UNSDG #13 – Climate Action The Sustainable Journey

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By: Trevor Tanaka

 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation) Essay Contest
 Essay Question – Why is
sustainability important to you,
Hawaii...

 Later that year, I participated in a conference
called SSC (Seconday Student Conference).
 At the Secondary Student con...

 I crafted a resolution
incorporating
sustainability/sustainable
education into the public
high school science
curriculum...

 After the completion of SSC, members of the DOE
questioned Resolution 25 and said that “it was
already being done.”
 Th...

 I talked with Nancy about
my project and she
nominated me to be a
SHYLI (Sustainable Hawaii
Youth Leadership
Initiative)...

 In July 2012, I attended
the Youth Leadership
Summit for Sustainable
Development on
Martha’s Vineyard.
 My focus was Su...

 Josue, Marianne, Marsha, and Nane helped
me to think outside of the box and find new
ways to attract the attention of th...

 The summit was eye-
opening and reinforced how
important sustainability is,
especially to island
communities.
 I was es...

 For my Senior Project, I decided to continue my
sustainable education efforts.
 My first goal was to create and sustain...

 The second, and much more challenging, goal of my
Senior Project would be working on passing my
resolution.
 At the sta...

 After meeting Representative Coffman, our
first plan of action was to submit my
resolution to the LRB (Legislative Refer...

 The next step was to get a hearing in both the
House and Senate Education Committees.
 Representative Coffman brought u...

 From this point forward, my resolution would
now be known as HCR 178 and SCR 192.
 HCR 178 stands for House Concurrent
...

 On March 21, 2013, I received
notification that my resolution
was scheduled to be heard by
committees in both the House
...

 After getting the hearing notices, I had a very
short time frame to obtain support for the
resolution. I spent the Sprin...

 March 25, 2013
 During the afternoon I participated in both
hearings, where I testified in support of my
resolution.

 The resolution was passed by both committees.
 Each of the committees made amendments to the
resolution.
 The Senate C...

 The final step of the resolution was to have both HCR
178 HD1 and SCR 192 SD1 go through a process
called conference.
 ...

 Meanwhile, throughout
the resolution process, I
had cleared and tilled the
slot of land I was given
and started to creat...

 January 19, 2013
 Each of the five SHYLI delegates presented their
projects and their process since arriving home
from ...

 Throughout the process
I realized how important
it is to be sustainable.
 It also became relative
that getting others
i...

Preparing our students to be good environmental citizens is some of the
most important work any of us can do. It is for ou...

 This “power or ability to lead” others becomes very important as
some people lead with good objectives while others lead...

UNSDG #13 – Climate Action The Sustainable Journey

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