SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'I
Programs
Education and Storytelling on Marine Debris
EDUCATION & STORYTELLING: SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAII'S (SCH) EDUCATION PROGRAM IS SOLUTIONS-BASED, INTERACTIVE, AND FUN. OUR EDUCATORS FOCUS ON DEFINING MARINE DEBRIS AND EXPLAINING WHERE IT COMES FROM, HOW IT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS PEOPLE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. SCH EMPOWERS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES TO ADDRESS PLASTIC POLLUTION AND ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO GET THEIR FRIENDS, FAMILY, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVED. SCH EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ARE ALWAYS FREE FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENT GROUPS! OUR TEAM IS STOKED TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CURRICULUM, A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR OUR EDUCATORS, NEW FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCES, AND VIRTUAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUE INNOVATING AND FINDING NEW WAYS TO ENGAGE A GLOBAL AUDIENCE ONLINE AND IN PERSON, FROM K TO K - KINDERGARTEN TO KUPUNA! IN 2022 SCH CONNECTED WITH 6050 STUDENTS FROM ACROSS HAWAII AND THE WORLD, USING 155 EVENTS IN PERSON AND ONLINE IN REACTION TO THE PANDEMIC. OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM WAS ALSO ABLE TO REACH MILLIONS OF VIEWS THROUGH ENGAGING SOCIAL MEDIA AND VIRTUAL EVENT FOLLOWINGS. WITH OVER 250,000 FOLLOWERS ACROSS PLATFORMS, SCH USES CREATIVE APPROACHES TO ENGAGE ITS GLOBAL AUDIENCE IN EVERYDAY SOLUTIONS TO PLASTIC POLLUTION AND BEYOND. OUR STORYTELLING TEAMS CONNECTED WITH 16, 557 ATTENDEES IN PERSON, HAD 25 MILLION + CONTENT VIEWS AND SHARED OVER 350 POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$359.9KWaste Management and Resource Recovery
RESOURCE RECOVERY & SUSTAINEVENTS: AS EVENTS CONTINUED TO OPEN UP IN 2022, OUR WASTE MANAGEMENT TEAM JUMPED INTO ACTION WITH A WHOLE NEW LOOK. THIS YEAR WE CONTINUED OUR USE OF OUR NEW WASTE SORTING RECEPTACLES CREATED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE ALBIZIA PROJECT - MADE FROM RECLAIMED MATERIALS AND INVASIVE SPECIES. OUR NEW RECEPTACLES SORT WASTE 4 WAYS FROM FOOD SCRAPS, COMPOSTABLE CONTAINERS, RECYCLING AND (LAST AND LEAST) LANDFILL WASTE. THIS YEAR WE ALSO CONTINUED A PARTNERSHIP WITH BOTTLES 4 COLLEGE, A NONPROFIT FOUNDED BY A LOCAL 14 YEAR OLD GENSHU PRICE THAT DONATES HI-5 RECYCLING REDEMPTION PROFITS TO LOCAL STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. SCH CONTINUES TO INTEGRATE ITS IN-VESSEL COMPOSTING SYSTEM INTO OPERATIONS BY EXPERIMENTING AND DIVERTING ON-SITE WASTE TO CREATE HEALTHY SOIL. WITH HELP FROM FULL CYCLE TAKEOUT AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE A MAJORITY OF COMPOSTABLE CONTAINERS NEEDED AT EVENTS LIKE THE KAIMUKI CLEANUP - IN ALL REDUCING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE EVENT. OVER THE COURSE OF 2022 WE WERE ABLE TO DIVERT 3940 LBS OF FOOD SCRAPS FROM EVENTS AND COMPOSTED OVER 150,000 LBS OF ORGANIC MATERIAL USING OUR MACHINE. OUR DIVERSION RATE CAME IN AT 74% OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$167.8KCommunity Cleanups and Restoration
CLEANUPS & RESTORATION: OUR LARGE-SCALE CLEANUPS ARE HANDS-ON AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY BEACH CLEANUPS HELD ACROSS THE ISLANDS. WITH A FOCUS ON FUN AND EDUCATION, OUR GOAL IS TO TAKE GRASS-ROOTS ACTION TO INSPIRE GLOBAL CHANGE. PLASTIC POLLUTION IS AN OVERWHELMING ISSUE AND WITH THE HELP OF THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, OVER HALF A MILLION POUNDS OF DEBRIS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM OUR COASTLINES. HOWEVER, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY IS THAT CLEANING CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. IT IS NOT THE SOLUTION; CLEANUPS ARE THE GATEWAY TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE. AFTER SPENDING A COUPLE OF HOURS DOING THE HARD WORK WITH THE SCH CREW, WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT PLASTIC THE SAME. SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'I CLEANUPS ARE IMMERSIVE, INSPIRING PEOPLE TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THE PRODUCTS THEY PURCHASE AND USE ON A DAILY BASIS. OVER THE COURSE OF 2022, WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF DEBRIS OFF HAWAII COASTLINES. THE EVENT WITH THE LARGEST REMOVAL OF THE YEAR WAS OUR SERIES OF MOLOKAI CLEANUPS, WHERE WE COLLECTED 19,200 POUNDS OF MARINE DEBRIS FROM THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE ISLAND IN ONE WEEK. IN TOTAL, WE USED OVER 633,756 VOLUNTEER HOURS TO CLEAN UP THIS DEBRIS AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MINUTE OF IT.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$167.1K
Copyright 2026. All rights reserved to Chario Inc. (d.b.a. Impala)