Posted on: Monday, December 20, 2004
For the Environment
Advertiser Staff
TRAIL WORK ON MAUI The Hawai'i Service Trip Program, in conjunction with the state's Na Ala Hele Program, is sponsoring a one-week volunteer service trip to build and restore trails at Waikamoi, Maui, Jan. 2-8. Participants must be in good physical condition and willing to work hard. The $200 cost ($150 for students) includes airfare, food and lodging. Contact Jamie Tanino via e-mail at jamiet8055@aol.com or Jackson Bauer at jbauer@alumni.hpu.edu.
KA IWI CLEANUP Start the new year with a clean sweep of the Ka Iwi coastline with the Sierra Club from 8 to 10 a.m. Jan. 2. Free T-shirts and refreshments; reservations required. Meet in Sandy Beach parking lot. Call Lisa Keala Carter at 722-8727.
WHALE COUNT 2005 Volunteer site leaders are needed on O'ahu and the Big Island for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary's statewide ocean count Jan. 29, Feb. 26 and March 26. Leaders must be available for training from 2 to 4:30 p.m. or 6 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 15. For information, contact Carey Morishige at 397-2651 Ext. 253 (toll-free (888) 55-WHALE, Ext. 253) or via e-mail at oceancount@noaa.gov, or visit the Web site at www.hawaiihumpbackwhale.noaa.gov/volunteer_program/ocean_count.html.
PAHOLE SERVICE TRIP Build trails, control invasive plants and restore native plants during a Feb. 5 Sierra Club service trip to the Pahole Natural Area Reserve. Reservations are required for the moderate, three-mile hike; call Reece Olayvar at 456-3049.
Green Notes
MAKAPU'U HIKE The Sierra Club membership recruitment hike will be Sunday at Makapu'u. Meet at 5:30 p.m. at the trailhead for the easy, one-mile hike. Bring flashlight and snacks to watch the moon rise from the lookout. Reduced $25 membership offered to participants. Call Ed Mersino at 455-8193, Maile Sakamoto at 946-5712 or Mike Gawley at 779-3645.
TOUR DE TRASH Sign up for a "Tour de Trash" bus tour of O'ahu's trashier side, provided by the City and County of Honolulu's Refuse Division. The "Workplace Recycling" tour from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 20, starts and finishes at the Sheraton Waikiki, whose owner saves $100,000 per year in disposal costs by recycling at its O'ahu properties. Other stops include Hickam Air Force Base's materials recovery facility; the Ke'ehi Transfer Station on Middle Street; the Hawai'i Convention Center's recycling system; the Hilton Hawaiian Village, which has integrated recycling into every building; Island Recycling's multimaterial processing facility; and Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant's recycling operations. Participants must show up 15 minutes before departure time. Call 692-5410 to register; for tour schedules and details, check the Web at www.opala.org/recycling_businesses/Tour_de_trash_2004.html. BIRDWATCHING WITH SIERRA CLUB See native and migratory birds during an easy, two-mile hike at the Campbell Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 22. Reservations are required; call Annette Kaohelaulii at 235-5431.
FREE MULCH ON BIG ISLAND Help yourself to free mulch from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily at a new public pickup area adjacent to the Kealakehe Transfer Station, or from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at the Hilo Transfer Station. The county Department of Environmental Management sponsors the free mulch program. Loading assistance is available only at the Hilo location at a cost of $10 to $40 depending on vehicle size. Deliveries of large truckloads of mulch to homes, businesses or farms can be arranged by calling the Big Island Recycling representative at (808) 306-1876.
For a free listing of your environmental event, send details to "For the Environment," P.O. Box 156, Wailuku, HI 96793; fax (808) 242-1520; or e-mail cwilson@honoluluadvertiser.com.
