Hawaii Eco Living

Holiday Lani Moo & Calci
2017-12-06 18:00 - 19:00 (Pacific/Honolulu) | Kapolei Public Library, Kapolei, HI, United States
Join us for a fun holiday event featuring special guests, Lani Moo and Calci!
The Meadow Gold duo will offer a special storytime for families. A picture taking opportunity and a make-and-take craft for keiki will follow this storytime. Receive free milk and cookies as you go!
This program is sponsored by Meadow Gold Dairies and Diamond Bakery!
Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 10 days in advance to request a sign language interpreter or if special accommodations are needed.

Homemade Holiday Gifts
2017-12-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Down to Earth Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
Come make some Homemade Holiday Gifts! Receive jars, ribbons, & gift-bags to personalize your gifts of: hot chocolate, chocolate bark, and cookie mix in a jar. Also, take home additional recipes for homemade Holiday gift inspiration.
Andrea Bertoli is a chef, educator, and cookbook author based in Honolulu. She’s passionate about plant-based cooking and has been teaching people how to eat more veggies for almost 10 years on Oahu, Maui, and in San Francisco. Website: VibrantWellnessJournal.com Instagram: Vibrant Wellness LLC
$35/student, Registration Required
Register Now: http://d2e.co/homeholidaygifts
For more information, please call (808) 947-3249.
48 Hour Cancellation Policy for Refunds and Cancellations.
Class will require reservations by at least 5 people. To make your reservation please call our Marketing Office at 947-3249 or sign up on Eventbrite. In the event of cancellation (2 days before event) everyone who signed up will be notified by email and phone. Walk-ins are welcome, however it’s a good idea to call us to make sure event is still on.

Book Club - The Paris Wife
2017-12-06 18:30 - 19:30 | Makawao Public Library, 1159 Makawao Ave, Makawao, HI, 96768-9464, United States
Join us for our monthly book discussion!
This month’s book is “The Paris Wife” by Paula McLain. The Paris Wife is a 2011 novel by Paula McLain which became a New York Times Bestseller. The Paris wife is a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway’s marriage to Hadley Richardson, the first of his four wives.
Copies are available at the branch.
Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library (10 days for Oahu; 15 days for neighbor islands) in advance to request a sign language interpreter or if special accommodations are needed.

Astronomy on Tap
2017-12-06 19:00 - 21:00
Combine the powers of space and spirits!
What: Astronomy on Tap
Where: Hilo Town Tavern
When: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
No Cover!
Meet us at the Hilo Town Tavern for our second Astronomy on Tap. Astronomy on Tap will feature the following short talks by astronomers:
How Adaptive Optics Forever Changed Astronomy – Trent Dupuy (Gemini Observatory)
I Call DIBs on the Space Soccer Ball! – Mark Rawlings (East Asian Observatory)
The Solar System is a Nice Place to Visit… – Meg Schwamb (Gemini Observatory)
So You Think You Can Galaxy: Tales of the Littlest StarSystems That Could – Matt Taylor (Gemini Observatory)

