The project’s main focus was to discuss Hawaii’s main energy source, the alternative energy sources available to Hawaii, and the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source. It also included a list of groups and organizations in Hawaii that promotes a more sustainable lifestyle.
An overview of I.D.E.A.S. (Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions), a non-profit helping to empower, engage and educate students about environmental sustainability.
The project’s main focus was to discuss Hawaii’s main energy source, the alternative energy sources available to Hawaii, and the advantages and disadvantages of each energy source. It also included a list of groups and organizations in Hawaii that promotes a more sustainable lifestyle.
An overview of I.D.E.A.S. (Intellectual Decisions on Environmental Awareness Solutions), a non-profit helping to empower, engage and educate students about environmental sustainability.
I took GEOG330 at UMD in the fall 2014 semester. The Sustainability Office's senior project manager, Mark Stewart, was invited to present to the class. The presentation was about strategies UMD is taking on making a more sustainable campus. The slides were bought to the class by Mr. Stwart, and was orignially posted on the class's ELMS site.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad & 35 cents to feed a child pizza. What do you think schools feed our children?
The CoCo San Sustainable Farm in Martinez, CA is a project of the Earth Island institute, a non-profit environmental incubator in Berkeley.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad. Schools can not afford that. The food bank can not get salad vegetables because they are highly perishable and unavailable locally. We will be providing some free and some reduced-price produce to schools and the food bank by growing produce at a very low cost.
We will grow produce on 33 acres of unused Central Contra Costa Sanitary District buffer land, using recycled agricultural-grade water, which is otherwise discharged into the Bay. This recycled water is high in organic nitrogen, providing free fertilizer.
The Food Bank is a mile from the farm and will pick up the produce and use existing systems to distribute it to schools and clients.
Hence, we are deploying under-utilized resources to nearly eliminate 4 of the major costs of food production: LAND, WATER, FERTILIZER, and TRANSPORTATION.
Our business model is to generate revenue by selling 75% of the crops; renting community garden plots with classes; selling advertizing at the farm and on our website; and charging a fee for special services and events. Because we are a non-profit, we will also generate income from donations and grants. We will be sharing net revenues with Central San, financially benefiting rate-payers.
One of the goals of the farm is to educate. Every aspect of science touches a farm such as physics, soil science, hydrology, meteorology, and nutrition. We are working with State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Teacher of the Year, the Community College Board, and an expert who created internships for NASA to integrate the farm into school curricula.
The farm will be an incubator for green jobs. We will partner with other sustainable businesses to showcase their products and teach aspects of jobs related to these industries.
The environment will also benefit. Plants sequester carbon and clean the air. We reduce the major types of carbon pollution associated with food production: FOSSIL FUEL- BASED FERTILIZER and TRANSPORT. We will also rebuild barren soil and increase ground water, benefiting two adjacent creeks.
Sanitary districts all over the world have unused buffer land and throw away recycled water. Sanitary districts in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties discharge about 200 million gallons of water into the Bay on a dry day and 1 billion gallons of water on a rainy day.
Our business model is scalable and once proven, other sanitary districts can emulate to not waste this precious resource.
The farm will produce a Win-Win-Win for public health, education, the environment, the economy, and rate-payers.
An apple a day will not keep the doctor away. But a salad a day might!
Paper Presented during International Conference on What’s next in libraries? Trends, Space, and partnerships held during January 21-23, 2015 at NIT Silchar, Assam. It is being jointly organized by NIT Silchar, in association with its USA partner the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Green libraries initiatives at national and international levelअमोल खोब्रागडे
Green design is an emerging trend, defining the library of the 21st century. Many view the library as having a unique role in the green building movement due to its altruistic mission, public and pedagogical nature, and the fact that new libraries are usually high profile, community driven projects.
FLL "trash trek" project presentation - Wasted Food to Plan Fuelmsaurabh0
This is a presentation created by the Daring Dolphins (FLL team # 4627) to present their project as part of the FLL 2015-16 competition. The project theme was "trash trek" and the team has come up with an innovative solution to enhance the accessibility and reach of composting.
Presented by IWMI's Peter McCornick at the World Water Day dialogue titled “Water, jobs and prosperity in Sri Lanka: Partnerships for sustainability”, held in IWMI Headquarters in Colombo Sri Lanka, on March 23, 2016.
I took GEOG330 at UMD in the fall 2014 semester. The Sustainability Office's senior project manager, Mark Stewart, was invited to present to the class. The presentation was about strategies UMD is taking on making a more sustainable campus. The slides were bought to the class by Mr. Stwart, and was orignially posted on the class's ELMS site.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad & 35 cents to feed a child pizza. What do you think schools feed our children?
The CoCo San Sustainable Farm in Martinez, CA is a project of the Earth Island institute, a non-profit environmental incubator in Berkeley.
It costs $1 a day to feed a child a salad. Schools can not afford that. The food bank can not get salad vegetables because they are highly perishable and unavailable locally. We will be providing some free and some reduced-price produce to schools and the food bank by growing produce at a very low cost.
