Eliana Van Etten

Learn about local recycling and composting efforts! White River Conference Room - Bring your own lunch

April 15th Monday – April 26th Friday Donation bins in Cafeteria Patio This popular event is back and this time for 2 weeks! Donate your old electronics.

April 22nd Monday – April 26th Friday Support the café meatless specials for the week to support meals with smaller environmental footprints!

"We really are making the World more Sustainable – A Greening By Emerson Update" Hear directly from Seth Harris, Director of Sustainability – Outside Sales, about how Emerson supports and enables our customers’ decarbonization and environmental sustainability efforts. Many awards-winning projects will be presented and discussed.

When traveling, I will seek souvenirs that support local communities and do not cause harm to the environment or wildlife.

I will volunteer 8 hours in my community.

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.

April 8th Monday – April 12th Friday Donation bins in Cafeteria Drop off your gently used and cleaned athletic shoes to benefit One World Running which will redistribute them to people in need! Your pair of sneakers generates 30 pounds of CO2 emissions, keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for a week. Prolonging its life means reducing its environmental impact and help people elsewhere. What seems worn out to you might be of use to another person.

We’re all in this together: Building wildfire-ready watersheds How do we prepare our communities, rivers, and forests for wildfire? How do we prepare them for a warmer and drier climate? What does resilience look like? What can you do to help? Join us for this talk to hear a story of hope, resilience, and collaboration and to discuss the answers to these complex questions.

Synthetic clothing can contain plastic and shed harmful microplastics into our water. I will use a microplastics catcher in my laundry, or install a microplastics filter for my washing machine.

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.

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.

I will organize or participate in a trash pickup at a local river, beach, or natural body of water.

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 1 native trees in my community, public parks, office location, campus or backyard.

Why buy something I will only use once or a few times if someone nearby has it for me to borrow, and why not share something I have that someone may only need a few times a year? To reduce my consumption and waste, I will create or support the sharing economy with friends, family, colleagues or neighbors.

I will spend 20 minutes learning more about the importance of freshwater + ocean conservation, and how I can reduce my water use. I will share what I learn with people in person, on social media, and on the feed.

There are many organizations doing a lot to create a better more sustainable future. They deserve our recognition. Post here or in your social media to promote these efforts, to give them the well-deserved "Likes" and to influence your community to contribute and follow suit.

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.

Share your idea to help Emerson make the world healthier and more sustainable. Come back daily with your ideas to rack up points. **TOP FIVE PARTICIPANTS WIN A PRIZE** Click on 'learn more' to access the collaboration board

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.

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.

I will research and plant a garden filled with native fruits, vegetables, and flowers to nurture local wildlife and ecosystems. I will find nearby nurseries that offer plants native to my area.

When we explore natural spaces around us, our connections with them change. I will spend 30 minutes exploring a new area around my neighborhood, office, or campus (e.g., park, water body, nearby trail, community garden, green space, etc.).

Hand washing dishes can use more energy and hot water than a dishwasher. To save water, I will use a dishwasher and scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading them into the dishwasher.

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.