Thinking like an island : navigating a sustainable future in Hawaiʻi /

Hawaii is a rare and special place, in which beauty and isolation combine to form a vision of paradise. That isolation, though, comes at a price: resources in modern-day Hawaii are strained and expensive, and current economic models dictate that the Hawaiian Islands are reliant upon imported food, f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Farley, Gregory S. (Editor ), Chirico, Jennifer (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Temas:
Sustainability > Hawaii.
Sustainable development > Hawaii.
Durabilité de l'environnement > Hawaii.
Développement durable > Hawaii.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Nachhaltigkeit
Hawaii
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hawaiian culture and its foundation in sustainability / Scott Fisher
  • Food security in Hawaiʻi / George Kent
  • Searching for sustainable agriculture in Hawaiʻi / Penny Levin
  • Lessons from the taro patch / Penny Levin
  • Ecological design for island water systems / Lauren C. Roth Venu
  • Saving island water: strategies for water reuse / Steve Parabicoli
  • Catching the (energy) wave of the future / Luis Vega and Reza Ghorbani
  • Green building: integrating the past with the future / Matthew Goyke and John Bendon
  • Shades of green in the tourism sector: sustainability practices and awareness in the State of Hawaiʻi / Linda Cox and John Cusick
  • Successful sustainability movements in higher education / Shanah Trevenna
  • It takes a village: reflections on building an island school garden / Susan Wyche and Kirk Surry
  • Epilogue: living like an island: what the world can learn from Hawaiʻi / Jennifer Chirico and Gregory S. Farley.

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