By doing so, Hawaii will join the 10/10/10 Global Work Party, organized by the international climate change watchdog organization 350.org, and is an opportunity to raise the collective voices of clean energy advocates worldwide to urge lawmakers to address the climate crisis.
Among the local groups partnering with Blue Planet Foundation to organize Hawai‘i Community Work Day T.E.N. (Teach Energy Now) projects are Sunetric, the law firm Schlack Ito Lockwood Piper & Elkind, the O‘ahu chapter of Surfrider Foundation, Apollo Kaua‘i, Malama Kaua‘i, Kalama‘ula Mauka Homestead Association, Laulima Kuha‘o, Kanu O Ka A‘ina, Maui’s Community Work Day Program, UH Maui College’s Go Green Club, and Sustainable UH.
Our Green Fair will occur on 10/10/10 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Hongwanji Mission School on the Pali and is FREE.
We chose the Hongwanji Mission School because we are about to install a 160 kW solar power system at Hongwanji at no charge to the school. We’re spending $47,000 to install a new pure silicone roof for the school before beginning the solar installation and when complete, it will save the school over $200,000 during the 20-year contract or $1.5 million over 30 years. This equates to 441 barrels of oil or 21,327 gallons of gas per year. After the installation is active, Honwanji Mission School will be paying 12.5% less than HECO’s current electric rates.
Sunetric has coordinated the following community groups to have a booth at the Green Fair and Expo:
- Blue Planet Foundation
- Dolphin Institute
- Hawaii Conservation Alliance
- Hawaii State Energy Office, Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative
- Hongwanji Mission School
- Nature Center
- Nature Conservancy
- Olamana Gardens
- NOAA Marine Debris Program
- OCR’s “Story of Stuff”
- Pacific Bio Diesel
- Sustainability Association
- Sustainable UH
- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Scion’s Toyota Prius plug- in
- Styrophobia
- Aquaponics and worm garden displays
- Planting of indigenous foliage
- FREE CFL light bulb exchange – Blue Planet Foundation will give you a new CFL light bulb for every old light bulb you give them
- FREE bicycle tune-ups
- FREE LED flashlight and tire pressure gauge giveaways
- PV installation and renewable energy information
- Groundbreaking ceremony for the new PV system
- Sign a Blue Planet “Declaration of Energy Independence” form
- FREE toys (Solar Grasshoppers) for kids
- Fun, hands-on activities for children such as recycled container relay races
- Throughout the day, Sunetric’s own Watt Wheels will provide solar power for the live band led by Sunetric’s energy consultant Shree Sadagopan.
