Our papahana is to reforest our Hawaiian Hill at Castle High School. In doing so we work with periods 1-4, 6, and 7, to help us to propagate, transplant, outplant, and grow out native Hawaiian Plants for and on our hill. Students also help to clear, weedmat, build boxes, and many other things for our hill. We do this to build student knowledge on native Hawaiian plants, beautify our hill, support native biodiversity, and to build a seed stock future students can use to learn and share 'ike and plants. 

The aim of my project was to design a product that cools solar panels down with the wind. As solar panels heat up, their efficiency goes down and lifespan shortens. I designed an product that attaches to a solar panel and captures wind with a funnel-like design. The air is routed to the backside of the panel and with enough airflow, it will cool it to increase the voltage output of the solar panel.

This project has diverted Kalani High School's milk, oil, and fat waste and recycled them into soap bars. The soap bars we produced were then donated to organizations working with homeless people and domestic violence support (the Institute for Human Services and the Radical Hale). In total, 170 soap bars were donated.

Ho'oulu, in Hawaiian, means "to grow", and we grow Native Hawaiian plants in our school's nursery and give them out to restoration sites around our island. We want to fight the devastating incline of invasive plants and restore our Native Hawaiian plant population, ultimately helping everything living in Hawai'i. We propagate and grow Native plants then give them out to restoration sites where we offer our malama 'aina services before planting our aloha-grown plants. We have partnered with Kupu Hawai'i, Malama Learning Center, Hui Alaloa, and 'Ulu A'e. The restoration sites we've given plants to are Pu'u O Kapolei, Kapapuhi, Awawalei, and Hui Alaloa. We have given over 130 Native plants to our partners.

Ocean waves can be harnessed in different ways. In my project, I designed a device that can harness the energy in waves that wash up on shore and convert it into electricity. Waves washed into a mouth that was built using plexiglass and pushed air up through a flume to spin a turbine and produce electricity. After testing different variables, it was found that a larger mouth, smaller flume, and flatter beach angle correlated to a higher energy output.

Throughout this year, I have worked with different organizations, students, and teachers to certify our school as a Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation. As a part of this, I planted a niu grove on campus along with other native plants. I have also built a curriculum in order to support learning about the niu in classrooms and after school clubs.

We worked on completing a CAD and an architectural model of our design idea for a community center in Aala park.  Our group came up with the idea as a way to bring people to the park through culture and health.  The center would be a place for the community to hold events that promote health and wellbeing.

This project aimed to protect monk seals by educating tourists about proper beach interactions through an interactive video game. Various improvements were made throughout the year, including bug fixes such as domain hosting failures, HTML tag formatting, and inefficient code algorithms. The project also focused on optimizing the game's functionality and accessibility, as well as developing plans for distribution through local businesses and establishing connections with airlines to reach a wider audience.

Play To Protect Hawaiʻi's Wildlife is a website that is meant to advocate and educate everyone on nēnē and ʻuaʻu. The goal was to create a website to find background and conservation information that was concise and organized and designed in an appealing way. Also, there is a game that was designed to be played to promote and instill safe, cautious driving around nēnē and ʻuaʻu, specifically in Haleakalā National Park.

The PCHS Wellness Garden is a campus beautification effort inspired by mental health awareness. Scientific research shows that soil naturally contains a bacterium–Mycobacterium vaccae–that naturally stimulates and releases serotonin or the “happy drug” when inhaled through air particles. My project encourages students to contribute to more plant life on campus, grow food for our culinary class, and use gardening as an alternative method to help with mental health–and all through the beautification of our campus.

To reduce waste and food insecurity, my team is working to pick fruit trees in private backyards across Oʻahu. We will donate this underutilized resource of fresh produce to distribute to local food pantries and food distribution sites  to provide fresh produce to lower income families and reduce waste in our neighborhoods.

My project is a resolution that will be introduced during the next legislative session. Its purpose will be to establish a task force whose primary goal will be to address food waste in Hawaii. In order to do this, I will gather information on food waste and food insecurity in Hawaii, and try to get support for my resolution. 

Mala Sustainability is a garden in our home school catered to grow endemic plants. The reason we are growing these native plants is to educate the keiki of our community on their importance of them. As well as educating on the importance, we aim to teach people how to care for these plants as well.

Our Waialua Eco club created the brand "Waialua Wraps" which is an eco friendly form of food conservation. We used food safe fabrics(recycled) with melted beeswax to create beeswax wraps. These wraps serve the same purpose as ziploc bags. They can be used to seal everything from fruits, to veggies, to even holding water. The reason these are good are because they are sustainable and can be washed and used again. 

For my project I created a fake root system that would act as a temporary solution to erosion in Hawaii. I tested various models, adapting my design to fit the beach where I planned to implement the project. I finally was able to intall the fake root sysem and check on its progress.