HYSC 2016-2017
14
COMPLETED PROJECTS
23
STUDENT LEADS
13,309
$ AWARDED
Fern is Where We Learn Hydroponics
Fern Elementary School
Students learning the importance of sustainability. This hydroponics project paved avenues to multiple standards and units of study across curriculum relating to plants and allowed students to collaborate together to observe and monitor their plants, and learn about basic economical needs that are encouraged through sustainable living
Project: Conservation Station
Molokaʻi High School
Utilizing unused site between middle school and high school to create the "Molokai Matters" Conservation Station which will educate students and the community on the importance of native plants and the impacts of nonnative and invasive species.
"Huli Ka Lima I lalo"
St. Joseph School
This semester the Hawaiian language class is creating a Hawaiian garden or mala, on campus using the Hawaiian moon calendar. The goal is to restore the garden so that it may flourish with Hawaiian plants and sustenance. In addition, students will be learning symbolic traditional Hawaiian knowledge that will serve as the guide into producing a successful Hawaiian Garden.
Worms and Plants
Castle High School
Students help turn food waste into plant food by designing, building, and utilizing a compost system at their school.
Community Garden and App
Parker School
Growing a garden in Waimea will have a community-wide impact to benefit people who do not get enough to eat. Step 1 will be for students to propose the garden project to the city council.
Youth Rising to the Challenge: Going Paperless!
Lanikai Elementary PCS
Paper audit, painted whiteboard tables, created a laptop bar all in an effort to reduce paper waste and complete work digitally.
Pepa Hale Hana (Paper Factory)
Kawaikini New Century PCS
Students will learn about and utilize coastal resources to design, produce, and sell hand-made products at the “Country Store” fundraiser
Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge
Montessori School of Maui
Design and build a solar-powered vermicompost tea brewer. The tea brewer will brew a liquid that will increase the amount of healthy microbes in the tea and the tea is applied to the soli so the soil can absorb the healthy bacteria.
Reducing Waste by Reusing in the Cafeteria
Sunset Beach Elementary School
Through composting, donation to local pig farmers, and acquiring a dishwasher for reusable dishes and flatware, students were able to reduce waste in the cafeteria.
My Sprout Network
Lānaʻi High & Elementary School
Student driven “My Sprout Network” aims to teach students and the community about self-sustainability and the background information on different types of gardening styles.
Composting at Kaʻelepulu
Kaʻelepulu Elementary School
Students participate in hot composting and vermicomposting on campus to reduce food waste at their school.
Food Waste Reduction & Recycling Initiative
Hawaiʻi Baptist Academy
Students participated in vermicomposting to expand food waste collection and recycling across campus.
Micro-plastic Cleaning Robot
Kohala High School
Inspired from a frustrating beach cleanup, students from Kohala High School aim to educate the community about marine debris through recycling stations, presentations about recycling, and building a prototype of their futuristic microplastic cleaning robot.
A Marker Towards Sustainable Classrooms
Seabury Hall
Student driven to "ignite a change in the mindset of youth, educators, and suppliers to value the importance of more environmentally responsible choices over disposable convenience" Seabury Hall 11th grader aims to replace all disposable dry erase markers on campus with refillable, environmentally friendly whiteboard markers by calculating conversion factor based off of teachers' daily marker use.
The 2016-2017 Hawaiʻi Youth Sustainability Challenge would not be possible without the support from: