Kayla Young

Community Team

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
344 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

245

minutes

being mindful
UP TO

285

minutes

spent exercising

Kayla's actions

Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

Eat Mindfully

Reduced Food Waste

I will eat all of my meals without distractions, e.g., phone, computer, TV, or newspaper.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY 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 7
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 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 30 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

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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?

Kayla Young 3/23/2024 10:01 PM

Some things I could add to my daily practice is repurposing items. I am pretty good about reusing, reducing, and recycling as these ideas have been implemented in my head from a young age. When it comes to repurposing items I need to become creative and think outside of the box.

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Kayla Young 3/23/2024 9:57 PM

This challenge is going by pretty good. It makes me think before I act on something stupid. It literally is as simple as looking up what numbers of plastic you can recycle.

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Kayla Young 3/22/2024 2:09 PM

This is definitely the hardest challenge for me to accomplish because technology is such an addictive tendency. When I am eating in silence it's like I don't know what to do. This has helped me to go outside and eat and just appreciate the environment.

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Kayla Young 3/22/2024 2:00 PM

For lunch I had a chipotle bowl which did not contain plastic materials. As well, I made sure that my full portion was eaten to reduce compost waste.

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Kayla Young 3/14/2024 12:14 PM

Although I try my best to finish all of my food portions there are those instances where I am too full to finish. Instead of just throwing this perfectly good food away I will instead offer it to friends and 9/10 times it will be consumed by someone else. This reduces the food waste while also benefiting someone else.

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Kayla Young 3/12/2024 12:15 PM

Instead of just going to Starbucks and getting a plastic cup, I brought in my reusable one to reduce the amount of plastic I am putting into the world. This is an example of reducing plastic and repurposing/reusing other cups.

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Kayla Young 3/07/2024 12:17 PM

Instead of eating a meal while watching television or on my phone, I ate with a group of friends and was instead present in the moment. This really helped me stay in the moment and appreciate people instead of a screen. I will continue doing this activity even after the ecochallenge.

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