Posted On: Nov 23, 10
Join the Simplify the Holidays Campaign! Make at least one commitment to cut waste and boost the aloha this holiday season, post an online journal about how you are simplifying your holidays, and qualify to win This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1 autographed by Jack Johnson! Five winners will be selected each week until Dec 31, 2010 (a total of 30 winners). A single grand prize winner will get a special “Eat Local” package including 3-month subscriptions to local vegetable delivery from O’ahu Fresh (priced at $135) and local eggs from Maili Moa Farm, Gift Certificates to Town Restaurant and Tamashiro Market, and a “DASH of Aloha” cookbook!
How to Play:
Step 1. Commit to at least one way you’ll Simplify the Holidays at KanuHawaii.org
(if not already a Kanu Hawai’i member, you’ll be asked to register and log in).
Step 2. While logged in at KanuHawaii.org, click the orange “Journal” button and post a short text entry, picture or video explaining how you are simplifying your holidays.
Pau! You’re automatically entered to win.
Rules & Judging Criteria:
1. Five (5) journal posts will be selected at random each Friday from Nov 26 to Dec 31.
2. Eligible journal entries must explain how the entrant is putting their Simplify the Holidays commitments into action.
3. Previous winners will not be entered for the drawing in subsequent weeks.
4. Winners will be notified by e-mail every Tuesday. If a winner cannot be contacted within seven (7) days after the first attempt, an alternate entrant will be selected in his or her place from all eligible entries.
5. A single entry will be selected from among all weekly winners for a “grand prize” by the Simplify the Holidays volunteer steering committee. The grand prize will be awarded to an entrant whose journal entry or entries is most inspiring, and best promotes the spirit of the Simplify the Holidays campaign.
6. Prizes will be sent to winners by regular postal mail.
Prize & Recognition:
Weekly Winners will:
- Receive This Warm December: A Brushfire Holiday Vol. 1 album signed by Jack Johnson (30 total will be given away).
- Have their journal entries featured on the front page of KanuHawaii.org and in Kanu Hawai’i & Kokua Hawai’i Foundation’s e-newsletters during the week following their award.
Grand Prize Winner will receive:
- Maili Moa Eggs subscription - 60-egg subscription
(pick up as many as you want weekly from farmers’ market locations).
- O’ahu Fresh subscription - 3 month subscription to bi-weekly delivery of a box of locally grown vegetables.
- $20.00 Gift Certificate to Town Restaurant
- $20.00 Gift Certificate to Tamashiro Market
- “A DASH of Aloha - Healthy Hawaiian Cuisine and Lifestyle,” cookbook published by Kapiolani Community College
- Their journal entry featured on the front page of KanuHawaii.org and in Kanu Hawai’i & Kokua Hawai’i Foundation’s e-newsletters during the week following their award.
Get Started Today!
Posted On: Nov 11, 10
From now through November 24, 2010, Kokua Hawaii Foundation would like teachers to share their unique but simple holiday activities, student work, crafts and gift ideas.
By sharing your outstanding ideas for Simplifying the Holidays your class may be the recipient of a Kokua Hawaii Foundation mini-grant of $250, $150 or $50.
Check out the Green Holiday Educator Resource Guide and the 12 Days of a Green Holiday Guide for ideas and get started today.
Please submit photos, videos or stories to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by November 24. Selected submissions will be posted on the Kokua Hawaii Foundation website and shared with our newsletter subscribers.
Posted On: Nov 11, 10
Although plastic trees are reusable from year to year, real trees are the more sustainable choice. Plastic trees are made of petroleum products (PVC), and use up resources in both the manufacture and shipping. While artificial trees theoretically last forever, research shows that they are typically discarded when repeated use makes them less attractive. Discarded artificial trees are then sent to landfills, where their plastic content makes them last forever.
Live trees, on the other hand, are a renewable resource grown on tree farms, that are replanted regularly. They contribute to air quality while growing, and almost ninety percent are recycled into mulch. Live trees are usually locally grown and sold, saving both transportation costs and added air pollution.
Live on Oahu? Live locally grown trees are grown in Central Oahu at Helemano Farms. Helemano Farms is a family farm in Central O’ahu that offers locally grown Christmas trees that you pick and they cut! They also have wreaths available. They will be open for tree sales starting the day after Thanksgiving.
