Kilauea Disaster Response Plan
Global oil production is near its all-time maximum and will begin to decline in the next couple
of years, with gas and coal not far behind. Consequences will be severe. A study was done
for the US Department of Energy in 2005 which examined three scenarios based on when
work on the problem of peak oil in the world were to start in terms of developing an
alternative food, fuel, transport structure, etc. The Executive Summary of the study report
said, “The peaking of world oil production presents the world with an unprecedented risk
management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will
increase dramatically and without timely mitigation, the economic, social and political costs
will be unprecedented. This will be a bigger problem than either the Great Depression or
WWII.”
Potential Goal:
To create a coherent disaster response plan that draws on the skills of the alternative
movement to design low energy, low impact ways of meeting people's needs:
* natural healing (herbalism)
* renewable energy
* eco-agriculture, permaculture
* low-energy retrofitting
* car sharing, bicycle advocacy
* psycho spiritual help for trauma
* Extensive literature
10 Steps to a Resilient Community:
1. Form a working group with the express purpose of creating a resilience response strategy.
2. Identify people and organizations with something important to offer post peak.
3. Ask for their help and participation.
4. Work with them to develop a contingency plan in their field: how to scale up quickly.
5. Seek input from disaster management officials. It's for the sake of the community so
inclusiveness is important so that the plan is not undermined
6. Contact mainstream organizations responsible for water, food, power, fuel, healthcare, etc.
7. Assemble a coherent Resilience plan.
8. Present the plan to public officials and the community as a whole.
9. Implement the plan.
10. Work with other communities to create a national plan, then repeat steps 1 though 10 at
higher levels.
Resources: This information is from Richard Heinberg and the Post Carbon Institute
There are many natural disasters that could potentially befall Kilauea, and it’s best to be
prepared for any event that would require immediate action.
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Potential Goals: To create an “in case of emergency” plan in preparation for natural or other
disasters. The plan should have the contact numbers of Kilauea residents with special
tools/training, include important government contacts and a community phone tree, and also
act as a guide to help residents prepare for the future. The plan should be summarized in a
brief and clear document that is made available to all Kilauea resident.
Examples and links:
The neighborhood of Petaluma, CA created an alliance of emergency response teams to
strengthen the community ability to handle emergency situations. Check out what they did
and their success at:
http://petalumanert.org/
Neighborhood Emergency Response Assessment form:
http://www.petalumanert.org/nert_assessment_form.pdf
Guide to Community Preparedness:
http://www.sonoma-county.org/health/ph/phpreparedness/community/
Providing “safe and well” messages: www.disastersafe.redcross.org.
CERT: Community Emergency Response Team Program educates people about disaster
preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster
response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster
medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT
members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when
professional responders are not immediately available to help. www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
Restraining factors: volunteer time
Contacts:
Police Chief:
241-1601
Fire Chief, Administrative Fiscal, & Personnel
241-6500
Fire Prevention Bureau
241-6511
Ocean Safety Bureau
241-6506
Hanalei Fire Station
826-6333
CERT team Kaua’i:
Wailua/Kapaa Team Contact person is Leslie Laing: 821-2244
Princeville Team Contact person is Rick Drayton: 826-6657
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
School Garden
Kilauea Elementary School has a very cool little garden, but there is room for it to expand!
Heidi Sholl currently runs the garden, but her daughters are graduating this year. She waters
the garden daily, but hopes to set up an irrigation system before she leaves. Four teachers
have garden beds that they bring their classrooms out to weekly for about 20-30 minutes.
Ideally, there would be two volunteers in the garden with the students. Although there are
empty garden beds, several teachers do not have the time to bring their classrooms out
because they are too wrapped up trying to meet the No Child Left Behind Standards. Heidi
has some amazing visions, including a “cultural garden” with the seeds of diversity
represented in our island-population.
Potential Goals: To further develop the garden curriculum at Kilauea El to meet standards,
to have at least two committed volunteers keeping the garden healthy and working with
classrooms on their plots, and to maximize the potential benefits of this hands-on learning
environment.
Examples and links:
Curriculum and other resources: http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/
Kidsgardening.org is a wealth of information to help teachers, students, fundraisers, and
more in running school gardens. www.kidsgardening.com
Ideas and considerations for starting:
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kinder/sgardens.html
More ideas: http://www.sustainabletable.org/schools/projects/
Potential Restraining factors:
Commitment of long-term volunteers, lack of materials and funds, inability of teachers to use
important classroom time that they need to meet No Child Left Behind standards
Contacts:
Kilauea Elementary School
828-1212
(the school administration and PTSA are very supportive of the garden)
Heidi Sholl
[email protected]
Kokua Foundation: supports environmental education in the schools and communities of
Hawai'i and offers educational/environmental curriculum [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Green Building
Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources
— energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the
environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and
removal — the complete building life cycle. Successful green building can lead to reduced
costs, improved public and occupant health, and reduced environmental impacts. Green
buildings are usually made with processed or industrial materials, allowing them to blend in
as “mainstream” or stand out depending on designer/consumer taste.
Potential Goals: Use green building techniques for all new structures and green existing
building in Kilauea to create a more sustainable community; to understand the possibilities for
building green in Kilauea (policy, local resources, costs, etc); to research the options that
exist for growing our own building materials.
Examples and links:
The National Tropical Botanical Gardens (NTBG) is building a Botanical Research Center
that will be the island's first building to meet the exacting standards of the U.S. Green
Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building
certification system. LEED requirements include environmental architecture and design,
sustainable site management, transportation alternatives, water conservation, energy
efficiency, environmentally safe materials, recycling, indoor air quality control and innovation
in design. www.ourgardenourworld.com
www.greenbuilding.com: lots of information on Green Building.
US Green Building Council: the developers of Green Building assessment www.usgbc.org
Potential Restraining Factors:
Lack of “green” materials on island at an affordable price, lack of enthusiasm or awareness of
GB economic and environmental, building code regulations, lack of funds for initial
investments, availability and price of agricultural land for growing building materials.
Contacts:
National Tropical Botanical Gardens: 332-7324
Kaua’i Gov. building permits:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/BuildingDivision/tabid/64/Defaul
t.aspx
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Hawai’i Built Green: Building Industry Association of Hawaii, [email protected],
808.847.4666
Sustainable Design: contact Gary Seals at [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Earth/Natural Buildings
Structures created from natural local materials rather than man-made or industrial materials.
These buildings minimize the use of products that require considerable energy for their
manufacture or transportation, with the objective to build with simple techniques that don't
further pollute the environment, consume more fossil fuel, or unnecessarily extract resources.
Aesthetically, earth building blends with environment and “feels” natural.
Potential Goals: To research the potential for earth buildings in Kilauea, to demonstrate how
materials grown locally can more than suffice for buildings if done correctly (using bamboo,
rock, etc), to build a demonstration earth building or demonstrate how natural building can be
incorporated into an already existing structure (green roofs, benches, etc).
Examples and Links:
The University of Portland has incorporated Natural Building into their University structure in
a very mainstream fashion. Through the incorporation of vegetated roofing systems
(ecoroofs), earthen benches, cob domes, and more, the University has successfully created
an example of how Natural building can fit into any environment.
http://www.pdx.edu/sustainability/cs_co_gb_natural_buildings.html
Wikipedia on Natural Building: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_building
GreenerBuildings.com is a resource for environmentally responsible structures:
www.greenerbuildings.com/
Greenhomebuilding.com has a wide variety of information on natural and green building:
www.greenhomebuilding.com
Potential Restraining Factors: State and county building or zoning codes and restrictions
Contacts:
Kaua’i Gov. building permits:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/BuildingDivision/tabid/64/Defaul
t.aspx
Fox Maple School of Traditional Building: offers workshops in Kaua’i (207) 935-3720
www.foxmaple.com
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Green Waste Program
Green waste is all plant or food matter than can be easily turned back into healthy soil.
Currently, green waste is taking up an enormous amount of our landfill space. Green waste
diversion programs aim to reduce the waste stream going into the landfill and recycle
nutrients back into agricultural systems by composting plant and food matter.
Potential Goals: 1) To create and implement a system to dispose of green waste in Kilauea,
for businesses and personal use, thereby diverting tons of waste from being deposited in the
landfill. There are a number of possible systems for that could be set up for collecting green
waste, mulching or composting it, and distributing it to farmers. 2) To increase home
composting through education.
