The open burning of rice straw is an age-old problem. Commonly practiced by farmers in Egypt and Asia as a cheap way to clear the fields for the next season, it emits a smoky haze of fine particulate matter and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and...
Post Your Event & Find Others – Hawaii Events Calendar We are working hard to develop virtual resource tools that are comprehensive and life enhancing for both our personal lives and local business ventures. Building a virtual community that is comprehensive,...
Hydroponic farming is missing one very important ingredient, and a whole way of thinking that goes along with it. Long time supporters of organic food need to realize that the ground is shifting beneath their feet. Rapidly. Ever since the U.S. Department of...
This article is a response to a member of the arts and labor group of Occupy Wall Street, Nicole Demby’s excellent article titled, “The Fight Against Capitalism” printed in AdBusters, February 15, 2012. Throughout recorded history, and even before that, people lived...
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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
