For my groupʻs required community service, we chose to help clean and restore pāhonu, an ancient Hawaiian turtle pond. Our goal was set to promote sustainability in many ways such as food, energy, and environmental. This service would align with our goal since it is helping native wildlife and the pond is a possible future resource for aquaculture which could produce food. We planned on doing this on the weekend before Christmas day and all met up at the site where we were to work. After introducing ourselves to the men leading the cleanup, we put on our gloves, tabis, and other tools we were going to use and set off to the pond. We worked for two hours and in that time restored roughly 20 feet of the wall while learning about wildlife, Hawaiian vocabulary, and history along the way.
Overall, we learned a lot and left feeling accomplished. We managed to not only help the environment but also restore an area of huge human importance. Therefore everything went as planned, if not better and not much else could be changed to improve the experience. An improvement that I personally could have made is to have brought swim attire since the majority of the time here was spent in chest-deep water with waves. Although I did learn a massive amount and was able to interact with many plants and animals, I didnʻt learn a lot in the ways of poverty or other U.N. goals. I did learn a little about sustainability in nature and being able to maintain and coexist with wildlife which is an important and major lesson. Although I didnʻt learn as much as I had originally wanted in ways of U.N. goals, I did learn much more about leadership. By being able to organize this event as well as experiencing the effects of teamwork, I improved greatly at leading and being able to work with others.
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AuthorIʻm Kaleikaumaka Carrillo. My parents are Ruben and Sidney. Iʻm from Oʻahu, though my Mom is from Big Island and my dad, California. I love rocks, plants, science, and nature in general. I like dogs and my favorite food is Mexican. Archives
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