Examples and links:
Honolulu has instated a green waste recycling program through curbside pickup that diverts
140,000 tons of green waste from the landfill each year. Additionally, they offer green waste
drop off sites and compost sites. http://envhonolulu.org/solid_waste/Greencycling.htm
Green waste is already collected at certain refuse stations island-wide, accepting lawn and
tree trimmings, shrubbery, and Christmas trees.
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/RecyclingPrograms/GreenWast
eRecycling/tabid/113/Default.aspx
Potential Restraining Factors:
Lack of county initiative to implement curbside recycling; place, equipment, and people to
mulch or compost green waste
Contacts:
Heart and Soul Organics: disposes of large-scale green waste (no food). Turns it to mulch
and compost for farmers. Contact Mark Freeman, 635-1587
Kilauea CSA: Accepts all food waste for compost. Jillian at [email protected]
County recycling: gives away free worm bins in exchange for watching an education video.
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/RecyclingPrograms/HomeCom
posting/tabid/116/Default.aspx
Honolulu dept. of Environmental Services: offers green waste pick-up amongst other services
and resources. www.envhonolulu.org
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Kilauea Community Phone Tree/Email list
A phone tree is a broad network of individuals who agree to each make a few phone calls to
spread the word when needed, thereby reducing the effort of a select few “callers.” Phone
trees can be used to alert activists about urgent issues, such as legislation moving to a vote,
a public hearing or community meeting, or the superferry coming! They can also be used in
emergency situations.
Potential Goals: To create a phone tree and email list for networks of people involved in an
issue or project, such as the superferry. This list could be used to quickly mobilize members
and/or supporters in urgent situations (for example, when a vote on key legislation is pending
and a barrage of calls, faxes, e-mails, and letters are needed); notify members of meetings,
hearings, actions, and last-minute changes, increase turnout by providing personal invitations
to reinforce email notices; and save time and energy of lead coordinators.
Examples and links:
The American Association of University Women has a page on compiling a phone tree:
http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/issue_advocacy/phonetree.cfm
E-How.com has a checklist on how to compile a phone tree:
http://www.ehow.com/how_4325_set-emergency-phone.html
Potential Restraining Factors:
Need a small group of reliable people to form the foundation of the tree (time/commitment
restraints). For extensive phone trees, there is a lack of willingness to participate due to
privacy desires.
Contacts:
Kilauea Neighborhood Association: http://www.knakauai.org/
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Swap Meets
Swap meets are similar to local flea markets, when any number of people meet in one area to
sell their goods, services, or used items. Swap meets can be small or enormous, full of old or
new items, and have the atmosphere of a festival or community garage-sale.
Potential Goals:
To create an economic outlet for people without a physical location to sell; to create a sense
of community; to showcase local artists; to support the buy-local movement; to reuse and
recycle!
Examples and links:
The Aloha Stadium Swap Meet is, “a place where families can gather to share their
cultural diversity with pride and a feeling of Aloha. Since 1979, the Aloha Stadium
Swap Meet has become Hawaii's premier outdoor market, featuring over 700 vendors,
crafters, artists from all over the world, a true melting pot of Aloha.” 486-6704
http://www.alohastadiumswapmeet.net
A simple how-to on organizing swap meets:
http://organizedlife.blogspot.com/2007/06/spreading-goodness-around-with-swap.html
Potential Restraining Factors:
Getting county permits and locating appropriate places for swap meet events; enlisting the
participation of a minimum number of vendors
Contact information:
Kilauea Neighborhood Association: http://www.knakauai.org/
Kaua’i County Permits Page:
http://www.kauai.gov/Kamaaina/LicensesandPermits/tabid/454/Default.aspx
Kaua’i County Parks and Recreation: 241-4460, [email protected]
Kilauea Neighborhood Center: 828-1421, [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i: has held swap meets before 828-0685
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
River Water Quality and Contamination Protection
In recent years, Kaua’i residents have had to increasingly worry about the contamination of
rivers and ocean water, especially noticeable after heavy rains when the Kahili and Kilihiwai
rivers bring enormous amounts of pollution into the ocean. This contamination does not just
happen when it’s raining, however, and river water quality is diminishing daily. With
development steadily continuing and visitor and resident populations rising, it is the
community’s responsibility to implement measures to protect our water systems.
Potential goals: To continually monitor water quality, including the ocean and river waters of
Kilihiwai and Kahili in Kilauea, and to implement systems to help diminish and protect against
contamination levels. To raise awareness about pollution levels in local water systems and
personal responsibility in preventing water contamination. To identify major pollution sources
and identify possible solutions.
Examples and links:
The City of Austin instated a Water Quality Protection plan with a wide range of pollution
control strategies, including: inspecting and permitting small businesses to prevent pollution
discharges, responding to emergency spills and pollution complaints, educating citizens on
pollution prevention, building water quality structural controls to treat contaminated storm
water, and monitoring lakes, creeks and groundwater to identify problem areas and to help
plan effective protection. http://www.cityofaustin.org/watershed/waterq.htm
The Hanalei Watershed Hui “interacts with the community, government, and scientists to
identify, monitor, and evaluate important concerns.” They have done extensive water quality
monitoring studies and are an excellent resource. www.hanaleiwatershedhui.org
Surfrider Foundation Kaua’i takes frequent water samples through the Blue Water Task Force
to test for contaminants in ocean water. You can view contamination levels online.
http://www.surfrider.org/kauai
Hawai’i Groundwater Contamination Maps:
http://hawaii.gov/health/environmental/water/sdwb/conmaps/conmaps.html
Kaua’i Environmental Release Report: http://www.scorecard.org/envreleases/county.tcl?fips_county_code=15007
Potential restraining factors:
Finding a volunteer base to continually test water samples; lack of individual commitment to
change habits; pollution sources that the community has little control over, including landowners and developers, ships, and heavy pesticide usage.
Contacts:
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Surfrider Foundation Kaua’i Blue Water Task Force: Paul Tannenbaum, 828-1147.
[email protected]
Kaua’i County Department of Water: 245-5400 http://www.kauaiwater.org
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Preservation of Historic Structures
Kilauea town has a rich history and several treasured buildings that embody parts of this
history, including the lighthouse, the church, the stone buildings, and the Kong Lung center.
Potential Goals: to identify and insure the protection and maintenance of Kilauea’s historic
structures; to register sites on a local or national level in order to obtain funding for their
management, rehabilitation, restoration, or upkeep.
Examples and Links:
The State of Massachusetts implemented a Community Preservation Act to give communities
the power to care for their own communities through the acquisition, preservation, and
development of important lands, especially lands containing historical structures.
Communities are given the right to make decisions related to funding, preservation, and bylaw issues, and only local residents are allowed to vote. www.communitypreservation.org
Potential Restraining Factors:
Structures not fulfilling the criteria necessary to be registered as “historic,” private owners
unwillingness to give up a degree of control over buildings.
Contacts:
Kaua’i Historical Society: www.kauaihistoricalsociety.org
[email protected]
National Register of Historical Places: www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.org
Hawai’s Historic Preservation Division: Part of the Department of Land and Natural
Resources
http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/hpd/hpgrtg2.htm
Kilauea Point Natural History Association: a non-profit, tax-exempt educational corporation
for the preservation and education of the Lighthouse. http://www.kilaueapoint.org/
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Beach and Mountain Access
Ensuring the public ability to access beach and mountain areas. As the Kilauea community
knows well, even if areas are considered public, the private ownership of access rights and
trails can block the use of a public area. There are currently bills before the legislator to clarify
laws related to public access ways.
Potential Goals: working top-down with governmental officials to ensure the public maintains
access to trails; working bottom-up to garner support of private property owners to allow
public-use trails; working with private land-owners to access the Kauapea trail to Secrets
Beach; forming a group of people to watch for trail closures and inform the community.
