Kayla Payne

Carbon Cutters

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
401 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

605

miles

not traveled by car
UP TO

605

miles

traveled by carpool
UP TO

488

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

60

minutes

spent outdoors

Kayla's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Smaller Portions

Reduced Food Waste

I will use smaller plates and/or serve smaller portions when dishing out food.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

Visit the Coast

Macroalgae Protection and Restoration

I will visit a coastal or ocean site to experience the ecosystem and look for the presence of macroalgae/seaweed.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Try Carpooling

Carpooling

I will commute by carpool 15 miles per day and avoid sending up to (___) lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 26
DAILY ACTIONS

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 26
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry

What are some more "Rs" you could add to your daily practice to reduce your waste?
Kayla Payne 3/25/2025 12:44 PM
The 5 Rs that I use most in my daily life when practicing to reduce my waste are reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle. I try daily to reduce my food waste and my plastic waste. I try to make conscious decisions not to pay for products with unnecessary plastics. I reuse and repurpose the plastic that can be in containers when they become empty. In my dorm, we recycle often from the waste we have. We also save the glass jars and to-go containers.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation

List some of the places you frequent often (work, grocery store, natural areas). Could you choose one or two days a week to schedule driving with a friend, neighbor or co-worker to these places?
Kayla Payne 3/20/2025 12:33 PM
With my roommates, we often carpool for the errands that we have. We either walk or carpool to the nearby Trader Joe's. I don't drive frequently during the week, but when I do, I often carpool with my roommates or friends.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

While dishing food out, we tend to load our plates with more than we need. Using smaller plates helps to mitigate this. Aside from the environmental benefits, what other benefits might come from eating/serving smaller portions?
Kayla Payne 3/20/2025 12:22 PM
Other benefits can be for health as smaller portions can lead to less overeating. I would be saving money by buying smaller amounts of food and having more leftovers to eat on other days.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Coastal, Ocean, and Engineered Sinks

What coastal site did you visit and what did you learn while there?
Kayla Payne 3/20/2025 10:52 AM
I went on a hike along the coast of Big Sur. It was amazing to see all the waves crashing against the coast. There was also a lot of seaweed in the water. As I was by the water, I thought about all of the carbon that is sequestered within it. The ocean is so vast and beautiful, but it is a major thing that is affected by climate change.

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