Mary Jane Dingcong
"Each of us is responsible for preserving the only dwelling place we have: Earth. Let's preserve our only home."
POINTS TOTAL
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participant impact
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UP TO128pieces of litterpicked up
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UP TO28plastic bottlesnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO38plastic strawsnot sent to the landfill
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UP TO680minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO40minutesspent learning
Mary Jane's actions
Climate + Air
Online Energy Audit
Energy use and waste is often invisible. I will complete an online energy audit of my home, office, or dorm room and identify my next steps for saving energy.
Freshwater + Oceans
Smart Seafood Choices
We need to support healthy seafood populations. I will spend 5 minutes learning about sustainable seafood choices, commit to making better seafood choices for a healthier ocean, and share what I learned on the feed.
Freshwater + Oceans
Reduce Pollutants in Cleaning
Understanding cleaning product ingredients and their effect on water and biodiversity is helpful to our consumer choices. I will spend 10 minutes learning about how cleaning products affect our water and try making my own cleaning products to reduce pollutants.
Land + Forests
Explore My Area
When we explore natural spaces around us, our connections with them change. I will spend 15 minutes exploring a new area around my neighborhood, office, or campus (e.g., park, water body, nearby trail, community garden, green space, etc.).
Land + Forests
Choose Eco-Friendly Wood and Paper
Trees provide food and habitat for local wildlife species, shade our streets and homes, and help keep our air and water clean by capturing pollutants. Buying products that help protect forests makes a difference. I will only purchase wood, furniture, and paper products from ecologically certified sources such as Forest Stewardship Council.
Land + Forests
Personal Waste Audit
The waste we create daily can go unnoticed. I will track the waste I create in a day and post a photo log on the feed to see how much I create and where I can make different choices to reduce my waste going forward.
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Beauty and Personal Products
Beauty and personal products can create a lot of waste. I will spend 30 minutes learning about the beauty and body products I use to see if they are refillable or recyclable. If not, I will reach out to the manufacturer to advocate for those options.
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Endangered Species
Wildlife and biodiversity play an important role on our planet and are being threatened each year. I will spend 45 minutes each day learning about the current status of local or global wildlife and how I can align my actions to support their livelihood.
Land + Forests
30 for 30 in Nature
Studies have shown that when we spend consistent time in nature, our health improves, our creativity increases, and our connection to the planet gets stronger. Each day of the Ecochallenge, I will spend 30 minutes outside (in a large or small patch of nature), then share my observations, reflections, and learnings on the feed.
Land + Forests
Carry My Trash
I will carry all of my unrecyclable, non-compostable trash with me this month, to raise my awareness of how much I send to the landfill. I will post on the feed my reflections, conversations, and actions I will take moving forward.
Freshwater + Oceans
Say No to Plastic Straws
An estimated 71% of seabirds and 30% of turtles have been found with plastics in their stomachs. When marine wildlife ingest plastic, they have a 50% mortality rate. By asking for no straw when placing a drink order, I will keep 2 plastic straw(s) of out of the ocean each day.
Freshwater + Oceans
Use a Reusable Water Bottle
Itr's estimated over a billion water bottles are thrown away each year. Even if they were recycled, that still uses energy and resources from the earth. I will use a reusable bottle and stop purchasing bottled water, saving 3 disposable plastic bottle(s) a day.
Action Track: Community
Keep My Community Clean
At times it may not feel like it's up to us to keep our community clean and healthy, but we all have a role to play. Each day I am outside, I will pick up any litter I see.
Action Track: Community
JOIN OR CREATE A GREEN TEAM AT EMERSON
I will continue to contribute to Emerson's environmental sustainability goals beyond April by learning more about the Global Green Teams Network, joining a team near me, or maybe even creating a new team.
Action Track: Community
SIGN UP TO RECEIVE NEWS ON SUSTAINABILITY AT EMERSON
I will sign up to the Sustainability Aficionados distribution list to receive global news on sustainability at Emerson, including world news and Greening OF, BY, and WITH news.
Action Track: Community
TAKE PICTURES AND SHARE ON LINKEDIN
I will take at least one photograph that is connected with this year's theme of Nature Conservation & Biodiversity (for example an urban park, bee hives, birds and other animals...) and I will post it on LinkedIn with the hashtags #EarthMonthEcochallenge #EarthMonthAtEmerson.
Action Track: Community
ATTEND THE ECOCHALLENGE CONSERVATION WEBINAR
On Wed 24th April, I will attend the Earth Month Ecochallenge Webinar on Conservation to learn about what individuals, companies and other organizations can do to promote biodiversity and nature protection.
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/30/2024 4:28 AM“The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.” -
Mary Jane Dingcong 4/27/2024 4:11 AMPlanting a tree is leaving a legacy, and engraving a memory of your existence to this world.-
Jem Lagao 4/27/2024 11:08 PMAgree 💚
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/26/2024 2:38 AM"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb-
Gudla Santosh 4/26/2024 2:51 AMVery true
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/25/2024 10:24 PMThese mangroves were planted and have been continuously preserved by the residents of Caranoche in Negros Oriental. Visiting this place was like a rest for my soul, hearing only the birds chirping and the gusts of wind passing through the thick shade of trees surrounding us.
This mangrove is not only a sanctuary for the species beneath and beyond it, but it also preserves the natural beauty of this small town. Truly, it takes a village to raise and save a forest.
Katunggan Boardwalk and Mangrove Sanctuary
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Marielle Mangahas 4/26/2024 1:44 AMWooooow!! Thanks for sharing this, MJ!! -
LITTY PHILIP 4/25/2024 10:55 PMAmazing clicks! -
ARUNSUNDAR S 4/25/2024 10:26 PMNice pics
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/16/2024 6:38 PM“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”
- Lady Bird Johnson-
Jeanne Poirier 4/16/2024 7:02 PMA surprise quote to me who remembers the era well. Thank you!
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/11/2024 12:31 AM“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.”
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Mary Jane Dingcong 4/11/2024 12:30 AM“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
– Robert Swan-
Arghya Sen 4/11/2024 12:34 AMso True!
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