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Organized Green Fest Waimea concert on July 7, 2007 to promote awareness of environmental issues. |
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Set up weather data collection station (including computer and software) to determine feasibility of wind and solar resources at various campus sites. |
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Purchased and installed equipment to monitor and measure energy usage, collect data for future student projects. |
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Purchased mini PV panels and wind turbine to generate energy for a faculty cottage and serve as a case study. |
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Procuring and studying prototypes of leading renewable energy sources
for comparison and modification (wind turbine, solar thermal panels,
solar PV panels, bio-mass converters, and hydrogen fuel cells). |
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Planted corn to evaluate effectiveness of conventional fertilizer vs. effective microorganisms (EM), produced ethanol from corn. |
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Measured and reduced energy consumption at technology building. |
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Engineering class designed and created energy generators from natural/renewable resources. |
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Recycling effort by Environmental Club and Spanish class. |
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Will start Hawaiian agriculture project behind faculty cottages this fall. |
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Started nature trail featuring indigenous Hawaiian plants using GPS navigation on campus. |
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North Hawai'i Youth Coalition-HPA service group promoted recycling and community awareness, including free community screening of An Inconvenient Truth at Kahilu Theatre. |
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Middle School environmental elective class-studied
global warming, challenging Upper School to reduce energy consumption,
promoting awareness of conservation at the Village Campus. |
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Seventh grade and Upper School compositing gardens. |
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Green theme for Middle School science fair projects. |
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Fourth grade recycling: six-pack plastic rings and cell
phones; plastic rings now collected at Upper School as a result of
fourth graders presenting at assembly. |
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Summer science class research project: tested swimming pool water before and after installation of new ozone sanitation system and found no bacteria. |
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Converted three diesel vehicles to run on cooking oil from the Upper School dining hall. |
