No wonder my plants no grow too good. It’s not me. it’s the worn-out soil in Kapahulu! Now I have better good excuse for killing all those plants from before. Ka-Pahulu is cursed with bad soil. Ka means “da”, Pahulu means “worn-out soil” -due to over farming, may be. The Hawaiian must have moved on from the area to grow stuff in Waikiki instead; or may be just go give warning to the kekei farmers by naming the place “worn soil”. So, next time I go City Mill for some top soil before I go give the garden another try. Good luck planting in Kapahulu. Oh, the coral boulders (huge kine) are another reason my plants died. Talk story later, okay.

Name source: http://wahinoho.net/page_olelo_category_place_names.html

Do you have a list of locations you would like to display on a map?  Try batchgeo.com  It is as easy as cut and paste a list from your excel file onto the website where the web base mapping tool will do the rest.  Here is a sample that I’ve created using excel data that I have on LEED Certified Projects in Hawaii. Enjoy.

View LEED Certified Projects in Hawaii in a full screen map

To create a locator box, use the following HTML code:

Nov 20, 2010 (Sat 3-5pm)

Waikiki School Food Farm “Growing Food 4 Kids By Kids”
Come join us for a Waikiki School Food Farm work day this Saturday 3-5pm. Enjoy the cool afternoon breezes while helping our gardens grow! We will be continuing to work on our plant nursery structure, pulling weeds in the Food Farm and pruning fruit trees. Tools provided…bring gloves, water and snacks.

Project Green Waikiki
www.projectgreenwaikiki@blogspot.com

Waikiki School
3710 Leahi Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815

Here is a project you can do with the kids.  A Hi-5 Recycle Encourager. It’s easy and fun. It sure makes it easier for those who dig through the city rubbish bin for those aluminum can and plastic bottles.  I spotted this one at the layover stop for bus No.13 on Monsaratt Avenue.

Material:
5′x3′ of wire mesh,
plastic ties,plastic
foamcore for the sign

Full Instruction at http://www.nomoola.com/bins/bin-instructions.pdf

Check out this old world business concept repackaged for the new world called Natural Capitalism. You too can run your business with this concept application. You can see fragments of the concept in our business world and it is a matter of time when it will be integrated common business practice.

Replicable, biological models with closed loops and zero waste, shifting from goods to service. These are the next steps in sustainable thinking and doing.
• Replicable – franchise like Starbucks, L&L Drive-Inn, Dave’s ice cream, Pizza Hut, Jack in the Box, Jumba Juice, where the business model can be repeated again and again.
• Biological Models with close loops and zero waste – Macadamia nut processing plant uses the shells to burn energy to run the light and machine. Starbucks use their coffee grind to generate energy to run the store. Highway that uses car vibration to power the street lamp. Cell phone that charges when you talk into it. (Hello, sound wave harvesting)
• Shifting from goods to service. Hawaii is famous for selling leisure service rather than goods. The goods are to support the service rather than the product itself. Sell floral service rather than flowers from Sweet Blossoms. Sell phone service plan rather than the phone from Mobi. Sell dining experience rather than a box lunch. Sell housing service package rather than simply the house. Sell a comprehensive transportation package (bus, taxi, carpool, rail) rather simply a car. Sell entertainment package rather than simply a TV.

http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid66.php
http://www.natcap.org/

There should be no excuse that you are still shopping at the super market for your produce, fruit and vegetable. Yes, KCC Saturday Market is little too early and sometimes too crowded for a lazy start of the weekend morning. But farmer’s markets are spouting in different neighborhoods for your convenient. A list of farmer’s market can be found in the Edible Hawaiian magazine. The new Blaisdale’s Wednesday Market did not make the list yet.

http://www.ediblecommunities.com/hawaiianislands/farmers-markets/farmers-markets.htm
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/content/edible-publications/edible-publications.htm
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/hawaiianislands/