sustainability

Former University of Hawaiʻi Vice Chancellor and current urban planning professor Karl Kim and three of his graduate students discuss different scenarios of planning efforts for Downtown Honolulu.

The Reef-Friendly Landscaping Summit taught culturally rooted practices for land care to help manage erosion and protect Kā‘anapali's near-shore areas.

The Molokaʻi community has received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health Prize for its work to create a healthy future for its residents and environment. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.

Dana Shapiro, the president and CEO of the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative, said the organization shipped hundreds of pounds of breadfruit to the 60 or so schools for the program a few weeks ago.

A study from a team of Hawaiʻi researchers reveals that if all the fallow agricultural land was converted into agroforests, it would counteract the carbon emissions of 100 million barrels of oil. Leah Bremer and Kawika Winter spoke with The Conversation about their group's research.

Trying to buy eggs but finding store shelves empty? You’re not the only one scrambling to find eggs. Amid a national egg shortage, small farmers in Maui County say they can’t keep up with the recent local demand. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol has more.

Experts say we’re halfway through a crucial decade in mitigating climate change — 2030 is the global target to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half. HPR’s Savannah Harriman-Pote spoke with the leadership at the Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency about how the city will navigate the next five years.

The Lahaina Energy Partnership has formed in the wake of Maui’s devastating fires to make sure community members have a voice in their energy future. It’s the latest addition to a growing pool of community-led energy huis, and Shake Energy Collaborative wants to make sure those efforts are successful.

From electric vehicles to sustainable aviation fuel, this is International Energy Week in Singapore. It includes a conference where another focus is the development of an energy grid connecting Southeast Asia. HPR's Bill Dorman has more in today's Asia Minute.

The state Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaiʻi Authority is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and it plans on more research and support for projects to combat climate change, and to meet the state’s energy and food goals.