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HHC Gives Hands-on Lessons In Gardening - West Oahu News; July 20, 2011
Healthy Hawaii Coalition (HHC)‘s organic gardening class last month at Kalaeloa’s American Renaissance Academy successfully relayed the message to students that growing a garden can be healthy, easy and fun.

“Introduction to Permaculture,” taught by Hunter Heaivilin, concentrated on building and planning a garden while also emphasizing the benefits of having a composting system. ...

 

Third-graders learn about protecting watershed - West Hawai'i Today; May 31, 2011
Healthy Hawaii Coalition recently presented its elementary school program, "The Hawaii Watershed Experience," in Kona. ...

 

Watery Ways: Watershed protection skit comes to Molokai - Molokai Dispatch, 2010

Kapaa Elementary Students and The Hawaii Watershed Experience
- Hertiser, 2010
The Hawaii Watershonolulu Adved Experience was featured in "Growing Green Living Green" a Kaua'i People publication. ...

Water Woman Visits Elementary School Students - KHNL NBC 8
Eighty third graders at Kapunahala Elementary School in Kaneohe watch a skit put on by State Senator Mike Gabbard and the Healthy Hawaii Coalition. ...

Waikiki's Beaches Get Clean Bill of Health - USATODAY.com
... of mind to others," said former state legislator Tulsi Gabbard Tamayo, whose new group,Healthy Hawaii Coalition, decided to get the sand analyzed...

Group Testing Waikiki Sand for Bacteria ... The Healthy Hawaii Coalition took samples yesterday at Ala Moana Beach, the beach fronting Hilton Hawaiian Village and Waikiki Beach. ...

Oily Al Foiled Again - Kauai People, April 2006

Keiki Catch Evil ‘Oily Al’ Defiling Windward Water - Midweek, 2006

Nonprofit Tests for Sand Contamination - Honolulu Advertiser, 2006


News of Hawaii

Agriculture

Look for the local label
The 'seal of approval' verifies that products are Hawaii-grown ...

Oahu's First Fully "Green" Farmer's Market Opens
"This is the future of agriculture and Hawaii, you gotta have diversified ag and support the local farmers," he said. A mutual support system between ...

Green Businesses

Coast Guard Exchange Going Green
"We all know that it has an effect on our ecosystem and I throw them away ... The Coast Guard Exchange and Marine Corps Base Hawaii Exchange are among the ..
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Environmental Education

Students Dig Into Environment Lesson
Fourth-Graders Make Outdoor Classroom Of Waimea Falls Park

Obesity

Survey Reveals Honolulu Residents Perceive Financial Challenges as Main Barrier in Properly Managing Their Type 2 Diabetes
--Cost of fresh food and diabetes treatments prevents
Both diabetes and obesity are growing national epidemics, ... These diseases also have a significant impact in Hawaii, where more than 75000 people ...

Pollution

Clean Beach Council Releases Annual List of Clean and Healthy Beaches National Clean Beaches Week Promotes "Family Beach Safety"
The Clean Beaches Council today released its annual list of beaches which have been officially certified as clean, healthy and environmentally well managed. ...

32 tons of debris pulled from Hawaii reefs
A fishing trip of sorts has resulted in a huge catch for agencies working to preserve coral reefs. ...

Importance of Caring & Monitoring Hawaiian Beaches
This situation is full of lessons about the importance of caring for and monitoring our beaches. ...

Hawaii - Message in the Waves
"Hawai`i - Message in the Waves" explores the dangers of plastic debris in the marine environment and the threat to marine animals and birds in Hawai`i. ...

Alternative Energy

Food, Fuel, Fiber : Hawaii has all it needs to produce biofuels and cure its dependence on oil
Biofuels plantations could revitalize Hawaii's agricultural sector, anchoring a cluster of farm businesses and providing hundreds of jobs where our rural ...