Olivia Cooper

Climate Action Otters-MW

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
456 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

850

minutes

spent exercising
UP TO

10

plastic containers

not sent to the landfill

Olivia's actions

Industry

Invite a friend to calculate the carbon footprint of their household

Individual actions are important, but people and organizations working together can make a real impact. I will share a carbon calculator with a friend and invite them to calculate the carbon footprint of their household.

UNCOMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Transportation

Use Muscle Power

Multiple Transportation Solutions

I will cut my car trip mileage by only taking necessary trips, and I will only use muscle-powered transportation for all other trips.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go for a Daily Walk

Walkable Cities

I will take a walk for 60 minutes each day and take note of the infrastructure that makes walking more or less enjoyable, accessible, and possible.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Industry

Reduce Single-Use Disposables

Bioplastics

I will avoid buying and using 3 single-use plastics and instead replace them with durable options.

COMPLETED 7
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
Transportation Use Muscle Power

How do your transportation choices affect your engagement in your community? Does your experience or enjoyment differ while walking, riding transit, biking or driving?

Olivia Cooper 11/08/2022 9:03 PM

Trying to use the bus or relying on carpooling was tough, but kind of interesting too! I really wish there was more safe walkable areas from the school to places nearby, but I was still able to take 30-60 minute walks to go get food, pickup prescriptions, etc. However, there were parts of walking on roads without sidewalks that had me a bit worried for my safety.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Industry Reduce Single-Use Disposables

What single-use items (e.g. straws, coffee cups, vegetable bags, plastic bags) do you regularly use? What could be substituted instead?

Olivia Cooper 11/08/2022 9:00 PM

This was hard to do every day, but for good reason since I simply was needing to buy things every day. While taking this challenge I did notice more of just how many things are made of plastic that really don't need to be.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Transportation Go for a Daily Walk

What have you noticed on your daily walks? What have you enjoyed? What infrastructure changes could make your walks more enjoyable or possible?

Olivia Cooper 10/15/2022 9:53 AM

There are still a lot of areas without any sort of sidewalk and even in areas like Marina and Monterey that tend to be pretty walkable. At least in comparison to my hometown that had huge stretches of areas without sidewalk.

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