Sustainable Initiatives by Andrea Dean

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“The North Kohala community will produce 50% of the food it consumes.” This is a stated goal in the North Kohala Community Development Plan. The North Kohala community has many existing and emerging commercial and community projects that could lead to increased food self-sufficiency, the goal of the Food Forum is to bring everyone together for information sharing. The sharing of information is the first step in building collaborative partnerships towards a stated community goal.


There will be invited participants in the forum and the public will also be welcome, with provision made for including public participation in discussion. Forum participants have been identified from the following sectors in North Kohala:

The members of Food Forum steering committee are Bob Martin, Forrest Arnold, Shannon Casey, Karen Rosen, Guy Kaulukukui, and Andrea Dean.


The goals of the North Kohala Food Forum are to:
• Share information by providing a forum for communication.
• Allow synergistic partnerships to form.
• Identify the key barriers to local food production and working together.
• Glean insight as to what the public is thinking about local food self-sufficiency.
• Begin to get a “lay of the land” with regards to who is doing what and why.
• Begin to track progress towards food self-sufficiency.


North Kohala Food Forum, Saturday, August 22, 2009, 9 – 4:30, Intergenerational Center. Save the date, ticket info coming soon- $10 for a locally grown lunch.

Mary Traynor of Akamai Promotions will be the guest teacher in my Green Business Coaching Group.


Here are some national and Hawaii green internet resources to get things started:


Hawaii Green Directories

HawaiiHealthGuide.com Green Business Directory
HawaiiGreenPages.com
Hawaii Going Green Marketplace


National Green Directories

Green America National Green Pages (must qualify)
GreenConnected.com
GenGreenLife.com
GreenDrinks.ning.com


Hawaii Green Social Networks

GreenHawaii.com
PikoHawaii.ning.com
HawaiiGreenLeaders.ning.com


Green Twitter Articles

Green Tweets 75+ Green Environmentalists to Follow on Twitter
Top 10 Green Twitter Tweeters You Should Follow

In this podcast I interview Josh Tickell, Director of the film FUEL. FUEL is a film about our national addiction to oil and the influence fossil fuel has on our health, our economy and our foreign policy. Josh Tickell uses his story to tell our story. The film has appearances by Sheryl Crow, Woody Harrelson, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Bill Clinton and others. The film lays out the problems and the solutions- highlighting the fossil fuel alternatives that will hopefully play a larger role in fueling our nation.


FUEL Winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary and Josh Tickell was just named a United Nation Goodwill Ambassador.


The Hawaii premeire of FUEL is on Friday, June 26th at the Blaisdell Center Concert Hall. For tickets and info go to gemhawaii.com or ticketmaster.com.


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Today I met with Gary Hooser in Hawi. Gary is running for Lieutenant Governor in 2010. It may be a little early for some of us to start thinking about who we are going to vote for in 2010… but it is a great time to lend your support to the campaign and help get the grassroots network in place.

Gary has a track record in the Senate of forwarding Sustainability legislation and we can expect him to help lead sustainability initiatives as the Lieutenant Governor. You can follow Gary on twitter and friend him on Facebook. If you want be a part of the network to get Gary elected, you can contact Gary Hooser on his website.

In this podcast I interview Scott Saville and Jennifer Homcy from Tr3ees.


Tr3ees specializes in the design and production of sustainable, zero waste events. They also do consulting for businesses, helping companies to reduce the environmental impact of their operations.


Education is a core part of the Tr3ees mission. Tr3ees engages as many people as possible- the participants and the community – so as to effect change in the community beyond just a one day event.


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