Producing 1 kg of beef emits as much greenhouse gas as driving 150 miles, meanwhile, 1 kg of veggies or grains leaves a much lighter footprint! This week, I’ll shrink my climate impact by having 1 meatless meals and/or 1 vegan meals each day.
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Community and Connection
Become a Sustainability Aficionado or Invite a Colleague!
Become a Sustainability Aficionado or invite one of your colleagues to join if you're already tuned into the program.
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Community and Connection
Join your local Green Team or participate in an Earth Month activity organized by them
Get involved! Join your local Green Team to connect and work on local sustainability initiatives. Or, participate in one of the many Earth Month activities they've organized.
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Land, Water, and Air
Begin a meeting with a “Sustainability Moment”
Kick off your meetings with a "Sustainability Moment" to keep environmental awareness top of mind. Even better, develop new "Sustainability Moments" tailored to your specific location and work, making the connection between sustainability and your daily activities even stronger!
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Land, Water, and Air
Learn about our new Sustainability Pathways initiative
Learn about our new Sustainability Pathways initiative and implement 1 action under each of the pillars from the most appropriate persona.
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Sustainable Innovation
Take the Green Pill Trainings on Emerson Learn
Learn about sustainability by taking two Green Pill modules on Emerson Learn. Choose the topics that appeal to you most!
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Health and Well-Being
Exercise Daily
Daily movement supports our physical and mental health. I will spend 30 minutes each day exercising in a way that feels good to me, such as walking, running, stretching, or dancing.
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Wildlife
Learn the 7 Principles of Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace means enjoying nature responsibly by minimizing our impact and leaving the environment as we found it, or better. I will spend 15 minutes learning about the seven core principles to minimize my impact while enjoying the outdoors.
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Health and Well-Being
Enjoy Fruits and Veggies
Adding fruits and vegetables to our meals nourishes our body and the planet. I will prepare and enjoy 3 servings of a variety of colorful fruits and veggies.
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Health and Well-Being
Reduce Refined Sugar
Cutting back on refined sugar can improve energy, mood, and overall health. I will limit my intake of sugary snacks and drinks by reducing refined sugar in meals or snacks each day.
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Health and Well-Being
Meditate
Meditation helps build resilience and clarity. I will spend 30 minutes each day to meditate or create a moment of silence each day to reflect on things important to me.
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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?
The onslaught of summer heat is unbearable! Heat island effect makes it difficult for island nations like the Philippines as the waters surrounding the islands reflect the heat back to the islands.
While many of us complain about the heat 🙋♀️ it's even more unimaginable for marginalized communities, specially children and the elderly, where there's no proper ventilation in their homes ☀️
Let's plant native flora to help cool down our spaces!
Today's Earth Month activity led by Emerson Manila Sustainability Team in partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines talked about sustainable food production and how we can start in our own backyard or space.
Producing and harvesting our own food will not only help in the reduction of GHG emissions because of long haul transportation, it also helps us have a connection to what we put on the table.
Growing food in our space also helps us understand first hand the energy and resources required to be able to plant, grow, and harvest. 🌱
Our food consumption and the waste we produce whether from our own kitchen or from takeaways are also factors that we should reevaluate and see where we can reduce our footprint 👣
I woke up at 4:30AM today. While every body are still eating, I decided to grab an early breakfast while watching a documentary. ai decided to go back to sleep but couldn't. So decided to start the day early.
My husband woke up at around 6AM so we decided to buy coffee from a nearby store and we had a quiet morning with coffee and just talked about random things like the food or geography.
We soaked up the sun after and was able to capture beautiful things in my garden and around the neighborhood.
Looking closely at things that are growing and moving is quite meditative for me. I just observe an see the way things are and I'm always left amazed.
As a gardener, this has always been my practice and it does a lot of good for my mental well-being. Soaking up the sun while being surrounded by nature is one of the underrated but best experiences.
Here are some of my morning snapshots. I got lucky today as this is my first time seeing a bunch of baby praying mantises hatching from their casing which I learned is called "ootheca".
The bird is a migratory bird which according to Google is a red rump sparrow that builds its nest with mud. 🪶
The flower is a pandakaki or windmill bush flower, a Philippine native plant sowed by birds into one of my pots. This can also be found in other neighboring Asian countries.
Each time time I exercise, I spend 30+ minutes on the treadmill while studying or to catch up with current events and 30 minutes on free weights. I find that this half and half strategy helps me focus on my goals while being efficient with my lunch time.
How does eating more fruits and vegetables and less meat positively affect yourself, other people, and our planet? What fruits or vegetables did you try this week, and which was your favorite?
Eating meat requires our body to work harder to digest so it makes sense to eat less meat as it helps me feel lighter and cope with the summer heat.
Heavy consumption of Animal Source Foods (ASF) contributes to climate change as it contributes to the conversion of ecosystems to farms, leaving wildlife especially pollinators vulnerable.
Summer here in PH means the abundance of fruits in season such as mangoes and watermelons which are equally delicious.
Eating more fruits help me crave less refined sugar treats.
Although I cannot commit to becoming vegan/vegetarian, I support reducing amount of meat consumption in favor of more forest-friendly food sources. And yes, we have some of the best fruits in season :)
I learned that Animal Source Foods (ASF) contributes to the decline of biodiversity because ecosystems are destroyed to give way to land preparation for agriculture primarily monoculture.
Intentionally eating less meat not only provides an opportunity to explore other sources of protein and diversify our diet, it's also good for the planet especially if we do it collectively.
Here's a big challenge to me. I have been thinking about it, but not yet progressed. Meat is culturally regular in my environment so have to challenge myself everyday to try different options of protein.
Day 4 if ecochallenge and going meatless! It's fun discovering local ingredients that'll satisfy my meat cravings. Apart from mushrooms, I also love fried eggplants which imparts that fatty characteristic of meat.
This humble veggie does that. Just pan fried with a sprinkle of salt 🧂🍆
Finding time to prioritize fitness has always been a challenge because taking the first step is too easy that I always put it off. Once I got over the first hurdle, the next barrier is commitment.
As with most goals, I learned that I have to create an efficient system to encourage me to keep going. Making small adjustments such as blocking my calendar and allocate the time to move helps ensure that I follow my schedule.
These incremental changes compounded in a year will surely have noticeable results. By removing friction from the steps towards my daily goals, I can stop making excuses.
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