2009 Initiatives
Green Collar Technologies 2009 Initiatives
Sustainable Living Educational Series – April
Teaching folks how to live more sustainable lives on Hawaii Island. Update: Organizers of the Kona Earth Festival have adopted some of our efforts. We’ll be joining forces to present additional value during the Kona Earth Festival in April.
- Kona (sponsored by Hawaii County R&D)
- Organic Gardening, Rainwater Harvesting, Alternative Energy
- To be held at: local sustainable community / NELHA’s Gateway Center
Hawaii Island Sustainability Update - March
Leaders presenting updates on all sustainable projects island-wide in a public forum.
- Evening of March 20th (Earth Day) at the Palace in Hilo – Save the Date
- Call for participation (Leaders in Sustainability – presenters)
- 10-minute presentations, panel for public QnA, more…
Strengthening Hawaii’s Digital Economies - June
Learning to become self-sufficient using the web as a platform.
- Sustainable Business Workshops – June – September
- 12 classes for small business owners and webmasters (Thursday evenings)
- Teaching folks how to use the web to become economically self-sustainable
- Sustainable Web Community (online business hui)
- Green Web Server goes online at NELHA
- Monthly WordPress and Web 2.0 Classes (Third Tuesday 6pm)
- Big Island Adobe User Group - site
Green Collar Jobs – Ongoing
Preparing Hawaii Island for a greener economy.
- Green Jobs Capacity Report (sponsored by Hawaii County R&D)
- Hawaii Island Green Jobs Consortium – comments open
- Green Jobs Update (Coming in Q2)
- State Legislation - Hawaii Green Jobs Act of 2008
- Memorandums of Understanding with sustainable projects/businesses – Green Jobs Act of 2007
- Expanding to Federal and National efforts
- Green Hawaii Jobs Forum release in Q1 2009 (in beta)
Green Collar Internships – Ongoing
Providing pathways anyone can follow to promote sustainability on Hawaii Island.
- Sustainable Living – interns accepted into the program learn about sustainable energy, agriculture, permaculture, off the grid living, rainwater harvesting, native plants and forest.
- Sustainable Web Platforms – selected interns learn about sustainable web designs, platforms and web 2.0 social marketing.
