Posted on: Monday, May 16, 2005

For the Environment

Advertiser Staff

WAIKAMOI TRAIL WORK — A service trip will be held June 18-25 at Waikamoi, Maui, to maintain a hiking trail. Sponsored by Sierra Club's Hawai'i Service Trip Program and the state's Na Ala Hele Program. Limited to eight volunteers; barracks-style accommodations at Kaulanapueo Church in Huelo, with cots provided. Cost, which includes airfare, is $150 for students, $200 for others. Sign-up deadline is Saturday. E-mail Jamie Tanino at monkey_gurl1008@yahoo.com.

DROP-IN VOLUNTEERS — The next Laulima O Haleakala work day is 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Haleakala National Park. Projects include non-native species removal, weeding of planters and trash pick-up. No experience required; appropriate for age 6 and older. Meet 9 a.m. at the summit maintenance yard; wear long pants and closed-toe shoes, and bring rain gear, sunscreen, hat, layered clothing, water and lunch. Reservations required for groups of six or more. The volunteer drop-in program takes place the third Saturday of every month. For more information, contact the Haleakala Volunteer Program office at (808) 572-4487 or HALE_VIP_Coordinator@nps.gov.

WAI'ANAE WEED FIGHT — Volunteers are needed Saturday to remove buddleia, blackberry and phytolacca (pokeberry) from the Wai'anae Kai burn site. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Wai'anae Kai gate at the end of Wai'anae Valley Road. Bring water, lunch, rain jacket, hiking shoes, sunscreen, hat, gloves and, if possible, hand saws, hand clippers and machetes. For information, e-mail hoala@hawaii.edu.

GREEN NOTES

COMPUTER DROP-OFFS — Two computer recycling events are planned for Saturday, in Honolulu and Hilo, Hawai'i. Comp-USA, in partnership with the City & County of Honolulu and Hawai'i Computers for Kids, will hold a computer drop-off event 9 a.m.-noon at CompUSA on Ala Moana. Computer equipment collected will be evaluated for reuse or recycling. In Hilo, computer gear and wireless phones can be dropped off from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Aupuni Center conference room, 101 Pauahi St. in Hilo. Government agencies may drop off used computer equipment from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday. For more information, call the county recycling coordinator at (808) 961-8942, or Recycle Hawai'i at (808) 961-2676.

CELL PHONE RECYCLING — The Turn Old into Gold program donates cash to Special Olympics in Hawai'i for each cellular phone turned in at The Honolulu Advertiser information counter on Kapi'olani Boulevard, First Hawaiian Bank, Sprint, TCA Wireless or Tech Zone. For every donated phone, Special Olympics will receive between $1 to more than $100, depending on the type of phone and usable parts. For more information, visit www.specialolympics.org/recycle.

COMPOSTING WORKSHOPS — Piper Selden of Hawai'i Rainbow Worms will present a worm composting workshop 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the University of Hawai'i Komohana Extension; $35 fee includes "worm condo" and compost worms. To register: (808) 969-2012 or www.hawaiirainbowworms.com/workshops.html.

For a free listing of your event, send details to For the Environment, P.O. Box 156, Wailuku, HI 96793; fax (808) 242-1520; or cwilson@honoluluadvertiser.com.