We will grow produce on 33 acres of unused Central Contra Costa Sanitary District buffer land, using recycled agricultural-grade water, which is otherwise discharged into the Bay. This recycled water is high in organic nitrogen, providing free fertilizer.
The Food Bank is a mile from the farm and will pick up the produce and use existing systems to distribute it to schools and clients.
Hence, we are deploying under-utilized resources to nearly eliminate 4 of the major costs of food production: LAND, WATER, FERTILIZER, and TRANSPORTATION.
Our business model is to generate revenue by selling 75% of the crops; renting community garden plots with classes; selling advertizing at the farm and on our website; and charging a fee for special services and events. Because we are a non-profit, we will also generate income from donations and grants. We will be sharing net revenues with Central San, financially benefiting rate-payers.
One of the goals of the farm is to educate. Every aspect of science touches a farm such as physics, soil science, hydrology, meteorology, and nutrition. We are working with State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Teacher of the Year, the Community College Board, and an expert who created internships for NASA to integrate the farm into school curricula.
The farm will be an incubator for green jobs. We will partner with other sustainable businesses to showcase their products and teach aspects of jobs related to these industries.
The environment will also benefit. Plants sequester carbon and clean the air. We reduce the major types of carbon pollution associated with food production: FOSSIL FUEL- BASED FERTILIZER and TRANSPORT. We will also rebuild barren soil and increase ground water, benefiting two adjacent creeks.
Sanitary districts all over the world have unused buffer land and throw away recycled water. Sanitary districts in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties discharge about 200 million gallons of water into the Bay on a dry day and 1 billion gallons of water on a rainy day.
Our business model is scalable and once proven, other sanitary districts can emulate to not waste this precious resource.
The farm will produce a Win-Win-Win for public health, education, the environment, the economy, and rate-payers.
An apple a day will not keep the doctor away. But a salad a day might!
Paper Presented during International Conference on What’s next in libraries? Trends, Space, and partnerships held during January 21-23, 2015 at NIT Silchar, Assam. It is being jointly organized by NIT Silchar, in association with its USA partner the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Green libraries initiatives at national and international levelअमोल खोब्रागडे
Green design is an emerging trend, defining the library of the 21st century. Many view the library as having a unique role in the green building movement due to its altruistic mission, public and pedagogical nature, and the fact that new libraries are usually high profile, community driven projects.
FLL "trash trek" project presentation - Wasted Food to Plan Fuelmsaurabh0
This is a presentation created by the Daring Dolphins (FLL team # 4627) to present their project as part of the FLL 2015-16 competition. The project theme was "trash trek" and the team has come up with an innovative solution to enhance the accessibility and reach of composting.
Presented by IWMI's Peter McCornick at the World Water Day dialogue titled “Water, jobs and prosperity in Sri Lanka: Partnerships for sustainability”, held in IWMI Headquarters in Colombo Sri Lanka, on March 23, 2016.
A brief introduction and reminder of of the energy market here in the most isolated group of inhabited islands in the entire world - Hawaii - where we have to import ALL of our fossil fuel.
This project was done as an argument for the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Student
Life Center to have solar panels. This presentation includes both environmental reasons for the
addition of solar panels as well as economic reasons.
Com 344 final project presentation renewable energy in hiAmyDeSa
The group explained the advantages and disadvantages of different sources of energy, such as wind energy, wave energy, and solar energy. The group also included their action plan in their project. One action is to propose a petition to lawmakers to cut reliance on fossil fuels.
Presentation made at EEASA (Environmental Education Assosciation of Southern Africa) in Lilongwe, Malawi, 2014.
Published as journal article at :
Pullanikkatil,D., Mubako, S., Munthali,M. and Prakasam A. (2015). ‘Advancing Green Economy through Technology Transfer: Experiences from Malawi’. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education. (in press)
Corresponding author: d_pullani@yahoo.com
Abstract
Introduction
Body
Tyler
Tyler (Wind Energy)
One form of alternative energy is wind energy. Just as it sounds, the wind formed from
the uneven heating of the surface of the earth. Energy from wind as actually been harnessed for
millennia as it was used for sailing large ships in the exploration of the world, windmills used for
various applications, and today we are beginning to use wind for electrical generation. One must
look at the advantages, disadvantages, environmental impacts, and the community’s perception
to see if this technology is worthwhile in our search for alternative energy.
Wind energy is collected on the individual and large-scale levels. Typically, the
homeowner, farmer, or small business complements their use of energy from the grid with the
use of wind energy. A great example of this is City Bus in Lafayette, Indiana. According to
Northern Power Systems, since the installation in July 2011, the windmills at City Bus have
generated 679,292 kilowatt hours which translates to 52,253 gallons of diesel saved or 991,766
miles driven by cars (City Bus, 2011). Also according to Northern Power Systems, City Bus has
saved 1,060,714 pounds of carbon dioxide waste. It seems that these windmills are doing an
effective job of supplementing City Bus’s use of energy.
