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Green Collar Technologies Wins SBA Home Based Business Champion Award
Mahalo for your support over the last few years. You’ve raised awareness, learned with us and taught us how to grow, literally. You’ve helped us all realize the value of self-sufficiency. You’ve helped us grow food, catch water and create our own renewable energy supplies. You’ve helped us teach hundreds of students how to grow [...]
Green Collar Technologies Internships
Green Collar Technologies is offering internships for qualified students. These are online marketing internships designed to help local students learn to market online products and services. “We’re building a new workforce capable of working anywhere for out of state clients in need of marketing services. Strengthening our local digital economies must become a priority. We intend to teach students [...]
Habitat for Humanity Collaboration in Kawaihae, Hawaii – Date Passed
On February 13th our collaboration with Habitat for Humanity resulted in a great sustainable gardening class titled, “Backyard Food Production”. The goal of the class was to teach folks how to grow food. The class was held in Kawaihae at a Habitat for Humanity work site in Hawaiian Home Lands. Claudia Ziroli from the University of [...]
Backyard Food Production Class This Saturday – Date Passed
This Saturday (Date Passed) a small group of instructors, volunteers and representatives from Hawai‘i Habitat for Humanity and Green Collar Technologies will meet at a Habitat for Humanity Homesite for a class on Backyard Food Production. Local gardening expert and biologist, Claudia Ziroli will be demonstrating along with Tyler Nethers from Oahu as they share techniques [...]
Sustainability Presentation at Institute for Astronomy
Aloha attendees of the Sustainability presentation at the Institute for Astronomy. Mahalo a nui loa for the opportunity to present today. Sincere appreciation for the discussion and mahalo for the gifts -you bet I’ll be back Seab! Here’s the presentation. Feel free to register and leave any additional feedback on this site or on our Facebook page [...]
Sustainability Applied Resources
Energy HELCO – Systems Operations Report http://www.heco.com/vcmcontent/HELCO/RenewableEnergy/IRP/HELCO_IRP4_AG02_082208_07_Sys_Op.pdf
Net Metering Resources (see bottom)
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=HI04R&re=1&ee=1
DEBDT http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy
The HECO/Hawaii “transformational” agreement – may not be so transformational after-all? http://garyhooser.livejournal.com/26818.html
Food Farmer’s Union – (HFU) http://hawaiifarmersunion.orgBusiness Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) http://www.livingeconomies.org Hawaii Organic Farmer’s Association (HOFA) http://www.hawaiiorganic.org
Know Your Farmer’s Alliance (KYFA) http://knowyourfarmeralliance.com
Hawaii Sustainable Education Initiative Koh Ming Wei – 808 443-9231 (cell) Kohala [...]
Sustainable Living Educational Series 5
Mahalo plenty to everyone in North Hawaii for supporting the SLES in Waimea. Wow! What an absolute pleasure it has been working with Cathy Youtkas at Waimea Community Education. Great Big Mahalo to Paul Zabel for organizing, marketing and making the Waimea series a success. Now we turn our attention to the next Sustainable Living Educational [...]
2009 County of Hawaii Agricultural Development Plan
Media Release Found on : http://hawaii-agriculture.com The public will have a final opportunity in late October and November to provide input into the 2009 County of Hawaii Agricultural Development Plan, being prepared for the Department of Research and Development by Agricon Hawaii LLC and The Kohala Center. The Kohala Center is conducting islandwide listening sessions prior to [...]
Downtown Hilo Sustainable Design Assessment Team Final Report Now Available
In May 2009, a team of multi-disciplinary experts from around the country visited Hilo and met with stakeholders and the community to discuss ideas for the sustainable development of Downtown Hilo. Their recommendations are now contained in a 54-page report and include several suggestions; including, Relocating Bayfront Highway, Designating Downtown Hilo as a Historic District, [...]
