Volunteers Brave Heat To Clean Up Beach
Clean up continues in Kailua Kona 5 months after the Tsunami swept through the islands.
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Laulima Center launches new Web site
KAMUELA, Hawai‘i—April 1, 2011—The Laulima Center is open for business and is prepared to support cooperative business ventures throughout the State of Hawai‘i. Visit its new Web site at http://www.laulimacenter.org […]
Volunteers vital to tsunami cleanup efforts
Heavy equipment, tools and tenacity were prevalent Thursday in West Hawaii, where volunteers banded together with government employees to clean up tsunami debris. Hawaii Rocks and Pineapple Custom are helping the state Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation remove wreckage off Kailua Pier, as well as out of Kamakahonu and Kaiakeakua bays.
UH Hilo students participate in Ivy League
Three students from the master’s program in tropical conservation biology and environmental science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will go to Cornell University to complete their research as part of the “Cornell-Hawaiʻi Graduate Field Research Laboratory.”
Workshops and crop share at Mala‘ai garden
KAMUELA, Hawai‘i—March 10, 2011—Three free workshops are being offered in March and April at Mala‘ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School. Workshop dates, times, and details are: • March […]
Cooperatives can help gardeners and farmers
Though we all probably love spending time working solo in our gardens or on our farms, we usually arrive at a point where we realize we might benefit from a little support. Then it’s time to “hui up.” Working together can accomplish many goals.
Coastal Classroom Konawaena middle schoolers learn science in the field
Konawaena Middle School eighth-graders got a small taste of field work this week while spending time at Kahaluu Beach testing scientific theories. From determining the effects of nitrates and nitrites upon sea urchin diversity to discovering how sewage impacts marine life, students used an assortment of tests on collected water samples to see if their hypotheses proved true.
Pelekane watershed restoration project to finish on time, on budget
Environmental benefits is the focus of the $2.9 million Pelekane Bay Watershed Restoration Project, but Melora Purell also shed light on economic factors Sunday during the Kawaihae Local Resource Council’s monthly meeting.
In R.I. and Hawaii, institute trains leaders By Caroline Flanagan
From Rhode Island to Hawaii, high school students are learning environmental leadership through programs offered by the Brown Leadership Institute, a pre-college program that teaches high school students interested in global issues to take action in their own communities.
Laulima Center offers assistance for cooperatives
Groups across the state that would like to form a cooperative but need some assistance getting organized, writing a business plan, or becoming legally incorporated have a new resource—the Laulima Center.