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Malama Kaua'i's Andrea Brower bids farewell, for now...
To the Malama Kaua'i 'ohana:
I am so grateful for the past three years of my "dream job," working in service for the people and 'aina of Kau'`i. What a tremendous experience of learning, growing, new friendships, and creativity.
As the world's sustainability challenges intensify, the values and philosophies of organizations like Malama Kaua'i are gaining in popularity, and today we are witnessing serious shifts taking place in all sectors and at all scales. I am inspired to learn more about our rapidly changing world, and to connect with global communities that are part of the movement for social justice and ecological renewal. In just a couple weeks I am off to England for graduate studies in sustainable development, with an emphasis in community-based resource management. Then in 2012 I will be in Aotearoa at University of Auckland, thanks to the Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship Program. It won't be long before I am home again, with more knowledge and ability to contribute to Kaua'i and our world.
Although it is always hard to leave a good thing, I am thrilled that the organization is now supported by a growing core staff and board of directors - all highly committed and enthusiastic people. Because I will be on the other side of the globe, please direct all Malama Kaua'i business to one of them. Mahalo for sharing in the vision of a resilient, self-reliant, and prosperous Kaua'i.
Malama Pono,
Andrea |
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Malama Kaua`i Welcomes
Ben Sullivan and Coco Zickos!
 Ben Sullivan, former chair of Apollo Kaua'i and current KIUC Boardmember, has recently joined the Malama Kaua'i team. He will be bringing organizational oversight in the form of program management while filling out its knowledge base in the areas of energy and green building with a focus on helping to provide affordable and sustainable housing for Kaua'i and Hawai'i.
Sullivan brings a degree in Environmental Design and 15 years experience in residential design and construction to this effort. "There's a lot of opportunity in the area of green building in Hawaii, and one of the priorities is in making it an affordable option in our communities. It's time for our building industry to follow the lead of agriculture and 'go local,'" he said.  Coco Zickos is Malama Kaua'i's new Communications Director. You may remember her from my nearly two years of environmental and business reporting at The Garden Island newspaper; a job which allowed her to gain the necessary experience and relationships perfect for the new position.
Zickos said she is very exited to be working with Malama Kaua'i to help build a more local and sustainable business-base with projects such as the Green Business Program. She will also be assisting anyone with questions regarding the organization and its ongoing efforts to preserve what the island naturally has to offer.
Zickos can be reached at coco@malamakauai.org. Please send press releases and any information for upcoming newsletters to this address. |
 Community invited to commemorate success and expansion of Kilauea Community Garden
KILAUEA - Malama Kaua'i, a nonprofit organization focused on creating a more sustainable Kaua'i, will celebrate the expansion of its four-acre Kilauea Community Garden at 9 a.m., September 15.
The public is invited to take part in commemorating the garden's successes and enjoy its flourishing grounds in Kilauea. In addition, plot holders, donors and interested community members will have the opportunity to learn about the development of the Kilauea Community Garden into its next phases.
Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. has also been invited to attend and will be harvesting taro he helped plant at the garden's blessing ceremony less than a year ago.
"In just 10 months this space went from a bare piece of ag land with good intentions into a thriving, beautiful garden, full of abundance," said Malama Kaua'i Executive Director Keone Kealoha. "It just underscores the power of what a community can do when they get together. We encourage and hope to see community gardens all over Kaua'i."
Part of Malama Kaua'i's upcoming advancements include a partnership with Regenerations Botanical Garden to establish and maintain mixed agroforesty systems at the Kilauea Community Garden and adjacent lands. The project aims to cultivate biodiversity and plant diversification.
Additionally, the garden will serve as a center for innovative research and development projects.
A partnership between Malama Kaua'i and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa's School of Architecture and Architecture for Humanities is being explored with the goal of creating more affordable and sustainable housing using local construction materials such as rammed earth, bamboo and other locally-available woods.
Furthermore, 1/8-acre commercial incubator plots for start-up farmers are soon-to-be available on-site, as well as a communal garden and orchard space.
The Kilauea Community Garden will also operate as a demonstration facility for upcoming workshops, such as how to utilize water catchment systems, the basics of growing food and an introduction to permaculture.
Currently, more than 40 families have plots on one-acre of land at the community garden.
To get to the Kilauea Community Garden, take Kuhio Highway to Kilauea's Kalihiwai Ridge and turn mauka on Kahiliholo Road. Drive 1/2-mile and take a left on the gravel driveway with the "Wai Koa Plantation" stone and wood gate. The address is 4641 Kahiloholo Road.
