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<br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> /o=County of Hawaii/ou=lhd-domain/cn=Recipients/cn=LMURASHIGE <br /> <br /> From: ming wei koh [hawaiisustainableeducation@gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:33 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> <br /> Subject: testimony <br /> <br /> Aloha Hawaii County Council, <br /> <br /> my name is Koh Ming Wei. I am the founder and educator of the Hawaii Sustainable Education <br /> Initiative, a small private school in Honoka'a. At the center of and crucial to the curriculum is the <br /> school's garden. The garden is fully integrated into all aspects of he curriculum including science, math, <br /> language arts, foreign language (Spanish), art, history, and geography. The experiential element of the <br /> program has greatly benefited my students' leaming and development. Not only do they learn academic <br /> subjects, they also learn and practice core values such as responsibility, respect for the land, cooperation, <br /> and teamwork as they tend the garden. <br /> My research on Sustainable Education focused on experiential learning in the garden has anecdotally <br /> shown that school gardens are extremely beneficial to developing skills such as problem solving, critical <br /> thinking, collaboration, and connective thinking. <br /> <br /> I am writing to ask that the Council fully support the School Garden Resolution #506-08 which enable <br /> students on our beautiful Island to access learning and teaching in the garden. This will have long-term <br /> benefit to the education of our young people. <br /> <br /> Please feel free to contact me for more information. <br /> <br /> <br /> ti <br /> r7 <br /> C" <br /> D3 <br /> Z <br /> Koh Ming Wei, MA. = <br /> <br /> Hawaii Sustainable Education Initiative> Director and educator. r.r t 91 <br /> i ro G' <br /> ca <br /> Doctoral candidate, Prescott College, AZ. rn <br /> kohmi gw_ eicr gmall com <br /> <br /> (808) 443-9231 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Gomm. Not g5A.~v <br /> Ref. To, ebeat c/ <br /> Ref. Date F [A n B Anne <br /> sss ~ <br /> 2/4/2008 <br />