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Organic Farmers Festival at Kahumana Farm on May 25

5/20/2013

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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.

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)

5/13/2013

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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!

5/3/2013

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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...

Hale Moli'i at Kualoa Ranch. Click the image for more info.

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Directions:

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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

Representative Tulsi Gabbard

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

5/1/2013

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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...