Going Green with Andrea Dean

Local eco-artist Peter Kowalke has paintings that are featured in a new exhibit at the Elisa Contemporary Art gallery in New York. The show is called “Aloha.”

A presentation on Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) with Michael Kramer, Accredited Investment Fiduciary and Managing Partner at Natural Investments LLC.


February 23, 2010 • 6 pm • Kona Stories in Kainaliu • Free


Utilizing mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and other instruments, Natural Investments LLC serves clients large and small with customized portfolios that fulfill each person’s social and environmental concerns. With hundreds of socially responsible funds and managers investing in virtually every asset class, today’s investment portfolios can achieve the diversification and competitive performance of conventional approaches.


If you are looking for ways to make money while helping to fund solutions to the social and environmental challenges of our time, come learn more about Socially Responsible Investing from one of the leaders in the field of values-based investing.


Michael Kramer, M.Ed. AIF®, is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary and Managing Partner at Natural Investments LLC, Hawai`i’s only registered investment adviser which exclusively manages portfolios of socially and environmentally responsible investments. Natural Investments LLC is an investment adviser registered with the SEC with offices in five states which serves individual and institutional clients nationwide. Michael has lived in Kona since 1999, where he founded the Kuleana Green Business Program of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce in 2005 and the Kona Earth Festival. He currently serves on the board of the Sustainability Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii chapter of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies.

Art In Sight- Peter’s business is a true green business. Peter uses art for ecology education. Come buy art for the holidays and support the Community Garden Study Center in North Kohala.


An Invite from Peter:

Please join me for an evening of Art at Pau Restaurant Thursday from 3:00 PM till 7:00 PM.


I have chosen to display ( along with framed paintings from ITALY ) over Fifty — 22″ x 30″ – newly released works on paper from several thematic series:


1 Jazz
2 Black Sand and Buddha
3 Pololu Yoga
4 Canadian Wildfires
5 ‘Taking a line for a Walk’ – Figure Studies a la James Thurber


You will essentially be able to view several shows during this one event! The works have been mounted on Acid Free foam core and sealed with a certificate of originality for easy viewing.

25% of the sales will go toward our new Community Garden Study Center — ‘PAPAU’ – located at Art In Sight’s — Art and Ecology Center in Hawi.


See the ‘Art In Sight’ and ‘Community’ Sections of my new website beautifully designed by Veronique Beland.

www.peterantrimkowalke.com


Hope to see you there for a visual feast, light wines and tasty pupus from Chef Ted:)—


Also – jump over to Merriman’s to see New Paintings by Mary Spears 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – now it’s an artwalk!


Love and Aloha – Peter

Check out my article The “Cool Factor” Bonds Youth and Farming in the November-December issue of Ke Ola Magazine.


The article is about the Uluwehi Farms / Hawaii Youth Agriculture Project CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) in North Kohala. The project is growing food and farmers.


One of our “green businesses” in Hawaii is farming, but the high cost of land and inputs, and the low cost of imported food, have driven many farmers off the land. It is generally agreed that in order to re-localize our food production we need to have more farmers, and that means making farming an attractive and financially viable career option for our youth. Dashiell Kuhr of Uluwehi Farms / Hawaii Youth Agriculture Project / The Kohala Center (growing food and farmers takes many hands!) is one of the people helping to foster agricultural entrepreneurship among youth on Hawai’i Island.


Related Links:
North Kohala Food Forum
Hawaii Island School Garden Network
Hawaii Homegrown Food Network
Podcast on the Kohala Center’s Food Self-Reliance Program

Check out my new story in this month’s Innov8 magazine (the Go!/Mokulele in flight magazine) about The Natural Step framework.  The Natural Step is a framework/process that helps companies and communities plan for sustainability.  The County of Hawaii just adopted The Natural Step as it’s framework for sustainability planning.