Sustainable Hawaii

by Jim Channon

I thought you might enjoy a few really tasty stories about getting deep value from your experience on the land.

GROUND ZERO ... a point IN PARADISE
Consider finding out where you can presence yourself much of the time during a normal day at home. A place where you can talk with friends, work on your computer, make long distance phone calls, watch a video, etc.

THE CREATIVE AND MYSTIC LANDCRAFTER

WHEN COMPLETING THE CHALLENGE COURSE AT ARTESIA YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

THE DEEP STUDY See ten layers deep into a piece of land that proceeds from the ancient and sacred to the magic of paradise for all those who abide there.

THE LONG RANGE VIEW Understand that sustainability is a function of your ability to set in place the necessary agri-structure that will, with the care of ordinary people, be able to provide the nourishment for soul, mind and body for those who remain to care for that plan.

Eddie Pollack has highly recommended these videos to catch up on a promising movement around town readiness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kizxt14aPM8

Second http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbLsmR21gnk

Third http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwjGDtHGd9c

Fourth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciZc5vv5-yY

Fifth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0GYI5CJTkw

Sixth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db9KpaELhCg

also Jim Channon has ten to fifteen great you tube videos on subjects related to our green future

Jim

LIFE FORCE LIVING
Thriving in a crazy world

Is there life after sustainability? I thought it time to value the way I want to do the world and experience life in the grandest possible way. I have always thought about it like … going the WHOLE way. How about ... PARADISE? “Being all you can be” really got me when we made that the slogan for the U. S. Army. It helps explain to me how I am somewhat possessed with being, doing, and having it all … and with a personal bias toward doing things of consequence. Like being sustainable.

We are a
A Grass Roots
Volunteer Organization
Working to Promote
Sustainability
in Kohala and
the State of Hawaii

Sustainable Kohala
Why We Exist

As the earthquake of October 2006 reminded us, we live at the end of a tenuous road, on an isolated island with a very fragile infrastructure. We import most of our food and all of our manufactured goods. Because of our isolation, North Kohala is vulnerable to a host of emergencies caused by:

• Weather related disasters
• Rising fuel costs
• Economic decline
• Terrorism
• Pandemic plagues

A wonderful man from Canada just came into the office----a fellow real estate broker Al Dredge of R/E Max Edmonton.

When I asked him about market demand for green building practices, he spoke instead about the notion of quality of life. This is an intiative of the Alberta Real Estate community. It may well include building techniques that keep families healthy (fewer toxins, well-insulated) & energy-smart design--- but suggest much more... Here is a part of their description:

Communities of Survival

So what does work? The key to making sense of constructive action in a situation of impending industrial collapse is to look at the community, rather than the individual or society as a whole, as the basic unit. We know from history that local communities can continue to flourish while empires fall around them. There are, however, three things a community needs to do that, and all three of them are in short supply these days.

Hanging Out with Seedy People
October 7th, 2008
Andrea Dean

My self-imposed Sustainability Chronicles project dictates that I undertake a new eco-action each week. Well… I have been a little behind, but here is my eco-action for the month: Organize a Seed Exchange! The Big Island community was out in full force for the Kohala Country Fair on Saturday, October 4th. The morning started with a light rain, which opened up to a beautiful sunny day- the perfect planting environment. Deep inside the Green Zone was the Seed Exchange.

LANDCRAFTING

The new integral land planning profession
12 Sessions

1. Ancient Hawaiian Land Practices – The ancient hawaiians had specific methods of cultivating the land, harvesting water, siting homes, gardens and ceremonial centers to make the best use of (maximize) space, diversity and fertile land. (See Ahupua’a, Loi, …
2. Story work – The richness of a people and a culture can be measured by the stories that are told and shared. A focus on the story of the land and its owners helps to shape emerging culture in a way that benefits all life and is entertaining as well.

The following ideas are parts of an integral approach to a beautiful, easy to keep, acreage plan that enables food, water, and power from organic sources. This is the basis for a primary course in Landcrafting and Life force living designed for land owners, coaches, and key members of the youth movement. It promotes a creative and adaptive way of thinking ...like Bill Mollisons ...use everything for something mindset.

BASIC SURVIVAL THINKING

∑ Use old Cardboard for weed-block
∑ Dried green-waste trimmings for kindling
∑ Have multiple water catchment systems