Plant Aloha (FREE) Class: Specialty Crops with Dash & Erika Kuhr
2017-12-07 09:00 - 12:30 | Hawaiian Sanctuary, Mile Marker 12, Hwy 130, Pahoa, HI, 96778, United States
Hawaiian Sanctuary is proud to present: Plant Aloha, a FREE educational series of sustainable farming classes. Every Thursday morning, from 9:00am until 12:30pm, with special Saturday monthly offerings, led by local and visiting experts. Visit our website for more information:
http://hawaiiansanctuary.com/plantaloha
Thursday, December 7th 2017 – 9:00am-12:30pm
Cultivating Agro-forestry Polycultures and Processing Specialty Crops with Dash and Erika Kuhr from HIP Agriculture
Learn about how to grow and utilize specialty crops of the Pacific. There are so many plants that we can cultivate and utilize for increased health, wellbeing, and for primary sustenance. Dash and Erika have been installing and maintaining permaculture plantings, market gardens, and agroforestry polycultures for 9 years in Kohala. Learn about some of the crops they cultivate and their uses.
Dash and Erika will bring samples of the crops they grow and share how they cultivate them and teach about how they cook with them. Learn to increase the amount of local food that you consume and increase the resiliency of your farm. Participants may Identify niche crops and markets to grow into.
We will explore crops like taro relative- coco-yams which can me made into perfect mash potatoes or hash browns, learn about the joys of cassava pizza, turmeric processing, ashwagandha cultivation, uses of table taro, blue field corn, amaranth and more.
DASHIELL KUHR
Executive Director and Instructor
Dashiell (Dash) Kuhr, founder and director of Hawai’i Institute of Pacific Agriculture (HIP Agriculture), is the lead facilitator for the organization, and personally dedicated to the restoration of human and environmental health.
Dash has educated and mentored hundreds of youth and adults on the benefits of healthy eating and hands-on gardening skills. Working with non-profit organizations, food cooperatives and farms, Dash has lead and developed numerous gardening and sustainability initiatives.
Dash apprenticed under master permaculture designer Tom Baldwin (who studied directly with Bill Mollison, Geoff Laton, and Bullock brothers) for three years, as a farm manager, managing one of the most diverse and well designed permaculture farms on Hawaii Island. He received his Permaculture Design Certificate from Geoff Lawton. Currently, Dash leads Living Farm Internship courses and youth program development at HIP Agriculture, while also conducting professional permaculture consultation. Current projects included installations of 160 dwarf coconuts and 300 bananas in polyculture systems and permaculture design work for a 120 acre food production and reforestation project at Inhabit Hawai’i.
Rooted in North Kohala, Hawai’i, Dash is dedicated to creating a post-carbon civilization that is able to thrive while reforesting and revitalizing the landscape. Dash is thoroughly committed to youth and ensuring they have access to fresh food and land, food sovereignty, Earth justice, and a localized economy that creates peaceful and happy communities.
Dash, with his wife Erika and three beautiful children Cyrus, Jyoti and Kumari are advocates of healthy eating, exercise, and Ayurvedic medicine. He enjoys gardening, swimming, surfing, yoga, and family time.
ERIKA KUHR
Co-Director, Culinary Director
Founder and nutrition and food coordinator for Hawai’i Institute of Pacific Agriculture (HIP Agriculture), Erika is dedicated to healing people and the earth through delicious food and healing spices.
Erika received her B.S. in Food Science and Nutrition and B.A. in Spanish from San Diego State University. Since then, she has studied alternative medicine and food preparation that increases digestive health such as cheese-making and cultured vegetables. She is dedicated to creating positive human culture around integrative health based within locavorism. She is very passionate about harvesting, cooking and preparing the easy to grow and very abundant Polynesian starch crops into delicious comfort foods.
A full-time mother of three children, Erika is the head land mama, providing support, guidance for the HIP Team and HIP Ag’s residents.
Erika likes to cook, study aromatherapy and herbal medicine, swim, dance hula and make cheese.
Location:
Hawaiian Sanctuary – Laka Lounge
13-3194 Pahoa Kalapana Rd (Highway 130). Pahoa, HI 96778
Hawaii Island (Big Island)
Only about 1 Mile South of Pahoa Town.
Turn into the driveway at Mile Marker 12!
Each class starts promptly with a lecture and Q&A before hands-on farm learning ~ Come prepared with notepad and writing utensil, closed toed shoes, sun hat, and gloves.
Plant Aloha is supported, in part, by the County of Hawaii, Research & Development. We are still looking for support to complete and enhance this amazing project. Please give what you can: http://hawaiiansanctuary.com/donate
#hawaiiansanctuary #pahoa #hawaii #bigisland #puna #permaculture #sustainablefarming #sustainability #localfood #farmtotable #organicfarm #communityfarm #kohala #ainafest #polycultures #specialitycrops #hipagriculture

Weekly Story Time
2017-12-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library, 67-1209 Mamalahoa Hwy, Puopelu, HI, 96743-8429, United States
The Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library would like to invite you to join us for story time fun. We host story time every Thursday for keiki 2-5 and their caregivers. Each story time includes stories, songs, and crafts.
Story time has many benefits, such as helping brain development by increasing knowledge, vocabulary, imagination, and concentration. Please call for more information.
Program schedule is subject to change. For more information or to arrange special accommodations, please call the library as soon as possible: 887-6067.

