Sarah Jane Reyes
"Let's protect our planet!"
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 98 THIS WEEK
- 965 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO30poundswaste composted
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UP TO30advocacy actionscompleted
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UP TO1.0treeplanted
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UP TO6.0minutesspent learning
Sarah Jane's actions
Action Track: Community
Storytelling
Communicate with friends and neighbors on their ways to help live a sustainable life.
Freshwater + Oceans
Smart Seafood Choices
We need to support healthy seafood populations. I will spend 30 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 30 minutes learning about how cleaning products affect our water and try making my own cleaning products to reduce pollutants.
Freshwater + Oceans
Go Plastic-Free
Millions of tons of plastic is produced each year worldwide. Each day, I will conduct a plastics audit of what I buy and use throughout the challenge (kitchen, bathroom, personal care products, etc.), to see how single-use plastic shows up in my life. I will find plastic-free alternatives to these products and advocate for alternatives to single-use packaging at local grocery stores, product manufacturers, at work, or on campus.
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.
Land + Forests
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 1 native trees in my community, public parks, office location, campus or backyard.
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.
Land + Forests
Compost Food Waste
Food in the landfill is one of the main sources of greenhouse gasses. I will avoid sending up to .69 lbs (.31 kg) of food waste to the landfill per day by composting my food.
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.
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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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/29/2024 7:06 PMAs we reach the 30th day in this Ecochallenge, let's all remember that saving Mother Earth does not stop today! Reducing carbon footprints and implementing ways to achieve a more sustainable planet must be practiced everyday! :) Happy Earth, Happy Life!-
Siyat Ahmed 4/29/2024 7:07 PMexactly
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/28/2024 11:46 PMThe Dark Side of Bohol’s Bilar Manmade Forest + An Appeal to People Planting Treesthelighttraveler / October 9, 2012It was quiet, very quiet. All around me dark mahogany trees rose to the sky. I basked in the silence as I walked around and admired thick trunks and roots flowing like tiny rivers. The occasional patches of sunlight breaking through the canopy made the silent forest all the more magical.It was so beautiful that it was hard for me to imagine that this was not a forest made exclusively by nature. In fact, its name said it all – Bilar Manmade Forest.I felt I was walking in a fairytale woodland, only to find out much later the chilling truth.I have long since admired the forest and the hands that planted it. The two-kilometer forest was planted as part of a reforestation project started more than 50 years ago, to replace trees lost from widespread kaingin (slash-and-burn farming) in Bohol. During my two visits to the forest, I have always taken comfort in its silence.No birds sing here. While the patches of sunlight like this one indeed make Bilar Forest look magical, this forest is a biodiversity-dead zone.But a few days ago, that silence was forever shattered for me.A friend and avid birdwatcher shared some facts reportedly from the Philippine Native Plants Conservation Society that mahogany forests are harmful, rather than helpful, to the Philippines’ environment. Mahogany, not being a native species to Philippine soil, is basically an alien, and thus, native organisms do not recognize those trees and do not thrive in such forests.“Didn’t you notice there are no birds?” she told me. “It’s so pretty but it’s a silent and dead forest.”No wonder Bilar Forest was so quiet.While tree planting projects are fueled by good intentions, volunteering individuals and organizations would do well by planting only native trees.University of the Philippines Plant Diversity Professor James LaFrankie talked about the danger of non-native trees in detail in his book “Philippine Native Trees 101: Up Close and Personal” released a few months ago. LaFrankie illustrated the difference between planting a Philippine native tree like molave versus planting an exotic tree like mahogany:“Molave, as a native species, has a relationship to the land, water, and other organisms that has developed over a million years. Certain fungi live with the roots, certain insects feed on the plant parts, while others pollinate the flower. Birds and mammals live along the branches and feed on the seeds. No such relationship exists for the newcomer. The result is ten hectares of mahogany in a biodiversity-dead zone. There are no birds, no insects, only a nearly dead soil due to the lethal chemicals that leak from the rotting leaves (emphasis mine). Native species are rarely found as seedlings beneath the canopy, and so, most significantly, there is no future for ten hectares of mahogany.”Takip-asin, a native shrub planted in one successful manmade forest of native and endangered species, Liptong Woodland.Of course, Bilar Forest remains beautiful to me, and I believe the good intentions that fueled the project, but I admit that I will never look at its silent beauty the same way again. Individuals and organizations now should go beyond good intentions and do their homework well before undertaking any tree planting activity. There are just so many tree planting activities in the country now, some of which are part of travel volunteerism, or voluntourism projects, and they have the potential to impact the environment for the good or bad.I’m a fan of forests planted with the love and determination of individuals or communities, and forests, when planted right, can do so much good for the earth. One such example is Liptong Woodland, a forest singlehandedly planted by one remarkable man, and which I was lucky to visit during my adventure around Visayas.
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Josephine Arevalo 4/29/2024 7:04 PMVery informative! Thank you for sharing!
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/28/2024 6:14 AMWhy we should choose to plant native trees? Here's the answer:
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/25/2024 9:04 AMSay no to deforestation before it's too late!
*credits to the photo owner
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Criselle Reyes 4/25/2024 7:47 PMYes!
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/24/2024 11:12 AMSharing this article entitled "Why Doesn't Japan Have Trash Cans (But Tokyo's So Darn Clean)?! | LIVE JAPAN travel guide". Never thought that this is possible!
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/24/2024 10:06 AMLet us all realize the importance of trees!
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/23/2024 5:17 PMEmbracing sustainability: Bringing my own lunch box, utensils and tumbler to reduce waste. :)
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Sakthi Dhandapani 4/23/2024 5:55 PMExcellent -
Pitch Chayanon 4/23/2024 5:47 PMAwesome -
Jo-A Lozano 4/23/2024 5:22 PMWay to go ... this is a habit that stuck to me for a couple of years now, keep it up every small effort counts!
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/22/2024 8:53 PMTake time to read the article in this link to know more about Urban Composting.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/basics/urban-composting-guide-
Criselle Reyes 4/25/2024 7:48 PMThank you for this.
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Sarah Jane Reyes 4/22/2024 5:23 PMProtecting nature: it's not a choice, it's a responsibility. One of the things that we constantly do is to EAT. Make sure to bring your reusable utensils whenever you go outside. -
Sarah Jane Reyes 4/22/2024 5:07 PMA green Earth is a happy Earth; let's keep it that way.
