Emerson Twin Cities

The hardest thing is how limited the options can be for trying to eliminate plastic. Many household products used to come in glass and cardboard containers, but that is rare now unless one seeks out a specialty retailer. Target and Walmart don't make it easy to be green.

The logistics of this action were more challenging than I anticipated. There are so many demands on our time that even the lunch hour has become full of meetings. I attended someone else's LnL, and it was educational and productive.

"100% carbon commute" today.

#earthmonthatEmerson #earthmonthecochallenge. Happy Earth Day! Find a way this month to take action. Emerson and its employees are engaged across the world with conservation and sustainability actions for ourselves, our customers, and our planet. Here's a few snaps from my 100% carbon commute into the office today. Ready for the sustainable...

Our garden club had our annual seedling event last week. I got tomatoes, basil, rosemary, jalapeno and poblano peppers, and a geranium. Looking okay so far! They need to stay indoors for another month or so.

I made a small pile of everything that would have gone in the garbage. It is small, but includes some recurring things like some packaging on skin care products I buy. I need to find an alternative that has less packaging than the actual container of product! And I will keep recycling and composting and saying no to things I don't really need.

It was a chilly and windy Saturday so it was a good day to visit all the Earth Day vendor displays at a nearby mall.

I have been able to explore new areas of my community as I deliver meals to people in neighborhoods I haven't visited before. I've met some colorful and interesting and primarily grateful people who appreciate my help. It has been a privilege.

Just realized I had already signed up for this distribution list before this year's EcoChallenge started. The monthly newsletters provide good information. I'm not always able to attend the webinars, but I like hearing what progress other companies are making towards sustainability.

It is a little early in my area for planting. We are expecting a freeze overnight tonight. I will continue to eliminate the invasive species in my yard (garlic mustard, buckthorn) and find native plants to fill in.