Examples and Links:
The Kaua’i Public Land Trust (KPLT) has saved over 26 acres of land to date, appraised at
8.3 million dollars. This includes land in the Kilauea River Estuary Parcel, Kilauea coastal
bluff, the expansion of Limahuli Garden at Ha'ena, and the Poipu beach park. Land trusts are
non-profit conservation organizations that help to protect natural, scenic, recreational,
agricultural, cultural or historic property. They work to preserve land that is important to
communities and regions. www.kauaipubliclandtrust.org
Info on starting a community land trust: http://www.clronline.org/resources/clt/
The Nature Conservancy: www.tnc.org
Trust for Public Land: www.tpl.org
Sierra Club Kaua’i: www.hi.sierraclub.org/Kauai/kauai.html
Preservation of Open Spaces: http://www.communitypreservation.org/index.cfm
Potential Restraining Factors:
Unwillingness of private owners to open access to trails on their property; liability issues;
inability or unwillingness of the county to interfere in access disputes; lack of funds to
purchase property for land trust
Contacts:
Open Space Commission/Committee: On November 5, 2002, Kauai voters approved an
amendment to the County Charter that established the “Public Access, Open Space, Natural
Resources Preservation Fund” and stipulated that each year a minimum of one half of one
percent of the County’s certified real property taxes would be deposited into the fund.
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/BoardsampCommissions/OpenSpaceCommission/tabid/29
4/Default.aspx
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Kaua’i Public Land Trust: 346-9419
Surfrider Foundation Kaua’i: [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Legal Defense Funds
Legal defense funds are used in times of legal need, such as arrests for protesting against
the Superferry, trail access issues, etc., and can be run and funded by any group or person
for the benefit of a cause or project. Legal funds can also b established for community
members that don’t have the financial means to access quality legal services
Potential Goals: to create and manage a monetary and legal resource fund that would be
available to community members should they need legal assistance; to recruit local
organizations and lawyers willing to work pro-bono to help create the logistics of the fund and
offer legal advice should the need arise; to educate the community members about legal
rights (communal and individual).
Examples and Links:
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund created a Grassroots Litigation Support
Program to help residents in need of legal council in environmental cases. Through
establishing a network of pro-bono and low cost legal providers in the region, direct
representation by the fund, and offering monetary support and advice, the fund has helped to
empower communities and individuals to take charge of environmental and policy issues.
http://www.celdf.org
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) litigates cases that have
major impact on the Asian American community, provides legal resources for communitybased organizations and facilitates grassroots community organizing efforts, conducts free,
multilingual legal advice clinics for low-income Asian Americans and new immigrants,
educates Asian Americans about their legal rights, comments on proposed legislation and
governmental policies, and trains students in public interest law and encourages them to use
their legal skills to serve the community. www.aaldef.org
Surfrider Legal Defense Fund: to help those arrested during Superferry protests:
http://surfrider.org/kauai/SR_Kauai/DefenseFund.html
Potential Restraining Factors:
Inability to raise sufficient funds, lack of popularity/understanding, inability to find local
lawyers or non-profits willing to do pro-bono work
Contacts:
Surfrider Kaua’i: [email protected]
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii: 536 – 4302. www.legalaidhawaii.org
Hawaii Lawyers Care (HLC): 528-7046
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Bike Path
Create a bike path in Kilauea that would offer a safe road-alternative for children and
pedestrians commuting to school or work and serve a recreational purpose.
Potential Goals: to use local maps and planners to draw a bike route through Kilauea; to
work with the county to secure permits for a bike paths; to apply for state, federal, and private
grants to fund a path; to educate youth about bicycle safety.
Examples and Links:
Kaua’i Path is a community organization with the vision of Kauai residents working together
to preserve, protect, and extend access island-wide through the design, implementation, and
stewardship of non-vehicular paths. A board of directors leads Kauai Path, and several
interest groups participate in various committees that report to the board. These committees
manage such aspects as the Path Ambassadors and Friends of the Path programs, fund
raising, volunteer activities, outreach, and planning. www.kauaipath.org
The County of Kaua’i is currently constructing Ke Ala Hele Makalae, East Kaua’i’s Coastal
Multi-use Path, which will eventually extend from Lihu’e to Anahola.
Hawaii Dept of Transportation: http://www.state.hi.us/dot/highways/bike/
Hawaii Bicycle League: www.hbl.org
Smart Growth: www.smartgrowthamerica.com
Many examples of issues and solutions for bike paths on Kaua’i
http://homepage.mac.com/juanwilson/islandbreath/%20Year%202005/a05-01-access/050113KauaiBikeways.html
Potential Restraining Factors:
Lack of interest or participation from community members; difficulty in securing access ways;
county permitting process
Contacts:
Juan Wilson: bike path enthusiast with a number of blogs dedicated to creating biking spaces
on Kaua’i [email protected]
Kaua’i govt planning department: 241-6677
Kaua’i govt department of parks and recreation: 241-4460
Kaua’i Department of Roads & Highways: 241-6636
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Community Legal Resources
Creating a network of local contacts and resources that community members can use when
in legal need.
Potential Goal: To make the legal process easier for residents. This could include organizing
a resource document by legal trouble category with information on associated costs, a “whatdo-I-do-now” briefing, checklists, do’s and don’ts, etc..
Examples and links:
American Civil Liberties Union produces a variety of flyers informing people of their legal
rights. www.aclu.org
Hawai’i Legal Portal: http://64.29.92.27/Legal_Research/index.htm
Hawai’i State Law Library System:
http://www.courts.state.hi.us/page_server/Services/45129F475623E2E9EB4D2B50CB.html
Hawa’i Legal Information: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lisp/hawaii.pdf
Community Legal Resources of Michigan: an example http://www.clronline.org/
Potential Restraining Factors: High-cost of legal expertise and inability of most working
people to afford quality legal advice.
Contacts:
ACLU Honolulu: (808) 522-5900
Search the Yellow Pages (online or paper) for “attorneys”
Craig De Costa - Office of the Prosecuting Attorney: 241-1888 [email protected]
DISTRICT COURT
FAMILY COURT
CIRCUIT COURT
SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE
THE SHELTER HOTLINE
482-2300
482-2300
482-2300
245-4144
245-6362
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Community Gathering Places
Creating spaces available for community gathering such as café’s, band shell, stage, pool,
recreational center, etc. Creating a space facilitates community-building and fun activity!
Potential goals: Finding areas that could act as appropriate gathering places; working with
the community to identify most desired activities and facilities; organizing community around
constructing a facility.
Examples and Links:
An article about how the community in South Kona took initiative to create a “central meeting
space that includes a yoga/dance studio, Internet cafe, tea room, possible vendor booths to
support local farmers and whatever ideas the local community would like to see. The
community is huge and the most important thing is to be together and share a space.” The
Society for Kona's Education & Art in Honaunau also helps provide art, culture and
educational opportunities for people of all ages in the community, and well as summer art
camps, drum and dance classes, pottery, watercolor and more.
http://www.westhawaiitoday.com/articles/2006/06/04/features/features01.txt
Pomegranate Center: Pomegranate Center—based in Issaquah, Washington—is an
internationally recognized leader in developing neighborhood gathering places and is a
leading nonprofit devoted to community-generated design and development. Their mission is
to facilitate the creation of meaningful, community-crafted gathering places through the
creation of meaningful neighborhood gathering places, constructive and inclusive communitybased planning, and educational outreach, research and training. www.pomegranate.org
Potential Restraining Factors:
Funds for materials; enough community support to build a facility; locating a site
Contacts:
Kilauea Neighborhood Center: 828-1421, [email protected]
Kaua’i Dept of Parks and Recreation: 241-4460
Kaua’i Dept of Building: 241-6655
Kaua’i govt planning department: 241-6677
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Adult Skills Center
Adult skills centers can be located in one place or be made up of a network of classes offered
out of homes/private spaces. Most of the time these centers are focused around career,
economic, and skill development, but they can also be used for community projects, social
interaction, entertainment, exercise classes, and more.
Potential Goals: To organize the adult skills classes already offered in town, add new ones,
and create a comprehensive guide/calendar to community classes. To start new classes and
outreach to all community members.
Examples and Links:
Santa Cruz “Free Skool” is “a completely grassroots effort, a collection of folks who decided
to act collectively and autonomously to create a skill-sharing network, a school without
institutional control. It is your opportunity to learn from others and share what you know, to
help create self-reliance, vital communities, and beauty in the world.” A large network of
people take turns teaching classes out of their homes and a comprehensive schedule is
distributed throughout the community. santacruz.freeskool.org
Some links to organizations offering courses on Kaua’i:
http://gearup.hawaii.edu/students/summer.htm
Leadership Kaua’i offers adult leadership training courses www.leadershipkauai.org
Potential Restraining Factors:
Lack of teachers; hesitation to teach classes out of home
Contacts:
Kilauea Neighborhood Center: 828-1421, [email protected]
Kaua’i Community College: 245-8229 www.kauai.hawaii.edu/
*See the many community boards around town to see what services are currently being
offered
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Eco-tourism
Attracting the right kind of tourist. Eco-tourism is not just about the environment, but also
about supporting and respecting local cultures, economies, and peoples.
