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All Islands  Health Talk Hawaii's Earth Day community resolutions
Apr 16, 2008 / Community
All Islands, Big Island, Kauai, Maui, Oahu
by Heather Sandison
To honor Earth Day this year Hawaii Health Guide
asked members of our community to share their Earth
Day resolutions and happenings in an effort to inspire
others to join them in protecting and preserving our
Earth.
Here, we pass them on to you:
"Right now I use a reusable bag 80 percent of the
time when I shop. This month and from now on I am
committed to making it 100 percent of the time." -
Janna Bills, 8th grade teacher Kapolei Intermediate
School
"I am eliminating disposable plastic from my life
starting with grocery bags and packaging." -Terry
O'Quinn, Actor- star of Lost television series
"For Earth Day I am getting a worm bin for
composting all of my organic waste. I plan to use the
compost for my new herb garden." Iradj Stroble,
Naval Officer, Pearl Harbor
"I am going to clebrate Earth Day with my son's
preschool class. We are going to read 'Recycle every
day!' by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and 'Why should I
recycle' by Jen Green and then play a recycling game
where we identify which trash items can be
recycled." -Anne Geertman, parent
"I'll be at UHM's Sustainability Fest and Kokua
Festival sharing what we've learned with our
sustainability projects at UHM's campus and learning
from the community." - Shanah Trevenna, Student
Sustainability Coordinator for Sustainable Saunders
at UHM
Representative Marilyn Lee of Millilani will spend Earth
Day "planting more trees my yard" and resolves
to make this the year to "use fewer plastic bottles".
"At work we recycle cans and bottles but too much
paper gets thrown in the trash. For Earth Day I am
creating recycling bins for waste paper where I work.
(The National Marine Fisheries offices at Kewalo
Basin)"-Brian Zgliczynski, Marine Biologist with the
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division of NMFS
"This year for Earth Day, I will be meeting with the
public to share the mission behind my artwork at an
art show in Lahaina, Maui. The mission behind my
artwork is about reminding people that we are one
with nature and humans are organic beings
dependent on the preservation of Mother Earth. It is my
hope that sharing my artwork and my thoughts will
inspire people to take greater care of our earth and
our connections with it." - Carolyn Quan, Fine
ArtPhoto Collage Artist
If you have been inspired let us know and tell the
world. Together, in one year, we can easily divert over
2.5 million pounds of trash from our landfills and
oceans just by recycling plastic, paper, glass and
cans at home. Olin Lagon and the Kanu Hawai'i team
will be at the
Kokua Festival this year asking people to make
specific pledges to recycle, conserve energy and
conserve water. Their goal is to get 5,000 people
make commitments to change they will carry out for
the entire year. Visit them at their booth a
www.kanuhawaii.org the Kokua Festival this
weekend or online at www.kanuhawaii.org to make a
commitment to our environment this Earth Day!
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