Educational Workshop
DATE: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
TIME: 3:30 - 4:45 PM
LOCATION: THE GRAND LAWN AT KAPOLEI HALE
THEME: Be An Everyday Environmental Hero!
DESCRIPTION: Being an Everyday Environmental Hero starts at
home with simple actions you can do everyday to protect our waters ...
for life!
THREE A's
Be AWARE of your legal obligation in polluted runoff.
Take ACTION and change habits that can make a difference to
protect our waters ... for life! The goal is to minimize pollutants,
with focus on floatables, nutrients, sediments, used oil, pesticides
and fertilizers
Report ACTIVITIES that may adversely affect streams, drainage
channels and the ocean.
City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch,
Department of Environmental Services, Division of Environmental
Quality and partner agencies will host 5 educational station/tents:
STATION 1 polluted runoff and nutrients
STATION 2 polluted runoff and floatables
STATION 3 polluted runoff and sediment
STATION 4 polluted runoff and used motor oil, pesticides and
fertilizers
STATION 5 contest rules, submittals, schedule
Contest information and entry forms are available online at www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com. The Earth Month Teen Video Contest is by invitation only. Sponsored by the City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch, KHON2, Lex Brodie’s Tire Company and GeoTech Solutions, Inc.
Contest Details
The deadline for both contests is February 1, 2008, winners will be
announced on March 17, 2008 at the Earth Month awards ceremony;
please pencil in this date, you are requested to attend. Videos will
play on TV and at satellite city halls. Photo-essay will be on
display at Kapolei Hale.
The videos and photo-essays will also be featured in the Earth
Month Tabloid to be published March 17; they will also be on view at www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com.