Bisrat Yared
POINTS TOTAL
- 45 TODAY
- 270 THIS WEEK
- 821 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO570minutesspent outdoors
Bisrat's actions
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
Health and Well-Being
Enjoy the Outdoors for 30 Minutes
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, then share my observations, reflections, and learnings on the feed.
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.
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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Bisrat Yared 4/18/2025 7:06 PMWhen you throw food away, you're also wasting the resources and energy that were used to grow, produce, package, and transport it. And when food rots in a landfill, it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas -
Bisrat Yared 4/18/2025 11:55 AMA winner is a loser who tried just one more time.” - George Augustus Moore -
Bisrat Yared 4/16/2025 5:59 PMSwitching your home from oil, gas or coal-powered energy to renewable sources of energy, such as wind or solar, can reduce your carbon footprint by up to 1.5 tons of CO2e per year -
Bisrat Yared 4/15/2025 6:19 PMPoor sleep can drive insulin resistance, can disrupt your appetite hormones, and reduce your physical and mental performance -
Bisrat Yared 4/14/2025 6:15 PMPhysical includes exercise and activities undertaken while working, playing, carrying out household chores, travelling, and engaging in recreational pursuits. -
Bisrat Yared 4/13/2025 8:12 PMAirplanes burn large amounts of fossil fuels, producing significant greenhouse gas emissions. That makes taking fewer flights one of the fastest ways to reduce your environmental impact. When you can, meet virtually, take a train, or skip that long-distance trip altogether.-
Ronnie Alcantara 4/13/2025 8:14 PM- Foodie 🍱
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Bisrat Yared 4/12/2025 8:07 PMlastics alone generated 1.8 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 – 3.4 per cent of the global total. Less than 10 per cent is recycled, and once plastic is discarded, it can linger for hundreds of years. -
Bisrat Yared 4/12/2025 6:32 AMExploring provides opportunities to meet new people – local shop owners, fellow park visitors, participants in community events. These interactions can lead to new friendships and strengthen our social network within the community. -
Bisrat Yared 4/10/2025 6:03 PMWhen food rots in a landfill, it produces methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.-
Lisa Brenskelle 4/10/2025 6:14 PM- TEAM CAPTAIN
- 15-DAY STREAK
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Bisrat Yared 4/09/2025 5:58 PMElectronics, clothes, plastics and other items we buy cause carbon emissions at each point in production, from the extraction of raw materials to manufacturing and transporting goods to market.-
Lisa Brenskelle 4/09/2025 6:48 PM- TEAM CAPTAIN
- 15-DAY STREAK
This is true - about 85% of emissions for most products is in their manufacturing, not their use. However, for gasoline or diesel-powered vehicles, the opposite is true, only 15% of emissions are form manufacturing..
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