🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu
"Think sustainabile, act responsible"
POINTS TOTAL
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- 75 THIS WEEK
- 1,275 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO1.0Carbon FootprintCalculated
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UP TO1.0water footprintcalculated
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UP TO1.0community eventhosted or attended
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UP TO60minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO405minutesspent learning
🌷 Ana Maria's actions
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Invest in Nature
A healthy world needs both our daily actions and support from larger systems. I will spend 30 minutes learning about how I can use my investments and savings to advance environmental sustainability.
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Save the Bees
Bees are vital to ecosystems. To help save the bees, I will learn which local flowers provide nectar and plant them in my backyard or in a pot on my balcony.
Freshwater + Oceans
Understand My Water Footprint
Each of us has a water footprint, directly linked to our daily activities as well as the water required in the production of things we use each day. Understanding our water use is important for a healthy planet. I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste, then 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 30 minutes learning about how cleaning products affect our water and try making my own cleaning products to reduce pollutants.
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Leave No Trace
I will respect and protect biotic communities by practicing the seven principles of Leave No Trace whenever I am outside.
Freshwater + Oceans
Cooking Oil Disposal
Pouring cooking oil down the drain can cause damage to waterways and ecosystems. I will learn how to properly dispose of cooking oil to help support healthy ecosystems.
Climate + Air
Declutter My Home Without the Landfill
Each day, I will learn about responsible ways to dispose of items and de-clutter, clean, donate, repurpose or recycle unneeded items in my home to make sure that what I get rid of doesn't go into the landfill.
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.
Climate + Air
Consume only Needs vs Wants
The more stuff we consume, the more greenhouse gasses we put into the atmosphere. I will adopt a "Needs Vs. Wants" approach this month and only buy things I need.
Climate + Air
Calculate My Carbon Impact
Carbon emissions can show up in many surprising ways in our life. I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how lifestyle changes could reduce the carbon footprint and impacts on the environment.
Biodiversity + Wildlife
Seek Alternative Gifts and Souvenirs
When traveling, I will seek souvenirs that support local communities and do not cause harm to the environment or wildlife.
Land + Forests
Explore My Area
When we explore natural spaces around us, our connections with them change. I will spend 60 minutes exploring a new area around my neighborhood, office, or campus (e.g., park, water body, nearby trail, community garden, green space, etc.).
Action Track: Community
Sustainability Lunch and Learn
Learning in a social setting can inspire connection and change. I will work with a friend or colleague to plan and host a lunch and learn at work, school, in my neighborhood or other location to learn more about an environmental topic important to me. After the lunch and learn, I will share more about it on the feed.
Freshwater + Oceans
Join a Cleanup Effort
I will organize or participate in a trash pickup at a local river, beach, or natural body of water.
Action Track: Community
Plant Trees
Trees capture carbon and produce oxygen that is essential to life on earth. I will support this important piece of nature by organizing or joining a community group to plant 5 native trees in my community, public parks, office location, campus or backyard.
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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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/29/2024 11:29 PMLast day of Ecochallenge 🦋
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Ramachandran T 4/30/2024 12:29 AMnice.... -
Emese Macavei 4/30/2024 12:28 AMLovely flower! 🥰
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/28/2024 3:08 AMSpirea shrub 😍 such delicate flowers!
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Lucky delos reyes 4/28/2024 3:56 AMBeautiful flowers -
Rossella Mimmi 4/28/2024 3:24 AMWow, beautiful! -
Sorin Giurgi 4/28/2024 3:23 AMhow nice
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/27/2024 4:15 AMPerfect timing for a bee-autiful photo. ❤️🐝
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Vedika Patil 4/27/2024 4:43 AMBeautiful -
Pallavi Sachan 4/27/2024 4:30 AMBee is enjoying! And we are enjoying this bee-autiful photo -
Akshay Vispute 4/27/2024 4:27 AMNicely captured -
Gudla Santosh 4/27/2024 4:22 AMBeautiful
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/26/2024 10:06 AMLovely columbine in the garden 🌱 it reminds me of childhood
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Yashika Velayutham 4/26/2024 10:11 AMNice -
ADELA HARLISCA 4/26/2024 10:06 AMSo nice and fragile ❤ -
Marylene Pascua 4/26/2024 10:06 AMThat is so beautiful.
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/22/2024 4:08 AMApril 22nd - Happy Earth Day!
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/20/2024 11:36 PMDay 21 🦋 Happy sunny Sunday!-
Nicoleta Lupoaie 4/23/2024 12:31 AMnice -
Florina Veber 4/21/2024 11:30 AMMy favourites 💜 -
🌿 Ana Maria Jeflea 4/21/2024 10:30 AMI love these flowers 🫶 -
🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/21/2024 12:25 AMIt is lilac ☺️ -
LITTY PHILIP 4/21/2024 12:02 AMLooks beautiful. What flower is this?
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REFLECTION QUESTIONFreshwater + Oceans Reduce Pollutants in CleaningWhat did you learn about ingredients in our cleaning products and how they impact water and biodiversity? Did you try making your own cleaning products? If so, how did it go?
🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/18/2024 10:15 AMThe ingredients in cleaning products impact water quality and contribute to eutrophication in rivers. Eutrophication is a process where water bodies become enriched with organic matter, similar to aging. Nutrient pollution, especially from substances like phosphorus and nitrogen, accelerates this process. Additionally, the surfactants (detergent chemicals) present in cleaning products also decompose, consuming oxygen. As a result, fish and invertebrates may not have sufficient oxygen and can die due to asphyxiation. -
REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Community Sustainability Lunch and LearnWho did you engage in your lunch and learn? What resources did you use? How did it go and what did you learn?
🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/18/2024 10:07 AMAttended the Food Waste webinar and learned a lot of useful tips and tricks to avoid wasting food at home. Will try to be mindful and find more recipes which combine leftover ingredients. -
🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/17/2024 11:48 PMCloudy and cold Thursday but still beautiful :)
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SUTANU BHATTACHARJEE 4/18/2024 1:30 AMBeautiful -
Ionut Cadar 4/17/2024 11:51 PMI like orange and also tulips :)
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🌷 Ana Maria Paunescu 4/15/2024 10:45 PM"Where flowers bloom, so does hope." –Lady Bird Johnson
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Anca Caragea 4/16/2024 3:18 AMNice!
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