Stewardship of coastal lands is a cooperative effort between government agencies partnered with local advocacy groups and non-profits like the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. Farm education Maggie ultimately donated her 14 cows to The Farm Institute , a local educational cooperative housed at the historic Katama Farm , where Hob Knob guests and others can experience a sustainable working farm. MORE

Cooperatively owned grocery stores exist all over the country. According to a 2005 USDA report about successful co-ops in rural areas, it benefited from the guidance of local residents who’d been involved with CROPP, a local organic marketing cooperative which helps farmers transition to organic production. The Honolulu store serves up raw, vegan, gluten-free baked goods, hosts movie and poetry nights, and has eight flavors of kombucha on tap! cooperatives food food co-ops MORE

The Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force stopped in Honolulu, Hawaii to discuss with local officials and local residents how climate change may be impacting the area. Deanna Spooner, who works for the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative, has indicated that temperatures in the higher elevations of the state are increasing more quickly that the current average across the world. MORE

HONOLULU, HI, December 16, 2010: On Friday, the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) concluded its week-long 7th Regular Session, in Ko Olina, Hawaii. The Commission adopted a measure that calls for Commission members cooperating non-members with vessels fishing in the Convention area north of the equator to reduce their harvests of North Pacific striped marlin by 10 percent below the highest catch they made between 2000 and 2003. MORE

Editors Note: Many thanks to Jami, who wrote this post in response to an ant problem that is plaguing each and every one of my plants on my lanai (balcony) in Honolulu. A promising and less toxic solution to ant problems is called the Texas Two Step, developed in Texas through the cooperation of various agencies and universities. MORE

Last March, two American environmentalists filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Honolulu seeking to force the U.S. MORE

The news, as reported in the online edition of the Pacific Business news site reported that five recharging posts will be installed in the parking garage of Honolulu’s Sharaton Waikiki Hotel. facilities and at the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies in Honolulu. Will this Waikiki beach front also include Better Place recharging stations? MORE

Down the hall from your lovely green suite is a shiny 1967 Mini Cooper once owned by Beatles manager Brian Epstein. 5 great green resorts on Kauai Kauai: 5 great eco-minded resorts Honolulu’s first designer boutique hotel is green Hawaii: where to stay at the volcano Hawaii’s best farm-to-fork tour. | Garden Isle Green |. S ometimes, a great notion: Even on a tropical island paradise like Kauai, we’re in the mood for the unique, the more personal, the less expected. MORE

At Grgich Hills Estate in Napa Valley , two can taste and tour its biodynamic estate for the price of one, while four wineries of the Santa Cruz Mountains Organic Wine Trail will celebrate Earth Day 2011 by showcasing their certified organic vineyards with a tour and tasting of wines at Cooper Garrod , Silver Mountain , Vine Hill and Alfaro Family Vineyard. MORE

Gutierrez, Justice, and Mesker were camping with classmates from Punahou, usually described as “a prestigious Honolulu prep school.” In March, Gutierrez changed his story and agreed to “cooperate with prosecutors,” so his 15 counts of animal cruelty were dropped to one. There is still time to write the Honolulu prosecutor’s office and voice your opinion – all it will take is a few lines. On Dec. MORE