Going Green with Andrea Dean http://www.andreadean.com/blog Green Business News from Hawaii and Beyond Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 There’s no business like green business! Green business coach and consultant Andrea Dean interviews green business people who are successfully living and working in alignment with their eco values- integrating environmental and social principles into business. Dynamic interviews about green business from Hawaii and beyond- join the conversation at andreadean.com/blog. Andrea Dean, MBA, is coach and consultant. Andrea provides individual life and business coaching on a wide range of issues; group and green team coaching for individuals and teams who want to achieve rapid results; conducts workshops using The Natural Step framework for companies who want to incorporate sustainability into their strategic planning; and conducts research and management for business projects with a green focus. More at andreadean.com. Andrea Dean no Andrea Dean andrea@andreadean.com andrea@andreadean.com (Andrea Dean) 2009 Andrea Dean LLC Stories from the cutting edge of Green Business andrea dean, green business hawaii, green business, environment, coaching, hawaii, going green, life coach, business coach, going green hawaii, environment hawaii, business consultant Going Green with Andrea Dean http://www.andreadean.com/images/goinggreenpodcast.PNG http://www.andreadean.com/blog Hua Ka Hua- Restore Our Seed Symposium- Early Registration until March 15th http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/03/09/hua_kahua/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/03/09/hua_kahua/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:53:23 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=641 HuaKaHua

From Nancy Redfeather:
I hope you’ve all had a chance to visit The Kohala Center’s Web site for the “Hua Ka Hua – Restore Our Seed” Symposium in Kona on April 16-18, 2010, at www.kohalacenter.org/seedsymposium/about.html.

The deadline to take advantage of the early registration discounted price is March 15. Before March 15, the registration fee is $100 for both days. After March 15, the cost goes up to $150. Spaces are limited, so register early to secure your spot at the Symposium. The Keauhou Beach Resort is offering a special rate for conference accommodations of $122.53 per night (including tax) for a single/double room with a partial ocean view and a daily buffet breakfast.

The Symposium will also feature a Seed Swap hosted by Regeneration Botanicals on Saturday, April 17, following the last session of the day. Information tables will be available in the foyer for a nominal fee, for conference participants who wish to share programs and information with the public.

This Symposium is an excellent opportunity to come together, expand our basic knowledge, connect with experts and resources, create island-wide working groups, and get our farmers and gardeners growing, selecting, processing, using, trading, and selling high quality seed. Seed is the foundation of a thriving local agricultural economy and food abundance. Please join us for this landmark event and let’s take charge of our agricultural future.

If you have any questions please call Nancy Redfeather at 808-322-2801 or e-mail nredfeather at kohalacenter.org. If you have already registered and are interested in an information table, please let me know. Mahalo! Please forward to all Farmers and Gardeners you know who are ready to take this step!

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Susan Cox is the woman behind the green cape- the real life Green Power Woman whose imagination had fueled Green Power Girl, and the Green Power Heroes.


Read the story by Andrea Dean in the March/April 2010 issue of Ke Ola Magazine. Hard copies on the news stands now.

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Kohala Trash Bash Art and Fashion Show 2010 Needs Your Help


News flash: County of Hawaii running out of land fill space, money, funding for recycling programs. This is the perfect storm for more waste and less recycling on our island.


As we approach this storm, North Kohala leads the Big Island in the amount of materials we recycle per capita. This is due in a large part to the efforts of our local recycling group WasteStream. The Trash Bash, supported in part by WasteStream, is a grass roots effort to entertain, educate, and inspire Kohala residents to expand their recycling efforts. Each year this event inspires more kids and adults to look at waste differently and use creative ways to turn it into art and fashion. New this year, the Trash Bash is sponsoring Linda Damas from Recycle Hawaii, who will be leading a workshop to help folks find easier ways to incorporate recycling in their homes.


Each year, we ask our community to help support the Kohala Trash Bash. The Trash Bash budget is about $4000 to cover costs of road closing, cash prizes, advertising, luas etc. We currently have 40 volunteers contributing their time and effort. We are asking you to help us with funding.


The County of Hawaii has resolved to implement a Zero Waste Program, but with the current budget shortfalls, all recycling efforts are in jeopardy. Our community’s commitment to recycling and education helps the County realize how important recycling is to us, the island of Hawaii, and the earth we live on.


Please help us with a tax deductable donation to the North Kohala Community Resource Center, noting that it is for the Kohala Trash Bash. You can mail your donation to P.O. Box 519, Hawi, HI, 96719, or drop it off with Karen at Kohala Coffee Mill.


Thank you for loving North Kohala! See our website at www.kohalatrashbash.com

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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.”

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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_kramerMichael 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.

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The North Kohala Community was out in full force last night for the art opening of Rebecca Lux Parks at the Kave Kafe. Great art, great food, great company, and great dancing. Great job Rebecca!


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]]> http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/02/06/art-opening-rebecca-lux-parks/feed/ 0 This Saturday: Ka Ulu Ana- Securing Our Future – The Food Resilience Project http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/02/02/foodresilianc/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/02/02/foodresilianc/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:07:13 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=599 Please come out this Saturday for the Ka Ulu Ana event! Local dignitaries compete in the  Chicken Wok Out using local chicken raised by the Ka Hana No’eau Mentorship Program. This Saturday at the Intergenerational Center (Kam Park behind gym) 10 – 3pm. See you there!

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I was driving down my road and saw this butterfly enjoying a fresh pile of horse shit. It seemed like a visual metaphor for life. I certainly got a lot out of it. Here are a few life lessons to be gleaned from the experience:

  • We are divine butterflies who instead of being attracted to the beautiful flowers of life are sometime inexplicably attracted to the horse shit. Sometimes we roll around in it for a while.
  • When life gives you horse shit remember it can be beautifully adorned with a butterfly.
  • The County had just sent a street cleaner to clean my street- which in itself is funny because I live on a very off the beaten path, rural, half paved road- and some of the local horses got lose that same day and shit all up and down the road. Lesson? Don’t be attached to the fruits of your labor. Life is constantly in transition. Don’t be too proud of your cleaning job, it will be a mess again tomorrow.

    • Ah…. OK…I am out of life lessons gleaned from a butterfly on horse shit. Got your own???

    ]]>     http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/02/01/butterflies_horse_shit/feed/ 4     Sailing on the Maile http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/28/sailingmaile/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/28/sailingmaile/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:19:16 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=587 andreasailing Sometimes my life has a dreamlike quality to it. In the midst of my daily juggling act to keep all of my balls in the air, very often beautiful little miracles appear. I say YES and find myself having a unique experience- surrounded by incredible natural beauty and fantastic people. Yesterday was one of those days. Artist and ecology educator Peter Antrim Kowalke asked me to join him and his Art In Sight Board of Directors aboard a sail on the Maile. The wind was light and we did more motoring than sailing, but the water was this incredible indigo color, we saw lots of whale tail, and the company was great. I always appreciate the shift in mental perspective that I get from seeing the islands from the water. It is like looking at life’s challenges from another angle to gain new perspective. Look from above, look from below, look from the water.
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    Peter Antrim Kowalke aboard the Maile

    Peter Antrim Kowalke aboard the Maile

    ]]>     http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/28/sailingmaile/feed/ 1     Video Clips- North Kohala Eat Locally Grown Day http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/19/video-clips-north-kohala-eat-locally-grown-day/ http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/19/video-clips-north-kohala-eat-locally-grown-day/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:59:22 +0000 admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=583 Well… if you couldn’t be there (or even if you were) check out the highlights from our local restaurants, markets and night spots!


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