Hawai’i Today
Explore with us the current events, both global and local, that impact life in Hawai’i Today. “In depth” analysis of the challenges and potential solutions are addressed, with a focus on activating community solutions that will nurture and sustain a lifestyle unique to all who live in Hawai’i.
Hawaii’s Endangered Coral Reefs Add Value
Coral Reefs Provide Flood Protection Worth $1.8 Billion Annually — Key Reasons Hawai’i Must Protect This State Asset For anyone who visits or lives in Hawai’i, and who dives or snorkels Hawaii’s various island reefs, it’s obvious the reef has been in trouble for some time. This has been especially true since the supercharged El […]
Forces Inside and Outside Hawai’i Shape the State’s Climate Future
Hawaii’s 2019 legislative Accomplishments and Failures We often measure value in terms of money or time or both. But there is an overriding third element too often overlooked: opportunity. Opportunity came knocking at the door of Hawaii’s 2019 legislative session when in the senate SB 690 was born. To be exact, it was on January […]
Editorial
Be Aware of the 3 T’s: Trump – Taxes – Tariffs As Hawai’i struggles with balancing its state and county budgets, there is a larger tax game being played out in Washington D.C. — the Trump administration’s economic agenda and policies of bait and switch. After the 2016 election and Trump became president, his party […]
Hawaii’s Ocean Environment Heats Up — with Real Consequences
Hawaii’s remote location has historically protected the island chain from many major storm events and enabled an unique marine and land ecosystem to flourish. As the impacts of Climate Change grow there is no escaping the planetary consequences, even when you’re living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Heatwaves are sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’, scientists […]