Call 828-0685, visit www.malamakauai.org or e-mail coco@malamakauai.org for more information. |
MAHALO TO MALAMA KAUAI'S COMMUNITY GARDEN SUPPORTERS
LEAD SUPPORTERS
Atherton Family Foundation
County of Kauai Department of Economic Development
Chris Jaeb
The Koanini Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
Bill and Joan Porter, Wai Koa Plantation
The Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation
Rapozo Kama`aina Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation
CONTRIBUTORS
Activate Kauai Permaculture Group
Mel & Jodi Drisko
Falko Partners
Matt Field
Jack Gushiken
Daniel and Patricia Hempey
KNA
Ray Maki
Paul Massey
Gary Seals
... and special thanks to Kathleen Saindon
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Kaua`i Community Seed Bank Project at Kilauea Community Garden
 Regenerations International Botanical Garden recently announced a partnership with Mālama Kaua`i to establish and maintain mixed agroforestry systems at the Kilauea
Goals of the proposed project:
· create a long term source of high-value regenerative plant material for use on Kaua`i
· provide essential educational opportunities to project participants and the general public
· adapt important food and medicinal crops to the site
· involve local stewards in management of the system
· create a low maintenance system model with high yield to be adapted island-wide
· plantings consisting of a rich diversity of plant species and varieties
· plantings containing native, indigenous and endemic plants of conservation value
· inputs and outputs networked with other community, home, and school gardens
· effective management of soil and water resources
· create site with high aesthetic value
Scope of the project:
· continued stewardship of common area in the existing community garden
· expansion of additional 1/4 acre for seed crop production and processing
· development of 1 acre diverse native/medicinal/food forest
· successional plantings of mixed agroforest with experimental trial plots
· potential use of animal systems in rotational management of field plots
· plant products generated on site provided as reimbursement for stewards and volunteers.
For more information contact Paul Massey at 652-4118. |
To all current Green Business Program Members and potential candidates:
We are thrilled that you are either already on board or that you are considering becoming a member. Thank you in advance for all of your efforts to align your business practices with the value of kuleana to Kaua'i's 'aina, community and culture. Thank you for being a leader and role model in the business community.
As you may know, the Green Business Program is designed to acknowledge and support businesses acting in environmentally and community friendly ways, and to help more businesses follow those footsteps. In addition to having access to a wealth of resources and support, the Green Business Program offers the following promotional and networking opportunities to members, including some exciting new additions for 2010:
- Featured on Malama Kauai Green Map (in-print and online)
- (New!) Featured on Malama Kauai Green Map iPhone and iPad applications in partnership with GreenCarHawaii.com
- (New!) Program airtime on Malama Kauai radio show on KKCR
- Featured in Malama Kauai E-Newsletter with over 2300 subscribers
- (New!) Green Business Program Facebook page
- Promotion through Hawai`i Health Guide's Green Business Directory
- (New!) A special section for GBP members on our website (www.malamakauai.org)
We have a lot of exciting developments and updates to the Green Business Program. Here is a breakdown of where the program is at currently: Under a federal grant, we have partnered with the Kauai Health Department to produce the new Green Map! Through this partnership, distribution will be wider and your business will get more exposure. It has taken longer than expected to receive the grant funding because it is federal. We appreciate your patience and want you to be confident that the extra time will be worth the wait. The 2009 Green Map and updated reprint are still currently in circulation and if you would like to be a distributor of the Green Map, please let us know.
We are so excited about the development of an iPhone and iPad app, which have turned the Green Map into an interactive web-based product! The iPad app is already being piloted by Green Car Hawaii, which means that guests of Pure Kaua`i and the Hyatt are using it to locate your business! Once the iPhone app is released, folks from all over the world will be able to access the Malama Kauai Green Map and, through the interactive features, locate and contact Green Businesses as they plan their trip long before their visit to Kauai!
We have also created a new Green Business Program "Member Section" on our website, which features additional resources to help you on your path to sustainability.
We have switched the DIY-Checklists to a web-based format, which we hope will be easier and clearer for everyone. Also, our new facebook site will act as a space for networking, sharing information and learning from one-another. In the quest to build a vibrant and local economy, building relationships between small businesses is of utmost importance
We look forward to featuring you, and telling your green story, on our radio show and newsletter. If you would like to make an appointment to call into our radio show to share with our listeners the most innovative green initiatives you have taken on, please contact me.
If you are looking for a refresher, you may want to start with the quick 5-minute "E Komo Mai" introduction to the program, which is on our website. Next, you can go more in-depth with what your business can do by taking a look at the Do-It-Yourself Guide to greening your business and information on Environmental Purchasing.
We are actively seeking grant monies to expand the membership and the services we offer, so look forward to any feedback you may have that would help us tailor it to our local businesses.
