The Thirty Percent Project

Celeste grew up in Kailua, Oʻahu and returned to Hawai’i after her global education and work experience. She is now the CEO of Hawai’i Green Growth, the keeper of the Aloha + Challenge dashboard, whe…

In this episode, we feature  Davis Price and Keoni Lee, in conversation about their efforts towards creating a sustainable and regenerative food system economy in Hawaii. Davis, an attorney and Nativ…

Dr. Kirsten Oleson, is an ecological economist at the University of Hawaii-  Manoa, and head of the Oleson Lab. We discuss   the valuation of ecosystem services, the potential for a climate smart foo…

 Kamehameha Schools is the largest private landowner in Hawai'i, and owns about 115,000 acres of agriculture land in the Islands. With Leanne Kami, we discuss their local food systems strategies,  su…

My family, the Daniels family, is from Maui. It is hard to put the words together to express all the feelings, to find a place for all the thoughts.

The beginning phrase of an oli (chant) by revered E…

Kuleana is “a uniquely Hawaiian value and practice which is loosely translated to mean ‘responsibility.’ The word kuleana refers to a reciprocal relationship between the person who is responsible, an…

The Hawai’i Food Hub Hui serves as backbone for about 14 food hubs in Hawai’i,  supporting about 1300 farmers, and moving around $14 million in local food from farm to fork. Which means, they are ser…

Josh Stanbro developed and led the Office of Climate, Sustainability and Resilience for the City and County of Honolulu as its first Chief Resilience Officer. Josh is now in Washington DC and is Depu…

Manao Chocolate is one of the top few largest craft bean to bar chocolate makers in the US today.  It was founded in 2010 by Dylan Butterbaugh, who was born and raised in Hawai‘i, as a way to build a…

Jonathan co-authored a book on water use on Maui called “Water and Power in West Maui”, and was on the board of the Hawai‘i State Land Use Commission for 11 years. As we talk in depth about land use …

Mahina Paishon-Duarte is co-founder and chief executive officer of Waiwai Collective, a regenerative urban oasis, a kīpuka, for creatively growing community, culture, and commerce. As a social entrep…

Dr. Noa Lincoln is Associate Professor in Indigenous Crops and Cropping Systems at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Principal Investigator of the Indigenous Cropping Systems Laboratory. He is a…

In this inaugural episode, we have the benefit of an illuminating conversation with Kamuela Enos, the director of the newly formed Office of Indigenous Innovation at the University of Hawaiʻi. Before…

Why I’m doing this podcast and what I hope listeners will get from it – as told in a tables-turned-on-me interview by my niece, Noelani.

For more info, and some of my published work: 

The website of th…