http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com The Green Leaf Thu, 16 May 2013 00:59:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Let's hear it for Honolulu Zoo Society educators Stephanie Arne and Charles Lee, who are both finalists in a video contest to become the next "Wild Guide" for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. The winner gets $10,000 and  hosts the award-winning wildlife TV show's new webisode series, premiering this fall ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/05/15/to-be-a-wild-guide/ [caption id="attachment_3933" align="alignleft" width="346" caption="Makayla Rose Golden, 6, of Mauka Lani Elementary School, penned a winning poem about a mountain apple tree. Courtesy photo.."][/caption] Congratulations to the newly minted tree poets who participated in the Wordsworth the Poet "Poe-TREE Contest." The contest, sponsored by Watermark Publishing and author Frances H. Kakugawa, ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/25/young-tree-poets/ [caption id="attachment_3907" align="aligncenter" width="574" caption="Students from Kamehameha Schools teamed up with the Waikiki Aquarium to clear invasive algae (Avrainvillea amadelpha, or leather mudweed) from the ocean on Friday, April 19. Photo courtesy Waikiki Aquarium."][/caption] Today is Earth Day, and while we will all be extra conscious today about being good to ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/22/today-is-earth-day/ [caption id="attachment_3880" align="alignleft" width="362" caption="Earth Day is Monday, April 22. Illustration from earthdaycentral.com."][/caption] So much to do, so much to learn about, during Earth month 2013. In case you don't know the history, Earth Day, originally founded on April 22, 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, is celebrated every ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/19/earth-month-events/ Hot off the press: Hui O Koolaupoko's "Hawai‘i Residential Rain Garden Manual" is out. It's available for download at this link or also from Hui O Koolaupoko for $20. The manual offers homeowners the information they need to build a rain garden to capture and infiltrate storm water from their property. Rain ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/17/rain-garden-manual-is-out/ [caption id="attachment_3839" align="aligncenter" width="590" caption="Sea Life Park hosts an Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 20, with educational booths and a concert. Volunteers who help with a beach cleanup of East Oahu shores that morning get $5 admission to the fair and park. Photo courtesy Sea Life Park."][/caption] Another broad-sweeping beach ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/15/beach-cleanup-earth-day-at-sea-life-park/ [caption id="attachment_3825" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Pacific Corporate Solutions is offering to recycle your ewaste for free at various locations in April. Image courtesy of science.howstuffworks.com"][/caption] Recycling your ewaste – or electronic waste – is one simple step you can take to commemorate Earth Day on Monday, April 22. Recycling ewaste prevents lead ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/11/recycle-your-ewaste-in-april/ [caption id="attachment_3816" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Alternative transportation is one way to combat climate change, as demonstrated by this father in the Philippines. Visit www.earthday.org/2103 to see more photos from "The Face of Climate Change" project by Earth Day Network."][/caption] Earth Day is on Monday, April 22. This year, the Earth Day Network, founded ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/09/celebrate-earth-day-april-22/ [caption id="attachment_3793" align="aligncenter" width="631" caption="These eaten plastic bottles were collected from Hawaii's shoreline. Photo courtesy of B.E.A.C.H."][/caption] The Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai‘i and Ecology Club at the University of Hawaii at Manoa present "POPS, Plastic and Hawaii's Marine Life," a series of free, public lectures in April. The lectures will ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/04/01/pops-plastic-and-hawaiis-marine-life/ [caption id="attachment_3768" align="aligncenter" width="581" caption="The Surfrider Foundation hosts a beach cleanup at Point Panic at Kakaako Beach Park this Saturday (March 30) with a focus on cleaning up cigarette butts. Photo from planetearthandhumanity.blogspot.com."][/caption] The Surfrider Foundation hosts a "butt-clearing" and beach cleanup Saturday morning (March 30) at Point Panic at Kakaako. Meet ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/03/28/kakaako-beach-butt-clearing/