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 is Sending its Shrinking Base of Doctors to the ER
Hawaii’s physician shortage is a serious and growing statewide problem. A rising trend in all island counties Oahu, the doctor shortage has increased from 377 (in 2019) to 475 (in 2020). Hawaii Island there was an increase from 230 to 287 last year Maui saw their shortage increased from 153 to 185 doctors, while Kauai […]
Legislative Update; EV Market Analysis
Hawaii EV Legislative Update As we reported earlier, there is a variety of EV bills in this year’s legislative cycle. One of those bills, Senate Bill SB756 SD2, is still alive (and made it out of committee) and is presently before the House Energy & Environment Committee for full consideration. Today’s hearing is open to […]
Climate SOS, Hawai’i Responds
Ok, you’ve heard it before, but it bears repeating…”The Earth is changing faster than at any point in human memory as a result of human-caused global heating”. Since the mid-1800s, when we began burning fossil fuels at an industrial scale, we have been modifying our atmosphere and causing the globe to heat up. BeyondKona has […]
A Brief History of Covid-19
More than a year has past as the world’s death toll rose, the SARS-CoV-2 (aka COVID-19) was slow to reveal its secrets as it proceeded to shut down much of the planet, while killing more than 2.6 million people in the most disruptive global health disaster since the influenza pandemic of 1918. More than a […]