Thinking like an island : navigating a sustainable future in Hawaiʻi / [edited by] Jennifer Chirico and Gregory S. Farley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chirico, Jennifer, editor.

Farley, Gregory S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development--Hawaii.

Sustainable development.

Sustainability--Hawaii.

Sustainability.

Hawaii.

Physical Description:

ix, 274 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.

Contents:

Hawaiian culture and its foundation in sustainability / Scott Fisher

Food security in Hawaiʻi / George Kent

Searching for sustainable agriculture in Hawaiʻi / Penny Levin

Lessons from the taro patch / Penny Levin

Ecological design for island water systems / Lauren C. Roth Venu

Saving island water: strategies for water reuse / Steve Parabicoli

Catching the (energy) wave of the future / Luis Vega and Reza Ghorbani

Green building: integrating the past with the future / Matthew Goyke and John Bendon

Shades of green in the tourism sector: sustainability practices and awareness in the State of Hawaiʻi / Linda Cox and John Cusick

Successful sustainability movements in higher education / Shanah Trevenna

It takes a village: reflections on building an island school garden / Susan Wyche and Kirk Surry

Epilogue: living like an island: what the world can learn from Hawaiʻi / Jennifer Chirico and Gregory S. Farley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780824847616

082484761X

OCLC:

892514343