Smart Living Hawaii

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Kiersten Faulkner, the Executive Director of Historic Hawaii Foundation. We will learn how Hawaii’s Historic buildings, structures, objects and sites play a huge role on our future. Diving into our past and our Hawaiian culture not only reveals a sustainable way of life they once lived but also unfolds a thriving comm...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Noel Morin, the leader of Hawaii Electric Vehicle Association and the Big Island EV Association. We are going to learn about Electric Vehicles from the basics up to the latest and greatest! And also discussing our carbon footprint around transportation and how we as a state can improve. From being more efficient with...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Todd Boulanger, Executive Director of Bikeshare Hawaii, aka Biki. We will dive a little deeper into Bike Sharing, transportation, parking, traffic and mobility and how to solve these problems we face as a city, state and community. Todd Boulanger: Boulanger has more than 20 years of experience in transportation planni...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Jim Murphy, CEO of Honolulu Habitat For Humanity. We will learn how Honolulu Habitat for Humanity works and serves the community with every house that they build. They work with the community, government agencies and homeowners to build the homes while helping solve our affordable housing shortage or should I say cris...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Joshua Powell the CEO of Revolusun. We will jump into the future of solar, HECO’s new program that pays cash upfront to get battery storage on your home and how this helps create a more resilient grid through virtual powerplants. We also discuss Revolusun and their additional projects, services and programs w/ HECO th...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Vincent Tai, an architect, builder, developer and visionary. We will learn more about the home he has built here in Hawaii, 2184 Round Top Drive in Makiki Heights and how his ideal home has features we all should consider as we move to a greener Hawaii. He worked for architectural firms in California and Hong Kong aft...

A Talk Story with Lauren Roth Venu as we dive deeper on Hawaii’s Fresh Water and how we as a state manage our precious resource. From storm water runoff to irrigation, quality of water to green infrastructure, there is so much to learn about Hawaii’s water system, our history, our current situation and how people like Lauren are solving the problems we unknowingly created over time. **Note, this p...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Ben Pilat, the Chief Operating Officer of HNL Tool Library. This nonprofit provides tools to lend out to the community and so much more! We will also touch on the construction industry and how it contributes to waste in our landfills, water and air pollution and climate change. This nonprofit not only provides a much...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Stuart Coleman the Executive Director of WAI, Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations. We will go over cesspools & failing septic tanks and how they harm our oceans and drinking water. 53 million gallons of raw sewage is dumped into our oceans and drinking water everyday! If you know nothing about what I just sa...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Kevin Nute, a professor and an architect who brings health and well-being into a home and work place through design. It’s a very interesting concept and our goal today is to explain this mostly visual concept through words on a podcast for our listeners! This concept is called Naturally Animated Architecture and we wi...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with David Sands, who has been building homes with bamboo for over 25 years and through his innovative spirit it has led him down paths unchartered. Therefore always needing to be the first in what he has accomplished and provide a product and service we all so desperately need to adopt, not only here in Hawaii but across...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Bill Howes, a local, sustainable farmer and owner of Kolea Farm, a permaculture farm with organic and sustainable farming practices. His farm is located in Pupukea, Haleiwa, North Shore and they often have a food stand at the entrance of their farm. Let’s hear Bill’s story and take a stroll down the history of Kolea F...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Mike Davis, a farmer, foodscaper who will not only talk about the businesses and nonprofits he partners with to fulfill his life mission but to also jump into Permaculture, what it means, how it works, why it’s such a buzz word these days and how it can transform the way we live today. This podcast will take us all ov...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Sheila Alston with WellnessRE Magazine, a magazine that brings health and home together. We will discuss the importance of a healthy home and what that entails and how to get your free monthly subscription! With this pandemic and city shutdowns, more than ever we are spending a lot of time at home and wanting a clean...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Phil Acosta with Aloha Harvest. We will learn about this amazing nonprofit focused on eliminating hunger by preventing food waste. How their process works, how to get involved and what their future looks like for our community in need. Phil assumed the position as Executive Director of Aloha Harvest on September 2019...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Surfrider’s Doorae Shin, the Coordinator for our Oahu Chapter. We will learn about the Surfrider Foundation, their passion projects, updates on the plastics ban here on Oahu, the Ocean Friendly Restaurant Initiative, a new pilot program called Full Cycle Takeout and whatever else we can squeeze in under an hour! ...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Henry Gabriel, the Recycling Branch Chief for the City and County of Honolulu. We will dive into what’s trash, what’s not, how our system works here in Hawaii, especially here on Oahu and answer a bunch of questions I am sure you all have wondered about over the years. How much trash do we make? Where does our trash a...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Daniel Anthony, a local, sustainable Hawaiian farmer and charismatic entrepreneur that will take this podcast on a rollercoaster of topics pertaining to his every day life as a family man, taro farmer, poi pounder, activist, teacher, philanthropist and more! Daniel Anthony is the founder and partner of Mana Ai and Exe...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Chance Correa, the owner of Sustainable Services Hawaii and Malama Aina Landscape. We will learn about this small business here in Hawaii, how it is diversifying its services to provide sustainable alternatives and how their journey has been before, during and hopefully after the COVID Pandemic. Did you know how many...

Did you know that October is World Vegetarian Awareness Month and what better way to bring awareness to a plant-based diet than to introduce you to a local vegan cheese company who makes vegan, plant-based, gluten free and soy free cheeses, pates, spreads and chorizo here on Oahu!  Green Terra originated in 2019 right before this world pandemic and we will hear how Rebeca Garcia, the owner of...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Anu Hittle w/ the state government of Hawaii’s Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. We will cover Climate Change, what our state's commission has put together these past two years focusing on ground transportation and sea level rise, dabbling into the Paris Agreement and more! Anukriti (Anu) Hittle sta...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Scott Cooney as we dive into his eco-entrepreneur endeavors and sustainable initiatives over the years. Scott is a serial eco-entrepreneur who has started 5 mission driven companies. Pono Home, where he currently serves as CEO, has grown from Scott’s living room to a downtown office and 12 employees. The company has r...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Will Giese, the Executive Director of Hawaii Solar Energy Association. We will learn about this great organization, solar facts you may not know, along with clean energy policy and city & county permitting that may affect you! Will Giese is a wealth of knowledge in the solar world and focuses on policy analysis, c...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Sandra Adomatis, a national speaker on the topic of Green and Energy Efficient House Values. We will cover actual values of the different Green features one will have in a home, learn the appraisal process and how much you can save on your utility bills. In addition to Sandra's 25 plus years in real estate appraising,...

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with John Shipman, Senior Director, National Training Business & Education for Franklin Energy and also with us today is Simone Dadsetan w/ Surterre Properties in Newport Beach, CA. We will talk about Green Building & Sales: what is trending, where the future lies and learn from California’s current movement as it...