Emma Bulba
"Earth Month EcoChallenge: San Francisco Team's mission is to engage in thought provoking conversations, bring up different sustainability perspectives, and make personal changes for the betterment of the environment around us. "
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UP TO35minutesspent outdoors
Emma's actions
Health and Education
Spend Time Exercising
When you exercise outdoors, you reduce your carbon footprint because you are minimizing the use of energy-consuming machines. Exercising in your home is a good way to start the reduction process, as it does not require any travel in your vehicle. However, we typically turn on lights, fans, and/or televisions to accomplish our workout, and those items do contribute to our carbon footprint.
Land Sinks
Explore My Area
Sometimes protecting nature requires feeling connected to nature. I will invest 5 minutes in exploring and appreciating a natural area in my region, whether a forest, wetland, coastal area, or somewhere else.
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use
Composting
Composting, Reduced Food Waste
I will start a compost bin where I live.
Health and Education
Explore the Deloitte WorldClimate Hub
Spend 15 minutes browsing the new World Climate Hub website, hosted by Deloitte US Sustainability!
Health and Education
Get your family involved in greening the dot!
If you have kids at home, encourage them to create a logo for Deloitte NPSI using scrap paper and any crayons, markers, or materials you have in your home. Email a photo of the final product to Emma Howe (emhowe@deloitte.com) for a chance to be featured in our Earth Month recap email and potential future internal communications!
Land Sinks
Sign up for Plant Your Change
Sign up for Plant Your Change to round up your purchases and plant one tree for every transaction on your personal credit card. Link to sign up found below!
Health and Education
Explore the Deloitte World Climate Hub
Spend 15 minutes browsing the new World Climate Hub website, hosted by Deloitte US Sustainability! Link to be added soon.
Health and Education
Donate to the NPSI Earth Month Giving Campaign
NPSI will be hosting a month-long giving campaign during April. Donate via the NPSI philanthropy cloud website linked below!
Health and Education
Attend the NPSI Intersections Panel on April 28th
On Wednesday, April 28th, Deloitte NPSI is hosting a panel with senior leaders at the firm to discuss the intersections between climate, health and justice. Invite to be added soon!
Transportation
Stay on the Ground
Telepresence, High-Speed Rail
Instead of traveling by plane, I will find an alternative way to accomplish the goals of an upcoming trip (i.e. telepresence, vacation locally).
Transportation
Improve a Bus Stop
Public Transit
I will improve a bus stop in my neighborhood by posting the stop schedule, adding seating or shelter, adding art or flowers, picking up litter, or implementing some other small improvement.
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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REFLECTION QUESTIONFood, Agriculture, and Land Use CompostingProducing food that goes uneaten squanders many resources—seeds, water, energy, land, fertilizer, hours of labor, financial capital. Which of these kinds of waste most motivates you to change your behavior regarding food waste? Why?
Emma Bulba 4/20/2021 10:37 AMThe waste that motivates me the most to look at my behavior and relationship with food revolves around the amount of water and effort that goes in to growing/producing meat products. Every time I eat meat I am reminded of the land, water, energy and labor that goes in for just a small portion of meat. This motivates me to have meatless days through out the week to do my part in counter balancing meats impact.