Potential Goals: to promote Kilauea in different ways in order to foster more environmentally
responsible and socially conscious tourism; to work with local vacation rentalers, hotels,
guide-books and businesses to portray Kilauea as a community interested in sustainability; to
educate visitors about the importance of buying locally, being environmentally minded, and
respecting local values.
Examples and Links:
Hawaii Ecotourism Association wants to diversify Hawaii’s travel industry through advocacy
for ecotourism to protect Hawaii’s unique natural environment and cultures. HEA members
strive to educate everyone on the benefits of ecotourism for Hawaii.
http://www.hawaiiecotourism.org/
Sierra Club put together ecotourism links: http://www.hi.sierraclub.org/Kauai/ecotour.html
The International Eco-tourism Society has more than enough information about everything
ecotourism related www.ecotourism.org
Potential Restraining Factors: Defining Kilauea as a place interested in sustainability and
encouraging visitors to respect this value; unwillingness of businesses to green themselves
Contacts:
North Country Farms: an eco-tourism bed and breakfast and organic farm 828-1513
[email protected]
Tom Picket who helped put the recycle bins in the Kong Lung Center 639-4689
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Public Art
Creating or locating spaces where local artists can display their work
Potential Goals: creating or locating space for local artists to display their art and crafts and
even music while also adding to the beauty of the community, organizing a monthly/bimonthly/weekly art show, finding which local businesses would display and sell local art in
their shops, establishing an open-mic night
Examples and Links:
Hanapepe turned their silent Friday nights into colorful community gatherings with an Art
Walk from 6 to 9pm in which gallery owners take turns hosting this informal event along
Hanapepe Road. It has brought the community together while supporting local artists and
the local economy.
http://www.kauaiworld.com/articles/2008/02/15/lifestyles/news01.txt
Information on how to put together an art show:
http://www.thedreamtime.com/tools/strat_art.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Organize-an-Art-Show
Sausalito puts on a monthly art walk and can be used as an example
http://www.artwalksausalito.org/
Potential Restraining Factors:
Inability to find a place for art shows or exhibits, lack of business interest or space to display
local art, differing desires of local artists and how they would like to display their art
Contacts:
Pao Hana Pizza and Bakery: offers their walls every month to local artists to 9pm. 828-2020
Oskars K-Town Underground Boutique: displays local artwork for sale 828-6848
www.oskarskauai.com
Lotus Gallery in Kilauea: www.jewelofthelotus.com/lotusgallery.htm 828 9898
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Health and Wellness
Community health also lies in physical health, but many residents don’t have the time or
resources to know what’s available to them. Compiling a list of community contacts and
information about health and wellness related practices, classes, practitioners, facilities, costs
and resources would be benefical.
Potential Goals: to create a comprehensive yet practical list for community members
centered around health and wellness, include Western, alternative, and traditional Hawaiian
methods, list health and fitness classes/groups in the area, list basic costs and locations of
health facilities, help find more alternative routes to healthy foods that are less expensive
Examples and Links:
Hale Lea Medical Clinic: The clinic is now owned by Kauai Community Health Alliance, a notfor-profit corporation run by a community board. In this way the community itself can directly
contribute, each according to their ability 828-2885
Kaua’i Health Guide: wide variety of info on practitioners and classes on island
www.kauaihealthguide.com
Potential Restraining Factors:
Contacts:
Gerald Feltcher: Chiropractor in Kilauea 828-6844
Ileana Carreno: Dentist, Kilauea. 828-1863
Ohana Health Care: acupuncture, Kilauea. 828-1609
North Shore Pharmacy: 828-1844
Latifa Amdur: Alternative Medicine, Kilauea. 828-1155
Healthy Hut: sells a variety of herbs and naturopathics
828-6626
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Community Currency
Creating a community currency system for Kilauea. Local currencies enable the community to
more fully utilize its existing productive resources since local currencies are only accepted
within the community, thus encouraging the purchase of locally-produced and locallyavailable goods and services.
Potential Goals: research and analyze the potential success of a community currency,
create a community currency in Kilauea.
Examples and Links:
The town of Ithica, New York, instated a unique system of currency that has flourished
among its citizens and businesses. The "hour," a $10 unit of currency named because it
represented the average hourly wages in the area, has thus become a grassroots success
story. Ithaca Hours promotes local economic strength and community self-reliance in ways
which will support economic and social justice, ecology, community participation and human
aspirations in and around Ithaca. Ithaca Hours help to keep money local, building the Ithaca
economy. It also builds community pride and connections. Over 900 participants publicly
accept Ithaca HOURS for goods and services. Additionally some local employers and
employees have agreed to pay or receive partial wages in Ithaca Hours, further continuing
our goal of keeping money local. www.ithacahours.org/
Wikipedia has a variety of example and links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_currency
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_currency
Transaction.net is a site dedicated to different community currency systems,
http://www.transaction.net/money/community/
Read Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age by Michael Shuman
Potential Restricting Factors: Need to have lots of community support and awareness
beforehand, lack of interest on behalf of community, not enough volunteers willing to design
the system, time.
Contacts:
*All businesses in Kilauea to garner interest
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
More Positive Relations with Developers
Creating better relationships between developers and the community in order to have more
open conversations and increase the awareness of equality as stakeholders.
Potential Goals: Increase communication between developers and the community, enable
discussions about pressing development issues, enabling communication between the two
parties before there is too much financial investment, listing current and future development
plans so community members can be aware, make sure future developers understand the
desires of Kilauea town residents and develop accordingly, create a very open and honest
site for communication
Examples and Links:
Article on communication and developers’ rights:
http://www.sldtonline.com/content/view/23/10/
Article on development in Kaua’i:
http://homepage.mac.com/juanwilson/islandbreath/%20Year%202006/02-development/060211DevelopmentWoes.html
Land Development Handbook Calculations by Walter Martin Hosack: Discusses several
new tools on a CD-ROM that can improve our ability to evaluate the development capacity of
land, the context produced, the cost involved, the tax and investment yield implied, the tax
abatement feasible, and the relationship between this built environment and the natural world
that sustains us.
Sustainable Land Development Intl: www.sldi.org
Potential Restraining Factors: Lack of participation on either side, lack of creativity on how
to effectively communicate between two very differing groups
Contacts:
Kaua’i Dept of Building : 241-6655
Kaua’i Govt planning department: 241-6677
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Skate Park
Building a skate park in Kilauea!
Potential Goals: finding a space for a skate park (working with Parks and Rec office), getting
funding/volunteers to design and build the park,
Examples and links:
Kapa’a skate park was built when island residents pushed its construction about five
years ago. They received support from Bernard Carvalho, then County Parks and
Recreation Director, and current Mayor Brian Baptiste, who was then a councilman.
Successfully, a skate park was then built over part of an old basketball court in Kapaa
allowing an outlet for skateboarders. Although the ground surface is rough asphalt, the
area too small, and ramps are not big enough, it’s the only one near the North Shore.
Skatewave offers custom community skatepark designs: www.skatewave.com/
Superior Community Skateboard Association: A non-profit group that was developed to get
funds for a skatepark www.skateparksupport.com
Potential Restraining Factors: No public area for a skate park, lack of funding or time,
difficult to get through the legality of opening a skate park, lack of community interest for
those who see skateboarding as a pest, Kilauea being very wet and therefore requiring too
much maintenance
Contacts:
Kaua’i Dept of Parks and Recreation: 241-4460
Kaua’i Dept of Building : 241-6655
Kaua’i govt planning department: 241-6677
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Community Bank
Community banks focus attention on the needs of local families, businesses, and farmers,
opposite to many of the nation's megabanks that are structured to place a priority on serving
large corporations. Unlike many larger banks that may take deposits in one state and lend in
others, community banks channel most of their loans to the neighborhoods where their
depositors live and work, helping to keep local communities vibrant and growing.
Community bank officers are typically deeply involved in local community affairs, while large
bank officers are likely to be detached physically and emotionally from the communities
where their branches are located. Many community banks are willing to consider character,
family history and discretionary spending in making loans. Megabanks, on the other hand,
often apply impersonal qualification criteria, such as credit scoring, to all loan decisions
without regard to individual circumstances. They also offer nimble decision-making on
business loans, because decisions are made locally. Megabanks must often convene loan
approval committees in another state.
