VRBO has 19,000 Hawai’i listings,1,678 are in Kailua, Oahu. Non-resident buyers were 25% of Hawai’i sales in 2015. Residential properties being used as hospitality/investment are pricing locals out of the market, increasing homelessness. What can we do? What about HB1850? ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, […]
Fighting Fear with Faith – Building an Inclusive Approach to Homelessness and Poverty
Pastor Timothy Mason has been Senior Pastor of Calvary by the Sea, an ELCA church with an active homeless outreach on its campus in East Honolulu for 12 years. What has changed in the landscape? What is working in outreach? How can we be most effective? ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon […]
An Unconventionally Democratic Convention – Cameron Sato and Asami Kobayashi
At last weekend’s Democratic Party of Hawai’i Convention, Kobayashi and Sato were elected as delegates to the DNC for the First Congressional District. What were the highlights and low ponts of the convention. Did they feel welcomed by the establishment? How are they preparing for the Philadelphia Convention? ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from […]
Plato, Poliahu and Maunakea’s TMT – Camille Kalama and Julia Morgan
Significant numbers of highly educated people seem unable to understand Native Hawaiian resistance to building the proposed TMT Observatory Corporation’s facility, why? How has Western education created this mindset? What are the benefits of not building TMT? Dr. Julia Morgan, Instructor of Philosophy and Religion at Kauai Community College and Camille Kalama Esq., Staff Attorney, […]
Through Hawaiian Eyes – The Hawaiian Dumbledore – Jonathan Kay Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, PhD
It’s Jon Osorio’s official Kupuna Birthday! To ensure quality, he’s the talent: bringing his guitar, irreverent wit and a treasury of Hawaiian knowledge. We are also going to talk about Saturday’s ‘Iolani Palace Manu o Kū Festival where he and daughter Jamaica Osorio will be performing. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon […]
The Premier Manu o Kū Festival: Celebrating Honolulu’s Official Bird on May 14th
Saturday, May 14th on the grounds of ‘Iolani Palace is the premier Manu o Kū Festival. Organized by a consortium of 15 conservation, cultural and wildlife organizations. It is also the Centennial Anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaties. Bird spotting tours, educational exhibits, a Nature Costume contest, live Hawaiian music, hula, and keiki activities focused […]
Sovereignty, Mortality Rates and Happy Meals – Kim Ku’ulei Birnie and Elise Dela Cruz-Talbert
Life expectancy for Native Hawaiians in Hawai’i is a DECADE shorter than for Asians. What is being done, and where are the barriers? Native Hawaiian wahine active in public health initiatives diagnose the situation. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows […]
Practicing Peace at Home – Rene Tillich
Practicing psychotherapy in Honolulu for 40+ years, Dr. Tillich’s specialty is couples. How can we hope for world peace if we don’t practice peace at home? What works? Can marriage survive infidelity? How to survive common challenges of a mature relationship: empty nests and aging? ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to […]
Part II of Flint-ing with Disaster: BWS on the Leaky Red Hill Fuel Tanks
Continuing last week’s discussion on the tanks which first started leaking in1947 and are 100 feet above the aquifer that provides drinking water to Oahuans from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai. This week we discuss who is testing what and making the decisions. Why is EPA allowing Navy to reduce the number of contaminants tested from […]
Flint-ing with Disaster: The Leaky Red Hill Fuel Tanks – Erwin Kawata and Ernest Lau
There are 20 WWII era tanks with a combined fuel storage capacity of 250,000,000 gallons which have been leaking irregularly since built. The leaky tanks are 100 feet above the aquifer that provides drinking water to Oahuans from Moanalua to Hawaii Kai. Is this any reason to be concerned? To examine these questions, Kaui Lucas […]