Roxana Verdes
"Learning how to optimize our actions to leave a better place for the future generations "
POINTS TOTAL
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participant impact
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UP TO33minutesspent learning
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UP TO164minutesspent outdoors
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UP TO9.0pieces of litterpicked up
Roxana's actions
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 5 minutes learning about how cleaning products affect our water and try making my own cleaning products to reduce pollutants.
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.
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.
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
Borrow Before I Buy
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.
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
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.
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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Roxana Verdes 4/12/2024 1:54 AM“21st Century choice: Look after our planet, and it will look after us, or don’t and face the consequences” - Phil Harding-
Dhandapani Janarthanan 4/12/2024 2:06 AMwell said
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Roxana Verdes 4/10/2024 3:47 AM“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” - Ross Perot-
Olaru Ciprian 4/11/2024 12:17 AMyes I agree that a like on social media doesn't change much but I was thinking also about every member of the cleanup event contacting authorities so that the impact is lasting. Because single time cleanup events are just a way to bring attention to the problem and rarely solves the problem as it is much bigger and would require such a high level of involvement from hundred of people that is rarely archivable on the long run. -
Roxana Verdes 4/10/2024 6:35 AMCiprian, I agree with you. But we also need to acknowledge that in order to have an impact, we need active engagement, not just a like on social media or an indignant cry on various topics, without proper action which could actually have an impact and maybe change things. -
Olaru Ciprian 4/10/2024 6:20 AMSometimes the authorities that have the tools and legal means to clean the river and stop the pollution don't want to recognize the obvious truth that the river is dirty so the first step is to measure and make public opinion aware that the river is dirty, that's also activism. Going for the root cause and not some pretty pictures with a few plastic bottles from the river ... -
Laura Sumlea 4/10/2024 5:18 AMSo true, love this.
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Roxana Verdes 4/08/2024 9:21 AMSad quote for today: People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it. (Ha-Joon Chang, 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism)
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Roxana Verdes 4/07/2024 12:31 PMHello. Did you enjoy this beautiful day?-
Ionut Cadar 4/07/2024 2:10 PMI most certainly did🌊
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Roxana Verdes 4/03/2024 11:54 PMQuote of the day: “There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.” - Sir Paul McCartney -
Roxana Verdes 4/03/2024 6:48 AM“Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” - Gro Harlem Brundtland-
Isamara Oliveira 4/03/2024 7:01 AMTrue.
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Community Plant TreesHow is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?
Roxana Verdes 4/02/2024 9:43 AMAll the planting trees activities I've done so far were in a big group of friends and colleagues. Spending a day with them, in nature, collaborating for a greater goal is good not only for the body, but also for the mind.-
Iulia Stoenica 4/02/2024 10:53 PMWe have an upcoming event of planting trees on April 13, at Borșa, near Cluj! See you there!
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Roxana Verdes 4/02/2024 9:36 AMToday's question: how will AI help us on our Sustainability journey?-
Ionut Cadar 4/03/2024 11:04 AMI believe that with the right governance it could prove really useful.
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REFLECTION QUESTIONAction Track: Community Keep My Community CleanHow does the act of picking up litter connect you more to your community?
Roxana Verdes 4/02/2024 9:34 AMA clean environment is healthier for everyone. Moreover, studies show that leading by example helps improve others' perspective on thinks. Also, a clean place makes others less prone to throw litter in it.-
sai krishna 4/02/2024 9:35 AM:)
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REFLECTION QUESTIONLand + Forests 30 for 30 in NatureWhat have you noticed about how it feels to spend consistent time outside?
Roxana Verdes 4/01/2024 10:12 AMThe beautiful trees with pink flowers are magical, especially when reflected on a blue sky. Sometimes, looking at them is overwhelming through its beauty. My thought for today: keep close to your heart the feeling of admiring beauty.