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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
Good Times Planned For The First Mauli Ola Festival
Yoga, Coffee, Music, & More At Mauli Ola Festival Founded by Malian Lahey, the Mauli Ola Festival launches its first ever edition on September 21-24 at Wood Valley Farm on Hawai’i Island! The Mauli Ola Festival brings together a global tribe to celebrate through...
Hawaiis First Trash Water Wheel
At Sustainable Coastlines, Surfrider Foundation, and 808 Cleanups we love Hawai'i's coastlines and love to keep them clean. We host large scale beach cleanups to inspire people to care for their coastlines. Not only through cleaning every time they visit the beach,...
New initiative encourages Hawaii farmers to sell their fresh produce to public schools – Pacific Business News
Under a new pilot program, Hawaii farmers have until July 13 to submit their bids to sell fresh fruit and vegetables to various public schools around the state. The state Department of Education is working together with the state Department of Agriculture on...
Biofuels Plant in Hawaii Is First to Be Certified as Sustainable – The New York Times
KEAAU, Hawaii — The trucks roll in and out of the plant at a business park nestled near papaya farms and a forest preserve on the Big Island here, an operation that transforms waste cooking oils, animal fats, fruit and seeds into biodiesel fuel, nearly 13,000 gallons...
Is Hawaii ‘the extinction capital of the world’? Exhibit A: The alala bird. – The Washington Post
VOLCANO, Hawaii — For centuries, a species of crow possessed of a large bill, a piercing stare and a raucous caw was revered by Hawaiians as a “family god” that would guide spirits of the dead into the afterlife. But modernity has been brutal to the alala, and none of...
Is Cuba the future of farming? – The Boston Globe
IN 2006, the World Wildlife Fund identified Cuba as the only country in the world to achieve sustainable development. This was, in large part, due to the country’s involuntary adoption and ultimate promotion of agroecology — farming practices that dramatically reduce...