Nā 'Imi 'Ike
2017-12-07 15:30 - 16:30 | North Kohala Public Library, 54-3645 Akoni Pule Hwy, Kapaau, HI, 96755, United States
Nā ‘Imi ‘Ike is an ‘Ōlelo Hawai’i study group open to all ages and skill levels. Our goal is to create of group of motivated learners in North Kohala who will support each other towards fluency in the Hawaiian Language.
Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance to request a sign language interpreter of is special accommodations are needed.

Treehouse
2017-12-07 22:00 - 2017-12-08 01:00
Treehouse is back again!! join DJs Sapience and Robotix will be rockin and burning the wheels of steel tonight!

Weekly Story Time
2017-12-08 10:00 - 11:00 | North Kohala Public Library, 54-3645 Akoni Pule Hwy, Kapaau, HI, 96755, United States
The North Kohala Library would like to invite you to join us for story time fun. We host story time every Friday for keiki 2-5 and their caregivers. Each story time includes stories, songs, and crafts.
Story time has many benefits, such as helping brain development by increasing knowledge, vocabulary, imagination, and concentration. Please call for more information.
Program schedule is subject to change. For more information or to arrange special accommodations, please call the library as soon as possible: 889-6655.

Hip-Hop for Families with Mr.Kneel
2017-12-08 15:00 - 16:00 | Moloka’i Public Library, 15 Ala Malama St, Kaunakakai, HI, 96748, United States
Join us at the library where “Mr. Kneel” (Neil McIntyre) shares his love for reading through beatbox and rhyme! Mr. Kneel is a professional speaker, Hip-Hop emcee, beatboxer, and goofball. He uses his talents to encourage & uplift children of all ages. Neil creates inspired original Hip-Hop music that assist educators & parents in promoting children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development.
This program is suitable for ages 5 and up. Children must be accompanied by a parent or an adult caregiver.
Program schedule is subject to change.

Holiday Movie at Your Library
2017-12-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Kealakekua Public Library, 81-6300 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua, HI, 96750, United States
See a family-friendly film (rated PG) at the library! Please call the library for more information about the film.
Free popcorn will be served while supplies last. This program is proudly sponsored by Friends of the Libraries, Kona.
Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the hosting library at least 15 days in advance to request a sign language interpreter or if special accommodations are needed.

Free Consumer Seminar: The Secrets of Natural Healing
2017-12-08 16:00 - 17:00
No Reservations required
Down to Earth (Pearlridge)
98-129 Kaonohi st.
Aiea HI, 96701
Join Burt Goulding, Jr. a Clinical Nutritional & managing Director of the Positive Nutrition Institute. In this seminar you will learn powerful steps to get your body back on the healing path including:
• The importance of good health at the cellular level
• Why the proper balance of pH is critical to health
• How to measure, achieve, & maintain a proper pH balance
• The 4 steps of Natural Healing
For more information, please call (808) 947-3249.

The Nutcracker Ballet
2017-12-08 19:00 - 2017-12-10 16:00 | Hilo Palace Theater, 38 Haili St, Hilo, HI, 96720, United States
Island Dance Academy and The Palace Theater Present
THE NUTCRACKER BALLET
Doors open 1 hour prior to each show.
Welcome to the Land of the Sweets! Whether this is your first year attending or you make it a treasured holiday tradition, Island Dance Academy’s fast paced version of this yuletide classic is entertainment for the entire family! Tap dancing soldiers, sword fighting combatants and whirling twirling ballerinas all take to the stage for one weekend only. As an added bonus, Rick Mazurowski plays Christmas music on the Palace organ fifteen minutes before the start of each performance!
Tickets are $12 General; $10 Children 12 & Under and Seniors 60+. Tickets can be purchased at the Palace Theater box office or over the phone with a credit card at 934-7010, M-F, 10AM-3PM.

