Sustainability

Hawaii depends mostly on petroleum and oil as its energy source, as Hawaii does not have natural gas reserves, nuclear power, or large rivers to drive hydroelectric plants.

Breakdown of Imported Oil Usage
The oil imported into Hawaii in 2001, had roughly 32% used to generate electricity. About 61% was used for transportation like airplanes, cars, and ships. The oil that Hawaii does import is also refined as it is still in its crude form. This crude oil is made into jet fuel (~27%), naphtha (~11%, which is used as a solvent), gasoline (~18%), and diesel (12%).

Read more and explore the site at: Renewable Energy Basics

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www.earth911.org

Learn about almost every kind of recycling there is and learn smart tips about mercury & paint. This site has information on recycling for batteries, aluminum cans, electronics, and motor oil. The site also has education, government resources, and media outreach tabs. Enter a zip code and find information that is relevant to that location.

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This EPA web site hosts a vast array of teacher resources on water-related environmental education programs.
http://www.epa.gov/adopt/resources/

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Here is a list of web sites, articles, and books compiled by Keala Francis ('88) Dickhens.

Sustainable Agriculture Research

Web Sites

UH – Manoa: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/
home page

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/gmo/intro/
background information on biotechnology and gmo

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/
information on various sustainable agriculture activities
in the college

Kokua Hawaii Foundation
Farm-to-School
http://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/programs/farm-to-school.html

Hawaii Department of Agriculture
http://www.hawaiiag.org/prices.htm

GE Free Hawaii
http://www.higean.org/

Organic Trade Association
http://www.ota.com/index.html

Ma’o Farms – Waianae
http://www.cityfarmer.org/hawaii.html

Organic Farming Directory
http://www.deephawaii.com/links/organicfarming.html

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
http://pewagbiotech.org/

CropChoice.com
http://www.cropchoice.com/leadstryd5d6-2.html?recid=517

Center for Food Safety
http://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/

Om Organic
http://www.omorganics.org/page.php?pagename=Home
search for organic vs. sustainable

Organic Pest Management
http://anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/7251.pdf
UC Davis has a good agricultural program, go to site for more info

Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/default.aspx?id=19

Resource Guide for Organic Insect & Pest Management
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/resourceguide/

Books

Fast Food Nation
Eric Schlosser

Diet for a New America
John Robbins

The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Michael Pollan

The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter
Peter Singer and Jim Mason

What to Eat
Marion Nestle

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http://reduce.org/

This site has tips for reducing your amount of waste in many different enviornments and situations, such as at home, the office, at school, while on trips, and during the holidays.

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This is a site for free schedueld tours that give a peek into the waste management process.
http://www.opala.org/recycling_business/Tour_de_trash_2006.htm

There is one in july on construction and demolition. july 27 after summer school. Giant piles of metal to be recycled.

One of the tours occurs in September on a thursday for recycling and waste processors. This tour goes to waimanalo gulch, H-POWER, and composting place

The last tour occurs in November about company recycling, and how it saved them money. Youngs laundry saving money using cooking oil is an example of companies saving money through recycling. I was thinking that perhaps punahou could use some of the methods already used by others as an action step.

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http://sustainable-uh.hawaii.edu/index.php?section=3&island=7&article=42

This website has information on all types of sustainability and helps to organize the research and actions taken to help be more sustainable.

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www.ecofoot.org

This site is an awesome resource for finding out approximately how much damage our lifestyle can harm the Earth. It also offers ways we can reduce energy emissions, waste and our overall footprint.

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http://www.computerrecyclingusa.com/

This website is a way for people all around the U.S. to recycle computers, monitors, and moreelectronics. It has a procedure of how to mail the electronics in step by step. For use by anyone in America, this site shows that recycling electronics is accessible. You must ship and mail the electronic device yourself and when they receive it they recycle it. This is taking action, which is needed, and I know that I would've do this with any electronic device if I had known about it rather than throw it away into a landfill. I hope you all feel the same way.

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http://www.its.berkeley.edu/sustainabilitycenter/

This site is the University Of California Berkeley's research site for sustainability mainly involving transportation. It is a joint research center, so many people are contributing. It tells the basics of sustainability, and its similarity to our efforts on sustainability nearly lets them do all the work.

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http://www.waikikiworm.com/6wwschool.html

This is the home page of a great company featuring vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is the use of worms to turn your natural wastes (ie: banana peels, wilted lettuce) into compost. We have a Vermiculture bin at home and it's great. Easy to use and very green. Visit this site to find out more...

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Put out by the Environmental Protection Agency, this page is a nice starting point with lots of information and ideas concerning water efficienty.
http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/

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Imagine designers and architects helping invision cities that can be sustainable. Learn about a TV series that teaches how cities and countries are thinking of solutions. Watch for the series on TV starting in June of 2006, narrated by Brad PItt. Check out the website too. http://www.design-e2.com/

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The State of Hawaii Auditor prepared this report to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of Hawai'i in December 2005. It recommends a planning process for the state to adopt in order to secure a sustainable future for Hawaii. It notes that "With housing prices nearing $600,000statewide for a single family home, traffic jams on all islands, groundwater supply at dangerously low levels to sustain current and future development, Hawai'i 's heavy reliance on increasingly expensive oil in a volatile global energy market, continued over-dependency on a low-wage tourism economy, depletion of natural resources and parts of Hawai'i's fragile ecosystems, steady deterioration of public infrastructures, an inadequate public education system, possible interruptions in travel, shipping, and supplies that Hawai'i relies on from distant sources, and population growth particularly on the neighbor idslands increasing at a rapid rate, the issues of the long term limits of growth, planning, and the sustainability of essential island natural resources require immediate attention" Good for research on what governent can do/is doing to advance a sustainable future. ( document in Cooke Library)

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