Start Gardening With a Vengeance

SUBHEAD: More of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening as if our lives depended on it.By Ellen LaConte on 30 March 2011 in AlterNet - (http://www.alternet.org/food/150428/garden_as_if_your_life_depended_on_it%2C_because_it_does)Image above: Poster circa 1925 with Uncle Sam advocating "Garden to cut food costs!" From (http://gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/8612566/).

Ku`oko`a

SUBHEAD: Renewable energy sources should come before electric grid infrastructure.By Henry Curtis on 9 January 2011 in Disappeared News - (http://www.disappearednews.com/2011/01/kuokoa.html)Image above: NYC barge sporting wind and solar energy power generation. From (http://www.earthzine.org/2010/04/19/ten-steps-to-a-smarter-grid).I had an opportunity to talk with a principal in Ku`oko`a a few

HECO biofuel & privitization plans

SUBHEAD: Hawaiian Electric to use locally produced biofuel for power generation.By Andrew Herndon on 7 January 2011 in Bloomberg - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/hawaiian-electric-to-use-locally-produced-biofuel-for-power-generation.html)Image above: Illustration of Aia Koa Pono Kau Energy Farm. From (http://www.allhawaiinews.com/2011/01/hawaii-farm-to-fuel-project-military-to.html).