Potential Goals: To research and understand the possibility of creating a community bank in
Kilauea, to initiate the development of the project, to create a community bank
Examples and Links:
The Independent Community Bankers of America represents 5,000 community banks of all
sizes and charter types throughout the United States and is dedicated exclusively to
representing the interests of the community banking industry and the communities and
customers we serve. Whether located in small towns, suburbia or big city neighborhoods,
community banks grow our towns and cities by funding small business and using local dollars
to help families purchase home, finance college and build financial security. www.icba.org
Kauai Community Federal Credit Union is a (locally) member owned financial institution
providing financial products and services to more than 31,500 members of Kauai and Niihau,
governed by a Board of Directors. www.kcfcu.org
Article on Community bank:
http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2008/03/03/focus3.html
Potential Restraining Factors: time, resources, and funds
Contacts:
Kaua’i Community Federal Credit Union: 245-6791
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Energy/Resource Demonstration Projects
Demonstrating the use and availability of energy- and resource-saving technology, including
such examples as solar panels and solar water heaters, CFL light bulbs, low flow shower
heads and sinks, etc.
Potential Goals:
To organize a fair or demonstration area to display different energy conservation projects and
models that Kaua’i could most improve on, introduce residents to different ways to save
money and energy through new projects and models being developed, collaborate with local
utility companies and other groups working for conservation
Examples and Links:
Rezachek & Associates is an international energy and environmental engineering consulting
group based in Hawaii. They offer consulting, research, and project management services to
federal laboratories, universities, government agencies, non-profits in a variety of renewable
energy, energy conservation, and environmental areas: www.sustainablehawaii.com
State info on renewable energy: http://hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/renewable/solar
Department of Water: www.kauaiwater.org
Potential Restraining Factors: Lack of interest, volunteer time, too costly for the average
resident to buy or implement technology
Contacts:
Glenn Sato, Energy Coordinator - County of Kauai: 241-6393 [email protected]
Kaua’i Island Utility Coop: 246.4300 [email protected]
Kaupea Farms, has a small store of biodiesel: [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Energy Coop/Ownership Models
Kilauea has a variety of natural resources that could enable energy self-sufficiency (wind,
water power, solar, etc)
Potential Goals: research and analyze the possibilities of Kilauea developing an energy
coop (sources, stakeholders, structure, renewable avenues, etc), development of a plan,
Examples and Links:
Co-op is a movement for a sustainable and just energy future, as a consumer-owned energy
cooperative serving New York and New England. Co-op Power works with communities
across the region to build community-owned sustainable energy resources and also uses its
clean energy products and services purchasing power to make clean energy more affordable.
They also offer aid to communities who want to form their own coops, their mission being to
organize and educate people in their region and to facilitate the development of one or more
community-owned, community-scale, clean energy
businesses. www.cooppower.onlinecommunity.coop/
CNT Energy is a non-profit helping consumers and communities obtain the information and
services they need to control energy costs: www.cntenergy.org/
Cooperative Community Energy Corporation (CCEnergy) is a member-owned organization of
people like you who want clean, affordable energy for their homes and businesses.
www.ccenergy.com
Potential Restraining Factors: volunteer time for research, affordability
Contacts:
Glenn Sato, Energy Coordinator - County of Kauai: 241-6393 [email protected]
Kaua’i Island Utility Coop: 246.4300 [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Town Transportation Plan
Transportation plans take into account the current issues and project future ones in order to
create a plan to minimize traffic congestion, increase pedestrian and bike pathways, and
encourage smart-growth.
Potential Goals: To create a plan to ease transportation ability and traffic in Kilauea, create a
plan to ensure ease of traffic with increasing population and with the future in mind.
Examples and Links:
The town of Ithica, NY, created a town transportation plan, using transportation planning to
create a plan to build on strengths and mitigate weaknesses. Deciding on Goals and
Objectives is the first step in transportation planning, and this plan's inventory and analysis
found that congestion, speeding, and lack of bike and pedestrian facilities were some of the
top transportation problems in the Town. The Plan's recommendations focus on decreasing
the reliance on the privately-operated motor vehicle, while increasing opportunities for transit,
biking, walking, etc and reducing the negative impacts of traffic on quality of life in the Town.
See the plan at http://www.town.ithaca.ny.us/trans/
Bus schedules:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/CommunityAssistance/TransportationAgency
/BusSchedules/tabid/208/Default.aspx
Potential Restraining Factors: difficulty to find professional help and assessment of ideas,
time, funding, support
Contacts:
Kaua’i Path: community organization with the vision of Kauai residents working together to
preserve, protect, and extend access island-wide through the design, implementation, and
stewardship of non-vehicular paths www.kauaipath.org
County Of Kaua'i - Transportation Agency 241-6410
County of Kaua’i - Department of Public Works - Roads & Highways: 241-6636
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Alternatively Fueled Vehicles
To research the options available and present the best ideas for Kaua’i’s vehicles
Potential Goals: To research the success of alternatively fueled vehicles on island, the cost
of altering vehicles to run this way, fueling stations (places, ease of installing, etc), good
options in the meantime, etc
Examples and Links:
Maui Green Energy is a non-profit advocacy group dedicated not just to promoting biodiesel
and other renewable energy resources, but more importantly, getting people to actually use
them.
SUSHI Renewable Energy articles: http://kauaian.net/blog/?p=1058
Alternative Energy News and Info: www.alternative-energy-news.info/
2007 bill stating the potential for hydrogen fuel on Kaua’i
http://capitol.hawaii.gov/session2007/Bills/SB1915_SD1_.htm
UD Dept of Energy Alternatice and Advanced Fuel information:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/afdc/fuels/index.html
Potential Restraining Factors: Volunteer Time
Contacts:
Kauapea Farms: have bio diesel, [email protected]
Str8 Veggy offers conversion of diesel running cars into veggie oil www.str8veggy.com
Pacific Biodiesel: a pioneer and leading advocate for the establishment of community-based
biodiesel. (Maui Green Energy buys from here, but shipped from mailand)
http://www.biodiesel.com/, [email protected]
University of Hawaii at Manoa Natural Energy Institute offers information on hydrogen fuel
cells possibilities: http://www.hnei.hawaii.edu/hydrogen.asp
Honolulu Clean Cities focuses on Hawaii's alternative fuels and vehicles (electric vehicles,
LPG (propane), biodiesel, ethanol, and hydrogen): 484-7500
http://kumu.icsd.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ert/cc/ccfswho.html
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Edible Landscaping and Agri-tecture
Using the idea of “edible landscaping” to utilize our natural environment and buildings in
creating a food source by offering an alternative to conventional residential landscapes that
are designed solely for ornamental purposes. Incorporating food growing elements into
landscapes and structures can be just as attractive, yet produce fruits and vegetables for
home use. One can install an entirely edible landscape, or incorporate simple elements into
existing yards and gardens.
Potential Goals:
To incorporate more food production in Kilauea through less traditional agriculture avenues,
to increase food production and accessibility for personal use, to increase household nutrition
levels while saving money, to create more food-growing enthusiasm amongst residents
Examples and Links:
It’s easy! Put pots of herbs on the patio, include cherry tomatoes in a window box or hanging
basket, plant a fruit tree in the corner of your yard, grow Red-jewel Cabbage, dandelion, or
other pretty edibles, plant colorful pepper varieties (e.g., Lipstick, Habanero) alongside
flowers, tuck lettuce, radishes, or other short-lived greens into a flower bed, try yellow or
"rainbow" chard, or grow green onions around the mailbox. The examples are around us
everyday if we look.
The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, Rosalind. 1982. The Complete Book of Edible
Landscaping
The Edible Landscape Forum offers lots of ideas and insight :
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/edible/
University of Florida site: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EP146
Sustainweb.org on acgritecture: www.sustainweb.org/pdf/edible_buildngs.pdf
Potential Restraining Factors:
Lack of community interest/time, need of demonstrations
Contacts:
Kauapea Farms offers a wonderful example of beauty through gardens:
[email protected]
The National Tropical Botanic Garden: www.ntbg.org
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
One Love Gardens: 652-3184 www.onelovegardens.com
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Recycling/Waste Management Event
To put on an event centered on bringing awareness to and educating about recycling and
waste management. Who doesn’t like events?!
