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by 2030 or before by setting up an unspoken four-county Those interested in providing input to this
challenge to reach the goals. Kate Brown, Director of the sustainability effort are encouraged to contact her at
Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA), refers to a friendly “co- chelsea@hawaiigreengrowth.org
opitition,” i.e., half competition and half cooperation. Apart from greater collaborative planning initiatives,
Chelsea Harder, an eight- sustainability also means each of us doing something in
year Hawaii resident our own lives to address the greater efforts. Whether it
raised in the Midwest, is may be bringing a reusable bag, water bottle, container, or
the new Sustainability coffee cup, improving our electrical efficiency and reducing
Dashboard Coordinator our carbon footprint, or driving a hybrid, E/V or bio-diesel
for Hawaii Green Growth. capable vehicle, we can all contribute to the greater goal.
Two years as a Peace Says Professor Botkin,
Corps worker on Kiribati
in Micronesia helped “Sustainability is doing the best you can.”
fortify her resolve to help
create a better world for
future generations.
“I learned the power of community, sense of place,
listening, and collective action,” said Harder. “Living on a
small atoll for two years, I saw firsthand that the impact
of any initiative was quickly realized because of its scale Rob Parsons is a 38-year Maui resident
and isolation. Hawaii being an island state has similar and current chair of the uhMC sustainable
opportunities to see quick results from our actions.”
science Management Advisory Committee.
Harder and Hawaii Green Growth (HGG) will be collaborating he is serving in his 11th year as Maui County
with the SSM Advisory Committee and others this year environmental Council and is a member of the hawaii environmental
on Maui to set dashboard measures, ways to track our Council. An archive of his writing on sustainability and other eco-topics
progress, for the A+C Green Workforce and Education goal. may be found at: www.legacyprojectshawaii.com
The meetings are tentatively set for September 13-14, with
preliminary discussions with stakeholders/ decision makers/
community leaders to take place in the coming months.

Seeking Land for Animal Sanctuary

Living Aloha Magazine and a group of animal
advocates seek land for an animal sanctuary
eco-preserve with veganic permaculture, adoption
program and outreach/education center. The group
has experience in animal care, health education,
permaculture, and magazine publishing/distribution.
seeking donated or owner-financed land on any of the hawaiian
islands, or funds for purchase.

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