Thousands of vacationers visit the Hawaiian islands every year. The damage they do is remarkable. A large number of people visiting beaches, mountains, parks, trails, campgrounds, and other Hawaiian destinations leave litter, seeds of invasive species, soil damage, and pollution.
Thankfully, Hawaiians have a way to deal with the damage caused by tourism: Voluntourism–as described on [...]
I was browsing around the web and found a great Hawaii eco travel page from Pacific Network TV. I personally enjoy video on the web and these folk have done a great job of it. One of my favorites was the Hawaii Forests series. It’s a 2 part series, here is the first one:
I urge [...]
I was watching TV last night and I came across a show called Earth 2100. Te premise of the show was that if the human race continued on its current path, that there would be major catastrophe and possible extinction by the year 2100.
The show examined the effect of today’s pollution and depletion of natural [...]
I had always been a big fan of recycling and more importantly reducing the use of plastic bottles. But after reading about a trash boat (a.k.a “Junk”) on an inter island flight earlier this month, the message really hit home.
I knew that plastic use and the amount of trash it created was bad, but I [...]
What can you do for the environment. Two things my mom told me when I was a kid, “Plant don’t kill,” and “Always leave it cleaner than you found it.” With how much is changing in the world and how often we feel that we don’t have control of what is happening, there are definitely [...]
Sustainability is about protecting the environment, creating agricultural self-sufficiency and self-reliance, and striving to live in a self-contained system in which systems are allowed to replenish themselves rather than only consuming economic, social and environmental assets in order to achieve progress.
Our planet is not as big as it once seemed, with a population of over 6.7 billion, the world and its resources are shrinking. In a more crowded environment we have to rethink how we do things, how we run businesses, take care of wildlife, and sustain our natural resources.
Mining for coal and other valuable [...]
Save Our Environment is a collaborative effort of the nation’s most influential environmental advocacy organizations harnessing the power of the internet to increase public awareness and activism on today’s most important environmental issues.
The Environmental News Network covers tons of ways to save the planet.
Looking for a way to make a difference. The Ecology Fund is [...]
Remember that water is a very precious resource that is being rapidly depleted by growing populations. When water resources are diminished it leads to natural habitat degradation. Doing our best to promote water conservation will help to ensure that we have adequate supplies of clean water in the future.
For more information on all aspects of [...]
Here are some Hawai‘i groups interested in conservation:
Big Island Resource Conservation & Development Council
City and County of Honolulu Department of Environmental Services
Conservation Council for Hawaii
Conservation Hawaii
DOFAW Natural Areas Reserve Program
Earth Justice
The EcoTipping Points Project
Environment Hawaii
Environmental Defense
Environmental Law Program, University of Hawaii
Environmental Protection Agency