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March 2012
Energy In and Out: How to Capture and Conserve Energy in Your Home
Energy In and Out: How to Capture and Conserve Energy in Your Home ‘Ohana Night at the Energy Lab Date: March 14, 2012 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Location: Energy Lab at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy Featuring: Dr. Bill Wiecking, director of the Energy Lab at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy Download the flyer.
Find out more »Food Safety for School Gardens with Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network (HISGN)
An overview of food safety guidelines for school gardens and how to use food from the garden to safely prepare student snacks. Participants will receive a free poster for their school garden.
Find out more »Cooking From the Garden with Chef Susan Tauson at Mala‘ai: The Culinary Garden at Waimea Middle School
Tour Mala‘ai and then join in harvesting to cook, using ingredients fresh from the garden. Help to prepare the food in their outdoor classroom under the instruction of Chef Susan. Experience the whole cycle, harvesting, preparing, sharing and eating healthy, delicious, fresh and local dishes.
Find out more »April 2012
A Spring Tour of Student Learning Gardens
The Kohala Center welcomes you to tour several Hawai?i Island school gardens and enjoy the produce that students, teachers, and volunteers have cultivated and prepared for your enjoyment. On three Saturdays in April, we will be offering free hour-long tours of a handful of the 63 school and community gardens in the Hawai?i Island School Garden Network, a Kohala Center program. Meet the people who use them as outdoor learning labs, hear the stories from children whose lives are enriched by garden work, and sample the bounty that comes forth from these plots big and small.
Find out more »Waimea Country School Plant Sale
All proceeds go directly to the WCS school garden program, and will be used to match a $2,500 garden grant awarded by The Kohala Center in December. There will be vegetable starts, flowers, herbs, landscaping plants, and more. Please come by!
Find out more »May 2012
The Weight of the Nation Special Documentary Screening
Kaiser Permanente is holding a special advance screening of the HBO Documentary Film Series The Weight of the Nation: Confronting America’s Obesity Epidemic. Watch the trailer. For more Information e-mail: wotn-hilo@pathhawaii.org or call: 326-7284. Reservations recommended. RSVP by May 2 for Waimea and May 8 for Hilo.
Find out more »Free giant pumpkin plants (for youth and school gardens) while supplies last!
Free giant pumpkin plants (for youth and school gardens) while supplies last! Date: May 14 at 3:30 p.m. Location: Komohana Extension Office, 875 Komohana Street, Hilo OR call 969-8213 to reserve yours **Limited to 2 plants per family/school group**
Find out more »June 2012
Statewide Summer Farm to School Conference 2012
The 5th Annual Hawai‘i Farm to School Conference “Growing From the Ground Up” will be held on O‘ahu, on June 1st and 2nd, 2012. This year’s conference is hosted by Kokua Hawai‘i Foundation, Hawai‘i Association of Independent Schools, and Waikiki Elementary School and will include visits to other farm to school sites on O‘ahu. Plenary sessions, workshops, and field trips (Huaka‘i) will focus on hands-on topics relevant to establishing thriving school garden and farm to school programs, including such topics as soil building, curriculum connections, fundraising, community building, and more.
Find out more »Ku ‘Aina Pa: Teacher Training for School Learning Gardens in Hawai‘i
Ku ‘Aina Pa: Teacher Training for School Learning Gardens in Hawai‘i Date: June 10-16, 2012 Location: HPA Elab and the Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School For more information click here.
Find out more »Art & Sol: A Benefit Auction for Mala‘ai Culinary Garden of the Waimea Middle School
Art and Sol is taking place again, featuring delicious pupu and wine, along with tantalizing items at the silent and live auctions. Buy your tickets today! This is our most important fundraiser of the year featuring an amazing selection of Art, health centered items, and experiences. Please stay tuned for more information on auction items. Thank you for your support!
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