Green Maui: Conservation and Green Technology on the Valley Isle

Nov. 11, 2008

Did you know Hawaii has bats? A bat, one species of bat, that is: The Hawaiian Hoary Bat. All summer I've been watching 3-4 bats feed just out over the water at the shoreline in south Maui, but I've watched them feed right off of the canoe club in north Kihei as well, for many years, and I'm always all grins when I detect, usually just after sunset, their circular, flittery, swoopy flights. I'm a bat geek. I grew up in central Texas near one of the largest colonies of Mexican free-tail...

Lava Luv. A primer, with loads of thanks to USGS.

Nov. 2, 2008

As I'm sure you well know, the planet is a hot ball of boiling iron with a crunchy thin crust on the outside. The crust is made of plates that float around on the surface of the mantle, which is kind of a semi-gooey layer between the hot boiling iron and the thin crust. Most of the world's volcanoes form as 'pressure vents' around the edges of the plates. The Pacific Plate is one huge plate, volcanoes are all around it, and we are in the middle of it. We are also volcanoes, but we are...

Lizardland Chronicles:

Sep. 18, 2008

Your Island Lizard (psssst, they're not from here) Guide There I was, having the best coconut cream pie ever baked on the Earth. I was sitting in a little eatery perched high above the Kona coast, the expanse of ocean spread before me like the promise of everything sublime. Fat avocados (a fruit native to the southern Americas) hung gleaming in the late afternoon light, coffee (an Ethiopian fruit) swelled and reddened on the slopes below me - slopes that tumbled down to the lovely...

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Maui's Wind Farm

Article by Chatten Hayes

Ancient Hawaiians harnessed wind for voyaging, but modern islanders benefit from Maui's breezes right at home, with electricity generated by Kaheawa Wind Power in the West Maui Mountains.

Reef Awareness
Maui's coral reefs are rare and precious. Learn how to treat them tenderly on your next Maui snorkeling expedition.

Turtle Love
At your first glimpse of a Hawaiian green sea turtle, you're bound to be smitten. Next thing you know, it's a sea turtle tattoo over your heart.