sustainability fair notes.

-the old hawaiian people lived on ahupua'as
-an ahupua'a is a land system that provided the hawaiian people with all the resources they needed to survive
-they also used the kapu system which was a law system
-the kapu system included laws such as no overhunting, fishing and harvesting to keep balance to the ahupua'a
-the people had special relationships to the land
-they believed that the taro plant was their older sister
-they believed that they were only workers on the land, not owners
-by taking a shower you can save 40 liters of water
-a ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees
-the energy from recycling one aluminium can is enough energy to watch 3 hours of tv
-everyday each person throws out 4 pounds
-80% of all household waste can be recycled
-styrafoam stays in the ground for 500 years
-85% of golf carts run on electricity
-american swimming pools that are 7ft deep carry enough water to cover san francisco
-1/3 of all energy is used at home
-the amount of wood and paper thrown away is enough energy to heat 50,000,000 homes in 20 years
-it takes 4 months for paper to decompose
-it takes 25 years for a magazine to decompose
-it takes 40 years for a cigarette to decompose
-it takes 80 years for plastic bags to decompose
-it takes 120 years for a water bottle to decompose
-50 5th graders raised $90 for sumatran tigers by collecting 1,800 bottles and turning them into the recycling center
-the girl in charge was alayna kobayashi who gave the money to the honolu zoo at the zoological society
-with the money they collected, they are helping the zoo raise 3 sumatran tigers named djelita, berani, and chrissie