The Garden Isle TriFest is a fun and healthy way to spend the day when ‘everyone is Irish’ Don’t forget to wear green to the second annual Garden Isle TriFest this year or you might get pinched. It’s set for March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, so not only can participants anticipate a healthy dose of [...]
The inaugural Women Artists of Kaua’i studio tour offers a behind-the-scenes look at the places and spaces artists do their work Meet some of Kaua’i’s talented artists up-close and personal this weekend during the first Women Artists of Kaua’i studio tour. Kama’aina and visitors are invited to tour as many as 11 artists’ homes and [...]
With Kaua’i Skate ‘Ohana leading the way and the private sector offering land and support, more skateboard parks are coming to the Garden Isle Nothing compares, says Dustin MacDonald, to the exhilaration you feel after learning a new skateboard trick. Without places to practice, however, youths have very limited ways of legally enjoying this sense [...]
A new volunteer program at KHS aims to make animals more socialized and relaxed, which will make them more attractive to potential adoptees Save more lives. That’s what Kaua’i Humane Society’s newly launched volunteer program aims to do. “We are asking our volunteers to up their game hugely,” says the organization’s volunteer leader, Pam Woolway. [...]
Wade Davis biologist, anthropologist, ethnobotanist and documentarian of people, plants and places brings a poetic passion to his work. Perhaps that’s why the National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence will receive the Fairchild Medal, a National Tropical Botanical Garden award, later this week. Though NTBG has its headquarters and three gardens on Kaua’i, the award will be presented [...]
A new program at KCC blends aquaculture and hydroponics to raise both vegetables and fish, and a new class is open to the public Aquaponics is the perfect marriage between aquaculture and hydroponics. “It’s a beautiful relationship,” says Bernie Tsao, Kaua’i Community College aquaculture and aquaponics coordinator and instructor. Growing fish (aquaculture), either for food [...]
Having spent half a million dollars on research, a Hawaii man is sure he’s located Noah’s Ark On a treeless, snow-capped volcanic mountainside in eastern Turkey, nearly 17,000 feet above sea level, rests what appears to be and according to local lore is a big boat embedded in glacial ice. Who was the skipper who [...]
Fed up, so to speak, with Styrofoam takeout containers, Matt Ernsdorf of Kilauea Lighthouse Bistro asks folks ordering takeout to bring their own containers to get it home Don’t forget to bring your own container if you order to go at Kilauea Lighthouse Bistro. In an effort to reduce waste, the restaurant’s owner, Matt Ernsdorf, [...]
Hanapepe Talk Story Bookstore owners spread holiday cheer at the Hanapepe Winter Festival Every day is a holiday for Ed and Cynthia Justus. The Hanapepe Talk Story Bookstore owners find enjoyment spreading Christmas cheer throughout the year, most recently at the Hanapepe Winter Festival. “This event isn’t because of a love for Christmas for us,” [...]
Michael Wysong leads the fight to remove alien plants and replace them with native species, and the results have been encouraging Michael Wysong spends his days protecting the island’s sensitive habitat and restoring native ecosystems. As Kaua’i division of Forestry and Wildlife’s Natural Area Reserve manager, he builds fences in designated habitats to keep out [...]
