http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com The Green Leaf Fri, 24 May 2013 00:43:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_3977" align="aligncenter" width="615" caption="The Brown Tree Snake is an invasive species in the state of Hawaii. In Guam, the snake is believed to have been accidentally introduced hidden in cargo and has decimated bird populations there. Photo from dlnr.hawaii.gov/hisc."][/caption] What do the Africanized Honey Bee, Brown Tree Snake, Cattails, Coqui Frogs ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/05/23/invasive-species-info-on-the-web/ Sometimes it takes a film to knock us out of our apathy and environmental ennui. Knowledge in Motion brings the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival — A Climate of Change to Doris Duke Theatre from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 1. The festival offers 14 great, eye-opening films, along ... http://thegreenleaf.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/05/20/wild-scenic-environmental-film-festival/ 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/