Organic Farmers Festival at Kahumana Farm on May 25

05/20/2013

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In Waianae
3-8 p.m. on Saturday, May 25

Come and join an organic farm festival at Kahumana Farm and Cafe at 86-660 Lualualei Homestead Rd.

This event is a celebration of organic food and allows all people to come and meet their many organic farmers from around the island. Enjoy a beautiful day on the farm with music by Ka'ala Boys and Paul Izak, homegrown grinds, fun for keiki, check out the farm cafe!

Kahumana Farm and Cafe
86-660 Lualualei Homestead Rd.
Waianae, HI 96792
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Important: There is a road closure that requires using an alternative route to get to the farm. Please use this map as your guide. The farm is at point B on the map.
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Saleh reports: A map with directions from Waianae after having passed Waianae Comp. health center and Waianae mall. The other "regular" road to the farm is closed...
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"The Hungry Tide" - free film screening on May 23 (Thurs)

05/13/2013

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Screening of the “Hungry Tide” 
an award winning Best Feature Documentary Australian film 
May 23, Thursday  |  6:30-8:30 p.m. 
Church of the Crossroads 
1212 University Avenue, Honolulu -- see map
The Hungry Tide (88 min.) portrays how the rising sea level is literally “eating’ the shorelines of a Pacific Nation of Kiribati threatening the lives of 105,000 people spread over 33 atolls.  It is a personal story of Maria Timon, originally from Kiribati, now lives in Sydney where she works for an NGO, raising awareness of climate change in the Pacific to schools and community groups.  It describes her journey to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference as a delegate of an NGO to advocate for a legally binding treaty to require all nations both developed and developing, to agree on carbon emission reductions to keep global temperature from rising above 1.5C.

Haunani Kane, a UH Manoa MS student in oceanography and a PVS navigator will present Dr. Chip Fletcher’s ABC’s of Climate Change and share her research on Climate Change and Wetlands.
 
Respondents to this film will be Dr. Maxine Burkett, Professor. UH Manoa Richardson School of Law.  Her courses include Climate Change Law and Policy and focuses on “Climate Justice” for vulnerable communities in the U.S. and globally.  The other respondent is Josh Stanbro, Program Director of Environment & Sustainability, Hawaii Community Foundation.  His work is devoted to fostering a more resilient and secure Hawaii in the face of climate Change and related challenges.

These lecture presentations are FREE but donations can be given for refreshments and other expenses.

Series information: http://churchofthecrossroadshawaii.org/mission41earth/
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Community Seed & Plant Exchange on May 5 - The full scoop!

05/03/2013

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The gist...

Sunday, May 5 (International Permaculture Day!), 1-7 p.m. on the east side of Oahu. A beautiful day of trading plants and seeds, live music, attending workshops, hearing from distinguished speakers, rubbing elbows with green changemakers, sharing food and fellowship on the path to a more reslilient Oahu. FREE - bring seeds and/or plants to share & exchange.

The flyer...

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The Place...

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Hale Moli'i at Kualoa Ranch. Click the image for more info.
Directions:
Printable Directions and Bus Info
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File Type: pdf
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Food - Stay for the Potluck

There will be a potluck starting about 4 p.m. Hope you can join! Bring a dish to share, along with your own utensils, plate, and cup (this is a low-impact event). Everything wraps up at 7 p.m.

Some of the Speakers and Musicians
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Representative Tulsi Gabbard
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Mark Fergusson, president of HOFA and CEO of Down2Earth. Click the image for more about Mark...
On Facebook? Check out the event page on Permablitz Hawaii's Facebook page.
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Workshops and speakers set for seed & plant exchange on May 5

04/30/2013

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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard is among the keynote speakers. Workshops start at 1 p.m. - bokashi, seedbombs, propagation, forest gardening, bananas, more...
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Permaculture Design Course this summer in Waimanalo 

04/25/2013

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Matthew Lynch and Hunter Heaivilin are the instructors for a 2-week intensive Permaculture Design Course this summer in Waimanalo. 

