Panasonic is a proud partner in the Beachwalk Project's efforts to keep regional watersheds clean and raise awareness of this vital natural resource. The Beachwalk Project is a three-year, clean-water awareness project focused on empowering children and youth to advocate for the protection of their regional watersheds.
To help the Beachwalk Project team tackle such a large endeavor, Panasonic has donated two Toughbook 19 laptops. These mobile computers provide the project with built-in, wireless technology that can withstand the challenging environments in which the Beachwalk Project team works.
Pushing through surf every morning is hard on the kayaks, as well as all the equipment loaded in them. The team's presentations, journal entries, blog and web updates are all done remotely, which exposes electronic equipment to the extremes of heat, direct sunlight, sand and moisture and requires a dependable wireless solution.
In the Beachwalk Project, broken paddles can be replaced. Broken laptops cannot.
Years in the planning, this project is being accomplished by an experienced team that travels, by foot and kayak, hundreds of miles along the major coastlines of the United States, as well as other countries. Paddling on the ocean among sharks, dolphins and whales, the team works with other conservation organizations to raise awareness and unite coastal communities under the common goal preserving natural resources.
In addition to the physical challenge, the Beachwalk Project team generates daily website updates and provides community- and youth-based slideshow and movie presentations at schools, nature centers and aquariums along the trek.