We are sincerely happy to have you and your business as a part of this program and look forward to working together more. If you would like to discuss anything or have any questions, feel free to contact Coco Zickos at coco@malamakauai.org for more information.
Aloha,
Coco and the Malama Kaua`i Team
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Malama Kaua'i School Garden Network
 The Kaua'i School Garden Network Coordinator, Tiana Kamen, has been a busy bee lately visiting schools across the island and assessing what their garden programs need in order to grow. Creating and sustaining school gardens on the Garden Island is a fun and valuable way to teach our keiki about the connection between the food on their tables and the land in which it grows. A school garden is a living laboratory where hands-on learning is used to reinforce core academic curriculum, teach our children how to grow their own food, and foster life-long healthy eating habits.
School gardens on Kaua'i are ready to get growing, but they all could use some community support to sprout or sustain their programs. Whether you are a knowledgeable about gardening, or just want to lend a helping hand, please contact Tiana about getting involved with a school in your neighborhood. Service groups and other organizations are also welcome to become a catalyst for change and adopt-a-school garden!
The Kaua'i School Garden Network is also currently looking for the following resources to distribute to schools:
-Untreated Lumber (2x12 and 2x3 is preferred to construct raised beds)
-Seeds and starts
-Soil, compost, mulch, and other organic soil amendments
-Tools (wheelbarrows, hoes, rakes, cultivators etc.)
-Garden supplies (Seed trays, automatic timers, irrigation piping, watering cans, nails, etc.)
-Helping hands!!
Mahalo for helping grow our keiki and planting the seeds of our future... one school garden at a time.
Please contact Tiana if you would like to get involved or for more information:
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Connection Brings Inspiration
This past weekend, Keone, Andrea and Ben of Malama Kaua`i were privileged to participate in a convening of several of Hawai`i's sustainability leaders and organizations. Lively and provocative conversations took place on subjects ranging from community supported architecture and water conservation to localized living economies and innovative waste management, including a working afternoon in Waimea Middle School's fabulous garden, Mala`ai. New collaborations developed, strategic policy and initiatives were identified, and meaningful relationships were formed.
This is the third in a series of micro-summits, each hosted on a different island in order to connect with the many organizations and leaders working within communities. Malama Kaua`i is inspired by the building of this diverse and collaborative movement, and looks forward to helping to connect the growing network of change-agents. Big Mahalo to the Blue Planet Foundation for providing an ideal space to connect at Roger's Ranch, and to Ulupono Initiative for providing the resources to bring us together. |
 The Garden at Common Ground now openWe are excited to announce The Garden at Common Ground is now open Monday thru Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Garden offers healthy organic dishes created from the seasonal crops of local farmers. A strong local food system is the foundation for building healthy, self-reliant communities. Which is why The Garden at Common Ground aims to make it easy for people to support the community, improve the environment, and positively impact their health by simply buying lunch. So we hereby excitedly invite everyone to come check out The Garden the next time you're in town! |
 Waipa Ohana Day 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
September 11
Join us for a cultural and historic hike through the ahupua'a of Waipa. Visit our Lo'i, Mauka Reforesting Area, and much more. Activites include stream crossings, hiking up and down steep areas and uneven terrain. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes, sunscreen, and ...have an adequate supply of water, lunch, and snacks for for the day. Space is very limited. Contact Kalen at 639-6905 or kalen@waipafoundation.org for more info or to reserve a space. |
Fundamentals of Backyard Aquaculture Course
Change of location
 Aloha Church will be hosting the Fundamentals of Backyard Aquaculture course at its garden site, beginning September 7. Bernie Tsao, a world-renowned aquaculture and aquaponic systems specialist, will be teaching a certified 8-session backyard aquaculture course on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Anyone is welcome to attend the class who is interested in learning to grow fish to eat with the option to start a small business venture in their own backyard.
When: 4 to 7 p.m., Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28
1 to 4 p.m., Sept. 11, 18, 25 and Oct. 2
Where: Aloha Church, 4534 Uahi road, Lihu`e, HI 96766 (across the highway from Taco Bell)
Registration Deadline: August 31
Cost: The total cost is $240 ($30/session/person)
For more information and/or to register contact Course Instructor Bernie Tsao at 808.647.0640 or Bernie.tsao@gmail.com. |
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Mayor to announce next steps in landfill siting process
Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. will be making an announcement this Friday, Sept. 10, regarding the next steps in the siting of a new landfill.
The announcement will be made at 2:30 pm and carried live on www.hawaiistream.com.
