{"id":107863,"date":"2019-12-12T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T01:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=107863"},"modified":"2019-12-12T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T01:47:14","slug":"uh-manoa-carbon-neutrality-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/12\/12\/uh-manoa-carbon-neutrality-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Hawai\u02bbi become carbon neutral one tree at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Carbon Neutrality Challenge planting on December 7.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Close to 2,000 volunteers joined forces on December 7, to plant 10,000 native trees as part of the Carbon Neutrality Challenge, a joint project led by University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa College of Social Sciences<\/a> Associate Professor Camilo Mora<\/strong> and numerous organizations.<\/p>\n

Mora\u2019s project aims to test the feasibility of restoring local ecosystems to offset all of the state\u2019s carbon emissions. Last October, the project held its first proof-of-concept event and planted a record-setting 1,000 trees<\/a> in two hours.<\/p>\n

This year, the goal was raised to 10,000 trees to demonstrate the state\u2019s ability to scale up restoration, and plant trees towards the million needed to position Hawaiʻi<\/span> as the first place in the world to fully offset its carbon emissions via ecosystem restoration. Planted trees included koa, kou, lonomea and wiliwili.<\/p>\n

The Carbon Neutrality Challenge project expressed its thanks to the many individuals who helped make the event a success: Hawaiian Legacy Forest at Gunstock Ranch in Kahuku for access to the land and facilitating equipment and volunteers for the event; the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum and Foster Botanical Garden for the seeds; the 糖心视频<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> for access to the Magoon Research Station for propagation of the seeds; the Garden Club of Honolulu for help in propagating and maintaining the seedlings; and many other volunteers such as Waimea Valley, the Koʻolau<\/span> Mountains Watershed Partnership and 350 Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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Volunteers plant trees as part of the Carbon Neutrality Challenge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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