BAMP Project Presents: Thunder From Down Under
2017-12-08 19:00 - 2017-12-10 23:55 | The Republik, 1349 Kapiolani Blvd 3rd Fl, Honolulu, HI, 96814, United States
BAMP PROJECT PRESENTS
THUNDER FROM DOWN UNDER
LIVE ON OAHU 3 NIGHTS
DECEMBER 8th – 10th, 2017
AT THE REPUBLIK
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 20, 2017 10 AM HST.
Direct from Vegas – the PERFECT Girls’ Night Outback! Australia’s HOTTEST export – Thunder From Down Under – hits the stage showing off chiseled bodies, seductive dance routines, cheeky humor, and boy-next-door charm that you won’t be able to resist.
Each sexy performer embodies a different female fantasy and brings it to life, turning your wildest dreams into reality. This isn’t the type of show you just sit and watch – Thunder is a fully interactive experience. The blokes dance on tabletops, make their way through the crowd, and even select a few ladies to join in on the fun on stage. Don’t miss your chance to get up close and personal with these Aussie hunks!

Kuana's Winter Wonderland
2017-12-08 19:30 - 2017-12-10 16:00 | Hawaii Theatre Center, 1130 Bethel St, Honolulu, HI, 96813-2201, United States
Hawaiian musician, vocalist, songwriter, dancer and educator Kuana Torres Kahele appears at the Hawaii Theatre Center to usher in the Holiday season with a few of his friends. He will host three shows featuring Hawaiian musician, vocalists, and halau. Miss Aloha Hula and Miss & Master Keiki Hula will also perform.
Known primarily for his original acoustic compositions, Kahele is a skilled arranger of traditional Hawaiian music as well, performing and recording with instruments such as ukulele, guitar, ipu, and bass. After learning kane dancing and mele writing in his teens, in 1995 Kahele co-founded Nā Palapalai, a Hawaiian music group that has released seven albums. Several have charted in the top five on the Billboard Top World Albums chart, and the group has won a large number of Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, including Group of the Year. Kahele regularly teaches cultural workshops and other classes, and operates the Na Lei Lanakila O Niihau halau on the island of Niihau. In Japan he runs the Kuana School of Hawaiian Music & Culture, teaching approximately 200 combined students in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

A Luminaries Holiday Experience
2017-12-08 21:00 - 2017-12-09 01:00
A free showcase of music featuring the Luminaries!! No cover! starts 9pm!

Makahiki Saturday!
2017-12-09 06:00 - 16:00 | Hilo Farmers Market, Corner of Kamehameha Ave and Mamo St, Hilo, HI, 96720, United States
The Hilo Farmers Market is a must-see experience when you are on the Big Island. Over 200+ local farmers, crafters, artisans, retailers and food vendors selling local and fresh island fruits, vegetables, hand made jewelry, tropical plants, original artworks, flowers, specialty confections and award winning Hawaii coffee! All at a festive outdoor atmosphere that recalls back to the old “plantation” days of early Hilo. This Makahiki season, come and shop for the holidays! Reasonable prices by dedicated vendors. Voted Best Open Market 2017. Located at the corner of Mamo Street and Kamehameha Avenue in historic downtown Hilo, we’re open all year round. From Dawn til it’s Gone! (6am to 4pm).

Plant & Produce Sale Supporting Lokelani Int. FFA Club
2017-12-09 08:30 - 10:30
We’re so excited about this group of students from Lokelani Intermediate School! Their Future Farmer’s of America club is hosting a Plant and Produce Sale on Saturday, December 9th, at the Kihei Lipoa Farmers Market (in front of the Fabiani’s restaurant on Lipoa Street).
Students are eager to reach their end of December fundraising goal to send four (or more!) students to attend the state FFA Agriculture conference on Hawaii Island. Come out and support them!
Students will practice their entrepreneurship skills, selling plants they propagated and produce they harvested from the Lokelani School Garden. Items for sale include: succulents and ornamentals, selected native plants and fruit trees, veggie starts (like kale and cherry tomato), worm castings, and produce: such as Dino and Russian Kale, Parsley, Basil, Beets, green onions, eggplant, Pigeon peas, lavender, and papayas). Nio Kindla

