Sustainable Initiatives by Andrea Dean

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I play the harmonium, an instrument for Indian devotional chanting. Nelson Denman and I found that it was a great addition to his original composition Mama Gaia. We sang this song to Mother Earth one blessed morning at Mahukona, Noth Kohala, Big Island. Music is such an important component to a well-rounded green life and business, don’t you think? I love how Nelson centers his music around eco themes.

It’s official! I have just launched my new weekly podcast- Going Green with Andrea Dean, Stories of Green Business from Hawaii and Beyond!

Help me spread the good green word and get 100 new subscribers by the end of June!

In this podcast I interview Michael Kramer of Natural Investments LLC. Michael Kramer is a Managing Partner and Director of Social Research at Natural Investments. Natural Investments is Hawai`i’s only registered investment adviser which exclusively manages portfolios of socially and environmentally responsible investments.


Michael Kramer is based in Hawaii and Natural Investments also has offices in Colorado, Washington and California. Natural Investments LLC have been leaders in the field of Socially Responsible Investing or SRI for over 20 years, and wrote two of the leading books on the topic, Investing from the Heart and Investing With Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference.


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I recently got some new Top Hat chickens. They are especially funny because of their cool feather hairdos. I thought I had all hens, but yesterday one of the chickens started sounding a lot like a rooster. Which one is it? I have not been able to identify the cock in the hen house as of yet.

Trash Bash host Andrea Dean welcomes Green Power Girl to bless the day by reading a poem by Alvita Soleil. The Trash Bash is an event in which people use recycled and founds objects to make haute couture.

I recently gave a presentation on green business strategy at the Live Green Workshop sponsored by the Hawaii Island Workforce & Economic Development Ohana, Hawaii County Workforce Investment Board, Hawaii Island Chamber, Japanese Chamber, Kanoelehua Industrial Area Association, and the Big Island Workplace Connection.


The subject of green business pulled in over 50 people interested in learning more about how to integrate social and environmental practices into business.


You can watch the video of my presentation below (parts 1 & 2).

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