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  • 1.a. O que significa ser sustentável?

    O que...

    1.a. ¿Qué significa ser sostenible?

    Lo que significa ser sostenible?...

    1.a.What means to be sustainable?

    What means to be sustainable?...

    1.b.Iluminação

    Instale...

    1.b. Iluminación

    Instale...

    1.b.Lighting

    Install...

    1.c.Aquecimento e Refrigeração

    Os sistemas que aquecem e...

    1.c. Calefacción y Refrigeración

    Los sistemas de calentar y...

    1.c.Heating and Cooling

    The systems that heat and...

    1.d.Isolamento térmico

    Isolar, isolar, isolar!

    1.d. Aislamiento

    Aislar!

    1.d.Insulation

    Insulation

    1.e.Água

    Aeradores de baixo fluxo

    1.e. Agua

    Aireadores...

    1.e.Water

    Low-flow...

    1.f.Limpeza

    Ao procurar um serviço de...

    1.f. Limpieza

    En la búsqueda de un servicio...

    1.f.Cleaning

    When looking for a housecleaning...

    2.a.Réguas de Energia

    Além de luzes, a sua casa...

    2.a.Receptores

    Además de las luces de su...

    2.a.Power Strips

    Besides lights, your home...

    2.b.Geladeira & Freezer

    Verifique a temperatura de...

    2.b.Fridge y Congeladores

    Verifique la temperatura de...

    2.b.Fridge&Freezer

    Check the temperature of your appliances with thermometer. The average temperature...

    2.c.Lavadora e Secadora

    Lavadoras e secadoras de carregamento...

    2.c.Lavadoras de carga y secadora

    Lavadoras de carga frontal...

    2.c.Washer&Dryer

    Front loading washers and...

    2.d.Use sua lava-louça de forma inteligente

    Se você esperar até que esteja...

    2.d.Use su Lavavajillas con elegancia

    Si usted espera hasta que...

    2.d.Use your Dishwasher Smartly

    If you wait until it's full,...

    2.e.Na cozinha

    Prefira um forno de microondas...

    2.e.Cocinando

    Use un horno microondas o...

    2.e.Cooking

    Use a microwave or toaster...

    3.a.Dirija menos

    Faça lobby para que seu governo...

    3.a. Conduce menos

    Ejerce presión sobre el gobierno...

    3.a.Drive less

    Lobby your local government...

    3.b.Carros

    Carona

    3.b. Coches

    Cuando usted está manejando...

    3.b.Cars

    Carpool...

    3.c.Vôos

    Pense antes de voar. A razão...

    3.c.Vuelos

    Piense antes de volar. La...

    3.c.Flights

    Think before you fly. The...

    4.a.Comida

    Cinquenta por cento dos alimentos...

    4.a. Alimentos

    Cincuenta por ciento de los...

    4.a.Food

    Fifty percent of food ends...

    4.b.Compra inteligente

    Consumidores "conscientes"...

    4.b. Compras Verdes

    Los consumidores verdes tienen...

    4.b.Smart Buy

    Green consumers have the ability...

    4.c.Shopping

    Nunca vá fazer compras quando...

    4.c. Shopping

    Nunca vaya de compras cuando...

    4.c.Shopping

    Never go grocery shopping...

    4.d.Crianças

    Tem um bebê? Faça seu próprio...

    4.d. Niños

    Tienes un bebé? Haga su propia...

    4.d.Kids

    Have a baby? Make your own...

    4.e.Animais de Estimação

    Procure por sacos biodegradáveis...

    4.e. Mascotas

    Puedes buscar bolsas biodegradables...

    4.e.Pets

    Look for biodegradable doggie...

    4.f.Comer fora

    Quando você vai a um restaurante...

    4.f. Comiendo afuera

    Cuando vas a un restaurante...

    4.f.Eating out

    When you go to a fast food...

    5. Reciclagem

    5. Reciclaje

    El reciclaje no es sólo para botellas y latas más. Verifique con su compañía de reciclaje local para...

    5.Recycling

    Recycling isn't just for...

    5.a.Organico

    Em vez de jogar sobras de...

    5.a. Orgánica

    En lugar de empujar todos...

    5.a.Organic

    Instead of shoving all those...

    5.b.Plastico

    Só porque você vê as setas...

    5.b. De plástico

    El hecho de que vea las flechas...

    5.b.Plastic

    Just because you see the triangular...

    5.c.Baterias

    Não jogue fora as pilhas de...

    5.c. Baterías

    No tire las baterías de su...

    5.c.Batteries

    Don't throw away your tools'...

    5.d.Eletrônicos

    Quando você for se livrar...

    5.d. Electrónica

    Cuando usted tiene que deshacerse...

    5.d.Electronics

    When you do have to get rid...

    5.e.Correio & Papel

    Há uma série de sites que...

    5.e. Correo y papel

    Hay una serie de sitios que...

    5.e.Mail & Paper

    There are a number of sites...

    5.f.Alumínio

    O processo de extração do...

    5.f. De aluminio

    El proceso de extracción de...

    5.f.Aluminum

    The process for extracting...

    6.a.No trabalho

    Leve uma caneca para o seu...

    6.a. En la oficina

    Lleve una taza de café al...