It will also be shown in its entirety on Ho'ike, channel 53, beginning Friday evening, Sept. 10. |
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Kekaha Shrimp Farm
 An informational meeting and tour of Sunrise Capital Shrimp Farm - which is proposing to dump up to 25 million gallons of wastewater into the ocean - has been announced by the Department of Health. Only a handful of community members have been invited to attend the September 16 event based upon their submitted comments which the DOH believed to be "substantive in nature."To express your concerns and desire to hold a meeting open to the public contact Clean Water Branch Engineering Section Supervisor Joanna Seto at 808-586-4309 or joanna.seto@doh.hawaii.gov. |
Mokupuni Puwalu, impetus of the 2009 Final
Report of the
`Aha Ki`ole Advisory Committee
September 18, Aston Beach Resort, Makaiwa, 9:00 AM to
5:00 PM
View the final report at www.ahamoku.org
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The Intermediate Court of Appeals will hear argument on a major case affecting all Hawaiian homestead applicants and lessees Wednesday:
WHAT: Oral Argument before Intermediate Court of Appeals
Judges Craig Nakamura, Daniel Foley and Alexa Fujise
WHERE: Supreme Court Courtroom, Ali`iolani Hale
417 S. King St. 2nd Floor
WHEN: Wednesday, September 8 at 9:00 a.m. |
Surfrider Foundation Kaua'i Chapter is Hosting a Free Movie Night
6:30 p.m., Sept. 12 at The
Children of the Land Museum auditorium,
4-831 Kuhio Hwy, Suite 332, Kapaa
(close to Safeway & Papayas)
Movie is Free
Donation for Organic Popcorn and Beverages
America has been dependent on foreign oil for many years and we need to take action as we're spending billions of dollars every day on a war for it. Check out this Sundance award winning documentary FUEL about a journey on the search for alternative energy to stop global warming.
For more information concerning this event e
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How Entrepreneurs Get Rich and how to Help to Build a Prosperous Community
In financially troubled times, the media are filled with offers from numerous individuals and organizations offering their "secret ways" for you to make millions ... usually with a guarantee that it can be done with ease and almost overnight.
The offer provided below is of a very different kind. It is a three-semester training program based on time-tested and proven methods that will guide you in the process of creating a realistic and workable plan that will build an increasingly profitable enterprise. Simultaneously, you will learn to develop a new style of thinking and acting that leads to genuine and lasting prosperity.
This program cannot be accomplished with "ease" nor simply "overnight." It requires dedicated study, a reasonable amount of time and some serious effort. It offers no guarantees for success but it provides you with the tools and the training to utilize them in ways that have produced success for many persons before you.
The methods taught in this program were developed in a project at the Entrepreneurial Education Foundation Center in Denver, Colorado. A team of experts was assembled to review the data and build it into a program to train a new breed of business leaders to use the skills and knowledge that the research program had uncovered. The core data from this effort has been designed into a training program offered at Kauai Community College.
In a series of modules, this program teaches candidates how to integrate the principles and practices derived from the essential disciplines of financial planning, business assessment, development, management and marketing and to apply them in creating profitable ventures.
The first module in this Entrepreneurial Training series is called Business Planning and Development. It will be offered in a class that is scheduled from 4 to 7p.m., Sept. 8 and runs for six consecutive Wednesdays, meeting in the Kaua'i Community College Trade Technology Building, Room 114.
The four major areas of this introductory module focus on developing an understanding of: 1) the logic and defining characteristics of the entrepreneur, 2) how an entrepreneur determines the feasibility of a new venture before launching it, 3) how the venture is planned to increase its successful penetration into a targeted market, and 4) how the entrepreneur builds a dedicated management team to guide the enterprise along a pathway to profitability. This first module establishes a foundation for the training that follows.
Other modules in the following weeks of the program provide in-depth training in the detailed planning of specific ventures, the skills of business management and growth, and how to obtain financing for-profit and non-profit ventures.
Tuition is $90. Enrollment in the first module is limited to 30 students. Tuition assistance is available to qualified applicants. To register call the KCC office at 245-8318. For more information, contact Glenn Hontz, Program Director, at 246-4859 or email at hontz@hawaii.edu |
If you think this newsletter is valuable, please pass it along and ask your friends to join our mailing list at www.MalamaKauai.org! |
The information contained in this communication is to be used for educational purposes only
and may not reflect the opinions of the board, staff, members or sponsors.
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MALAMA KAUA`I RADIO
presents
Makena Coffman
Important Ag Lands, Biofuels, and Sustainability
September 17, 12-1
KKCR.org, 91.9, 92.7 FM
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Please give aloha to Malama Kaua`i next time you shop at Foodland!
Organization Code 78457
Mahalo! |
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