Climathon Honolulu: Climate Action Hackathon

Join us for the first ever Climate Hackathon! This multi day-long event will feature a 24-hour hackathon, speakers, workshops, and films focused on climate action and solving the impacts of tourism here in Honolulu. This is the final event in our Climathon series, hosted in partnership with Zero Waste Oahu.

• Never heard of a Hackathon? Learn more about this Hackathon opportunity here on our blog.
• Want to pitch your idea at the Hackathon? Register to participate here.

You DO NOT need to pitch in the hackathon to attend: everyone is welcome to attend the event at any time during the day. If you want to participate in the Hackathon but don't have an idea, you're welcome to show up and join a team. Pitches will be judged on the 2nd day (October 27 @ 12PM) and prizes will be awarded.

Full Schedule of Events: 

• October 26, 2019 @ 10AM: Kick-off keynote speaker
• 11AM: Hackathon Team formation exercises: Build your team and start designing your solution
• 12PM- 1PM: Lunch!
• 1PM-2:30PM: Workshop, Sierra Club: Lauren Watanabe-Discussing the intersection of Climate Action and Social Justice
• 3PM-4:30PM: Workshop, Project Drawdown: Stopping global warming is possible, with solutions that exist today. In order to do this, we must work together to achieve Drawdown, the point when greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere start to decline.
• 6:15PM-8PM: Film Night & Pizza Party ($10): Dr. Darragh O'Carroll just returned from emergency response in Abaco Island in the Bahamas where Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands. Dr. O'Carroll will also discuss his new documentary series called Infected Earth. Discussion to follow. Second Film:The Human Element. This is a separate registration: please click here to register ($10).
• 8PM Onwards - Teams have the opportunity to continue working on their ideas to pitch the next day. 
• October 27, 2019 @ 12PM: Pitch Event - Teams have the chance to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges

This is the first ever Climathon Honolulu. Join the global climathon community: 300 cities, 1M participants, global action starts locally - and you're invited!