Project Name: |
Youth for Environmental Services (YES) |
Start/End Date: |
March 1996 to December 1996 |
Contractor: |
Bruce Miller
Sea Grant Extension Service
1000 Pope Road, MSB Room 226
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: (808) 956-8191
Fax: (808) 956-2858 |
Background/
Overview: |
Youth for Environmental Services promotes and facilitates environmental
community service among students in Hawaii. The two-fold purpose
of YES is to provide student environmentalists with opportunities
to work in the community, and to supply organizations and agencies
in Hawaii with much needed volunteers. |
Objectives/Goals: |
YES will provide coordination and supervision of neighbor island
storm drain stenciling projects and stream cleanups, organize school
visits to discuss water quality and pollution prevention, and assist
in recruitment of volunteers for PRC public outreach projects. |
Methods Employed: |
• Give slide presentations about the causes and effects
of NPS pollution to about 12,000 students in 30 schools on Maui,
Kauai, and Hawaii
• Distribute informational brochures and posters on NPS pollution and household
hazardous waste to students and teachers
• Hold at least 8 storm drain stenciling projects on Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii
• Organize and supply volunteers for community watershed clean-ups |