In class we created a climate change website that focused on a specific solution that would either mitigate or sequester the CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere.I worked on this project with Shayne and Jordyn and we chose solar energy as our solution. Down below is a video walk through of our website!
The goal of this assignment was to choose a drawdown solution for climate change and figure out how the solution could be implemented here on Hawaii. My group and I chose distributed solar photovoltaics, we then personalised it to solar energy and battery storage. We did research on the topic and found out that the solution was already being used on the Hawaiian Islands. We then decided to reach out to a few companies that had solar projects in progress and offer our help. We were able to get in contact with Innegex; a company who’s goal is to achieve 100% renewable energy generation on Hawaii by 2045. Our current goal is to spread awareness and help companies like Innergex and solar projects such as the Paeahu Solar LLC project. Throughout the past few weeks I have learned so much about climate change and the dangers that come with it. I've also learned about multiple solutions to reduce our carbon emissions and stop climate change. I also learned about the many things our state is doing to try better our way of living. Learning about the great solar and other forms of renewable energy we use here is really inspiring. Im proud of the progress me and my group made this week and I'm glad we decided to continue to work with Innergex outside of this assignment and on our own time. I'm excited for what the future will bring for us! I think I struggled with the time management because for the first few days because my group was jumping around and touching different subject and ideas to see what we wanted to do for this project, but by the time we had a solid plan we only had a week to finish our website and set up meetings with people. Communication is another skill I would like to focus on in the future. For 21st century skills I used my information skill to gather data and current events that revolve around climate change. I did research on solutions and the science of solar energy and battery storage. I collected all the information and did my best to represent that in my website with my group members. I also used global awareness because I learned about the effects climate change has on our planet and humans, as well as on ecosystems and other species.