As we come down to the final weeks of the project my group has finally came up with a new yet smaller idea for the project. We are going to take some friends up and volunteer our help to areas that need it. We are just going to make a small impact but spread the word about it to hopefully allow others to see the difference that just a small group has created. Imagine what a ton of volunteers could do. I realized all big ideas start small. So thats what we are going to do.
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So far throughout this project has not been going fully through the way that we have hoped. This week was probably the most unproductive week towards this Rain forest restoration project. Both me and my partner have been out of school due to injuries. We had no communication because my internet was down for a couple of days at home. Since both of us were sick we put the project on hold for a bit until we recovered and got back up on our feet. This week was a disaster.
Being a global citizen means to put the needs of others before yours. I feel as if this is a very big and important thing that we as humans need to learn in order to strive on this planet. We need to stop being so selfish and only thinking about whats best for our family and even our country. Sometimes we need to sacrifice something in order to gain something else. Our Project R&R meets these standards with ease. By rebuilding the rainforest we are looking out for the future because this project is not a "one and done" type of thing. We need to forever remember and work towards the goal of having a flourishing rainforest for our next generations to come. This impact will hardly affect my generation but someone needs to start it now in order for it to work later. After not completed much work over the break I have asked some friends to help out with giving back to the ʻaina. They have agreed and are willing to put a lot of their time and effort into this project with me. This will be our way of giving back to our homelands and rebuilding Hawaiʻi. I have a somewhat average crowd to back me up with this rainforest restoration idea but I still need a place to start. I went around and asked many friends, family members, as well as just random people around the community to see if they would support the idea in restoring what has been damaged in Hawaii's forest. Many support but some are not sure what they can do to help. I have not completed much in this time besides the general idea of what this project plans to accomplish. I feel like we are going to need a whole lot more help for this to actually work out the way I hoped. Im still feeling like this project is way to big to handle. I do not think two teenage kids can change a whole rain forest. We do have some friends that are willing to help and are just a phone call away but we still have no set plan to make a difference. We only have general and small ideas. I feel that we have to start small and if all goes well there, then we should go and push bigger. Over the duration of Christmas break I began to draft out what and where the project will take place at. I have also gathered some friends outside of my project group to help. I am still debating if this project will come through... This project is so huge and I do not think that we have enough funds to make a big enough impact on the community. I feel as if we should rethink the whole project and find something smaller. Some things are just too big to change. My name is Ichiro Asano. I am a sophomore at Kamehameha Schools Kapālama campus. I am originally from the Island of Molokai and moved to Oahu for school. Ever since I was young I loved the mountains. My dad would take me hunting for deer and pig up in the forest.
Then one day several years back there was a huge fire that broke out and burnt nearly the whole North half of the island. Molokai was no longer green; it was black. Rainforest were torn apart, animals had no place to feed or sleep, etc. Sometime later a small group of people came together and set up a little "rainforest restoration" project. It was a bigger turn out than I expected. If I remembered it correctly, about 40-50 people showed up to help out with the project. We replanted native plants, restored broken water streams, and we collected the huge rocks to take down and restore the fishpond that was damaged from a previous storm. This one small project turned into 2 much bigger ones. This alone is what inspired me to continue on with this rainforest restoration project. |
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