The Green Leaf Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium RSS Feed for The Green Leaf Premium en-us Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:30:00 GMT Climate-change images sought, and isles show it http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20130408__Climate-change_images_sought_and_isles_show_it.html The Earth Day Network has launched a project called "The Face of Climate Change." The nonprofit group, founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, is inviting people throughout the world to contribute their own images of "climate change." Rain garden protects oceans, lets students get hands dirty http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20130311_Rain_garden_protects_oceans_lets_students_get_hands_dirty.html Rain gardens are flat-bottomed depressions in the ground that capture excess water and pollutants from rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots and streets, keeping them from reaching streams and the ocean. Timely reporting is vital to save hooked monk seals http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20130211_timely_reporting_is_vital_to_save_hooked_monk_seals.html The juvenile monk seal was having difficulty breathing when he was discovered at Kapaa Beach on Hawaii island's northwestern shore. Once it was reported Feb. 1, staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration mobilized into action. We must do our part to keep magnificent humpbacks safe http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20130128__We_must_do_our_part_to_keep_magnificent_humpbacks_safe.html When news spread of a baby humpback whale stranded in the waters off Oahu this month, Hono­lulu residents shuddered. A growing crowd watched from shore as scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tried to save it. Solar panels empowering and cut bill to minimum http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20121231__Solar_panels_empowering_and_cut_bill_to_minimum.html It was the moment we had been waiting for — the arrival of the electric bill. That is, the first bill after the solar photovoltaic system went up on the roof. We had 15 panels installed on our four-bedroom house in the summer. CORAL signs remind us all to help preserve our reefs http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20121126_CORAL_signs_remind_us_all_to_help_preserve_our_reefs.html Sometimes making a difference is as simple as a sign. A sign that informs, educates and illustrates how visitors and locals alike can respect the coral reef. Honolulu needs to get real about safe bicycling plan http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20121022__Honolulu_needs_to_get_real_about_safe_bicycling_plan.html Daniel Bogert, 33, bikes everywhere. He bikes from home to the grocery store, to work, to classes, to run errands, to meet up with friends and on the weekends, he bikes for fun. Malama Maunalua's efforts slowly bring bay back to life http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20120924_Malama_Maunaluas_efforts_slowly_bring_bay_back_to_life.html On a Friday morning earlier this month, more than 100 seventh-graders from Kamehameha Schools donned tabi and gloves and waded into Mau­na­lua Bay to pull leather mudweed from the reef. Orphaned monk seal makes Waikiki Aquarium his home http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20120827_Orphaned_monk_seal_makes_Waikiki_Aquarium_his_home.html So how is KP2 — the orphaned Hawaiian monk seal — doing at his new home at the Waikiki Aquarium? Success with Millerbirds buoys conservationists http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/thegreenleafpremium/20120730__Success_with_Millerbirds_buoys_conservationists.html Contrary to what many people might think, conservation work is not always about adventure. It may mean traveling to remote islands, but it also requires dedication, patience, research, data crunching and writing up proposals for grants so you can continue to carry out your work.