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  • Human impact rising

    February 8, 2017

    Key indicators show rising Impact on Earth The Hawaii islands are home to the longest running Impact data-set for measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide. The Mauna Loa monitoring station on Hawaii island started measuring…

  • Riseup—YOU are more than you think you are

    January 5, 2017

    Riseup—YOU are more than you think you are... Who owns the light that is entering your eyes each day? Riseup... What percentage of your daily attention is on a screen? Riseup... Asked another way, what is the amount of…

  • Riseup

    November 8, 2016

    What's your calling? What motivates you to get out into the urban world to stand and speak for positive vision of the future? [caption id="attachment_507988" align="alignright" width="381"] My inspiring brother, Blue…

  • Aligning your business with your Values

    September 30, 2016

    D o you want to build a thriving business that leaves a legacy of good for generations to come? Creating a conscious business can be hugely rewarding on so many levels… The reality? Running a business aligned with your…

  • Before the Flood

    August 30, 2016

    Before the Flood—film review As a trainee, presenter and mentor for Al Gore's Climate Leadership team , I was struck by how closely the film, Before the Flood , follows Mr. Gore's Climate Reality focus, in content,…

  • HPU sells Hawaii Loa campus

    June 27, 2016

    Breaking News about HPU windward campus! Just received this from my alma mater. Sad to see the beautiful Hawaii Loa campus reduced to a mere transaction. During it's prime it was a serene sporty safe educational…

  • Bill McKibben, deep ecologist

    May 15, 2016

    350Hawaii Backstory In 2004, with the angst of another failed progressive candidate fresh in our minds, and determined to continue moving forward, I co-created a hui we called Facing the Future (FtF). This was a…

  • Earthday Summit 2016

    April 22, 2016

    On #EarthDay , I ask, "What if we all acted from knowing we are all ONE?" Aloha friends and fellow humans, Our living planet has been there for all life for millions of years. Many of us have been working for decades to…

  • Leadership in Extraction and Environment

    April 1, 2016

    Sustainable Leadership in Africa [caption id="attachment_506195" align="alignleft" width="345"] University of Ghana, Accra[/caption] In 2011, I journeyed to west Africa as one of a cohort of graduate scholars invited by…

  • Center for Sustainable Futures

    March 1, 2016

    #GoFurtherHPU To any rational social minded agent, it has become abundantly clear—in a positive, equitable, ecologically diverse future, more humans practicing sustainable development are required, across the entire…