Potential Goals:
To put on a recycling/waste management event to raise awareness about the waste issues
our island is facing, create behavioral changes at home and at business, help promote
recycling (recycling program?), composting, and waste water systems, bring attention to
electronic waste and battery disposal
Examples and Links:
The Discover Recycling Fair on Oahu is an annual event where exhibitors, volunteers, artists,
schools, musicians and performers offer their time and talents to help promote recycling on
Oahu. Almost 8,000 people attended the three-day event in 2007 to learn how they could do
more with recycling - raise funds for their school or organization, promote recycling in their
community, teach about recycling in the classroom, or simply recycle more at home. Their
site also offers tips on creating your own recycle event:
http://envhonolulu.org/solid_waste/discover_recycling.htm
Green Dallas Initiatives hosts The Traveling Recycled Recycle Fair, a fun, laid-back way for
employees to learn more about the environmentally-friendly programs the City has in place.
There are Freebies, Games & Pretty Cool Prizes given away:
http://www.dallascityhall.com/html/traveling_recycled_recycle_fai.html
Best Buy offers grants for community recycling events:
http://www.bbycommunications.com/crnew/recycling.asp
Recycle Hawaii: to promote resource awareness and recycling www.recyclehawaii.org/
Potential Restraining Factors:
Time, funding, participation by organizations/teacher
Contacts:
Kekaha Landfill: 337-1416
Department of Public Works Wastewater management 241-6610 or 241-6611
Zero Waste Kaua’I: [email protected]
Kaua’i County Recycling Center: 241-6891
Kaua’i county gives away free home composting bins. [email protected]
Kaua’i Recycling for the Arts: www.kauaiglass.org 632-0555
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Beach Maintenance
Maintaining the cleanliness and health of beaches is beneficial to all. Kilauea beaches
include Kahili (Rock Quarries), Kalihiwai, and Secrets. This can be as in depth as provide
support for irrigation, erosion control and construction projects or as simple as beach cleanups and simple improvement projects.
Potential Goals: to understand what needs maintenance on beaches (mostly trash pick
up/litter removal or something else as well?), create a system to counter it such as
weekly/monthly beach clean ups, volunteer crews, etc, installing or expanding on waste bins
at beaches
Examples and Links:
Surfrider Foundation has a unique approach to beach maintenance founded on ecological
health rather than the usual aesthetic maintenance most see as a priority which can function
to provide a revealing picture of the status of beach systems. They believe that a
standardized and systematic procedure for assessing ecological health is essential to
meeting the goals of ecosystem-based management and that the adoption of such a
procedure will function to better inform decision makers, and help bridge the gap that
continues to exist between science and policy. The Surfrider Foundation proposes that four
different metrics be used to complete ecological health assessments of sandy beaches.
These metrics include 1) quality of habitat, 2) status of 'indicator' species, 3) maintenance of
species richness, and 4) management practices. It is envisioned that beach systems would
receive a grade (i.e., A through F), which describes the beach's performance against each of
these metrics. http://www.surfrider.org/stateofthebeach/05sr/state.asp?zone=IS&state=hi&cat=bc
Potential Restraining Factors:
Not enough volunteers, no waste pick up at certain areas (Secrets), need funding/sponsors
for trash bags, gloves, etc.,
Contacts:
Surfrider Kaua’i: Sheri Saari 652-4648
Department of Public Services - Waste Disposal: www.kauai.gov/publicworks/solidwaste
Department of Parks and Rec: 241-4460
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Water Resource Education
Educating the community about the water resources of Kilauea, issues of Kaloko and ag land
water, the Kilauea water shed, water usage and waste, etc. This is essential education since
virtually all human uses for water require fresh water (less than 1% of the earths available
water). Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of clean, fresh water is
steadily decreasing as water demand exceeds supply as world population continues to rise.
The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists)
is known as water rights, and is an extremely important issue in Kilauea especially.
Potential Goals:
To influence behavioral change of water waste and usage, increase awareness of importance
of water resources, rights, and ahupua’a’s, help secure water rights and availability for the
people of Kilauea
Examples and Links:
Hanalei Watershed Hui is a non-profit environmental organization that strives to care for the
Ahupua'a of Hanalei, Waioli, Waipa, and Waikoko guided by Hawaiian and other principles of
sustainability and stewardship, integrity and balance, cooperation and aloha, cultural equity
and mutual respect. They conduct research to help maintain water integrity, provide longterm monitoring, and collect data. www.hanaleiwatershedhui.org
State of Hawai’i Watershed Partnership Program:
http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/wpp/index.html
Water resource education materials through USGS http://water.usgs.gov/education.html
Environmental Resources Center: http://www.uwex.edu/erc/youth.html
Potential Restraining Factors: Lack of community interest, volunteer time, funding
Contacts:
Hanalei Watershed Hui: 826-1985
Department of Public Works Wastewater management 241-6610 or 241-6611
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Food Barter System
Create a space where it would be possible to instate a food barter system where residents
would be able to participate in an open exchange of their local foods. This would be
especially beneficial for those with just one fruit tree or a small garden, for example, who
otherwise wouldn’t be easily able to dispense the food.
Potential Goals: To create or find a space for food barter, be it on barter boards in a
frequented area, a designated weekly spot, or online, to reduce the amount of food rotting on
the ground because it has no outlet, help to develop community through increased
interaction, raise consciousness of the total amount of food Kilauea produces, allow residents
a cheaper way of getting healthy local foods
Examples and Links:
We can barter for food in many ways…for someone's garden produce; with small food stores
(for example, we could build shelves in exchange for groceries); with farmers or a food co-op
(work a few hours per month at the co-op in exchange for a lower price on food; for foodrelated services (trade for the services of a butcher, a cake decorator, a canner, a caterer, a
nutritionist, a cook, etc.); with restaurants (a restaurant might need our carpet-laying service
or fresh cocos in exchange for meals). The sky is the limit.
KauaiAbundance.com is an online space where residents can trade their surplus produce for
other produce or services. www.kauaiabundance.com
Potential Restraining Factors:
Difficulty in raising participation amongst residents, limited time/conflicting schedules,
organization
Contacts:
Kilauea Neighborhood Center: 828-1421
Kilauea CSA : [email protected]
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Organic Food Zone/Non-GMO
Establishing a, organic “zone” in or around Kilauea to prevent the inclusion of pesticide
spraying, GMO’s, or chemical fertilizers from filtering into the community.
Potential Goals: research the potential for establishing such a zone, establish an organic
zone in or around Kilauea, develop the standards that would be included in or excluded from
the Kilauea organic zone. This could be similar (but less severe) to a “nuclear-free zone”
where nuclear weapons and/or power is banned.
Examples and Links:
Farmers and local families want Mendocino County to be the nation's first GMO-free zone,
posing the question "Shall the people of Mendocino County prohibit the propagation,
cultivation, raising and growing of genetically modified organisms in Mendocino County?" If
local voters like the idea, all crops grown within the county would be GMO-Free, although
people could still buy GMO-containing food products at local stores. "Why should biotech
corporations control our local food supply?" they questioned. The community also created a
local "eco-label" for organic small farmers and businesses called "Mendocino Renegade."
The Renegade label has strict organic standards, free from government and political
pressure. As part of a peer review, local certified organic farmers are in charge of
inspections, not the government. The hope is a GMO-Free Mendocino, coupled with a
reputation as an organically focused growing region that will benefit the local economy, drive
tourism and promote the health of local residents. "Monsanto just goes along putting more
GMO's on the market, but they can be stopped if we have laws in our counties that forbid the
planning of GMO's, we're saying 'not in our backyard, not in our county.'"
http://www.organicconsumers.org/ge/mendocino_gmo_free.cfm
A list of resources and countries in Europe who said no to GMO www.gmofree-europe.org
Potential Restraining Factors: difficulty in officially passing a zoning law, volunteer base,
time
Contacts:
Kaupea Farms: working on a Kilauea-localized organic certification standard
GMO Free Kaua’i: 651 9603 www.higean.org/kauai/
Hawai’i Organic Farmers Association (HOFA): 969-7789 www.hawaiiorganicfarmers.org
County of Kaua’i Planning Dept: 241-6677
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Local Market
Although there are already local farmers markets on both Thursday and Saturday, they could
be expanded to include other goods, services, and activities and acts as a broader market
rather than solely for produce.
