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. | Jun 13, 2015 | Activism, Alternative Living, Environment, Podcasts
Unlearn & Rewild Podcast With Derrick Jensen Civilization took millennia to congeal, and in the last few hundred years it has accelerated its world takeover. The health of the world’s plant and animal communities has inversely plummeted, where now species extinctions...
by Rachel M. Walls | Jun 11, 2015 | Environment, Sustainability
Like many athletes, surfers — and the manufacturers who produce their expensive boards — are very particular about their equipment. Even minute details can make or break the next wave, which has led to quite a conundrum for the stereotypically-green surf culture. Lots...
by Rachel M. Walls | Jun 7, 2015 | Big Island, Environment, Farming, Food, Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Oahu, Organizations
Creative agroforestry for food production in home, farm, and community landscapes Agroforestry landscapes are models of productive, low input systems that have sustained people for centuries in Hawai'i. Farmers, homeowners, and communities are rediscovering the many...
by Rachel M. Walls | Jun 6, 2015 | Environment, Farming
Over the past 25 years, Cuba has built a largely organic farming system out of necessity. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba lost its main supplier of fertilizers and pesticides. What will the changing U.S.-Cuban relationship mean for Cuban farmers? We air a video...
by Rachel M. Walls | Jun 5, 2015 | Activism, Environment, Hawaii, Kauai, Legal News, Pollution
Biotech giant, DuPont-Pioneer, was recently taken to court by a small group of activists from Kauai because of their harmful GMO seeds. This is one of many victories against pesticide and GE corporations in Kauai. Chalk up another win for the little guy. A handful of...