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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Learn the shocking truth about the unintended consequences of the “Age of Plastics”- how we got here, & what we must do to stop adding to the millions of tons of plastic choking the world’s oceans.
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Participants will be assisted in finding a grant opportunity to match their needs and begin the application process in class. Please bring a flash drive to save your work and a lunch. We will also be able to tour this state of the art facility with Ming Wei. “The Energy Lab at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy is the first of its kind in the world—a facility for students by students that will connect these young people and their schools, allowing them to collaborate and develop sustainable living.”
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Food Safety for School Gardens with Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network (HISGN)
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminAn 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.
Energy In and Out: How to Capture and Conserve Energy in Your Home
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminEnergy 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.
Cooking Traditional Hawaiian Foods with Clare Loprinzi, Garden Educator, Ke Kula ‘o Ehunuikaimalino
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminGarden 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.
Puna ‘Ulu Festival: Celebrating Breadfruit!
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminCooking 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.
Food Safety for School Gardens with Nancy Redfeather, Coordinator, Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminFood 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.
Gardening as Academic Support at School and Home
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminThis 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.
Garden Chef with Chioke Mims, Garden Educator, and Wendy Baker, Social Studies Teacher, Hawai‘i Academy of Arts & Sciences (HAAS)
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminHAAS 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.
A Workshop for Sustainability Educators with Jamie Cloud, The Cloud Institute
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminA 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
“The Greatest Infection of the Sea” by Captain Charles Moore, Scientist and Activist Captain Moore discusses detailed in his acclaimed new book Plastic Ocean
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminLearn the shocking truth about the unintended consequences of the “Age of Plastics”- how we got here, & what we must do to stop adding to the millions of tons of plastic choking the world’s oceans.
Beginning Grant Writing with Koh Ming Wei
/in HISGN Past Events /by adminParticipants will be assisted in finding a grant opportunity to match their needs and begin the application process in class. Please bring a flash drive to save your work and a lunch. We will also be able to tour this state of the art facility with Ming Wei. “The Energy Lab at Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy is the first of its kind in the world—a facility for students by students that will connect these young people and their schools, allowing them to collaborate and develop sustainable living.”