Potential Goals: to expand the times, locations, availability, and participation in the current
farmers markets in Kilauea
Examples and Links:
The Bellingen, Australia, Community Mrket allows those from within the area to meet in a
central location to sell their produce, display their wares, be entertained & generally socialize,
and the markets are held as much for its social & entertainment value as well as its
commercial value. The Market is held monthly, offering visitors and locals alike a cross
cultural view of the local community. Started in 1980 with approximately 30 stalls, Bellingen's
Community Markets are now one of the largest regional markets in Australia with 250 exciting
diverse stalls. As well as the wide and diverse range of goods available, Bellingen's
Community Markets offers a selection of food stalls, live music, and entertainment for the kids
including camel rides, jumping castle, candle making and face painting making.
http://www.bellingen.com/markets/
Farmers Market Schedule: http://realkauai.com/FarmersMarkets/
Potential Restraining Factors: Volunteer time, funding, permits
Contacts:
Kilauea Neighborhood Center: 828-1421
Department of Parks and Rec: 241-4460
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
FEMA Certified Structures
FEMA does not actually certify storm structures but they do issue guidelines that can be used
in storm shelter construction to meet specific weather conditions. There are only two facilities
considered hurricane and tsunami shelters by the Hawaii Civil Defense on the North Shore
(Ha’ena to Moloa’a), those are the Kilauea Neighborhood Center and the Kilauea Elementary
School. With the population of the area far in excess of the capacity of the facilities, and a
documented history of hurricanes and tsunamis, we should have more certified structures to
support the current and growing population of the area.
Potential Goals: Establish what kinds of structures are needed based on current and
projected population and types of potential emergencies. Look at existing structures that may
meet FEMA guidelines. Look at new buildings and see if they can be built to FEMA
guidelines, such as the new Kilauea School Cafeteria. Also look at smaller, distributed storm
shelters that may house smaller numbers but are more dispersed throughout the community.
Encourage the use of “safe rooms” in new building and home construction. Discuss this idea
with area contractors or County or State level development organization to have them adopt
these practices.
Examples and Links:
There was a tax incentive to build safe rooms specifically on Kauai that should be revisited
and promoted: http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/saferoom/article_kauai.shtm
FEMA put out a document entitled “Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room
Inside Your House” that gives more details about the safe room idea.
http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=1536
National Storm Shelter Association (http://www.nssa.cc/) has a good collection of storm
shelter standards in document form. They discuss the FEMA storm shelter standard and
have links to various standardization documents.
Potential Restraining Factors: Cost/funding for new storm shelters or retrofitting existing
ones.
Contacts:
Kauai Civil Defense:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/CivilDefenseAgency/tabid/90/Default.aspx
Hawai’i State Civil Defense: 733-4300 http://www.scd.state.hi.us/
FEMA: (800) 621-FEMA www.fema.gov
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Single Parent Housing Support
Researching and offering information to single parents on the availability of housing subsidies
/ financial information that could save them on housing costs.
Potential Goals: To research the availability of housing subsidies for single parents on
Kaua’i, what’s available in Kilauea and statewide, make the information accessible to single
parents with little time to find it themselves, to help single parents better afford housing in the
community, create legislation to implement better single parent support, create a group where
single parents can communicate and support each other in the community and in their daily
lives.
Examples and Links:
The CoAbode Single Mothers House Sharing is a supportive non-profit helping single
mothers with opportunities so they can: afford a better house or apartment, within a safer
school district, halve the cost of rent and overhead expenses, freeing up much needed
resources, lighten the burden of daily chores such as cooking, grocery shopping, laundry,
homework, carpooling and child supervisions so that parent is less tired and stressed out and
better able to provide for the family, and give those in abusive situations support and strength
so they can escape knowing there is another mom there to pool resources with and get
emotional support. www.co-abode.com
Information on shared housing: www.womensrights.org/shared_housing.htm
Single Parents and Displaced Homeowners Program: kapiolani.hawaii.edu/object/spdh.html
Child Support Calculators:
http://singleparents.about.com/od/childsupportcalculators/qt/HI_calculator.htm
2000 census data: 3,463 single-parent households (975 men, 2,488 women)
Potential Restraining Factors: Lack of state housing subsidies and aid in place
Contacts:
County Of Kaua’i Housing Department: Development: 241-4444, Section 8: 241-4440
www.kauai.gov/Housing
Kaua’i Child Support Enforcement Agency: 241-7112
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Critical Career Housing Subsidies
Research and offer information to firefighters, police, teachers and other workers in critical
career occupations, on the availability of housing subsidies / financial information that could
save them on housing costs.
Potential Goals: To research the availability of housing subsidies for those with critical
careers on Kaua’i, what’s available in Kilauea and statewide, make the information accessible
for those with such employment, to help those with critical careers afford housing in the
community, create legislation to implement better support, research to see if we could create
new county policy that would allow tax break for these people. Work with job providers to
fund the project as it would generate interest in those occupations.
Examples and Links:
New York City offered housing subsidies of up to $14,600 to entice new math, science and
special education teachers to work in the city's most challenging schools, in one of the most
aggressive housing incentive programs in the nation to address a chronic shortage of
qualified educators in these specialties. To be eligible for the subsidies, teachers must have
at least two years' experience. City officials said they hoped the program, to be announced by
the city Education Department today, would immediately lead to the hiring of an extra 100
teachers for September and, with other recruitment efforts, ultimately help fill as many as 600
positions now held by teachers without the proper credentials.
www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/nyregion/19teach.html
Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawai’i: 2006 annual report
www.hcdch.hawaii.gov/documents/2006AnnualReport.pdf.
Federal Housing Finance Board: http://www.fhfb.gov/Default.aspx?Page=47
Potential Restraining Factors: lack of state housing subsidies / aid in place
Contacts:
County Of Kaua’i Housing Department: Development: 241-4444
Section 8: 241-4440 www.kauai.gov/Housing
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Flexible-Use/Mixed Housing
Building housing units for a broad range of people (large families and small, poor, rich, elderly
and young, business owners, etc), could also be zoned for more than just residential to allow
businesses to survive alongside housing.
Potential Goals: To research the ability and desire for flexible or mixed housing in the
community. Review the Kilauea Town Plan and organize to push a new, affordable
development forward. There is also a local affordable housing group, ‘Aina Ho’okupu o
Kilauea, that is working towards this goal.
Examples and Links:
In 2001 the San Jose Redevelopment Agency announced the selection of a developer -New York-based Palladium Co. -- for the largest urban/mixed-use development in the history
of downtown San Jose, signaling the city's further commitment to integrating much-needed
housing with retail, office and entertainment venues. Most successful mixed-use
neighborhoods developed before the advent of the automobile, when blocks were scaled to
pedestrian use, and people lived, worked and shopped in the same neighborhood.
www.sjredevelopment.org
Kilauea Town Plan discusses some future build out of retail and housing and where that
might go:
http://www.kauai.gov/Portals/0/Planning/project_documents/Kilauea_Plan_Report_9-05.pdf
Potential Restraining Factors: Current County building code, new idea for new
development and not well test here on Kauai
Contacts:
County Of Kaua’i Housing Department: Development: 241-4444, Section 8: 241-4440
www.kauai.gov/Housing
County of Kaua’i Planning Dept: 241-6677
‘Aina Ho’okupu o Kilauea (a Kilauea based affordable housing group): 634-8174
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Live / Work Housing Options
Researching the zoning options that would allow a unit to be both residential and business
oriented.
Potential Goals: To understand the ability for Kilauea to create combined live and work
spaces (store ground level, housing above) to reduce land waste and increase planning and
housing efficiency. See what kind of interest exists for live/work housing options and research
other areas to see what works best. Look for areas that that this would work best in Kilauea,
likely the new town center lot that surrounds the Stone Building.
Examples and Links:
In Washington DC, where housing is more than expensive, CuDC creates affordable, urban,
live-and/or-work opportunities for area artists and their families. CuDC’s artist housing
program seeks to counteract the fact that many artists are often priced out of the city,
resulting in a loss of valuable creative capital to the District. Providing affordable spaces for
artists to live, work and create is crucial to retain the creative and cultural capital that enables
our city to thrive. Helping artists continue to live and work in the metro area preserves
valuable access to the arts for area residents and encourages economic development and
community revitalization. http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/artist_housing.html
Kilauea Town Plan discusses some future build out of retail and housing and where that
might go:
http://www.kauai.gov/Portals/0/Planning/project_documents/Kilauea_Plan_Report_9-05.pdf
Article from Oahu on Live/work housing:
http://www.thevoiceofkapolei.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=86&Itemid=
133&ed=2
The Niche for Live/Work housing http://www.housingzone.com/article/CA6491707.html
Potential Restraining Factors: zoning laws, unsupportive community, buildings registered
as historic cannot be built on
Contacts:
County Of Kaua’i Housing Department: Development: 241-4444
www.kauai.gov/Housing
County of Kaua’i Planning Dept: 241-6677
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Open Source Housing Prototypes
Have a variety of housing options available to all residents without copyright infringement,
from housing not yet built to expansions and additions or repair on standing models. These
prototypes would be publicly available to anyone needing them and especially beneficial to
those with lower income
Potential Goals: to act a resource for homeowners and buyers wanting to expand on, repair
or build a home in Kilauea.
