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!
‘First Flower’ is a NOVA film that traces scientist’s exploration of the earliest flowers on earth – a quest driven by the discovery of an ancient flower fossil in China dated to the time of the dinosaurs. Filmed in a landscape dubbed the “Mother of all Gardens”.
SolFest was a joyful day with many new faces coming to visit
One Island’s Sustainable Living Center last Saturday. Music, children’s art projects, face paining, woodblock prints and jewelry, solar vendors, and sustainability practices tours and discussion groups made for a celebratory day.
In the evening, the house concert with Maka, the kava bar, and fire circle made for a warm and friendly finale to this community gathering.
A big Mahalo to all of our participants!
Ancient Solstice Markers
Solstice Marker Construction 5-6pm, Potluck 6-7pm, Film 7-8pm
We invite you to join a LIVING GREEN Learning Circle that will meet regularly at One Island to discuss, discern, and take home and implement Green Living practices that work in our homes and workplaces, schools and communities. Each month we will introduce innovative ideas, tools, and practices in order to share with one another options that we can select from – and add to.
To Launch the LIVING GREEN potluck / learning circle theme, we will be introduced to a seminal book “VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY” by Duane Elgin and another book that brings it home for us right here on the Big Island “GREEN HAWAII”. Everyone has a Green practice to share – come tell us yours and learn from your neighbors.
Potluck 5-6:30 and Living Green learning circle 6:30-8pm. If you don’t have time to cook, bring a healthy natural foods dessert, or a $10 donation is welcome as your contribution.
Please RSVP to hawaii@one-island.org
One of the most compelling aspects of living in Hawaii is
enjoying the verdant greenery, beautiful plants, and many
textures and lighting of our landscape.
Takes our breath away each and every day.
Cultures around the world practice focusing on nature as a source of wonder and inspiration. One of the most universal
built landscape features that span many cultures are
Medicine Wheels. These circular forms draw our attention to
the subtle, magical, qualities of walking on this earth.
They connect us to the land, and to the sky and heavens.
One Island is re-establishing its first Medicine Wheel
this Saturday and we invite you to join us in this celebration
and work party. Our first Medicine Wheel is focused on growing
and honoring healing, medicinal plants from the four
corners of the world. We gather at 8:30am and wrap up by
12:30, followed by a yummy lunch for our volunteers.
In the future, follow-up Medicine Wheel Days will introduce
sacred geometry, Native wisdom, and Celtic viewpoints
about the different Medicine Wheels around the world.
Come learn how to make your own Medicine Wheel no matter what
the size of your garden. From 3′ to 30′, a Wheel can bring
relaxation and restoration to your life –even food!
Hope to see you in the Wheel.
Please RSVP to hawaii at one-island.org
Community Film Night – Blue Gold –
Thursday April 7th, 6-9pm
All over the world the ‘new oil’ is WATER – this is the resource that we can’t invent our way out of – – or break our complete dependency on. Come learn what is going on in Third World countries who trade their debt for water – and in US cities who are selling out their water rights.
Water is precious – is YOURS at RISK?
Potluck pupus 6-7 and film with discussion 7-9pm.
All ages welcome!
