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Next Green Drinks Hawi

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:05:58 +0000

Horses, Quantum Abstractions & Me: Peter’s New Art show at Living Arts Gallery

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:53:40 +0000

Want to have a painting of me (but looking younger, more exotic and with bigger boobs) hanging in your living room? Here it is:

My portrait is a part (small part!) of Peter’s new show in the Living Arts Gallery in Hawi. There will be an artist’s reception from 5 to 9 p.m. on Aug. 28 at Living Arts Gallery, which is located on the main street of historic Hawi, 55-3435 Akoni Pule Highway, No. 10. You can come see the show until mid-September- the gallery is open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, call 889-0739.

Green Drinks Hawi- Starts July 1

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:26:48 +0000

Green Drinks Hawi

First Thursday of each month starting July 1st

6:00 – 9 pm

Kava Kafe, Hawi (Upstairs at the Kohala Coffe Mill)

Locally Produced Organic Pupu

Specialty Drinks $3 – $5

What is Green Drinks?

- Green Drinks is an organic, self-organizing network.

- People who work in the environmental field meet up to connect informally- people from NGOs, academia, government and business.

- It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new

contacts.

- Come along and you’ll be made welcome. We will look after you and introduce

you around.

- Everyone invites someone else along, so please bring a friend.

- Green Drinks is very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity.

Hosted by Kava Kafe (889-5015), Andrea Dean, LLC (960-3727), Forrest Arnold, Hawaii Green Realty (987-2365)

Bamboo Living Homes

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:22:30 +0000

First Impressions: A Bamboo Living Home from Bamboo Living on Vimeo.

Two homes in two days from Bamboo Living on Vimeo.

Live in Your Values from Bamboo Living on Vimeo.

Volcano Island Honey Wins Kuleana Award for Green Business

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:12:46 +0000

Diane Chadwick, Co-Chair of the Kuleana Committee presents Richard Spiegel with the 2010 Kuleana Award.

Of course, I am especially proud because I do a lot of work with Volcano Island Honey! Volcano Island Honey Co. (VIHC) was recognized for its ongoing commitment to social and environmental principles in business as the winner of this year’s Kuleana Award. The Kuleana Award is presented each year at the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Kuleana Green Business & Environment Conference. Read the full story here.

TED Talks: Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:39:37 +0000

Check it out: Video from 2009 Kuleana Conference

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:10:28 +0000

This year’s Kuleana Green Business and Environment Conference and Trade Show is Friday, April 23rd. Register Now!

Kuleana Green Business and Environment Conference & Trade Show- April 23

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:14:25 +0000

We are so fortunate here on the Big Island to have the State’s best Green Business Conference! This year the Kuleana Green Business Conference has been merged with the Kona-Kohala Chamber’s Annual Environmental Conference so all of those great people and great ideas will be in the same room. The keynote speaker this year is Patricia Aburdene author of Megatrends 2010- The Rise of Conscious Capitalism. The conference is on April 23rd. Register Now!

Local eco-artist Peter Kowalke opens show at New York Gallery

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:39:25 +0000

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.”

INVESTING WITH YOUR VALUES: MAKING MONEY AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:52:51 +0000

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.