by Stu E.D. | Jul 4, 2015 | Activism, Environment, Hawaii, World News
Indigenous Future Long prophesied by native thinkers, Earth is dying. The global ecological system is collapsing under the weight of industrial development. More ecosystems including the atmosphere have been lost and degraded than the biosphere can bear. Concurrently...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 3, 2015 | Farming, Food, Hawaii, Sustainability
Hawaii imports 90 percent of what it eats at great environmental cost. Now ag activists seek to make ‘grown here, not flown here’ a reality. HONOLULU—When my Airbus touched down at Honolulu International Airport, I was one of 30,843 people to arrive in Hawaii on a...
by Stu E.D. | Jul 2, 2015 | Farming, Plant Life
Farming Microbes What if farmers, instead of picking up some agricultural chemicals at their local dealer, picked up a load of agricultural microbes instead? It's something to contemplate, because some big names in the pesticide business — like Bayer and...
by Stu E.D. | Jun 30, 2015 | Activism, Organizations, Products & Services, Sustainability
These days, it’s unusual to find a large consumer products company that doesn’t have some sort of venture capital or startup-nurturing mechanism.Unilever is no different: Over the past year, it has invested $6 million in Unilever Foundry, a program for finding...
by Stu E.D. | Jun 26, 2015 | Alternative Living, Food, Hawaii, Intentional Community, Living Skills
Tracy From La'akea Community (Big Island) & Fellowship for Intentional Community Deep breath in, deep breath out. I sit on one of the twin beds in our upstairs meeting room, leaning against the wall, with a steaming cup of freshly harvested and brewed turmeric ginger...
