Embarking on a New Chapter. The host for this show is Jay Fidell. The guest is Melissa Miyashiro. Blue Planet Foundation, a Hawaii nonprofit foundation, believes Hawaii is a model of clean energy progress that can inspire and catalyze climate solutions globally. As Blue Planet’s Executive Director, Melissa Miyashiro heads the overall organizational management, direction, […]
Making Hawaii s Clean Energy Transportation Goals a Reality
Shem Lawlor is the Clean Transportation Director at Blue Planet Foundation. Shem joins Beatriz Cantelmo on Perspectives on Global Justice to discuss Hawaii’s goal for 100% renewable energy by 2045 and recent clean energy advances in the transportation sector. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, […]
Taking Steps Towards Clean Energy and a Sustainable Community
Jeff Mikulina is the Chief Executive Officer of the Blue Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission to clear the path for clean energy. Prior to working with Blue Planet, Jeff served as director of the largest environmental organization in Hawai‘i, the Sierra Club, for a 10 years. His accomplishments in policy advocacy include working […]
Sustainable Mode Share Targets – Blue Planet Foundation and Hawaii Bicycling League
Achieving a more sustainable Hawaii requires reducing the number of cars and increasing the supply and quality of alternative modes of travel. Our guests, Daniel Alexander and Shem Lawlor, discuss multi-modal transportation planning and the intricacies of setting and achieving mode share targets. Tune in to see what other cities are doing and how Honolulu […]
Electrification of Transportation in Hawaii – Blue Planet Foundation
What is Hawaii doing about sustainable transportation? What role do EVs have in helping Hawaii achieve 100% renewable electricity by 2045? What about the rail system? And the proposal to replace the fuel taxes with a RUC? Shem Lawlor joins Sustainable Hawaii to talk about Blue Planet Foundation’s ongoing research in electric vehicles and clean […]
Blue Planet Doing Well By Doing Good
Jay Fidell and Lori Winged take a look at Blue Planet Foundation to see what they are working on. Interviews include David Kwock, General Manager, Casey Pelkey, VP of Marketing for Blue Planet Software, Shawn Taras, Exec. Producer for Blue Planet Software, Ace Youm, Creative Director for Tetris Online, Henk Rogers, Founder and CEO of […]
Power from the People – Action Demand Response – Melissa Miyashiro and David Aquino
Blue Planet Foundation’s Director of Innovation, David Aquino, joins our special guest host, Melissa Miyashiro, to discuss action demand response– that is, learn how engaging customers in demand reduction through specific, personalized messages. We’ll learn about some of the latest research on action demand response and announce the launch of a local pilot study to […]
Hawaii’s Clean Transportation Grade – Shem Lawlor
Shem Lawlor, Clean Transportation Director at Blue Planet Foundation, and Stan Osserman discuss strategies that can be applied to improve Hawaii’s clean transportation grade. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for great […]
Blue Planet’s Energy Business – Gregg Murphy
Gregg Murphy, V.P. of Sales, Blue Planet Energy describes potential energy innovations which would put Hawaii in the forefront of creating a clean energy economy and realizing the bold dream of 100% clean electrical energy by 2045. ThinkTechHawaii.com streams live on the Internet from 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then […]
EVs in the Aloha State – Electric Vehicles in Hawaii
Shem Lawlor is joined by Wally Tsuha and Kurt Speas to discuss electric vehicles in Hawaii. The conversation will include the benefits of EVs to the state’s economy and environment, market growth to date, policies and incentives to support EVs, challenges to higher levels of adoption, and the future for EVs in the Hawaii. ThinkTechHawaii.com […]