Layna Hughes

CSUMB Furry Otters

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723 TOTAL

participant impact

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37

meatless or vegan meals

consumed
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1.0

carbon footprint

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40

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spent learning

Layna's actions

Electricity

Calculate My Household Carbon Footprint

I will calculate the carbon emissions associated with my household and consider how different lifestyle choices could reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Food Waste

Reduced Food Waste

I will keep a daily log of food I throw away during Drawdown Ecochallenge, either because it went bad before I ate it, I put too much on my plate, or it was scraps from food preparation, and commit to reducing my food waste throughout the challenge.

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DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Find a Local Climate-Friendly Supermarket

Refrigerant Management

I will explore the interactive map in the links below to find a supermarket that does not use HFC refrigerants near my home.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Reduce Animal Products

Plant-Rich Diets

I will enjoy 1 meatless or vegan meals each day of the challenge.

COMPLETED 23
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Explore Other Transportation Solutions

All Transportation Solutions

I will spend at least 20 minutes researching other Drawdown Transportation Solutions.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Industry

Practice the 5 Rs

Recycling

I will practice the "5 Rs" — refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle — to reduce my waste more than I can with just recycling alone.

COMPLETED 9
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?

REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Find a Local Climate-Friendly Supermarket

How close is the nearest climate-friendly supermarket to your home? How could you encourage local supermarket to reduce or phase out their use of HFC refrigerants?

Layna Hughes 10/29/2024 10:45 AM

I live in Gilroy, California, and the closest HFC Free or Greenchill Platinum grocery store near me is in thirty-six miles away in Campbell's Pruneyard Shopping Center. That's a forty minute car drive from my home. October 3, 2022, California signed Climate Law SB 1206, aiming to eliminate most super-pollutant HFCs by 2035. However, seeing the drought of climate friendly grocery stores around me, I think it's important to pressure grocery store owners/conglomerates to reducing the amount of HFCs produced in their stores.

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Layna Hughes 10/19/2024 10:04 AM

My sister is home for the weekend, and I'm realizing how difficult it is to continue sustainable practices in celebratory group settings.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use Reduce Food Waste

An average American throws out about 240 lbs of food per year. The average family of four spends $1,500 a year on food that they throw out. Where would you rather use this money?

Layna Hughes 10/15/2024 11:14 AM

This is money that could have been channeled into switching to solar energy sources within the family home.

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Layna Hughes 10/15/2024 10:24 AM

I'm currently working on re-purposing plastic bags and containers so I don't have to throw them away and create waste that will take twenty to five hundred years to decompose. Last week, I bought hummus from a local vendor, but it expired this week. Usually, I would toss the hummus out in the container, but this week I chose to wash out the food waste and re-purpose the containers as tupperware for my snacks.

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- Monica Amador 10/16/2024 9:34 AM
  
  Great idea!
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Practice the 5 Rs

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?

Layna Hughes 10/14/2024 10:30 AM

Another "R" I would add to this challenge would be "reflect." With the rise of fast consumerism and shopping apps like Amazon, I know too many people who are quick to buy items before considering the long-term repercussions of their purchase. This leads to a build up of things you once thought were a necessary purchase that are now collecting dust in the corner of your room. Reflection is key to sustainability, ask yourself, "Why do I think I need this?" before purchasing.

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- Kenneth Slaysman 10/14/2024 5:03 PM
  
  I agree. I think reflection is a key not to just sustainable living but to living life as a good global citizen.
  
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REFLECTION QUESTION
Electricity Calculate My Household Carbon Footprint

After you determined your carbon footprint, did you see what different choices you can make in order to reduce it?

Layna Hughes 10/03/2024 10:39 AM

The Ecological Footprint Calculator allowed me to realize how much waste my family home produces daily as well as how imperative it is we switch to renewable energy as soon as possible. My parents and I are looking into installing solar panels to make our house more energy efficient, however, we're not sure how to go about it without breaking the bank. We're also working on reducing our food waste by only buying food we know we will eat.

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