HONOLULU (Island News) — More than 1,000 Genki Balls were launched into the Ala Wai Canal on Earth Day as students, educators and community partners celebrated a major environmental milestone in Honolulu.
The Genki Ala Wai Project said it has now reached 300,000 Genki Balls placed into the canal through years of volunteer work aimed at improving water quality and restoring one of Oahu’s most visible waterways.
Students from Kamehameha Schools, Pearl City, Leilehua, Jefferson, Ala Wai and the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind took part in the hands-on event, learning about environmental stewardship while creating and tossing the clay spheres into the canal…