Green Business in Hawaii- Kuleana Conference Hits One Out of the Park
I may be a bit biased, since I was the Mistress of Ceremonies for the day, but I must say that the Kuleana Green Business Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii was great.
Keynote speaker Joel Makower (pictured at left), author of Strategies for a Green Economy and Chairman and Executive Editor, Greener World Media, which includes the popular GreenBiz.com, was great. Joel gave us a witty and incisive overview of today’s green economy.
Don Schaeffer, CEO of RSF Social Finance and founder of Comet Skateboards, was the other keynote speaker. Don had a conversation with us about the local economy movement, starting and running a sustainable business, and the revolutionary work of RSF Social Finance.
All of the speakers and panelists were great. I wish I could summarize it all for you, but next year you will just have to come! Here are links:
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Joel Makower, author of Strategies for the Green Economy and owner of greenbiz.com
Don Shaffer, CEO of RSF Social Finance and founder of Comet Skateboards
SPEAKERS
James Koshiba, Kanu Hawaii
Myah Ely, Sustainability Association of Hawaii
PANELS
Renewable Energy
Algae- and Soil-Based Biofuels, Hydrogen, and Geothermal Energy
Kyle Datta, New Energy Partners
Mike Kaleikini, Puna Geothermal Venture
Kelly King, Pacific Biodiesel
Joelle Simonpietri, Simonpietri Enterprises
Guy Toyama, H2 Technologies
Mike Kane, Plug In America
Henk Rogers, Blue Planet Foundation
Sustainable & Community-Supported Agriculture & Agroforestry
Chuck Barker, True Offsets
Tane Datta, Adaptations
Ben Discoe, Slow Food Hawaii
Susanne Friend, Friendly Aquaponics
Claire Sullivan, Whole Foods
Green Building, Real Estate, and Development
Olani Lilly, Kanu O Ka Aina’s LEED facility
Bo Kahui, Kealakehe 2020
Megan MacArthur, MacArthur & Company/Sotheby’s International Realty
Lauren Roth, Roth Ecological Design
John Steuber, HPM
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May 12th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Sounds like a great conference and a lot of various industries/companies were represented. I noticed though that banking wasn’t represented which are definitely beginning to think of the environment, like e3bank (a client of mine) offering a triple-bottom-line… incentivizing people to install eco-friendly features to their homes for better interest rates. Maybe something to consider looking into and possibly including for the next conference.
May 12th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Hi Linda,
Banking was represented through a couple of channels: Don Schaeffer from RSI Social Finance and Michael Kramer, who organized the conference, is also the owner of Natural Investments LLC. Unified Field Corporation, a new banking paradigm was also present. But I will check out e3bank- sounds like a great thing.
Aloha, Andrea
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:02 am
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