Field Notes: Removing Invasive Algae With Mālama Maunalua
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: the Mālama Maunalua community huki.
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Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: the Mālama Maunalua community huki.
The governor set a goal of doubling local food production by 2020. So how do we measure up?
Experts tell us how to bolster our food security and commit to locally grown for our future.
“I’m a gardener, I love gardening and I love saving the world one garden at a time. That’s my motto.”
The world’s ending. Time to give up snack packs.
In August’s Afterthoughts, I made a promise that I was going to try five new things to help me do better with the four R’s—reduce, reuse, recycle, recover. Here’s what I managed to accomplish.
These tiny planters are eco-friendly and fun to make.
Learn how to incorporate sustainably caught seafood in your next home cooked meal with Local I‘a and other eco-conscious groups.
We spent weeks contemplating some of Honolulu’s oldest, biggest and most impressive trees to capture their natural magnificence.
Kick the single-use plastics and pack your homemade lunch with these reusable wraps, utensils and lunch boxes.
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.
For dolphins, whales or seals in bad situations, Hawaii’s Marine Mammal Response Network knows just what to do.
Local artist Kate Wadsworth illustration pays homage to the restoration of Indigenous systems that have existed for generations in Hawai‘i.
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.

We delve deep into underground passages, secret societies and mysteries to bring you the best secrets the city has to offer.
We aren’t picky, we’re just…discerning.
With our perfect weather, camping in Hawai‘i couldn’t be easier. Just grab a tent and some supplies, and head out to one of these scenic spots.
Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vast and varied scenes and subcultures.
Kick the single-use plastics and pack your homemade lunch with these reusable wraps, utensils and lunch boxes.