The Hawaiʻi Conservation Alliance (HCA) has been putting on the Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference for 22 years now. Each year, thousands of scientists and conservationists converge in Waikiki (Honolulu) to discuss the current state of Hawai’i’s natural wonders. Last...
They used to be called communes or co-ops or kibbutzim. Now they’re known by a whole new set of names: intentional communities, sustainable communities, eco-villages. At least 35 such communities exist or are in the planning stages on the Big Island alone. They vary...
The Hawaii Sustainable Community Alliance (HSCA) is the organization responsible for initiating SB 2274. SB 2274 will make “sustainable living research sites” a permitted use on agricultural and rural land. It will only apply to lots greater than one acre and less...
A coalition of local farmers and environmental groups recently filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit to defend a Hawai‘i County ordinance that imposes a moratorium on the expansion of genetically engineered crops on the Big Island. Sustainable agriculture nonprofit...