Consumption of wind energy is much different at the large scale level though. According
to the Institute for Energy Research, only 4.4% of electrical generation in the U.S. is wind
energy (Wind – IER, 2015). So why is wind energy such a small part of electrical generation in
the United States? According to the slide set from EAPS 375 on July 29, 2015, only about a
third of the continental United States has sustainable land for wind energy (Ballotti, 2015). The
land that appears usable is the Great Plains region (central continental U.S.), places throughout
the Appalachian Mountains, and the shorelines of both the East Coast and West Coast.
Considering that electrical generation from wind is a fairly new technology, 4.4% of total
electrical generation seems to be correct.
The place of wind energy for electrical generation in the United States is much debated
though. Some advocates place wind energy at the top of the list, as it is truly renewable. Wind
will never stop as there will always be an uneven heating of the Earth’s surface. Unfortunately
the power that wind has is not concentrated, so harnessing that energy is a difficult task. The
most used technology today is the conventional wind turbine, a large white (typically) tower with
three large blades that spin a generator which produces electricity and is then sent down the
tower into the electrical grid (Ballotti, 2015). There are many other technologies that are around,
most are in the developmental stages though. According to the American Wind Energy
Association, there are over 49,000 windmills in the United States which represent around
67,870 megawa.
Imagining a cold, cloudless Parisian night filled with stars and a warm cafe in the middle of the night, grabbing a cup of coffee, and lost in some musings about life, the Cafe Terrace at Night is what I imagine.
Interpretation of Content:
Van Gogh knows how to use blue and yellow to create a dynamic in the painting, bringing the painting alive. Also, notice how light seeps out onto the cobbled streets mixing beautifully with the bluish tones. Cafe Terrace at Night is one of those paintings that makes you wanna keep looking at it.
II.Reflection
The painting reflects his fascination with the interplay of light and dark, not just in the physical world but also within the human experience.It’s also influence on art history, and its thematic elements such as loneliness, connection, and the interplay of light and darkness. Additionally, one might reflect on how the painting captures the essence of café culture in late 19th-century France and the artist's personal experiences and struggles reflected in the work.
The painting reflects his fascination with the interplay of light and dark, not just in the physical world but also within the human experience.It’s also influence on art history, and its thematic elements such as loneliness, connection, and the interplay of light and darkness. Additionally, one might reflect on how the painting captures the essence of café culture in late 19th-century France and the artist's personal experiences and struggles reflected in the work. Imagining a cold, cloudless Parisian night filled with stars and a warm cafe in the middle of the night, grabbing a cup of coffee, and lost in some musings about life, the Cafe Terrace at Night is what I imagine.
Thank you is the very least that we can say to you to show our absolute appreciation for everything you've done for us to make our lives better. Thank you for being there to guide us, lead us and keep us moving forward!
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. ~ Dale Carnegie
We thank you for yesterday and we thank you for today. But most of all we thank you for the days to come!
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
1. Sustain Hawaii
Elijah K. Anakalea-Buckley
Sustainable Hawaii Youth Leadership Initiative
12th Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development
June 25-July 1, 2016
Martha’s Vineyard
2. Sustainable Energy
“the provision of energy to meet the needs of the present while not
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”
Simple to grasp but hard to achieve with the growing need for energy in this
new technological age
Two components: “Renewable Energy” and “Energy Efficiency”
3. Hawaii Energy- Water/Ocean
The Hawaiian Islands have a lot of renewable energy initiative and use their
environment to their advantage, for example:
1. The Makai Ocean Thermal Energy Converter, a completely clean system that
produces large amounts of energy to change ocean temperatures
2. A buoy system that uses tidal waves and currents to create power that could
supply up to 10,000 homes
5. Energy- Wind
Hawaii also does boeing, which involves large-scale windmills
There are many windmills across the coast and on ridges or pastures, some
of which supply up to 10 million kilowatt hours a year
Hawaii has programs that use kite turbines to reach higher wind systems and
create power
7. More Energy?.....Solar & Biofuel
Solar energy programs are some of the more dominant Hawaiian renewable
energy programs
Hawaii is aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2045. To achieve this:
1.) Only solar energy used in new homes
2.) Development of more renewable energy systems
3.) Use of Telsaʻs new efficient battery systems in Hawaii's solar grids.
Hawaii also has biofuel programs; specifically converting used grease into
Diesel for vehicles
9. Hawaiiʻs Initiative
Along with all these amazing projects, Hawaii has programs to monitor
global issues, for example the use of the Mauna Loa Observatory to
record atmospheric changes since the 50ʻs. There are many grants and
donations for these projects, a testament of the strength of Hawaiiʻs
efforts toward a better future.
10. Why?
I chose to focus on this aspect of sustainability because of my interest in
engineering and my fascination with sustainable energy systems. I am
impressed with people’s ability to look at their environment and think “I
can make energy out of this.” This is true problem-solving for one of the
Earth's biggest problems. I hope to one day become an engineer helping
people in any aspect of life.