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Welcome to Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation!

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Earth Month Ecochallenge 2024: Conservation
April 1 - April 30, 2024

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  • Ann Lloyd's avatar
    Ann Lloyd 4/26/2024 4:04 PM
    Happy Arbor Day to everyone!

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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community Borrow Before I Buy
    How did you participate in the sharing economy? (Consider posting a photo!) What are the benefits of a sharing economy? How could a sharing economy change the dynamics you have with friends, family and/or neighbors?
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    Chad Blumeyer 4/26/2024 1:22 PM
    I stopped by the "product re-use room" at the Hazardous Waste Drop Off site in my community today. You can browse the many partially used containers of paints, household cleaners, and other consumer-use chemicals that are all FREE for residents to take! I got a mostly full jug of deck / fence wood cleaner that I'll put to use on an upcoming home maintenance project.
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      Kieran Wade 4/26/2024 1:41 PM
      Wow, I didn't even know that was a thing! Going to have to look into that in my new area once I move.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community Plant Trees
    How is planting trees good for your mental, physical, and spiritual health?
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    Ann Lloyd 4/26/2024 12:44 PM
    The rain held off and we planted about 30 trees at Centennial Lakes Park. Good turnout considering the weather, nice group of people and great team work! Happy Arbor Day!




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    Chris Kasic 4/26/2024 10:42 AM
    Reading an article from New Scientist on "gold" or geologic hydrogen and efforts to find and use hydrogen on our planet as a substitute for fossil fuels. The colors of hydrogen now go beyond blue and green to include gray, white, turquoise, and gold. Marketing to be sure, but read the article https://www.newscientist.com/issue/3476/ and see what Emerson is doing in the new hydrogen market. https://emerson.sharepoint.com/sites/OneEmerson-Sustainability/SitePages/Hydrogen.aspx
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Land + Forests Advocate for Forest Protection
    Higher standards of living are very often dependent on moving our environmental costs elsewhere. What are some specific ways in which the environmental impacts of your own lifestyle might be shifted elsewhere?
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    Ann Lloyd 4/26/2024 7:56 AM
    Purchasing imported goods made with cheap labor would be an example. The attached articles don't really speak to this topic though. I particularly liked the Project Drawdown site that highlights that access to quality education and family planning are essential human rights and cornerstones of gender equality.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Biodiversity + Wildlife Seek Alternative Gifts and Souvenirs
    How do your consumption choices affect the health of wildlife and other communities?
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    Ann Lloyd 4/26/2024 7:31 AM
    We laughed when my sister-in-law brought back trinkets from a local fort and we noticed all the stickers, in very small print, said made in China. It wasn't really funny though...those trinkets traveled a very long way and were not in any way authentic to the landmark. We will do better.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community ATTEND THE ECOCHALLENGE CONSERVATION WEBINAR
    What did you learn in the webinar? Did anything surprise you?
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    Lara Tellis 4/25/2024 1:33 PM
    I learned about the importance of having a similar quantity of lifeforms in each species, rather than just species diversity. It was great to see so many Emerson people in the chat and to hear from Mike Train about Emerson's sustainability initiatives.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community Pick Up the Phone
    What do all of us have in common, regardless of politics, race, religion, occupation, or place we live? How can finding common ground help us as a society and as a species?
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    Ann Lloyd 4/25/2024 10:27 AM
    We all want clean water, free of contaminants and toxins, to drink and bathe. We may not all agree on sources of contamination, but making water quality monitoring widely available helps us all.
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    Ann Lloyd 4/24/2024 4:51 PM
    Our TC Green Team was represented at our employee engagement fair today. We gave out flower seed packets, shared what we have been working on, and promoted our mission.
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  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Action Track: Community ATTEND THE ECOCHALLENGE CONSERVATION WEBINAR
    What did you learn in the webinar? Did anything surprise you?
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    Chad Blumeyer 4/24/2024 9:49 AM
    From Giovanna's presentation during the ECOCHALLENGE Conservation Webinar, I learned that it's not just the quantity of individuals that remain for a species to be considered "healthy" and not "threatened", but also the occurrence of generically diverse variants that's important as well. It was an interesting and informative session... thanks for providing me the opportunity to learn something new!
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