| Ea O Ka Aina For a self-sustaining Kauai |
| ALOHA FROM KAUAI Post Peak city living  Cities are the apex of imperial living, and they exchange waste for surrounding resources. The Myth of Self Relience  When we create a web of interdependencies, we grow richer, stronger, safer, and wiser. We're Weimar  In wake of Tea Party expect a political vortexthat will suck the coherence out of American life. Ka Loko Dam Culpability  Kauai County's willful inactions precipitated the state’s liability in the fatal dam failure. Renewable Energy Stories  The ten essential renewable energy stories this week. Entropy Revisited  Our nonnegotiable way of life, based on rapid transportation, will no longer be possible. Wainiha residents' legal actions  Hawaiians whose building was bulldozed to take legal action against Kauai County. Am I wearing a tinfoil hat?  Really awkward moments in a time of cataclysm. How to talk to friends about climate change. Superferry to return to Hawaii?  U.S. Army seeking Comments on JHSV's in Guam, Hawaii, San Diego and Seattle. Stop the Green Tech Coup  War profiteers are charging into the green tech sector and eyebrows should be raised. Last nation standing. China or US?  We need to know the direction of events, so as to get out of the way when debris is flying. Collapse Gap Revisited  Only a fool would want to go nudging the Politburo Central Committee towards better policies. American Endgame  We have reached the point into overshoot that catabolic collapse is beginning in earnest. U.S. gas demand is down  Speculators ignoring permanent drop in US gasoline demand. Peak Oil arrives for OECD  Oil demand has peaked in developed world and will never return to levels of 2006-2007. Tree Growth Spurt  Scientists concluded that the forest change resulted from an increase in carbon dioxide. Office Seeks Higher Office  Sincw corporations are people too, one takes the logic to the next step and runs for Congress. Kunstler's play "Big Slide"  Finally a drama about what we are about to go through in this country. Cuba: Creative, Complex & Contradictory  From necessity, Cuba has become a crucible for sustainability; a test case of how to survive. Electric Boost for Bicyclists  Electric bikes open up cycling to a whole slew of people who would otherwise be driving a car. Food & Population  The world’s food problems cannot be solved by devising a method to increase agriculture. 12 Least Ethical Companies  Can ethics be quantified? Or, better yet, can a lack of ethics be quantified? End of the Global Economy  Economist Jeff Rubin predicts we'll have $100 in 2010 and $225 oil in 2012. E KOMO MAI Help direct our focus on the issues at hand with your ideas. Consider submitting articles to post by email to our staff. We encourage you to comment on articles that are posted. The comment feature has been underutilized and we urge you to add your thoughts to what passes by on our site. Simply enter your comment through the link at the bottom of each post, and then hit the "Post Comment" button. We appreciate if you leave a name, even a made-up one. If you want to simply give a post a "Thumbs U"p or "Thumbs Down" we have added a check box for each at the bottom of the post. Vote with your mouse! Also, if you do not see a righthand menu listing our staff and search options you need to widen the window displaying this site to at least 980 pixels. If you cannot display that resolution please scroll to bottom of page for missing menu contents www.islandbreath.org
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ISLAND BREATH NEW ARCHIVE OLD ARCHIVE NAVIGATION This "Home" page previews and links to selected recent articles posted on our blog. The "Newest Content" link displays the current week's articles in reverse order (most current first). The "Title Listing" link displays an RSS preview feed of the month's posts (without graphics). The "Currently" menu has news from the world and Kauai and sometimes "Up Coming" events. The "Archived" menu links to several other subject menus that link to our archived material between (2004-2008) as well as "The Gobbler" archive (1993-1999). Also burried in the "Archives" are some other special links to outside sources. The "Referenced" menu has information on weather, government agencies, No-GMO groups, Hawaiiana, agriculture, etc. MISSION Island Breath is an online publication dedicated to people interested in the well being of the island of Kauai. For us sustainability is crucial. Kauai is often called the "Garden Island". It is lush and fruitful - yet threatened. If this island cannot be self-sustaining there is little to hope for the rest of this world. We define sustainability as: Sustainability is not, however, a means for the continuatiing the status quo. We have named our website “Island Breath” or “Breath of the Island” because in Hawaiian that phrase would be... “Ea o Ka `Aina” "The Spirit, Life or Sovereignty of the Land” In fact, for many years the motto of Hawaii has been... "Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka `Aina I Ka Pono" CONTACT We invite articles submitted by our readers.You can add an article (subject to editorial approval) by emailing what you want to say to one of our staff. Email us by clicking on a staff member name above. |