Green Maui: Conservation and Green Technology on the Valley Isle

Jun. 5, 2009

Years ago, when I lived in Paia, my shower was outside. I used to have to exit the bathroom, turn the corner, open the stall door and hop onto the big paving stone set in the gravel of the shower space. The showerhead came out of the wall about 15 feet up. I am tall, so I loved this....

Ant In Da Pants (and cupboards and fruit trees and so forth)

Jun. 4, 2009

Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about ants. If your career does not depend on knowing one thing or another about them—the focus of an ecologist being different than the focus of a pest control person—you probably either a. hate them for one reason or another, usually having to do with...

Bats Need Love (Yours)

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...

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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.