A Workshop for Sustainability Educators with Jamie Cloud, The Cloud Institute Date: January 10, 2012 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Location: Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook No Cost for Educators and Administrators Sustainable Local Lunch to follow  The Cloud Institute: www.cloudinstitute.org  RSVP a must: dmitts@kohalacenter.org

HAAS students will present their video of Garden Chef activities and host a cooking demonstration and garden tour. If you haven’t visited HAAS yet, this is an excellent opportunity to do so.

This presentation is for teachers, parents, and community on the value of gardening as an academic subject. The presentation will be followed by a worm hands-on activity where participants can collect worm castings to take home to use in their own gardens or to start their own worm farm. Books will also be for sale. Dilafruz Williams was President of the Portland Public School's BOE. She founded Portland Public Environmental Education Middle School and the Learning Gardens Program at Portland State University.

Food safety is on everyone’s mind today. The HISGN has published a new poster for school gardens to simplify the rules. Please Join Nancy Redfeather at her farm in Honalo for a discussion of food safety guidelines and receive a free poster for your school garden.

Cooking contest and demonstrations, ‘ulu trees for sale, cultural uses, cultivation and care of ‘ulu trees, quilting, poi pounding, Kapa making, keiki crafts, food (featuring ‘ulu) and music all day.

Garden educator Clare Loprinzi will share her successful strategies for teaching students how to grow and prepare traditional Hawaiian Foods. A garden tour and cooking demonstration will be included.

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.  

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.

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.

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.