{"id":54869,"date":"2017-01-10T14:25:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T00:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=54869"},"modified":"2019-02-27T13:48:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T23:48:31","slug":"make-the-ala-wai-awesome-challenge-now-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/10\/make-the-ala-wai-awesome-challenge-now-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Ala Wai Awesome challenge now accepting applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fpJhYTM_8KY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alawaichallenge.org\/\">Ala Wai Watershed Student Design Challenge<\/a> is now accepting applications from students of all ages. The brightest student minds at Â鶹´«Ã½and beyond are invited to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alawaichallenge.org\/\">Make the Ala Wai Awesome!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The student teams are challenged to imagine a comprehensive, systems-thinking approach toward watershed management from mauka to makai (from the mountains to the sea). The Ala Wai Watershed encompasses key Â鶹´«Ã½assets and facilities, thousands of homes and businesses and the Waik&#299;k&#299; district that drives much of the state&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/06\/students-around-the-world-challenged-to-make-the-ala-wai-awesome\/\">Students around the world challenged to Make the Ala Wai Awesome<\/a><\/em>, September 6, 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team proposals should include: ecosystem restoration, flood mitigation, community education and engagement, cultural connections, community access, mobility and recreation and economic health and resiliency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/zepr4xd6i8wo7gt\/UnivHawaii-AlaWaiStudentChallenge-DesignBrief-2017.01.09.pdf\">Full details on the challenge are available for download (<small>PDF<\/small>).<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Registration<\/h2>\n<p>Student teams must first complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/hawaii.edu\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSduM7aUNV473kCKQCIsXp_Xh7EASRuxLF4uULHm_uaypkkEQg\/viewform?c=0&#038;w=1\">online registration form<\/a> by January 31, 2017. A 4-digit anonymous identification number will be provided to all eligible and registered teams after the registration period has closed.<\/p>\n<p>Once teams are registered, submissions should be made via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/filedrop\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> FileDrop system<\/a> with <a href=\"mailto:alawai@hawaii.edu\">alawai@hawaii.edu<\/a> in the &ldquo;Recipient&rdquo; field. Submissions will be accepted until March 17, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The international challenge, sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, includes $10,000 in total prize money. First place winners will be awarded across four categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Primary (K&#8211;5): $1,000<\/li>\n<li>Middle\/Intermediate (6&#8211;8): $2,000<\/li>\n<li>High School (9&#8211;12): $3,000<\/li>\n<li>College\/University: $4,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The student design challenge seeks ideas on stream and ecosystem restoration, green stormwater infrastructure, water capture and reuse, sediment control, flood mitigation, contemporary urban <span aria-label=\"ahupuaa\">ahupua&#699;a<\/span>, Ala Wai as a destination, education and engagement with community\/youth, local participation and more. <\/p>\n<p>The competition takes place in support of the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alawaichallenge.org\/awwp.html\">Ala Wai Watershed Partnership<\/a>, a multi-sector partnership that coordinates across the public, private, academic, non-governmental, community and philanthropic sectors. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54907\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/system-ala-wai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/system-ala-wai.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/system-ala-wai-260x146.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ala Wai Canal in Waik&#299;k&#299; is part of the 19-square-mile Ala Wai watershed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students of all ages are encouraged to submit their ideas to help make the Ala Wai awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,62,63,64,65,1038,73,71,14,9,60,947,59,66],"class_list":["post-54869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-office-of-sustainability","tag-sustainability","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54869"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84030,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54869\/revisions\/84030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}