Discover: Green Maui
Island life Means Not Minding A Housemate With More Legs Than I've Got Part II
May. 7, 2008
I’m thinking I’m not far off in assuming that most of you don’t have the shower wildlife I do. Having an outside shower pretty much means signing a contract with the living world that more or less gives access to anything that needs to get in there with you to hide from rain or hungry birds or dry times. ...
Island life Means Not Minding A Housemate With More Legs Than I've Got
May. 5, 2008
It was when my houseguests bought the boxes of ant and roach killer and decorated the house with them while I was at work that I got the idea that, perhaps, they thought of my little hippie-pad by the sugar cane fields as a vermin-infested shack and were just too polite to say so. But, see, the vermin/wildlife difference is all in the eye of the beholder. There are some really wonderful hidden joys to be experienced in coexisting with micro-wildlife....
Don't Panic! She's probably just sleeping.
Feb. 16, 2008
I work in the field of natural resources, a statement that seems like a bad pun when I read it out loud (field, natural...never mind). I'm lucky enough to work outside near the ocean, and I've been here far too long—I meant to go to Baja in 1995—but that means I know some great people now, many of whom also work in natural resources, and THAT means that I often get to tag along on research projects, or at least these tolerant scientists put up with me hanging around like an over-zealous...
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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.
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* YES, the adventure of the journey and the beauty of the mountain makes it a "must do."
* NO, try going up in the afternoon instead!

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