Daga canza fitilun fitulu zuwa gina gadaje masu tasowa, al'ummomin bangaskiya a duk faɗin Chattanooga suna canza gidajen ibada da filaye don sa su zama abokantaka na muhalli.
Mambobin cocin yankin daban-daban sun ce, ba kamar yadda ake inganta makamashi a gida ba, gyaran gidajen ibada na kawo kalubale na musamman.Misali, babban kalubale, kuma watakila babban mai amfani da makamashi a ginin coci, shine Wuri Mai Tsarki.
A Cocin Episcopal na St. Paul, ƙungiyar koren cocin sun yunƙura don maye gurbin fitilu a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki da LED.Ko da ɗan ƙaramin canji irin wannan yana da wahala, yana buƙatar cocin ta kawo ɗagawa ta musamman don isa ga fitulun da aka yi a cikin babban rufin, in ji Bruce Blohm, memba na ƙungiyar St. Paul's Green.
Girman wurare masu tsarki yana sa su tsada don zafi da sanyi, da kuma sake gyarawa, in ji Christian Shackelford, kore | wurare masu ƙarfafawa daraktan shirin Chattanooga.Shackelford ya ziyarci majami'u a yankin don gano yiwuwar canje-canje.Kusan shugabannin coci guda goma sha biyu da membobin sun taru a kore | wurare a makon da ya gabata don gabatarwa ta Shackelford.
Shawarwari gama gari ga waɗanda ke gyara gida shine tabbatar da cewa iska ba ta yawo a kusa da tagogi, in ji Shackelford.Amma a cikin majami'u, sabunta tagar gilashin ba zai yiwu ba a zahiri, in ji shi.
Koyaya, ƙalubalen irin waɗannan bai kamata su hana majami'u yin wasu canje-canje ba, in ji Shackelford.Gidajen ibada na iya zama misali mai ƙarfi a cikin al'ummarsu don kasancewa da aminci ga muhalli.
Kusan 2014, membobin Cocin Episcopal St. Paul sun kafa ƙungiyar korensu, wanda a yau ya haɗa da kusan mutane goma sha biyu.Kungiyar ta kammala binciken makamashi tare da EPB don rubuta manyan lokutan amfani da su kuma suna ta matsa lamba don canje-canje ga ginin tun lokacin, in ji Blohm.
"Yawancin mutane ne da ke jin cewa ya yi daidai da imaninmu dole ne mu yi wani abu," in ji shi.
Tare da maye gurbin fitilu masu tsarki, ƙungiyar ta shigar da fitilun LED a ko'ina cikin ginin da tsarin hasken motsi da aka gano a cikin ofisoshin coci.Blohm ya ce an inganta fatun wanka don hana amfani kuma cocin ta maye gurbin tsarin tukunyar jirgi da mafi inganci, in ji Blohm.
A cikin 2015, Ikklisiya ta fara aikin noman dankalin turawa wanda yanzu yana da tsire-tsire kusan 50 na shuka a duk faɗin yankin, in ji Blohm.Da zarar an girbe, ana ba da gudummawar dankalin ga Chattanooga Community Kitchen.
Cocin Episcopal na Grace yana da irin wannan mayar da hankali kan aikin lambu na birni.Tun daga 2011, cocin da ke gefen titin Brainerd ya girka kuma ya yi hayar gadaje 23 ga al'umma don shuka furanni da kayan lambu.Yankin lambun kuma yana da gado kyauta don mutane su girbi duk abin da aka shuka a wurin, in ji Kristina Shaneyfelt, shugabar kwamitin filaye na cocin.
Ikklisiya ta mayar da hankalinta ga sararin da ke kewaye da ginin saboda akwai ƙananan koren wuri a cikin al'umma kuma gyaran ginin yana da tsada, in ji Shaneyfelt.Cocin wata ƙwararriyar Tarayyar Namun daji ta Ƙasa ce ta Backyard Habitat kuma tana ƙara bambancin bishiyu don zama arboretum da aka amince da ita, in ji ta.
"Niyyarmu ita ce mu yi amfani da bishiyoyi na asali, mu yi amfani da tsire-tsire na asali don dawo da yanayin halittu a sararin samaniya da kuma cikin ƙasa," in ji Shaneyfelt."Mun yi imani cewa kula da duniya wani bangare ne na kiranmu, ba wai kawai mutane ke kula da su ba."
Cocin Unitarian Universalist ta tanadi fiye da dala 1,700 tun daga watan Mayun 2014 lokacin da cocin ta sanya na'urorin hasken rana a rufin ta, in ji Sandy Kurtz, wanda ya taimaka wajen jagorantar aikin.Cocin ya kasance gidan ibada guda ɗaya da ke da hasken rana.
Yiwuwar ajiyar kuɗi daga canje-canjen da aka yi ga ginin Haɗin Abokan Chattanooga ba da daɗewa ba za a iya aunawa, in ji Kate Anthony, magatakardar Abokan Chattanooga.Watanni da yawa da suka gabata, Shackelford daga kore | sarari ya ziyarci ginin Quaker kuma ya gano canje-canje, kamar ingantattun kantuna da tagogi.
"Mafi yawan mu masu kula da muhalli ne, kuma muna jin dadi sosai game da kulawar halitta da ƙoƙarin rage sawun carbon ɗin mu," in ji ta.
Wurin da ke kusa da cocin yana cike da katako, don haka sanya na'urorin hasken rana ba zabi bane, in ji Anthony.Madadin haka, Quakers sun sayi shirin Rarraba Solar tare da EPB wanda ke ba da damar mazauna da kasuwanci don tallafawa bangarorin hasken rana a yankin.
Sauran canje-canjen da cocin ta yi sun kasance ƙanana da sauƙi ga kowa ya yi, in ji Anthony, kamar rashin amfani da jita-jita da za a iya zubar da su da kayan lebur a tukwanensu.
Contact Wyatt Massey at wmassey@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6249. Find him on Twitter at @News4Mass.
Lokacin aikawa: Yuli-23-2019