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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, February 2, 2009

For the Environment

Advertiser Staff

All events are free unless otherwise indicated.

COMING UP

"LIVING GREEN AND SAVING GREEN (DOLLARS)," community seminar on making your home more environmentally sound and saving money, 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 4, JS Signature Homes, 377 Keahole St. (between Longs and Bluwater Grill); free; 395-0768.

"FOCUS GREEN" DISCUSSION SERIES, this week featuring Jeff Corwin, of Animal Planet's "The Jeff Corwin Experience," and "Corwin's Quest," on conservation of endangered species and ecosystems, 6 p.m. Feb. 5, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, sponsored by Dowling Co. Inc.; $5 (students free), proceeds to Hawai'i Nature Center, Maui; 808-270-0567.

"RAISED BED GARDENING," one of the "Growing Green" series of UH Outreach College, noncredit workshops on green practices at home and garden; 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Olomana Gardens, Waimanalo; $20; registration, 956-8400, www.outreach.hawaii.edu/noncredit.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, 2009 Whale Ocean Count, 8:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 28 at selected sites on O'ahu, Kaua'i and Big Island; no advance training required (except a free training session for Kaua'i site leaders); registration required: O'ahu, 397-2651, (ext. 253) 888-55-WHALE, (ext. 253) Big Island, and 808-246-2860, Kaua'i.

BE A GREENIE

FREE GARDEN MULCH, available 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, Halawa Xeriscape Garden; bring containers and shovel; 748-5041, www.boardofwatersupply.com.

GREEN DRINKS, an informal networking for people in the environmental field, 5-9 p.m. first Tuesday of each month; E&O Trading Co., Ward Centre; 351-2891.

WAIMEA VALLEY GREETER, volunteers needed one day a week for 2 1/2 hours; 638-7733.

WEED AND POT CLUB, Maui Nui Botanical Garden's Weed & Pot Club meets 8:30-10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului, Maui, to do beautification and maintenance work; tools, gloves, drinking water provided; wear shoes; 249-2798.

NATIONAL GARDEN HELP, volunteers needed to protect rare plants and ecosystems at National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kaua'i; help needed in administration, conservation, education, development, etc.; 808-332-7324, ext. 228, or volunteer@ntbg.org.

Niaulani nature walk, guided tour through an old-growth forest; 9:30 a.m. Mondays; from Volcano Art Center, Niaulani campus, Volcano Village, Big Island; 808-967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org.

Niaulani Forest WorkDay, volunteers needed to preserve the rainforest; 9 a.m.-noon third Sunday of each month; Volcano Art Center, Niaulani campus, Volcano Village, Big Island; 808-967-8222.

TUESDAYS AT KANAHA, weekly beach cleanup and plant maintenance, coordinated by Community Pride at Kanaha Beach Park, Maui, 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays, at the park; Valerie Vines Magee, 808-264-1454.

CHUN'S REEF BEACH/COASTCLEANUP by Adopt-A-Beach Hawaii and Save The Sea Turtles International; noon last Saturday monthly, from 61-529 Kamehameha Highway, Hale'iwa; (trash bag, gloves and purified water provided; bring hat, sunscreen and beach shoes); 637-2211.

MAKIKI FOREST RESTORATION PROJECT, volunteers needed to weed; pick up branches; and plant, water and fertilize native plants as part of Makiki Watershed Awareness Initiative forest restoration project. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., fourth Saturday of each month; 973-9782.

Send announcements, with contact name and phone number, to: For the Environment, Island Life, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; or islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com, with "For the Environment" in the subject line. Deadline is 10 days before the event.