Kanu Member Journals
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Thoughts to sit in
Yesterday | By alani apio | Comments: 0When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.
— Cynthia Heimel
Feb 02, 2012
Want a better economy? Develop our people, not casinos.
Feb 02, 2012 | By James Koshiba | Comments: 0<p><em>This story was originally published by <a href="
http://www.civilbeat.com/posts/2012/01/23/14587-money-power-and-politics-shape-public-policy/">Civil Beat, January, 23 2012</a>. The whole post and discussion can be viewed at that link.</em></p
Thoughts to sit in
Feb 02, 2012 | By alani apio | Comments: 0Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, i
Feb 01, 2012
Thoughts to sit in
Feb 01, 2012 | By alani apio | Comments: 0Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves.
— Willa Cather
Monitoring your energy
Feb 01, 2012 | By Eathan Ozawa | Comments: 0As the first step towards energy conservation, I have been preaching the importance of energy awareness through our Kanu project, the Hawaii Energy Study. Educating yourself about how electricity behaves in your household will vastly increase your a
Jan 30, 2012
Looking back at the 2011 Citizen Challenge
Jan 30, 2012 | By James Koshiba | Comments: 0<p><img style="float: right;" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5217/5416427091_5db9f674fb_z.jpg" alt="" width="273" height="488" /></p><p>The centerpiece of last year's Citizen Challenge was the Rotunda Roundups - weekly meetups at the Capitol, aft
Jan 29, 2012
Living Aloha in Elevators
Jan 29, 2012 | By Julie Hasegawa | Comments: 2Out of all the challenges in 2011, Live Aloha In Your Neighborhood was the hardest for me. Eat Local was a close second because I was basically starving for the last week but there's something about meeting neighbors that's terrifying.
After livi
Jan 27, 2012
Have you signed up for the new Capitol Watch?
Jan 27, 2012 | By Rachel Harvey | Comments: 0<p><img style="margin: 5px; border: 0pt none; float: left;" src="http://www.transitionoahu.org/uploads/9/3/8/2/9382817/1316903.png?182" alt="" width="200" height="90" />The debates are beginning, the legislative session is under way. Already on the t
Thoughts to sit in
Jan 27, 2012 | By alani apio | Comments: 0A young man eagerly described what he dreamed of doing for the poor. Said the master, "When do you propose to make your dream come true?" The young man answered, "As soon as opportunity arrives." "Opportunity never arrives," said the master. "It's he
Jan 26, 2012
Thoughts to sit in
Jan 26, 2012 | By alani apio | Comments: 0When I go into my garden with a spade, and dig a bed, I feel such an exhilaration and health that I discover that I have been defrauding myself all this time in letting others do for me what I should have done with my own hands.
— Ralph Waldo Emer
