Wildfires Have Long Threatened Hawai‘i; Will Prevention Become a Priority?
Climate experts warned of wildfire dangers for more than a decade before the August fires devastated Maui.
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Robbie Dingeman
Climate experts warned of wildfire dangers for more than a decade before the August fires devastated Maui.
Robbie Dingeman
In part three of our climate series, we examine the impact of soaring air temperatures and what our community can do.
The Trust for Public Land is hoping to complete its 50th project this year to celebrate 50 years in the 50th state.
James Nakamura
The Waimānalo Limu Hui is cultivating limu and traditional practices, one planting at a time.
Midway through the Genki Ala Wai Project, the notoriously polluted waterway shows impressive results.
From Kaimukī to Kapolei, check out our favorite O‘ahu eco-stores for scooping up sustainable lifestyle, personal care and household items.
Robbie Dingeman
We explore how climate change is complicating our push to grow more of our own food and hastening the extinction of our native species.
Robbie Dingeman
Amid the vast scope of climate change, our series explores each of the natural elements that shape our island life, starting with water.
In 2050, students learn under the infinite sky. In each school complex, outdoor education hubs outnumber placid classrooms, each site a star in a constellation of learning spanning mauka to makai.
Native Hawaiian artist, Solomon Enos creates a dynamic new Waikīkī in the year 2050, a place that has become an amazing model of climate change adaptation.
Local artist Kate Wadsworth illustration pays homage to the restoration of Indigenous systems that have existed for generations in Hawai‘i.
Imagine if geothermal energy pumps, airborne wind turbines and solar-powered facilities could power the life in our streams, the lights in our homes and the transportation of goods across the ocean.
Native Hawaiian self-reliance provides a template for imagining a future of innovative stewardship of our natural resources in part two of Hawai‘i of Tomorrow, a six-part series presented by Hawaiian Electric.
Local artist Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong, envisions a Hawai’i of 2050 where electric transportation means shorter commute times, more gardens and green spaces, and the sounds of bird-song and laughter instead of the roar of today’s traffic.
A snorkeling spot and a crater are the focus of O‘ahu’s first attempts to manage and profit more from surging visitor numbers.
Here’s a look back at a story that ran in the magazine in February 1920.
Here’s a look back at a story that ran in the magazine in July 1921.
Here’s a look back at a story that ran in the magazine in June 2011.
An article from 2001 takes on the topic of dredging the Ala Wai Canal in the wake of complaints about what lurks in its murky waters.
If you can only plant one tree, make it an urban one.
We talk with Desiree Page about how criminal statistics pushed her into arboriculture, how HECO manages power lines and trees, and why trees grow up so fast in Waimānalo.
Heidi Bornhurst talks about designing a zoo habitat for elephants, using a forklift to pick up her future husband and why grass is a super alien.