Thanks to the generous support of the Center For Ecoliteracy, Ulupono/Hawai‘i Community Foundation, and Hau‘oli Mau Loa, 65 teachers from across the State of Hawai‘i (five islands) convened at The Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of The Waimea Middle School from July 16-18, 2010, for the Statewide Summer Garden Teacher Conference.
The title of the Conference “Smart By [...]
Kaiser volunteers worked at the Kahakai Elementary School garden on January 18th, 2010, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
On January 18, in honor of Martin Luther King (MLK), Jr., and his commitment to community service, doctors and staff from Kaiser Permanente joined hands with students, teachers, and volunteers to work in three school gardens around Hawai‘i Island. “This is our way of giving back to our community,” explained Dr. Jeffrey Tolan, Family Practice [...]
A recurring question in the agricultural community is: can the invasive species Little Fire Ants (LFA) be transmitted from mulch picked up at the Hilo transfer station? Chris Chin-Chance, Recycling Specialist III from the County of Hawai‘i, Dept. of Environmental Management, Recycling Section in Hilo, responds:
“We did a survey of the site prior to the [...]
by Janis Wong And Koh Ming Wei
Special To West Hawaii Today
Sunday, September 27, 2009 7:18 AM HST
School gardens are sprouting and growing in 50 schools around Hawaii Island. These gardens, coordinated by the Hawaii Island School Garden Network, encourage youngsters and their families to plant and eat tropical food plants. The experience creates opportunities to [...]
By Jacoby Young on KanuHawaii.org
Beginning in 2001, the Kohala Center was created as an independent, not-for-profit center for research and education. The center has made it their mission “to respectfully engage the Island of Hawai‘i as an extraordinary and vibrant research and learning laboratory for humanity”. They go about this through a multitude of programs; [...]
The Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network is the featured Community Group on the Jack Johnson ‘All at Once’ Web site!
Click here to see the Web site.
The Hawai‘i Coqui Frog Blog: Creating Community Connection Through Coqui Control
Do you hear the coqui frogs in the evening? With the encroaching spread of coqui habitat to West Hawai‘i, more residents are becoming concerned and aware of invasive coqui calling noise. This blog is an excellent resource and place to find out why coqui frogs [...]
Aloha Teachers,
I know it’s still summer, but I wanted to tell you early on about our
fall events schedule so you could be thinking about planting and
attending some of these community opportunities. Last year the HISGN
participated in all the Hawai‘i Island Fall Festivals. Each were
fabulous fundraising opportunities for the garden/ag programs, and we
signed up many community [...]
“Building Skills, Extending Knowledge, Sharing Successes”
Kawanui Farm – Honalo
Indeed, it takes a village to raise a garden program! Last weekend, 45 Teachers and Supporters from four islands converged at Nancy Redfeather and Gerry Herbert’s Kawanui Farm in Honalo to convene the 2nd Annual HISGN Summer Garden Teacher Conference. For three days, 30 of those participants lived [...]