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Arc of Hilo Greenhouse Harvest
The Arc of Hilo proposes the expansion of its' agriculture production and employment opportunities through an innovative nutrient delivery technique and solar equipped greenhouses, which will address the major barriers to utilizing locally grown foods while strengthening community capacity and connection.
A Science Education Social Network: Jungle to Jungle
The Jungle to Jungle Project (“JtoJ”) is a unique science and technology program utilizing digital tools to bring international exploration of culture and biology into Hawaii’s classrooms. It also creates a channel through which Hawaiian students can share their culture with others worldwide. In its third year, JtoJ aims to create a powerful social networking platform, analogous to Facebook, that exists exclusively to facilitate educational goals in secondary school (grades 7-12).
Ask HawaiiMethProject Smartphone App
The Hawaii Meth Project is a statewide prevention program whose goal is to significantly reduce methamphetamine use primarily among teens, ages 12-17, and secondarily among young adults, 18-24. The Project focuses on prevention through a hard-hitting public service messaging campaign (television, radio, Internet, and print) and a statewide community outreach program targeting schools and other community events.
A Virtuous Community Cycle
A Virtuous Community Cycle (VCC) combines actions of Virtue, measured in a Virtual online environment to build Community in a continuous Cycle. A VCC fosters mutual benefit, where each of the community stakeholders (Nonprofits, Businesses, Individuals) are helping each other out.
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Beyond Slops
Beyond Slops is a program that uses electronic composters to turn food scraps into a valuable resource for Hawaii farmers and residents while decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing demand for renewables during off-peak hours. With food scraps the largest single component of our wastestream and government at a loss to create solutions at collection points, the widescale adoption of our innovation would divert millions of tons of waste from Hawaii's landfills each year.