira reSt.
Saizi dzenzvimbo tsvene dzinoita kuti dzidhure kupisa nekutonhodza, pamwe nekugadziridza, akadaro Christian Shackelford, girinhi | nzvimbo Empower Chattanooga program director.Shackelford akashanyira machechi munzvimbo iyi kuti aone shanduko dzinogona kuitika.Vanosvika gumi nevaviri vatungamiriri vechechi nenhengo dzakaungana munzvimbo dzakasvibira | nzvimbo svondo rapfuura kuti vaonekwe naShackelford.
Zano rakajairwa kune avo vari kugadziridza imba kungave kuona kuti mweya hausi kudonha uchitenderedza windows, Shackelford akadaro.Asi mumachechi, kugadziridza mahwindo ane magirazi egirazi hazvigoneke, akadaro.
Nekudaro, matambudziko akaita seaya haafanire kutadzisa machechi kutevera dzimwe shanduko, Shackelford akadaro.Dzimba dzekunamatira dzinogona kuva mienzaniso ine simba munharaunda yavo yekuve nehushamwari hwezvakatipoteredza.
Muna 2014, nhengo dzeChechi yeSt.Boka rakapedza ongororo yesimba neEPB kunyora nguva yavo yekushandiswa kwepamusoro uye vanga vachisundira shanduko kuchivakwa kubva, Blohm akadaro.
"Iro boka guru revanhu vanofunga kuti rinoenderana nokutenda kwedu taifanira kuita chimwe chinhu," akadaro.
Pamwe chete nekutsiva marambi enzvimbo tsvene, boka racho rakaisa mwenje we LED muchivako chose uye hurongwa hwekuvhenekesa hunoonekwa mumahofisi echechi.Mapombi ekugezera akakwidziridzwa kumisa kushandiswa uye chechi yakatsiva dhizaini yayo neimwe inoshanda zvakanyanya, Blohm akadaro.
Muna 2015, chechi yakatanga chirongwa chekurima mbatatisi icho zvino chave nemapoto angangoita makumi mashanu arikukura zvidyarwa munzvimbo yese, akadaro Blohm.Kana zvakohwewa, mbatatisi dzinopihwa kuChattanooga Community Kitchen.
Nyasha Episcopal Church ine tarisiro yakafanana pakurima gadheni mumadhorobha.Kubva 2011, chechi iri paBrainerd Road yakaisa nekurenda 23 mibhedha yakasimudzwa kunharaunda kuti varime maruva nemiriwo.Nzvimbo yekurima inewo mubhedha wemahara wekuti vanhu vakohwe chero chakarimwa ipapo, akadaro Kristina Shaneyfelt, sachigaro wekomiti yechechi.
Chechi yakatarisana nenzvimbo yakatenderedza chivakwa nekuti pane nzvimbo diki yakasvibira munharaunda uye kugadzirisa kwekuvaka kunodhura, Shaneyfelt akadaro.Chechi iyi inzvimbo yeNational Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat uye iri kuwedzera kusiyana kwemiti kuti ive arboretum inotenderwa, akadaro.
"Chinangwa chedu ndechekushandisa miti yemuno, kushandisa zvidyarwa zvemuno kudzoreredza ecosystem munzvimbo yedu uye muvhu redu," akadaro Shaneyfelt.” “Tinotenda kuti kutarisira pasi chikamu chekudanwa kwedu, kwete vanhu vane hanya chete.
Chechi yeUnitarian Universalist yakachengetedza mari inodarika madhora chiuru nemazana manomwe kubva muna Chivabvu 2014 apo chechi yakaisa magetsi ezuva padenga rayo, akadaro Sandy Kurtz, uyo akabatsira kutungamira chirongwa ichi.Chechi inoramba iri imba imwe chete yekunamatira ine solar panel.
Kuchengetedzwa kunogona kubva kune shanduko dzakaitwa muchivako cheChattanooga Shamwari Musangano inokurumidza kuyera, akadaro Kate Anthony, Chattanooga Shamwari mabharani.Mwedzi yakati wandei yapfuura, Shackelford kubva kugirinhi | nzvimbo dzakashanyira chivakwa cheQuaker uye akaona shanduko, senge zvirinani zvekuvharisa mahwindo nemahwindo.
"Isu tinonyanya kuchengetedza zvakatipoteredza, uye tinonzwa zvakasimba pamusoro peutariri hwekusika uye kuyedza kuderedza kabhoni yedu," akadaro.
Nzvimbo yakatenderedza chechi ine matanda akawandisa, saka kuisa masolar panel yaisava sarudzo, Anthony akadaro.Pane kudaro, maQuaker akatenga muchirongwa cheSolar Share neEPB chinobvumira vagari nemabhizinesi kutsigira solar panels munzvimbo iyi.
Dzimwe shanduko dzakaitwa nechechi idiki uye dziri nyore kuti chero munhu aite, Anthony akadaro, sekusashandisa ndiro dzinoraswa uye flatware pamapoto avo.
Contact Wyatt Massey at wmassey@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6249. Find him on Twitter at @News4Mass.
Nguva yekutumira: Jul-23-2019