Going Green with Andrea Dean

In this podcast I interview Kamu Enos, Education and Resource Specialist at Ma’o Organic Farms. Ma’o Farms is an organic farm that is not just growing food- they are also a social enterprise growing community leaders and entrepreneurs.


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In this podcast I interview Tom Baldwin. Tom and his wife Shannon Casey own Uluwehi Farm, a permaculture farm in North Kohala on the Big Island. Tom talks about what permaculture is and how it helps farms and homesteads to be more productive. Tom just got back from a trip to Australia where he sat at the feet of the permaculture master- Bill Mollison, the founder of the permaculture system. Tom will be sharing that new knowledge and his permaculture farm experience in January when he is co-teaching a Permaculture Design Certification course with Craig Elevitch and Nik Bertulis, the course starts Jan 5th.


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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

Last week I had the great pleasure of meeting Yosh Kanematsu from Greenz.jp.  Greenz.jp is a Media Activism & Global Network based in Tokyo. Greenz is a news provider for treehugger.com, yahoo! Japan and others, they also organize Earth Day Tokyo and Green Drinks Tokyo.

Yosh heard about my green business ideas and we met in Waimea where he interviewed me. Yosh was probably the first person that I have met that instantly understood the value of coaching in moving green businesses forward towards achieving their goals. What a great affirmation of this part of my approach.