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Anca Laslau

Emerson Sustainability Team Cluj

"Take care of earth and she will take care of you"

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 1,666 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    111
    conversations
    with people
  • UP TO
    787
    gallons of water
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    280
    minutes
    spent learning
  • UP TO
    1,055
    minutes
    spent outdoors
  • UP TO
    1,055
    minutes
    not spent in front of a screen
  • UP TO
    3.7
    pounds
    food waste prevented
  • UP TO
    7.9
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    22
    zero-waste meals
    consumed

Anca's actions

Health & Equity

Learn About Equitable Food Access

SDG #10 Reduced Inequalities

I will spend 15 minutes learning about equitable food access and how I can advocate for healthy and fresh food in my region.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Safe Disposal of Medications and Household Chemicals

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will spend 15 minutes learning about how and where to dispose of medications and chemicals properly.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Learn About The Climate & Ecosystems SDGs

SDG #13, 14 & 15

I will spend 15 minutes learning about these SDGs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will spend 15 minutes learning about water justice and find out how I can get involved in local initiatives.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Get To Know Your Watershed

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will spend 20 minutes learning about my watershed and the particular water issues my region faces.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Calculate Your Water Footprint

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will calculate my water footprint and look for a few ways I can reduce consumption or waste.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Economy & Communities

Meatless Friday/ 15'th of April

Keep the meatless Friday on 15'th of April eather in the canteen or at home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Economy & Communities

Find out where your energy comes from

SDG #7 Energy

I will spend 30 minutes learning about where my energy comes from.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Economy & Communities

Learn About The Economy & Communities SDGs

SDG #7, 9 & 12

I will spend 30 minutes learning about these SDGs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Climate & Ecosystems

Learn About Invasive Species

SDG #14 & 15

I will spend 30 minutes learning about invasive species and ways to reduce their impacts.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn About Participation and Representation

SDG #5 Gender

I will spend at least 30 minutes learning more about the barriers to women and girl's equal participation and representation around the world.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Take Action During Earth Week

I will participate in Earth Week by attending at least one of the global Emerson Earth Day Live Panel discussions during Earth Week on 19th and 20th April, listening to the special Planet in Focus podcast episode, or completing an EcoChallenge action.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Engage with Emerson’s Sustainability Content

I will engage with the content available on the Emerson Environmental Sustainability Hub by doing one of the following: watch a webinar recording, read a blogpost, read one of the newsletters.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Take Emerson’s Sustainability Training

I will complete the first module of the Emerson Environmental Sustainability training program available on the Global Learning Center.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Learn About The Education & Livelihood SDGs

SDG #4, 8, 11 & 17

I will spend 15 minutes learning about these SDGs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Health & Equity

Learn About The Health & Equity SDGs

SDG #3, 5, 10 & 16

I will spend 15 minutes learning about these SDGs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Learn About the Basic Needs & Security SDGs

SDG #1, 2 & 6

I will spend 20 minutes learning about these SDGs.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Take 5-Minute Or Less Showers

SDG #6 Water & Sanitation

I will save up to 6 gallons (23 L) of water each day by taking 5-minute showers. Tip: Use a timer to practice or count to 60 a few times.

COMPLETED 30
DAILY ACTIONS

Climate & Ecosystems

Calculate Your Carbon Impact

SDG #13 Climate

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how lifestyle changes could reduce the carbon footprint and impacts on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Economy & Communities

Recycling tool

We all have questions how to recycle, where to recycle. Discover how you can do it best, learn about Cluj Recycling map, make a commitment to continue.

COMPLETED 30
DAILY ACTIONS

Economy & Communities

My green city

Recycling is like a circle between what you do, what our company is doing, what our supplier is doing, what the city is doing. Be the change, don’t wait for others! Learn how our City recycles to make sure that your recycling is not a wasted time.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Education & Livelihood

Research Impact Investing

SDG #8 Work & Economy

Using the links provided below, I will research impact investing or my current investment portfolio to determine if they align with my values.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Basic Needs & Security

Make Zero-Waste Meals

SDG #2 Zero Hunger

I will cook 1 meal(s) with zero waste each day.

COMPLETED 22
DAILY ACTIONS

Education & Livelihood

Engage In Active Listening

SDG #17 Partnerships

I will practice actively listening to a friend, family member, co-worker, peer, or someone who has a different experience/identity for 3 conversations per day.

COMPLETED 30
DAILY ACTIONS

Health & Equity

Spend Time Outside

SDG #3 Health & Well-Being

I will replace 30 minute(s) per day typically spent inside (computer time, watching television, etc.) with quality time outside exercising, enjoying the sunrise/sunset, gardening, journaling, or practicing gratitude for nature.

COMPLETED 30
DAILY ACTIONS

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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    Anca Laslau 4/30/2022 3:55 AM
    Congratulation everybody! If you have 100 or 1000 points you should be proud of yourself! We are changing the world little by little, do not understimate your impact!!!

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    Anca Laslau 4/29/2022 12:50 AM
    I will take this weekend to spend time outside :)

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 11:58 PM
    To be honest, this challenge exceeded my expectations; it should continue throughout the year since I believe I still have a lot to learn.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Basic Needs & Security Get Involved in the Water Justice Movement
    Who is affected by water insecurity in your region? How are they affected? How are you impacted by water insecurity?

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 8:06 AM
    With 2,500 springs and 60% of Europe's mineral waters, Romania is one of the countries with the richest groundwater resources. Even so, it is not entirely safe from the danger of a hydrological crisis. Approx 25% of the population of Romania does not have access to water and only has toilets in the back of their yard. 
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health & Equity Learn About Equitable Food Access
    How is food equity and access linked to a sustainable future?

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 7:46 AM
    1. Because cities are designed in such a manner that certain individuals do not have access to basic and healthful food, these people will naturally have greater incidences of heart disease, cancer, diabetes, strokes, and death.
    2.  We don't eat with social, racial, economic, or environmental justice in mind? We buy too much and squander too much food; we buy food that is not locally produced, "non-traditional," since it is less expensive and everyone does it.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Health & Equity Safe Disposal of Medications and Household Chemicals
    Do you have any tips for others on finding locations that accept products for safe disposal?

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 7:32 AM
    In Romania, I recommend taking your cleaning products containers to Kaufland, your oil to Auchan, and your cosmetics to Sephora. Also for used clothes that are too old to donate you can take them to H&M, 

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 6:41 AM
    6 digitsssss, 100743 points! Bravo, team!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Basic Needs & Security Get To Know Your Watershed
    What watershed do you live in presently? What is something interesting or unique about your watershed?

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    Anca Laslau 4/27/2022 6:25 AM
    I live in the Somes watershed which is populated by 1 800 000 inhabitants in northwest Romania. The Somes originates south of
    Cluj-Napoca and flows, after 370 km, into the Tiza in Hungary and later into the Danube.  Unfortunately, Somes receives a variety of organic wastes from urban areas, factories, and individual households and treated and nearly untreated wastewater effluents from several cities. 

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    Anca Laslau 4/24/2022 1:51 AM
    Only 6 days left! It passed so fast!

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    Anca Laslau 4/22/2022 10:24 AM
    Make every day Earth Day!!!