Dates: August 5-18 (with two days off) 

Hosted at Green Row Farms with site visits to Reppun Farms, Kolea Farm, Waimea Valley, The Greenhouse in Pauoa and more. 

Matt and Hunter's PDCs are getting rave reviews. The PDC is an excellent opportunity to learn about and practice the permaculture way -- and connect with a growing community of permaculture practitioners and PDC graduates involved in diverse projects for a more resilient Oahu! Early bird registration through July 5. 

Get the full scoop and register >>
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Community Seed & Plant Exchange - May 5, Kualoa Ranch

04/21/2013

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May 5 is International Permaculture Day -- what better way to celebrate than a seed & plant exchange at Kualoa Ranch starting at 1 p.m.! Workshops, speakers, and live music too.
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Report from the complementary currency meeting

03/13/2013

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We had a productive Complementary Currency meeting at the end of February in Aina Haina, with fourteen of us exploring the possibilities and sharing ideas. (Thank you, Ron Robinson, for hosting this event at your home!)

Links to the YouTube videos we watched are at right, followed by some links to some sample systems, both paper currency and online mutual credit systems. (The Hawaiian Currency on is simply a conceptual art project, but it gets the imagination going...)
Outcomes & What's Next
  • We discussed scale for a potential system. People tended to like island-wide as the scope but to be able to zero in on local areas depending on the situation. (E.g., map based tool that allows zooming for local offerings.)
  • Joy articulated a draft process that received applause :-)
    - define options (research, prototype, discuss)
    - community survey, currency/trading games, other outreach to help select system
    - decide on a system and bring partners on board
    - budget and funding
    - going live and multimedia outreach
    ...all the while gathering members/interested parties.
  • A few of us will be meeting soon to begin defining the various options. These are alternative answers to: 1) what purpose should our system serve? 2) what mechanism/system shall we implement?

Choosing from among the alternatives would be informed by the community survey & feedback sessions.

The stages that people would like to get involved with will vary. If you would like to be part of researching and defining what the options are, please visit the working group page and use the contact form. Thanks!
Here are links to the YouTube shorts we showed at the meeting:

Here are some of the websites we wanted to show with examples:
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Food Forest Presentation to the Downtown Neighborhood Board

02/22/2013

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Earlier this month we presented the Honolulu Food Forest at Kamalii Park to the Downtown/Chinatown Neighborhood Board. Getting board support is key to moving the project forward.

‘Ōlelo films the meetings for television broadcast and also puts the shows on their website. Here is the clip with our presentation. (Spoiler alert: we got a good result!)
Having any trouble viewing the embedded video? Try viewing it on the Olelo site (our part starts at timepoint 1:21:00).
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Film & Discussion Feb. 28: Complementary Currency

02/15/2013

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Momentum is growing for launching a complementary currency system in Oahu. Join the early-stage discussion!
  • Thursday, Feb 28, 6-8 p.m.
  • 667 W Hind Dr., Honolulu, HI
    (a home in Aina Haina -- see map)
  • Potluck pupus

We will show a few selected short videos related to complementary currencies that describe LETS (local exchange trading systems), a paper currency called Ithaca HOURS, and a "transition" paper currency backed one-to-one by government-issue money.

We also plan to demo a LETS system online.

The videos are short so we have time to discuss options for Oahu and begin to chart next steps!
Here's the Table of Contents for the DVD we put together:
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Intro to Permaculture at Ailani Gardens, Waianae - Now Feb 24

02/10/2013

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When: Sunday February 24, 2013
Time: 9am-4pm
Place: Ailani Gardens in Waianae (directions here)
Cost: $40 (includes Lunch)

This Introduction to Permaculture Workshop will help everyone – from novice to advanced gardeners – understand how to apply permaculture our own lives to improve our health, our economies, and our ‘Aina.  Take a tour of Ailani Gardens to see permaculture techniques in practice. Enjoy a fresh-picked organic lunch with some other goodies. The afternoon will be some hands-on practical gardening. (Click flyer image for larger view.)

Workshop schedule and registration >>
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