Thursday, March 29, 2012

Huakailani Girls Sparking Change

A year ago at a service learning workshop, the girls learned how to compost food waste that can not be posted in a regular organic compost bin or worm bin.  The school already composted all of the organic food wastes from snack and lunch but still there away a lot of other foods that could not be placed in those compost receptacles. They were excited to learn that they could completely get rid of all school waste using Bokashi.

At the conference they made this poster:

The poster was created after they learned how to make Bokashi. Inspired by the workshop, they set goals for their school to become the first waste-free school on the island.

At most schools, the journey and or idea would have probably ended here. Not for Huakailani girls!

They helped Mrs. B write a grant and plan for implementing the use of Bokashi at Huakailani. The girls even went to present the project to the "Be the Change" Grant Board when they made it as a finalist to possible receive grant funds.

As you know they received the grant and now we have Compost Bars in the Lower and Upper Schools and are now the first waste-free school on the island.

Not only that, as you see from a previous post on this blog. We even made food from food waste in our urban garden.

Huakailani Girls are the change they want to see!  There is no more powerful life-long lesson than that.

The girls even made it into the Mid-Week Islander newspaper this week!

Please leave your comments here to congratulate the girls on a job well done!








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