Examples and Links:
The Open Architecture Network works as a forum for open architecture submissions that can
be viewed and downloaded by anyone. Their aim is to help improve lives worldwide by
sharing architectural and design plans and resources and through creating a network of
professionals, problems, and solutions. www.openarchitecturenetwork.com
Potential Restraining Factors: research/time, lack of pro-bono architects to help
Contacts:
County Of Kaua’i Housing Department: Development: 241-4444, www.kauai.gov/Housing
County of Kaua’i Planning Dept: 241-6677
North Shore based, Kaua’i Architects, Inc: 635-6275 architectskauai.com
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Recycling Infrastructure
Kilauea currently has no recycling curbside pick-up or collection center, leaving residents
having to drive to Princeville, Hanalei, or even Lihue in order to recycle.
Potential Goals: Researching the potential of and ability for a curbside recycling program in
Kilauea and aiding in its implementation, establishing a collection center or weekly drop off
point as is done in Hanalei at Hale Halawai on Tuesdays, 9am – 1pm. Curbside Greenwaste
is also a huge potential and could divert over 50% of our landfill volume right away. A
program through the school or community in general could be organized along with the
county. The county’s recycling department is open to the idea of working with the Kilauea
community.
Examples and Links:
Recycling is currently limited to transfer stations on the North Shore, with the nearest
locations in Hanalei and Kapa’a. They accept glass, 1 & 2 plastics, aluminum, cardboard,
newspaper, and mixed paper. Hanalei also offers a redemption center sponsored by Kaua’i
Community Recycling Services (a private entity) on Tuesdays from 8-2 and the Hanalei
community center. A redemption area/day in Kilauea would most likely be easy to instate.
County of Kaua’i Recycling Programs:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/PublicWorks/RecyclingPrograms/tabid/68/De
fault.aspx
Curbside recycling is available on Oahu: www.ocr2000.com/
http://envhonolulu.org/solid_waste/curbside.htm
Potential Restraining Factors: Hard to implement without county ordinance to support it,
county is not supporting a recycling push, rather, this administration is seeking to get funding
for an incinerator. We need a materials recovery facility (MuRF) in order to process all the
recyclables as well as a county run composting facility.
Contacts:
Zero waste Kauai: strategy of Zero-waste includes curbside recycling
zerowastekauai.org/strategy.html
County of Kauai Recycling Coordinator: Allison Fraley 241-6891, [email protected]
Reynolds Recycling: http://www.reynoldsrecycling.com/kauai.asp
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Waste Stream Education
The waste streams in most Western societies are hidden through the quick collection and
disposal of trash, draining of polluted water, and overall invisibility of the process. It is
especially important to be aware of the waste stream on Kaua’i since it’s an island and only
offers limited space, certainly not enough for all the pollution we generate!
Potential Goals: To educate about the waste stream of Kilauea, issues involving Kekaha
Landfill and lack of recycling infrastructure on Kaua’i, polluted water damaging our water
systems and life, and how trash isn’t just disappearing, offer solutions to the posed problems,
to involve Kilauea School and businesses in education to help pass the information on
through behavioral changes and examples could be mapped and advertised.
Examples and Links:
Article offering issues and immediate solutions:
http://savekauai.org/waste-%2526-recycling/achieving-our-diversion-potential
http://savekauai.org/county/zero-waste-solution
The American Beverage Association offers info on waste stream education:
www.ameribev.org/industry-issues/environment/litter/index.aspx
Potential Restraining Factors:
Time and resources, lack of enough interest to create lasting change
Contacts:
Zero waste Kauai: strategy of Zero-waste includes curbside recycling
zerowastekauai.org/strategy.html
County of Kauai Recycling Coordinator: Allison Fraley 241-6891, [email protected]
Kilauea Elementary: 828-1212
KULA Elementary: 828-1144
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Affordable Housing Rentals
Dwellings where the total rental housing costs are affordable based on income. In the US, a
commonly accepted guideline for housing affordability is that the housing cost, rental or
mortgage, does not exceed 30% of a household's gross income. As of February 2008 on
Kauai, the median income for a family of four was $60,500 according to the Kauai County
Housing Agency. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) looks at 80% and
below of median income as those in most need of affordable housing. This too is based on a
family of four so on Kauai that equates to roughly $48,400 and below. That pencils out to a
price of $1210 or less per month for a family of four. As we know there are not a lot of rentals
in this price range.
Potential Goals: To research the availability or potential of affordable housing in Kilauea,
understand the need (percentages, average income, etc), to educate the general public about
the process and ability to obtain affordable rental housing and seek to apply for various
assistance programs that might be available based on income and need. A longer-term goal
might be to create a community land trust with affordable rental units as part of the pool of
housing so that a group of permanently affordable rental units is available in Kilauea.
Examples and Links:
Find Section 8 housing rentals nationwide: www.affordablehousingonline.com
County of Hawaii Housing Department: offers information on affordable housing guidelines,
income limits and other related information:
http://www.kauai.gov/Government/Departments/HousingAgency/tabid/87/Default.aspx
The Affordable Housing Institute innovates sustainable improvements in local housing
finance ecosystems by working with governments, NGO's, and stakeholders to design,
develop, pilot, and improve housing finance policies and programs. As a housing finance
policy/program innovator, AHI organizes, interconnects, and presents the vast body of
existing information on housing to enable change-makers to conceptualize, design, enact and
implement programmatic and structural innovations that will strengthen their affordable
housing supply and delivery systems. www.affordablehousinginstitute.org
The Campaign for Affordable Housing is a national, nonpolitical nonprofit organization
dedicated to dispelling the negative stereotypes surrounding affordable housing.
www.tcah.org
Potential Restraining Factors:
Time, resources, negative image around affordable housing, lack of accurate information
Contacts:
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
County of Hawaii Housing Department: Section 8 at 241-4440
Hawaii Public Housing Authority: 274-3134 and then 70524 www.hcdch.hawaii.gov/
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org
Water & Energy Conservation Models
To demonstrate models of conservation that can be achieved without significant, additional
technology and thereby available to nearly everyone. Examples include the use of CFL light
bulbs, clearing current or additional window ventilation, line-drying clothes, reduction in water
usage, reduction in peak hour electricity usage, limiting air conditioning usage, walking or
biking when running errands in Kilauea Town and so forth.
Potential Goals: To educate and bring awareness to low effort / high return conservation
models and thereby reduce overall consumption of water and energy in Kilauea, can be done
through flyering of info such as “top 10's” to save water, energy, public demonstration, school
teach-ins, setting a group goal within an organization or business and challenging each other
to see who can conserve the most
Examples and Links:
Energyhawk.com has a wide variety of info on conservation. Besides turning off powered
devices — or turning them on less often — one of the things that most of us can do to
conserve energy is to retrofit our living and working spaces to burn less energy. To
encourage our readers to take immediate action to save energy wherever possible
energyhawk.com includes links to online stores where energy-smart products can be
purchased www.energyhawk.com
Water Conservation tips at www.wateruseitwisely.com
Hawaii specific info on water conservation at http://mauiwater.org/conservation.html
A good list of actionable items can be found at:
http://www.stopglobalwarming.org/sgw_actionitems.asp
Potential Restraining Factors: Volunteer time, funding, the commitment of residents to
listen and implement the changes.
Contacts:
County of Kaua’i Department of Water: 245-5400 www.kauaiwater.org/page2.asp
Apollo Kaua’i: promote energy efficiency and conservation and the use of appropriate
renewable energy resources at the local and state levels, www.apollokauai.org
Malama Kaua’i, 4900 Kuawa Road, Kilauea, HI 96754
(808) 828-0685 | [email protected] | www.MalamaKauai.org