    6.a.At the Office

    Bring a coffee mug to work....

    6.b.Viajando

    Você não sabe que não pode...

    6.b. Viaje

    Ya sabes que no puedes tomar...

    6.b.Travelling

    You know how you can't take...

    6.c.Feriados e comemorações

    Quando comprar fogos de artifício,...

    6.c. Festivos

    Cuando los fuegos artificiales...

    6.c.Holidays

    When purchasing fireworks,...

    6.d.Festas

    Você pode planejar sua festa...

    6.d. Fiestas

    Usted puede planear la fiesta...

    6.d.Parties

    You can plan the party in...

    6.e.Presentes

    Evite estes itens quando estiver...

    6.e. Regalos

    Evitar estos elementos en...

    6.e.Gifts

    Avoiding these items when...

    6.f.De Mudança

    Não compre caixas de papelão!...

    6.f. Mudarse

    No compre cajas de cartón!...

    6.f.Moving on

    Don't buy cardboard boxes!...

    6.g. Construção Verde

    Piso

    6.g. Construcción Verde

    Piso

    6.g. Green Building

    Floor

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4.a.Food

Fifty percent of food ends up in the garbage. Try these easy steps to make a difference in your home:


1. Make a weekly menu plan. It could be as simple as choosing the basic ingredients (e.g. pasta and sauce) or picking a specific recipe (pasta puttanesca, page 47 of your favourite cookbook).

2. Shop once a week and buy only those ingredients you need. This is where planning the dinners comes in. Check what is in the cupboard, freezer, and refrigerator so you don't duplicate. Don't forget breakfast and lunch items too.

3. Make the right amount of food.

4. Save and eat any leftovers.

5. If anything is starting to look "aged", use it up quickly. Put extra veggies in the dinner. Freeze them if necessary. Or make a pot of soup or stock with the remainders. Wrinkly apples still make fine applesauce, while overripe bananas can be frozen until banana bread time.

6. If you do have to chuck out food, make sure you compost any produce.

7. Go through the fridge and freezer regularly - use up containers before the "best by" date.


Buy Organic

If you want to buy organic foods, but can't afford the extra cost, choose the foods that are typically higher in pesticides to buy organic. These include: apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, grapes, peaches, pears, potatoes, raspberries, spinach, and strawberries.


Buy Local

Don't just buy organic. Buy local. Yes, organic foods are better for the environment in terms of their production, but if you are buying organic blueberries that are shipped in from another country, are you really doing a lot of good? Mass-producing, packaging and shipping something thousands of miles is extremely costly to the environment. Shop for locally made items and shop in a group if possible. Try to avoid products which come layered in a lot of packaging.


Wines

Purchase wine that has been made in your area. If you're not near wine country, at least buy wine made in your land or nearby areas. Also, choose wine with real cork stoppers.

 

5.b.Plastic

Just because you see the triangular arrows with a number inside on the bottom of a plastic container doesn't mean it can be recycled.


There are 7 major varieties that consumers should know in order to have a more greener life style:

#1:Pet or PETE makes most water and soda bottles and it is not meant for reuse. Easy to recycle.

#2:HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) makes many toys, milk, detergent and shampoo bottles. Easy to recycle.

#3:Vinyl or PVC makes pipe, shower curtains, toys, wallpaper, yoga mats, some flip-flops and food wrap. This is the worst of all the common consumer plastics.

#4:LDPE (Low Density Polyethylene) makes plastic wrap and grocery bags. It's easy and effective to recycle, but not widely accepted at recycling facilities.

#5:PP (Polypropylene) makes yougurt tubs and diapers. It's not widely accepted at recycling facilities.

#6:PS (Polystyrene) present in lots of coffee cups and take out containers, is usually referred to by the trademarked name Styrofoam. It may leach styrene into food ad hot beverages. #7:Other -> usually polycarbonate, most presented in baby bottles, 5-gallon (19 litres) water jugs and hikers' water bottles. It may leach bisphenol-A (BPA)


Toothbrushes

Check out the products at Preserve Products and pick up some toothbrushes made from recycled plastic. And then, when you're done using them, you can send them back to Preserve Products, in the packaging they provided when they shipped them to you, and they will recycle your toothbrushes, to give them yet another life!


Toys

Recycle your children's toys by boxing some up and bringing them out again after a few months. Your child will feel like they have new toys.

 

6.f.Moving on

Don't buy cardboard boxes! Re-use them: Why would you go out to a retailer and spend money on a few boxes when you can get them for free elsewhere, and re-use them before they get recycled. All it takes is going out to a place like McDonald's, Supermarket and getting boxes they are about to recycle. Usually you can just go straight to the recycle bin and grab them. Now you are not contributing to cardboard production because you are re-using what has already been used.


Make your own packaging: When you are packing dishes and other fragile items, you do not need to start buying bubble wrap. In fact, if you keep packaging from parcels you have received in the past, you can re-use those items, saving money on packaging and the environment.


Offsett your move through the funding of environmental programs and renewable energy technology.


Recycle the boxes: Unless you plan to move again soon, why not recycle those cardboard boxes so that they can be made into something else? That is the last step in your move 'green-style'.