kauai environment: Lush Kauai co-exists with Agrochemical Efforts - 04/20/09 10:45 AM
I just read a pretty provocative article about the GMO efforts happening on Kauai's west side and how much of our food on island is chemically processed and imported. Did not make me feel too good although we buy most of our produce from locally held farmer's markets. Read this compelling … (2 comments)
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kauai environment: Think and Do Tank - Kauai Sustainability - 02/13/09 12:26 PM
Ken Stokes, noted environmentalist and director of the Kauaian Institute, posts about a new group of leaders on Kauai who are focused on moving from the stage of talking about sustainability and are now digging into the DOING phase. As Ken notes, Kauai has a long way to go, but with … (0 comments)
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kauai environment: Kauai Businesses Honored for Going Green - 10/23/08 11:17 AM
The Rotary Club of Kapa`a honored eight local businesses as winners of the 2008 Kaua`i Green Business Initiative Awards (KGBIA) at yesterday's Rotary Luncheon held at the Aloha Beach Resort . “All of the winning businesses have gone beyond environmental compliance to adopt and exemplify best ‘green’ practices over the past … (1 comments)
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kauai environment: Whale Tech to assist Hawaii Superferry? - 10/19/08 01:32 PM
The front page of this morning's Honolulu Advertiser has a story above the fold about the controversial Hawaii Superferry integrating so new high tech devices on their vessels. According the Advertiser, the Hawaii Superferry is installing a high-tech thermal imaging system that could detect whale spouts more than a mile away … (3 comments)
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kauai environment: Air, Ground and See - More Sustainability on Kauai - 10/19/08 01:23 PM
My friend Ken Stokes, from the Kauaian Institue, will be on the radio at Noon hosting the Friday talk show on KKCR normally honcho’d by Keone Kealoha and Andrea Brower of Malama Kauai.Click here or on the KKCR graphic to listen live
Keone and Andrea are at the Bioneers conference in … (2 comments)
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kauai environment: Build Your Own Wind and Power - Kaua`i Style - 10/03/08 01:49 PM
Well, the bailout passed this morning and hopefully that will put a little wind back in all of our sales. As I've heard so often the last week, it's the end of the beginning, meaning we are making a start in freeing up our credit markets and getting back to a … (3 comments)
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kauai environment: One Year NO SUPERFERRY Celebration - 08/21/08 11:34 AM
The Surfrider Fondation released this to the press yesterday to keep their spirit of resistance alive. From my point of view the Superferry has benefits and significant risks. We have not heard much about the Environmental Impact Study that the Supreme Court mandated before the SuperFerry resumes service. The SuperFerry is … (5 comments)
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kauai environment: Earth Day at Lydgate - 04/19/08 08:24 PM
Today is Earth Day. And while I am sitting open house at a beautiful Lae Nani Condominium in Wailuamy wife Gwen is over at Lydgate Park just a half a mile down the road.
Earth Day is a worldwide opportunity to think globally and act locally by getting out and becoming … (0 comments)
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kauai environment: SuperFerry EIS still a quandry - 04/11/08 12:35 AM
Superferry EIS begins amid continued concerns.
The Hawaii Superferry has been in dry dock being repaired for its service in Maui. This week the Alikai finally sailed , a week or so ahead of schedule, to Maui with 100 passengers and some vehicles. Meanwhie, a couple of weeks ago about … (4 comments)
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kauai environment: Kaua`i Bike Path Finishes Next Phase - 02/19/08 02:28 AM
Last week, officials held A blessing for a recently completed segment of the pedestrian bike path. Thus, the project moves one step closer to meeting its goal of offering 16 miles of coastal trails.Beginning at the Lihi Park trailhead, the completed section continues 2.5 miles to Kealia Beach Park and … (1 comments)
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kauai environment: Environment's Existential Moment - 02/10/08 03:47 PM
Gristmill published a "guest essay" last fall from controversial Environmentalist's Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.
Ted and Michael are founding members of American Environics. American Environics is a research and strategy firm that uses cutting edge social values , psychological and cognitive science research to inform social change strategies. In the essay … (2 comments)
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kauai environment: Hawaii in 2050? - Will any of us be around to see it? - 11/28/07 01:40 AM
What will Hawaii be like in 2050?
There have been many articles about the topic of this article in the local newspaper, on blogs, and even in the monthly Hawaii Realtors magazine, published by the Hawaii Association of Realtors. What kinds of jobs will our children and grandchildren have? Where will … (0 comments)
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kauai environment: Sugar Producer making the transition to Green Energy - 11/24/07 03:16 AM
Ethanol plant stirs coal debate
On November 7th, TGI reported that issue of "burning coal" was a devisive point in the utilization of an upcoming ethanol plant about to break ground in Kaumakani on the campus of Gay & Robinson. Gay & Robinson is one of the two remaining … (9 comments)
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kauai environment: The Garbage Game - Check it Out - 11/20/07 12:10 PM
If you are interested in sustainability in Hawaii, please check out my good friend Ken Stokes' blog at
The Kauaian Institute.
I discovered a link there for something called The Garbage Game. ‘Tis a great way to play with the interconnections and the indirect consequences of our waste behaviors.
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kauai environment: Kauai Council to Finalize Shoreline Setback this Week - 11/19/07 09:50 AM
Shoreline Setback Bill heading to Kauai Council.
As global warming becomes more and more of a reality facing each of us in our lives and our communities, here in Kauai as with all of the islands, the notion of sea level rising, which it is, will continue to have an … (3 comments)
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