Moderated by IDG CEO Patricia Brandt, panelists will include Mililani Trask, Esq. (Indigenous Consultants LLC), Ku’uleiohuokalani Kealoha Cooper (Kealoha Estate), Cy Bridges (IDG Cultural Advisor), Robert Lindsey (Trustee, OHA Hawai’I Island), Richard Ha (Co-Chair, Geothermal Working Group & Hamakua Springs Farm), and Wally Ishibashi (Co-Chair, Geothermal Working Group and Member of the Hawai’i Island Labor [...]

COMMUNITY INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOPS IN WAIMEA & KONA:  5-8:15 p.m., Wed., Sept. 28, 2011 at Kanu o ka ‘Aina New Public Charter School on Hi’iaka Street (south side of Kuhio Village), and also from 6-9:30 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 29, 2011 at Kealakehe High School Cafeteria. Moderated by IDG CEO Patricia Brandt, panelists will include Mililani Trask, Esq. [...]

Hilo, Hawai‘i—Aug. 12, 2011—For 18 years, after some initial controversy, Hawai‘i Island has been producing geothermal energy pretty consistently and pretty quietly.  Now, geothermal has been thrust onto the statewide stage as the possible keystone of Hawai‘i’s energy independence. To get a clear picture of geothermal’s promise, along with a brief discussion on biomass, which [...]