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Thinking Like an Island : Navigating a Sustainable Future in Hawai'i / ed. by Jennifer Chirico, Gregory S. Farley.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainability--Hawaii.
- Sustainability.
- Sustainable development--Hawaii.
- Sustainable development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages) : 4 maps, 11 black and white illustrations
- Contained In:
- De Gruyter Plus.
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- Hawaii is a rare and special place, in which beauty and isolation combine to form a vision of paradise. That isolation, though, comes at a price: resources in modern-day Hawaii are strained and expensive, and current economic models dictate that the Hawaiian Islands are reliant upon imported food, fuels, and other materials. Yet the islands supported a historic Hawaiian population of a million people or more. This was possible because Hawaiians, prior to European contact, had learned the ecological limits of their islands and how to live sustainably within them.Today, Hawaii is experiencing a surge of new strategies that make living in the islands more ecologically, economically, and socially resilient. A vibrant native agriculture movement helps feed Hawaiians with traditional foods, and employs local farmers using traditional methods; efforts at green homebuilding help provide healthy, comfortable housing that exists in better harmony with the environment; efforts to recycle wastewater help reduce stress on fragile freshwater resources; school gardens help feed families and reconnect them with local food and farming. At the same time, many of the people who have developed these strategies find that their processes reflect, and in some cases draw from, the lessons learned by Hawaiians over thousands of years. This collection of case studies is a road map to help other isolated communities, island and mainland, navigate their own paths to sustainability, and establishes Hawaii as a model from which other communities can draw inspiration, practical advice, and hope for the future.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- INTRODUCTION
- ONE. Hawaiian Culture and Its Foundation in Sustainability
- TWO. Food Security in Hawai'i
- THREE. Searching for Sustainable Agriculture in Hawai'i
- FOUR. Lessons From The Taro Patch
- FIVE. Ecological Design for Island Water Systems
- SIX. Saving Island Water
- SEVEN. Catching the (Energy) Wave of the Future
- EIGHT. Green Building
- NINE. Shades of Green in the Tourism Sector
- TEN. Successful Sustainability Movements in Higher Education
- ELEVEN. It Takes a Village
- EPILOGUE Living Like an Island
- Contributors
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
- ISBN:
- 9780824854164
- OCLC:
- 905636935
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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