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Booths & Stations

Positive Media Hawaii Sewing Station T-Shirt ReFashion
We will help you Upcycle T-shirts into something new and unique. Look through our catalog of ideas and makeover your old tees into tanks, racer backs, add ruffled collars… or make a bag or a pillow!

 Book Swap clip artShareFest Swap: Books • Toys • Games
We will have three different SWAP tables dedicated to BOOKS, TOYS and GAMES. Check your book shelves and closets -- bring some items you've already enjoyed and take something new!

Tasty and Meatless Pop-Up
Offering free vegan food samples and healthy cooking demos. Food donated for us to share from these amazing sponsors: VegFund, which provides grants to vegan activists to support their efforts to inspire people; and Down to Earth Natural Foods who is helping Hawaii Love Life!

BoxJelly
Coworking curious? Stop by a special BoxJelly "satellite location" at ShareFest and learn about sharing office space and tools with other entrepreneurs on a membership basis. Pull up a chair and -- if the programmer is in -- learn a bit about programming from Joe Heaukulani and RailsBridge Hawaii!

Basket Weaving Demo  11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. only
 Gaye Chan barter basketGaye Chan is a conceptual artist whose works can be seen in galleries, on the web and in the streets. She is well known for her project, Eating In Public, who looks for ways to create systems of exchange outside the capitalist structures. She brings her Barter Basket project to ShareFest where she applies traditional basket weaving techniques to upcycle mounds of discarded shipping box straps into beautiful and functional baskets. For more info, see Basket Weaving 101 on the Eating In Public website.

Transition Oahu
Oahu's local Transition group, helping build community resilience as our society faces challenges in the energy, climate, and financial spheres. Learn more about our grassroots work to raise awareness and "plant seeds of resilience islandwide." We will provide an opportunity to express solidarity with those taking part in the following day's People's Climate March in New York City (there's a Honolulu march too!).

Sustainable UH logoSustainable UH
Our hosts at UH Sustainability Courtyard, this eco group is helping establish the UH System to be a world leader in sustainable education, research and practices.

Oahu TimeBank
Learn about TimeBanking and how to set up a profile on the local website. The Oahu TimeBank will allow us to easily exchange resources and fulfill our needs locally without spending money! For every hour that you help a neighbor you earn a time credit which can be redeemed for services in a never-ending cycle of sharing! See what kinds of things and skills people are already exchanging for TimeBank Hours here on Oahu!

 Cycle Manoa logoCycle Manoa Bike Repair
Cycle Manoa is 100% volunteers dedicated to promoting and enabling bicycling. They offer free repair assistance to the community, restore donated bikes and put them back into circulation, and do advocacy. So bike down to ShareFest and hang out with this cool crew!

LoNo Transpo
Hawaii’s alternative, eco-friendly car rental company. Their rejuvenated vehicles run on waste vegetable oil (WVO) obtained from local restaurants. Learn more and check out one of their early 80s Mercedes available for rent.

 seed and plant exchange signPermablitz Hawai’i Seed & Plant Exchange
Hawaii’s edible garden revolution—building Hawai’i food capacity one backyard at a time—comes to ShareFest with a Seed & Plant Exchange. Bring seeds or cuttings from your garden and share with others!

Honolulu Neighborhood Commission
The only government-supported civic engagement system in the State of Hawaii, this office was created to increase community participation in government decisions that affect them. Learn how you can help establish the goals, objectives, and priorities of your neighborhood by joining your Neighborhood Board.

Outdoor Circle logoThe Outdoor Circle
Volunteers working together to protect Hawaii’s public commons and scenic vistas by planting and protecting trees, promoting responsible development, and supporting a clean and healthy environment for all people. Learn how you can help keep Hawaii clean, green, and beautiful.

Keiki Activities

  • The Green House logoFlutterbye Butterflies with The Green House: Madame Butterfly will be on hand as we learn how to help our endangered pollinators, get up close and personal with caterpillars, explore the importance of butterflies as beneficial insects and get our hands dirty making "seed balls" to start a pollinator garden of our own! This activity is available 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. and is presented by The Green House Center for Sustainability.
  • Share Peace posterShare Peace - Origami Crane Folding: After swapping some toys and games at the swap tables, learn how to fold a paper crane with Penny! You can keep your cranes or add them to a collection to send to Japan in an expression of peace. Peace Day Hawaii and International Peace Day is September 21. All ages are welcome to fold cranes!

UH Community Engagement
Since 1994, UH Manoa’s Service Learning Program has worked with students, faculty, and members of the community. The SLP provides students with the opportunity to volunteer in their community in meaningful ways while furthering their education.

Live Painting
one of Maria's paintingsMaria Cristina Guerriero is a self-taught artist who uses art as a healing tool therapeutically in her work teaching student nurses complementary and alternative medicine at UH. At ShareFest, she will live paint a blank canvas reflecting the energy and good vibes we generate at the festival. Come watch as it unfolds! She will also offer an interactive station to make your own Affirmation Cards!

Unplugged Sound Stage
Here's the lineup sharing musical gifts with the community:

  • 12:30–1:00 p.m. State Senator Mike Gabbard on guitar with music from his CD
  • 2:00–2:45 p.m. Tyler Mongan with banjo inspired music from Jumping Mouse
  • 3:00–3:45 p.m. Sean and Kyle from the Red Light Challenge Band

Questions? Please contact us to ask about adding your sound to ShareFest.

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