Hawaii International Film Festival 2011
The Hawaii International Film Festival, October 13 to 23, features film screenings of productions from the Asia-Pacific region including films produced in Hawaii. Held at Regal Dole Cannery Theaters, Hawaii Theatre Center, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, you can enjoy screening films not available through any other venue in Hawaii. HIFF showcases over 250 films including many U.S. and world premieres.
The Hawaii International Film Festival was established in 1981 dedicated to the advancement of cultural exchange and media awareness in the Pacific Rim. HIFF is a premier international film event that has won the praise of filmmakers, scholars, educators, programmers, and film industry leaders across the globe. The first HIFF screened seven films from six countries to an audience of 5,000. Today, HIFF is the a premiere cinematic event in the Pacific drawing an audience of 80,000 or more from around the state, the nation and throughout the world.
HIFF is unique in discovering features, documentaries and shorts from Asia made by Asians, films about the Pacific made by Pacific Islanders, and films made by Hawai`i filmmakers that present Hawai`i in a culturally accurate way. HIFF also conducts seminars, workshops, special award presentation receptions with top Asian, Pacific and North American filmmakers participating.
Kauai Recycling and Televisions
Kauai has begun an annual electronic recycling drive for all types of electronic equipment. Items accepted include: Computers, Hubs, Keyboards, Laptops, Typewriters, Stereos, Cameras, TV’s, Fax Machines, CD-ROM drives, Telephones, VCR players, Speakers, Radios, Copiers, Cell phones, DVD drives, Backup batteries, DVD players, Camcorders, GPS systems, Monitors, Scanners, Stereo components, Printers, Plasma Screens, Electrical gaming units, Overhead projectors.
During the year, televisions from institutional sources are not accepted at the landfill because the components of the monitors CRTs and LCDs exhibit characteristics of hazardous waste that exceed the limits for landfills. Call 241-4837 for information on recycling TVs & monitors generated from businesses. Also, E Recycling Kauai is now offering year round Electronic Recycling to residents and businesses including door to door pick up for a fee. For more information, see their website erecyclingkauai.com, or call 651-2544.
Free Annual Electronic Waste Recycling Event
Vidinha Stadium Parking Lot
Friday, October 21 from 8 am to 5 pm for Businesses & Institutions
Saturday, October 22 from 8 am to 5 pm for Residents
For more information, visit the county’s Kauai recycling website.
Paradise Ride Kauai 2011
Paradise Ride Kauai 2011 is a 2-day bike ride on the island of Kauai. Its an amazing, fully supported ride through some of Kauai’s most breathtaking scenery, along the ocean, through valleys, local neighborhoods and open countryside.
Each day the route averages 55 miles, however several shorter options are available to accommodate all types of cyclists. The terrain varies, ranging from flat to moderately hilly. The roadways and shoulders are paved and the routes will take us both inland and along the coastline of the Garden Island. Each day’s route is well supported by event crew, including bicycle technicians and medical support people. The Paradise Ride Kaua’i will provide meals, snacks, water and sport drinks during the event.
The ride is produced by Malama Pono Health Services which began as a grass-roots response to HIV on the ‘Garden Isle’. Today, the mission of Malama Pono is to educate and support those dealing with HIV/AIDS, STDs, and infectious Hepatitis. Paradise Ride Kauai is an important source of funding and helps provide services and programs not otherwise supported by Kauai United Way and State or Federal programs.
Water and Your Footprint
The average American lifestyle is fueled by close to two thousand gallons of water a day. What may come as a surprise is that only five percent of that total runs through toilets, taps, and garden hoses at home. Nearly 95 percent of your water footprint is hidden in the food you eat, energy you use, products you buy, and services you rely on.
Take a water tour with National Goegraphic through your home, yard, diet, and transportation and consumer choices. Then, pledge to cut your water footprint and help return more water to rivers, lakes, wetlands, underground aquifers, and freshwater species.
Find out your water footprint, then join others who have already committed to saving thousands of gallons. The more we save, the more water we leave for healthy ecosystems and a sustainable future.
Take the Water Footprint challenge…
Kauai Path and Dogs
Dogs on Ke Ala Hele Makalae:
- Dogs may be on the paved portion of the path plus six feet on either side
- Dogs may be in comfort, picnic pavilions, and rest stations
- Dogs should be led directly from trail head parking facilities to the path
- Handler must be in control of dog at all times
- No minimum age requirement for dog handler
- Two dogs per handler max
- Must have poop bag in evidence
- The Kauai Humane Society worked with the Department of Parks & Recreation to donate and install several dispensers for bio-degradable poop bags
- Dog owner must remove and dispose of dog’s feces
- Dog must be licensed
- Maximum leash length 6 ft. (No extendable leashes allowed.)
- Must leave path area if dog gets aggressive
Earth Day and Arts for the Earth
In observance of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Earth Day Network created multiple global initiatives including Artist for the Earth, a campaign that involves hundreds of arts institutions and artists worldwide to create environmental awareness. Arts for the Earth is an innovative education program developed to teach sustainability and environmental education through museum and arts community networks. The goals for Arts for the Earth are:
- To promote best practices in sustainability within the extensive arts and museum communities
- To work with our arts and educator networks to develop creative lesson plans that deliver environmental education through the arts
- To feature artists who have incorporated environmental themes into their works
Program Goals for Museum and Art Venue Administrators:
- Engage the public through environmental programming
- Take measures to promote environmental sustainability within your museum or art venue and reduce your institution’s carbon footprint
- Publicize the above goals to your patrons, supporters and the public at large
Arts-related Sustainability Education Program Goals:
- Increase environmental education oppportunities using multi-disciplinary arts-based programming
- Encourage schools and after-school programs to develop Earth Day programs and events
- Develop more arts-based environmental curricula
