The 3rd Annual Pearl City High School Kaena Point Service Project
Kaena Point Service Project (3rd Annual) - February 28, 2015 This was our third year in a row we helped DLNR with Kaena Point. Ed usually writes a grant, the purpose is to teach young kids about the land. It seems basic in thought, but the complexity of the nature system in the Hawaiian Islands is difficult to understand especially for our youth. With everything so easy to come by, kids now days don't appreciate how fragile our environment is here in Hawaii. They probably think it will repair itself overnight because everything else in their life can be fixed so easily, just press a button, right? That is not the case. Any native flora and fauna can be targeted for extinction, once destroyed, it can never come back. The hard part is taking care of our island which for some native flora and fauna can take decades to nurture so it can thrive again. Ed couldn't find a bus during the week day because of the new DOE contract with the bus company. Buses are scarce now a...