Wailuku El Garden Volunteer Day
2017-12-09 08:30 - 11:30 | Wailuku Elementary School, 355 S High St, Wailuku, HI, 96793, United States
Join us as we continue to build and enhance our outdoor classroom! Lots of progress has been made so far, and we have a few more projects to get finalized. At this workday we hope to get our garden paths mulched.
Our garden care days are always a lot of fun and a great way to learn about organic gardening from people in the neighborhood. Water and light refreshments will be provided. Please wear sun protection and sturdy shoes.
If you have questions in advance, please email volunteer@GrowSomeGood.org or call (808) 215- 9228

Kihei El Garden Volunteer Day
2017-12-09 08:30 - 11:30
Our garden care days are always a lot of fun and a great way to learn about organic gardening from people in the neighborhood. Water and light refreshments will be provided. Please wear sun protection and sturdy shoes.
If you have questions in advance, please email volunteer@GrowSomeGood.org or call (808) 215- 9228
Photo Credit: Bjarne Salen at Endlessflow Films

Volunteer at our Car Wash Fundraiser
2017-12-09 08:30 - 13:30
Grow Some Good is in need of volunteers to assist at two upcoming car washes. Hosted by Ohana Fuels, these fun car washes directly support our school garden programs.
Volunteers will help with set up, car washing and drying, and clean up.
Two shifts are available – 8:30 – 11:30, and 11:30 – 1:30. Or, stay all day!
All supplies are provided. Please wear sun protection and sturdy shoes.
Please register with Malia at Malia@GrowSomeGood.org
The car wash is in conjunction with Ohana Fuels ‘Fuel Up. Do Good’ program, in which Grow Some Good benefits from a portion of fuel sales at all Maui Ohana Fuels locations, now through the end of 2017.
Mahalo for your support!
Photo credit: Designed by Freepik

Avita Broth Live Radio Show
2017-12-09 09:00 - 10:00
Join us on DECEMBER 9th from 9 TO 10 AM:
http://www.kwai1080am.com/
Aloha Friends!
Aviva and Chinta, founders of Avita Natural Products, are excited to invite you to their 1ST INTERNET RADIO SHOW
about their first product, Bone Broth, the ancient superfood.
Being a radio show on the internet makes it international; so you can listen to it anywhere in the world. Saying that – Chinta’s heart is going faster already, and skips a beat.
It’s all you want to know about Bone Broth!
Join us on DECEMBER 9th from 9 TO 10 AM:
http://www.kwai1080am.com/
The hosts’ Damian & Karen are the founders and owners of The Source Natural Food Store in Kailua, Oahu. Damian, is a celebrity of sorts; he was the 1st person to open a natural food store in the Hawaiian Islands.
Mahalo Nui Loa
Aviva and Chinta

Apiary Day
2017-12-09 09:00 - 12:00
The public is invited to observe and participate in the Association’s regular maintenance of its demonstration colonies at the Komohana Apiary and Apiary Garden. No registration. No fee. Participants must wear protective clothing (hat, veil, suit, and gloves). Weather permitting. Garden maintenance begins at 9 am. Colony maintenance begins at 10 am. For more information, contact Erick Belcher, 935-3939.

