{"id":17112,"date":"2013-01-09T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=17112"},"modified":"2013-01-09T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T22:15:47","slug":"keoneula-students-winning-pledge-to-save-electricity-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/keoneula-students-winning-pledge-to-save-electricity-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Keoneula Student\u2019s Winning Pledge To Save Electricity In 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17113\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/010913_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17113\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/010913_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"010913_1\" width=\"650\" height=\"421\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/010913_11.jpg 650w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/010913_11.jpg?resize=450,291 450w, https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/01\/010913_11.jpg?resize=335,217 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keoneula Elementary School sixth-grader Shaina Mae Garma has vowed to turn off &#039;electric things&#039; to save energy and money. Poster illustration provided by Hawaiian Electric Co.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beyond the usual vows of fitness, neatness and all kinds of personal improvements that adults pledge this time of year, hundreds of Oahu children have resolved to make a small change that can affect all of us: Save electricity.<\/p>\n<p>During Hawaiian Electric Co.&#8217;s yearlong Home Energy Challenge in the island&#8217;s public elementary schools, keiki learn a variety of ways to conserve energy and save on home electric bills. In a recent HECO contest to find the best new year&#8217;s resolutions, four winners emerged, including Shaina Mae Garma of Ewa Beach, responding to the statement, &#8220;I promise to conserve electricity at home by &#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Keoneula Elementary sixth-grader&#8217;s plan of action &#8211; complete with illustration: &#8220;I will turn off the electric things that I do not use and do not waste it because it costs a lot of money for electricity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Garma has won a free presentation for Ms. Matsuura&#8217;s classroom by Mad Science of Hawaii. And, according to contest rules, her parents must commit to helping their child lower the monthly electricity use in their home over a six-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Keoneula Elementary also won a HECO award of $3,000 in last year&#8217;s Home Energy Challenge, and the school is in hot pursuit of bigger prizes. 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