Want to support Kokua Hawai’i Foundation? Purchase advanced-sale Helemano Farms Christmas Tree Tickets online for $40 from us!
$10 of that sale will be donated to Kokua Hawai’i Foundation to support environmental education in Hawai’i schools and communities.
For more information email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Make the commitment to use a locally grown or potted Christmas tree.
Posted On: Nov 11, 10
Did you know you can save money by switching to LED Holiday lights?
LED lights use 90 percent less energy than conventional holiday lights, and can save your family up to $50 on your energy bills during the holiday season!
If all households in the United States alone switched to LED holiday lights, $410 million in electricity savings could be achieved. Do your part and use LED lights this holiday season. LED holiday lights can be found at your local hardware store and most major retailers.
Home Depot Christmas Light Recycling Event:
Bring in up to 5 sets of your old working or non-working lights and get $3 off an energy efficient LED light set per old set you donate. The recycling and coupon redemption station is located at the front of the store. This special is on now! Visit HomeDepot.com for more info.
Make the commitment to use energy-efficient LED Christmas lights to decorate your home or tree.
Posted On: Nov 01, 10
The holiday season is upon us! As we plan our upcoming festivities and gift giving, Kokua Hawaii Foundation is teaming up with Kanu Hawaii and asking you to consider Simplifying the Holidays.
From Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons - it all adds up to an additional one million tons a week to our landfills.
This year our health, the environment and the economy have taken center stage leading into the holiday season. Families are much more conscious consumers and are choosing green products, alternative gifts and eco-friendly traditions such as: celebrating with a locally grown or potted Christmas tree and throwing a zero waste holiday party.
Nearly 1,500 KHF members and friends pledged to give back to their environment and communities during the 2009 holiday season.
Over the coming weeks we will be bringing you fun tips to make your holidays more meaningful. We will also be asking you to share your stories. Click on 12 Days to a Green Holidays guide and make a commitment to simplify your holiday season.
Posted On: Nov 01, 10
School campuses are also preparing for the holidays. Classrooms filled with anxious children and teachers race to finish holiday projects before the break.
Use the Green Holiday Educator Resource Guide for more ideas to help simplify your season. The guide includes tips to help green classroom holiday parties, eco-holiday crafts, gift ideas and children’s books.
Download the Green Holiday Educator Resource Guide and start Simplifying the Holidays today!
Posted On: Nov 01, 10
Kokua Hawaii Foundation and Monday Movie Cafe at BambuVenue present No Impact Man, a funny and informative documentary that chronicles a New York family’s adventures as they go “off the grid” for an entire year.
No car. No subway. No elevators. No TV, no air conditioning, no newspapers or magazines, no shopping for new clothes, no disposable diapers, only food produced within 250 miles of their home, and a worm-filled compost box in the kitchen.
Monday, November 15 at 7:00 PM
1146 Bethel Street at The Venue
Tickets $10 at the door
$2 discount for Kokua Hawaii Foundation members
For more info call 223-0130
Posted On: Nov 01, 10
On November 15, America Recycles Day, people young and old will be involved in positively bringing recycling awareness and education to their communities.
Support these Hawaii schools who are participating in America Recycles Day:
St. Patrick’s School: Telephone Book Drive, November 8 - November 15
Waianae Elementary School: Recycling Drive, November 15, 8am - 5pm
To register or find an event near you go to AmericaRecyclesDay.org.
Posted On: Nov 01, 10
Sunset Beach Elementary fifth and sixth graders are investigating lunch waste at their school and recently performed the first of a two-part “trash check.” Sixth graders helped their schoolmates to sort trash by type: compostable food, non-compostable food, recyclable containers, lunch trays, etc. Fifth graders measured the weight and volume of each waste type and all students will have a hand in analyzing their data. Next steps are creating a plan for reducing lunch waste and sharing it with the entire school. We look forward to reporting their results in a spring newsletter.
Waste audits are an important component of Kokua’s ‘AINA In Schools and 3R’s programs. In the next few months we’ll be developing a waste audit “how-to” kit for Hawai’i schools. If you’ve done a waste audit at your school, please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) your successes and lessons learned with us.
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