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...
Community & Sustainability Watch this fun video highlighting the wonders of sustainability within various communal living situations around the Big Island of Hawaii.
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...
Kapolei Public Library Saturday, September 6 at 1:00pm Matthew Lynch, permaculture designer, says that growing your own food is one of the most radical and revolutionary acts you can possibly do. He has been featured on TED and is the author of Regenerative Business...
Peacefully isolated 2,350 miles from the busy streets of San Francisco and resting on the edge of the Intertropic Convergance Zone, the Big Island of Hawai'i's location and breathtaking topography foster the perfect conditions to facilitate high agricultural yields...
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...
Edible Landscaping 8-24-14, 2pm – 5pm Join us on the last Sunday of the month for the Let's Grow Hilo edible landscaping Beautification Day. We meet up at the East Hawaii Cultural Center at 2:00 (in Hilo). Everybody is welcome to come participate, we provide the...
The Hawaiʻi program of Conservation International, the leading global organization that focuses on the links between development and the environment to benefit human well being, received a $100,000 grant to start a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) business, Local...
Gary Maunakea-Forth, co-founder and managing director of Mao Organic Farms, never thought he would see the day when his nonprofit farm in Hawaii would need to expand in size to keep up with demand for both food and program positions. Mao Organic Farms, which was...
