Reymar L. Canania
Local Communities (GE 100-01)
Brother Isaiah Walker
February 10, 2015

Irish and I went to Hukilau beach here in Laie, just next to Temple beach for the Local Community class for “Bleach Cleanup and Research Project.” Our goals were to cleanup the beach shore and even the nearby area and pick our favorite one. Upon cleaning the beach by picking-up garbage in the shore and putting it to a garbage bag (Images 1.0), we found some interesting garbage that is lying on the sand of Hukilau beach.

Images 1.0 On the top from the left is a piece of fine plastic net that looks like a protective net to cover a brand new basketball. Next is a piece of green net that is obviously used for fishing, and lastly is a deteriorating kind of rope that is tied together. Among the three, the blue plastic net is our favorite. We searched in the Internet and found out that the blue plastic net is actually a short fishing landing net, sold by a seller online in Walmart called shop411.com owned and operated by IAC Search & Media, Inc., and has headquarters in Oakland, California, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia. In the other hand, although the short fishing landing net is a helpful tool in fishing, people who owns it should be responsible in using it, especially on disposing it if not usable anymore. We have witness in our own eyes on how this piece of garbage can be a threat to our safety not only here in Laie, but also to all people here on earth. Natural disasters such us flooding can be worsen if this garbage is not thrown properly. This garbage can clog water drainage like rivers and canals that can cause the water to overflow and creates flood. Therefore, were ever we are, we should be responsible in taking care of our community and surroundings because there are results on everything that we do and it is better if the result is positive, that can only be achieve if we act right towards our environment.