Aloha Aina Recycling Drive - Kahuku High & Intermediate School
2017-12-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Kahuku High & Intermediate School, Kahuku, HI, 96731, United States
The Aloha ‘Āina Recycling Drive will be at Kahuku High & Intermediate School from 9:00am – 12:00pm on Saturday, December 9, 2017.
Stop by to drop off miscellaneous recyclable items! We will be collecting:
-Scrap metal (bicycles, refrigerators, other appliances, etc.)
-Electronics (including computers, TVs, laptops, printer
-Cartridges, cell phones, cameras, game systems, & more)
-Batteries (household, vehicle & other batteries)
-Clothing & Household items
-Used household cooking oil
-HI-5 beverage cans & bottles
-Confidential documents will be collected in locked bins by Goodwill Hawaiʻi and shredded securely at their headquarters.
Proceeds from HI-5 containers, scrap metal and used cooking oil will serve as a fundraiser for the host school!
For more information contact 3rs@kokuahawaiifoundation.org.
The Aloha ʻĀina Recycling Drives are coordinated by Kokua Hawaii Foundation as part of the 3R’s School Recycling Program and are made possible through sponsorship from Schnitzer Steel Industries and support from other local recycling partners including Pacific Biodiesel, Goodwill Hawaii, T&N Computer Recycling, Interstate Batteries, RRR Recycling Services, and Aloha Overstock!
Aloha ʻĀina Recycling Drives (AARD) are back for the 2017-2018 school year! This year, we are hosting 18 AARDs at schools across Oʻahu. All events are held on Saturdays from 9:00am – 12:00pm. Below are the remaining Drives for the school year:
January 13th, 2018: University Lab School
January 27th, 2018: Keoneula Elementary School
February 10th, 2018: Niu Valley Middle School
February 24th, 2018: Maryknoll School
March 3rd, 2018: Leilehua High School
March 17th, 2018: Ewa Makai Middle School
March 31st, 2018: Kamiloʻiki Elementary School
April 14th, 2018: Kapolei Elementary School
April 28th, 2018: Kalihi Elementary School
May 12th, 2018: Moanalua Elementary & Middle School
AARDs provide opportunities for schools, families & community members to drop off a variety of goods for reuse and recycling.

Plant Aloha (FREE Class) Fermented Foods w/ Jasmine Silverstein
2017-12-09 09:00 - 13:00 | Hawaiian Sanctuary, Mile Marker 12, Hwy 130, Pahoa, HI, 96778, United States
Hawaiian Sanctuary is proud to present: Plant Aloha, a FREE educational series of sustainable farming classes. Every Thursday morning, from 9:00am until 12:30pm, with special Saturday monthly offerings, led by local and visiting experts. Visit our website for more information:
http://hawaiiansanctuary.com/plantaloha
Saturday, December 9th 2017 – 9:00am-1:00pm
Make Your Own Probiotic-Rich Fermented Foods: Sauerkraut & Pickles with Jasmine Silverstein
Fermented foods have been a part of every ancient culture throughout history. Sauerkraut, pickles, and yogurt are a few of the many traditional live-cultured, fermented foods. These foods developed out of the need to preserve food, before refrigeration was possible. Modern food processing has inadvertently removed these whole, fermented, living foods from our diets, and replaced them with processed, refined, low-nutrient substitutes. With the rise in health issues, these probiotic-rich foods are more important than ever. Now you can learn how to make your own probiotic-rich foods at home!
Jasmine is the founder and owner of HeartBeet Catering, a whole-foods based catering company based in Hilo, HI. She offers personal chef services, retreat catering, gluten-free, vegan wedding cakes, and more. She began experimenting in the world of fermentation in 2011, shortly after being diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, a severe autoimmune condition. The benefits she has received from discovering and engaging in the world of microbes has proven to be invaluable. She hopes to inspire others to cultivate their own health by making their own ‘food medicine.’ http://heartbeetfood.com
Location:
Hawaiian Sanctuary – Laka Lounge
13-3194 Pahoa Kalapana Rd (Highway 130). Pahoa, HI 96778
Hawaii Island (Big Island)
Only about 1 Mile South of Pahoa Town.
Turn into the driveway at Mile Marker 12!
Each class starts promptly with a lecture and Q&A before hands-on farm learning ~ Come prepared with notepad and writing utensil, closed toed shoes, sun hat, and gloves.
Plant Aloha is supported, in part, by the County of Hawaii, Research & Development. We are still looking for support to complete and enhance this amazing project. Please give what you can:
http://hawaiiansanctuary.com/donate
#hawaiiansanctuary #pahoa #hawaii #bigisland #puna #permaculture #sustainablefarming #sustainability #localfood #farmtotable #organicfarm #communityfarm #fermentedfoods #sauerkraut #pickles #heartbeetfood #jasminesilverstein #sweetcanecafe #probiotics
