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Amid COVID-19, A 100% Virtual Online Hackathon
Last weekend, Bizgenics Foundation produced a 100 percent virtual online hackathon in partnership with HIplan for the University of Hawaii at Hilo and Hawaii Community College. It was a first in many ways that holds promise for the future of education beyond the...
BEE-ing Safe in the Age of COVID-19: Social Distancing Solutions
In an age of Coronavirus COVID-19, Bizgenics' BizzyB Team remains 100% viable working from home and offers free use of BizzyB, the online student innovation platform for the balance of the school year. Bizgenics' BizzyB Team 100% Viable In observance of social...
Best Rootstocks for Lemons, Limes & Other Citrus in Hawai’i
At Project Lemon Tree, we're hard at work with partners University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), SOGA Organics from South Africa and Hokukano Ranch of Kona to find the best rootstocks for Lemons, Limes & Other Citrus in...
How to Grow Organic Lemon Orchards in Hawai’i
Project Lemon Tree advisors met in Kona, Hawai’i at Hokukano Ranch where a 5 acre site has been prepared for a research project to study and determine best practices for how to optimize organic lemon tree growing in orchards at agricultural scale. Present were Tom...
TECH-TONIC SHIFTS: Transforming Education Through Technology
A "Transforming Education Through Technology" brainstorm was held at the STEM Ecosystems Convening, October 22, 2019 in Cleveland, OH. The premise: technology is shaking traditional education to the core. To some, technology is creating amazing new worlds. To others,...
Teachers: How Does Your PBL Garden Grow?
Hey Teachers: We're back from the 2019 Fall convening of STEM Ecosystems, Cleveland, OH where we presented a mind-map exercise on how to make your PBL (Project-Based Learning) environment grow. In this process, we provided a handout that you can use to plan a holistic...
Music Hackathon: Creating an Anthem for the Hokulea
Last May, high school students from all Hawaiian Islands were flown in to Honolulu for a two-day music hack to create a new anthem for the Polynesian Voyaging Society's canoe, Hokulea, which will be departing on another round-the-world tour in a couple years. The...
Lemonade Alley 2019
The Ninth Annual Lemonade Alley played on Saturday, April 20, 2019 at Pearlridge Center in Aiea, Hawai’i. Among proclamations by the Mayor's Office, Lemon Bank by American Savings Bank and Center Stage taste tests and 1-minute pitches, results this year included:...
Lemonade Alley in Hilo, Hawai’i
Almost 9 years ago, Bizgenics planted its first "Lemonade Alley Event" seed in the soils of Pearl Ridge Center. Over $70,000 raised for charity later, the once seedling of a program, has grown and branched out to Hilo, a neighboring Island! Under the supervision of...
Lemonade Alley Workshops Are Back!
Lemonade Alley Workshops Are Back! Last year Lemonade Alley was as great as a tall glass of Lemonade on a hot day, but all great things can always be better! In the previous years of Lemonade Alley, we would host workshops with actual chefs and business owners to...
Waialae Elementary Schools Project Lemon Tree
Waialae Elementary Gives Lessons on Creating Lemon Tree Homes Bizgenics Foundation learns how to design pots from Waialae Elementary's best! Mr.Hervey’s 3rd grade class of expert painters and ornamental designers envision and create their Lemon Tree’s ideal potted...
Gyotaku Supports Lemonaid for Love
In Lemonade Alley 2018, team Lemonaid for Love won the "Gyotaku's Choice Award." Owner of Gyotaku, Tom Jones, gave the Lemonaid for Love girls the opportunity to have their famous "Pina Colada Limonada" lemonade recipe featured on the restaurants menu. Tom also wanted...