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“Everybody paddle the canoes together; bail and paddle, paddle and bail, and the shore will be reached.
E lauhoe mai na wa’a; i ke ka, i ka hoe; i ka hoe, i ke ka; pae aku i ka ‘aina.”
― Hawaiian proverb
Goats as Restorative Catalysts. Managing Goats for Environmental Regeneration, Not Degeneration. (PVP105)
Using Goats to Control Invasive Plants by Cherrie Nolden – Febuary 2015 “Brush and invasive species management is challenging. Chemical, Mechanical, Fire and Biological control tools are used, with goats serving as a biological control tool. Timing, intensity,...
Aloha+ Challenge Dashboard Launched | Big Island Now
Statewide sustainability goals that were established in 2014 by the Aloha+ Challenge can now be kept track of online. The Aloha+ Challenge dashboard was launched Monday by Governor David Ige, mayors of all four counties, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the University...
Spreading the Seed of Permaculture from Timor-Leste to the Tropical World · Global Voices
More than a decade of permaculture implementation in Timor-Leste is leading to a unique guidebook specific to worldwide tropical climates — that is, if an ongoing crowdfunding campaign succeeds. The practical reference guide – A Tropical Permaculture Guidebook — aims...
The $6.8 Billion Great Wall of Japan: Fukushima Cleanup Takes on Epic Proportion | TIME
'The Great Wall of Japan' may be able to prevent future disasters, but the cleanup could take another forty years before it's complete." More than four years after the catastrophic tsunami that crippled several nuclear reactors in Fukushima, the Japanese utility that...
It's Mother Earth vs. Father Greed in New Pine Ridge Uranium Documentary – ICTMN.com
The emotionally charged documentary Crying Earth Rise Up! was showcased to a full house at this week’s Sedona International Film Festival in Sedona, Arizona. Filmmaker Suree Towfighnia and film editor Sharon Karp were on hand for the screening. “This is the fourth...
Solar Energy: Grid vs. Battery Storage » EcoWatch
As solar power—both giant farms and small rooftop installations—enjoys tremendous growth across the U.S., there’s been pushback from big utility companies. They’ve campaigned to end net metering, in which solar panel owners can return unneeded power they’ve generated...