Kaiser High School students win sustainability award for restoring native plants
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Kaiser High School student Yonjin Lee holds the stem of an ’aweoaweo shrub to show the cluster of flower buds on Friday, July 30. Lee was a participant in the Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge and was among the Kaiser High students who won an annual sustainability award from Kupu Hawaii and Kokua Hawaii Foundation to grow Native Hawaiian plants. The seeds from the mature plants are then harvested for use in conservation projects.2/6
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Kaiser High School student Yonjin Lee waters 'uhaloa seedlings which he propagated and planted at his school’s Peace & Sustainability Garden on Friday, July 30. Lee was a participant in the Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge and and was among the Kaiser High students who won an annual sustainability award from Kupu Hawaii and Kokua Hawaii Foundation to grow Native Hawaiian plants. The seeds from the mature plants are then harvested for use in conservation projects.3/6
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Kaiser High School teacher Paul Balazs is pictured here at the school’s Peace & Sustainability Garden on Friday, July 30.4/6
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Kaiser High School student Yonjin Lee and teacher Paul Balazs pose with 'aweoaweo shrubs, which Lee propogated and planted, at the school’s Peace & Sustainability Garden on Friday, July 30. Lee was a participant in the Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge and and was among the Kaiser High students who won an annual sustainability award from Kupu Hawaii and Kokua Hawaii Foundation to grow Native Hawaiian plants. The seeds from the mature plants are then harvested for use in conservation projects.5/6
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Kaiser High School student Yonjin Lee shows the seeds of an ’aweoaweo shrubs at his school’s Peace & Sustainability Garden on Friday, July 30. Lee was a participant in the Hawaii Youth Sustainability Challenge and and was among the Kaiser High students who won an annual sustainability award from Kupu Hawaii and Kokua Hawaii Foundation to grow Native Hawaiian plants. The seeds from the mature plants are then harvested for use in conservation projects.6/6
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Kaiser High School teacher Paul Balazs, student Yonjin Lee and other students have been propagating native plants for the Kawainui wetlands. The project has won their school an annual sustainability award from Kupu Hawaii on Friday, July 30.
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