Green Building in Action! One Island’s Sustainable Saturday in March featured a great how-to for building garden trellising with bamboo, taught by Mack, a Master Canoe Builder. A big thanks to our volunteers for making this a really enriching day! 
From the bean to the bar, as a raw food, cultivated confection, savory dinner plate, ice cream – or even body lotion, chocolate has a fascinating allure. Come sip, taste, touch, sample and enjoy this marvelous bean at One Island’s Chocolate Chocolate! local food and products celebration.
March 20th, 4-7 pm
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As part of One Island’s Flavor of Hawaii Program we’ll be pairing these aromatic experiences with local art, evocative music, and locally made cacao body care products – plus seed sources for starting your own chocolate themed garden!
The Real Dirt on Farmer John
An inspiring film about a farmer who pioneered a very successful CSA program in his area and is reconnecting urban folks to the land – with art and humor thrown in!
Feather boas, gossamer wings, and fun art costumes welcome in the spirit of Farmer John and Friends!
Botany of Desire will be shown at One Island 6-9pm. This is a fascinating film about the history and domestication of four plants that challenge us to question ” Just WHO controls WHO?”
Bring tasty, healthy snacks and beverages to pot-luck and a warm blanket for this covered, open-air venue. After the viewing you are welcome to stay for a discussion about the film. Future film selections will be on sustainability, social justice, human relationships, personal transformation, and environmental topics. Layers including long sleeves and pants are suggested for your comfort. Carpooling encouraged. This is a smoke, synthetic fragrance, and alcohol free event.
All Our Relations
Exploring the sacred human relationship with plants
There is an ancient wisdom embodied in our relation with plants, one that touches us at a very elemental core of our being as inhabitants on this miraculous green planet. Our relationship to plants is both an ancestral memory and a living contemporary experience. And it is a relationship that is essential to maintain and acknowledge as we face the future and rebuild local food systems, enhance family well being, and co-create sustainable communities.
This is the second in a series of storytelling circles that will illuminate individual and cultural practices from around the world that honor our nourishing and healing relationships with plants.
Featured Speaker:
Kat Harrison
Friday January 21st, 9am-1pm
By invitation, with a local foods lunch potluck.
The Avocado Festival is February 19th at the Amy Greenwell Garden and we welcome you to stop by our booth and say hello, learn about our March and April WHSEP energy workshops, and join in the community energy independence conversation. 9am-4pm.
The Earth Day Festival will be April 23rd, 9am-4pm at the Keauhou Resort on the oceanfront lawn. We’ll have solar technologies on display and welcome you to stop by and learn about our programs.
GOING GREEN AWARDS
One Island recognizes the accomplishments of local businesses in Going Green by adding renewable energy to their operations. This season we feature:
The Lotus Cafe for its 450 panel solar array installation, biodegradable containers, organic local foods, and green cost saving practices. They serve excellent Northern Thai, Indian and East Indian cuisine with lots of organic ingredients – and make a wonderful coconut milk ice cream with local flavors. Be sure to give the fresh squeezed ginger /sugar cane juice a try. They can often be found at local Farmers Markets on Saturdays and Sundays, and their restaurant is in the Upper Koloko area, diagonal from Costco.
LEARNING on the LAND is the theme of our volunteer learning opportunities and we had ten great AmeriCorps Volunteers from all over the US under the NCCC Program, Jan-April, helping us get ready to open for programs and generously helping our non-profit partners out in the community. Mahalo Nui Loa to NCCC and Congratulations to AmeriCorps for getting more recognition and support from Congress!
One Island's NCCC Volunteers
