Announcing the new People’s Garden Grant coming to West Hawaii.

On November 15th, Heritage Ranch, One Island and Konawaena High School were honored to begin a partnership to bring more local, fresh healthy food to West Hawaii. Supported by a new grant awarded to  Heritage Ranch  by the USDA and the National Institute for Food and Agriculture, the project will implement 12 non-profit and 120 neighborhood gardens. Working with local schools – including Konawaena High – we will be providing training and materials to build 144 gardens, wildlife habitats, and small reforestation projects. Learn more about People’s Gardens here.

Green IS a verb – Do It!

Wellness is a Cornerstone of Sustainability

You are invited to join us at One Island in Honaunau for an afternoon Qi Gong session 4:30-5:30 and then a special Qi Dao presentation by visiting guest Lama Somananda Tantrapa at 6pm. Potluck 5:30pm.

Lama Somananda Tantrapa is the holder of the lineage of Qi Dao that has been fostered in his clan for 27 generations since 1224 AD. He has over 30years of experience in Qi Dao and other internal martial arts. He was primarily trained by his Grandfather who was the last Grandmaster of this style of Tibetan Shamanic Qigong. In addition to being recognized as an incarnate Bön Lama, ordained as a Buddhist monk and initiated into Subud spiritual brotherhood, he holds a degree in Cultural Anthropology and certifications in Qigong, Hypnosis and NLP. Lama Tantrapa’s initiatives dedicated to peace work and spiritual freedom were subjected topersecution in his homeland thus he received religious asylum in the United States in1997.

Join us in celebrating and supporting local farmers and producers 

Chocolate Chocolate! 

Saturday, November 5th

 Delicious tastings with Madre Chocolate, Kona Origins, Completely Different Chocolate, and Chacamaca from Amazon Herbs. Savory dinner entre option. Tastings 4-8pm, Dinner 5-6pm, talk story with Madre Chocolate 6:30, Fire Circle and hot Mayan chocolate 7:30.

October launches our new Makau to Makai watershed stewardship series beginning with a rare opportunity  to explore the Nature Conservancy preserve in Ka’u. Meet at One Island in Honaunau on Painted Church Rd. 7:00am or at Ace Hardware in Na’alehu at 8:15am, and carpool to the mountain preserve with a special treat down to a shoreline site as well for a BYOlunch and tour – the full watershed experience!

Sunday, October 16^th, 2-5pm

You are invited to join us at One Island for an afternoon immersed in the growing, preparation and enjoyment of Hawaii-grown tea. From 2-5pm on Sunday, October 16^th we will be honored to have certified tea instructor Taka and Kimberly Ino from Mauna Kea Tea at our sustainable living center for a not-to-be-missed Art of Tea class. To make it even better, Kimberly will bring samples of baked goods she makes using their tea

Engrossing and eye-opening, KING CORN is a fun and crusading journey into the digestive tract of our fast food nation where one ultra-industrial, pesticide-laden, heavily-subsidized commodity dominates the food pyramid from top to bottom – corn. Fueled by curiosity and a dash of naivete, college buddies Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis return to their ancestral home of Greene, Iowa to figure out how a modest kernel conquered America. With the help of some real farmers, oodles of fertilizer and overnment aid, and some genetically modified seeds, the friends manage to grow one acre of corn. Along the way, they unlock the hilarious absurdities and scary but hidden truths about America’s modern food system.

Film and discussion 7-8:30pm

RSVP to hawaii@one-island.org

Reclaiming our Local Food System was launched at One Island in August 2011 with three workshops pertaining to conserving, enriching – or growing with out – dirt. This month’s featured film is Dirt! and is a global look at one of our most precious – and threatend-  resources.

Potluck 6-7pm    Film and Discussion 7-9pm

We are pleased to announce the launch of Honaunau Now! as a green business collaborative that will be hosting Green Walks on Painted Church Road with green tours to other local farms, a Farmer’s Market coop booth, and a CSA (community supported agriculture) basket program. If interested, please contact hawaii at one-island.org .

The End of the Line charts the  devastating ecologial impact of over fishing and is a call to action that outlines solutions with the necessary steps to save the ocean.

 Potluck 6-7 and film screening 7-8:30pm

RSVP to hawaii@one-island.org  for directions

One Island and the West Hawaii Explorations Academy assisted a local student, Taylor Wainani Traub, to qualify for attending the Stone Soup Youth Leadership Summit for Sustainable Development on Martha’s Vineyard June 2011 – learn more at West Hawaii Today. Congratulations Taylor!