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On Tuesday, I attended a press conference held by the State, Hawaiian Electric Company, and Better Place to announce a planned electric car network for Hawaii. I first read about Better Place this past August in Wired (Driven: Shai Agassi's Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Road). I was fascinated by the article but was surprised to read the following excerpt as I got near the end...
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Andrew Aoki| Comments:
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Practice island-style activism: Take whatever steps you can to cut down on waste, push back against materialism, spend wisely and within your means, keep more money in the local economy, and give gifts of charity. Remind yourself to focus on the basics, like cherishing the moments, living aloha, and strengthening your families, friendships and communities. Challenge yourself to make this your most meaningful holiday season ever.
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As I reflect on this evening’s election it is hard to truly understand the significance of the outcome. I can only begin to wonder and comprehend how history will see this moment. Until that day comes I can only say with clarity the optimism I feel that this election reflects in the words of the President elect "the potential to realize the change that we seek."
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Andrew Aoki| Comments:
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As we approach November 4th, Kanu is calling on us all not just to vote, but to think hard about your values and hopes, learn all you can about the candidates and issues, share your opinions with others, help people to participate, and be more engaged than you ever were before.
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James Koshiba| Comments:
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This past Saturday, we learned that Kanu Hawaii is more than a collection of good hearted, like-minded individuals doing our part. We are more than that. We are people whose strong desire for change is matched with an equally strong willingness to work for it. Imagine what we can do when hundreds become thousands and then tens-of-thousands; imagine what change we'll see when we seize on a problem, search our island intellect and wisdom and values for answers, speak with one voice, and take action together as we did this past weekend.
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James Koshiba| Comments:
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Last week, Kanu Board Chair Alani Apio and I traveled to Hawaii Island for the boldly-titled "Zero Waste Conference".
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alani apio| Comments:
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Ultimately, we are all responsible, through our every action and inaction, for setting the standard of what Hawai'i is, and what it will become.
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Brent Dillabaugh| Comments:
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After writing his post on locals and non-locals, Andrew asked a few friends if we could share some reflections about what we've experienced as people who did not grow up in Hawaii. I was very hesitant to write anything, but he felt that it was critical to have more voices in this conversation, and I agreed. So I decided to think out loud about the responsibilities of the non-local.
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Lois-ellin Datta| Comments:
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We are acting as if we have forgotten how to recognize student, teacher, and principal achievements as fully as we do failures. We are acting as if we have forgotten how to show our appreciation. We are acting as if we have forgotten that all things grow with sun, warmth, water, and good soil and that the spirit withers with the acid rains of constant criticism. We are acting as if we have forgotten education is a system. What happens in an individual class or school depends in large part on the centralized administration and its procedures, on the latest federal demands, and on state and federal funding in crucial matters beyond most principals' and teachers' control.
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Andrew Aoki| Comments:
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Remember how audacious it sounded when June Jones suggested that the Warrior football team would be able to play with the elite teams in the country; that they could be nationally ranked and in a BCS bowl? Beyond audacious, it sounded delusional because when he took over, Hawaii was 0-12 and quite possibly the worst team in the nation. Well this past weekend at the Blue Planet Summit, we had the ESPN College GameDay equivalent of the country's energy experts saying that Hawaii could be the number one clean energy state. No, they said more than that… they said we SHOULD be number one.
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James Koshiba| Comments:
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The EPA reports that between 1990 and 2006, municipal solid waste generation grew 22% across the U.S., but an astounding 105% in Hawaii. This simple fact about our waste generation suggests a different approach than the one taking shape. It points to a need to redefine the goals of waste management from disposal to reduction. Even our focus on recycling, though admirable, can be misleading: Our recycling rate is on par with the national average, but because we generate so much more waste to begin with, we still end up sending more to our landfills per person than other states. Hawaii's State and County solid waste management plans all set goals for recycling. None have goals for waste reduction.
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James Koshiba| Comments:
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Every community of people has a set of common values and commitments they live by, often embodied in an unspoken code of conduct. On a recent trip to Japan I was reminded of how cultural expectations can be communicated to a newcomer without words, and how we in Hawaii might strive to make our island code of conduct more apparent to visitors and to each other.
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