For the environment
Advertiser Staff
KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY — Help the Sierra Club clear a former nursery site that is being developed into a park in upper Kalihi Valley. Call 526-3986 for more information on the May 20 service trip.
WAIKIKI ALGAE CLEANUP — Volunteers are needed for an algae cleanup 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Snacks and lunch provided; snorkeling gear optional. E-mail Signe Opheim at opheim@hawaii.edu or call 779-2616.
TIRE COLLECTION — Kalihi Ahupua'a Ulu Pono Ahahui & Friends will collect spare and flat tires for proper disposal 8-11 a.m. Saturday at Ka'ewai Elementary School on Kamehameha IV Road in Kalihi Valley, or call 392-8445 for tire pick-up.
POUHALA RESTORATION — The Hawai'i Nature Center is cleaning up and restoring the wetland habitat in Pearl Harbor. Volunteers are needed to pull pickleweed and mangrove 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday. Bring work gloves, water, hat, sunscreen, towel and change of clothes; covered footwear and long pants required. Contact Pauline Kawamata at 955-0100, ext. 18, or paulinekawamata@aditl.com.
HILO COMPUCYCLE — Drop off old computers and related equipment for recycling 2-4 p.m. May 19 for public agencies and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 20 for the public at the Aupuni Center, across from the old County Building. Stereos, TVs, VCRs and other audio/visual equipment also accepted. Call the Hawai'i County recycling coordinator at (808) 961-8942 or (808) 961-8527.
KA IWI COAST CLEANUP ? Join the Sierra Club from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sunday May 28, for a cleanup of the Ka Iwi coastline. Bags, gloves provided. Meet at the east restroom at the Sandy Beach park. Call 394-2898 or 955-4168.
OLD STUFF
WORM WORKSHOPS — Learn how to turn food and paper waste into compost using earthworms, 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Manoa Gardens Elderly Housing's community center and 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Timothy's Church in 'Aiea; $30 includes minibin, starter colony and manual. 382-0432 or waikikiworm@hawaii.rr.com.
NATIVE FOREST PLANTING — The Maui Dryland Forest Restoration Group is holding a planting trip Friday to the Auwahi native forest enclosure; meet at 'Ulupalakua Ranch Store. Hiking boots required; bring rain gear, two liters of water, lunch, sunscreen, hat. Register: auwahi@ yahoo.com or (808) 572-4471.
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