The Green House is offering three workshops on Saturday, April 2.
How Does Your Garden Grow…Backyard Aquaponics
Environmental Engineer Jeremai Cann, aka Dr. Sustainability, will lead this workshop covering everything you need to know to start your own aquaponics system (organic gardening with fish and plants). Grow your own dinner and lessen your reliance on imported food!
The Green House
Saturday, April 2nd
10:00 – 11:30pm
Fee $20“Turn used water into real savings” — Greywater Harvesting
Jeremai Cann will lead this workshop on how to create your own “greywater” catchment system. Greywater refers to the reuse of water drained from baths, showers, washing machines, and sinks for irrigation and other water conservation applications. Reduce your use of tap water while helping the environment and lower your monthly water bill.
The Green House
Saturday, April 2nd
2:00-3:30pm
Fee: $20It’s Easy Being Clean…Natural Green Cleaning Recipes
Learn how to whip up a batch of handmade soap and explore simple cleaning recipes that are safe, effective, inexpensive. You may already have many of the ingredients in your kitchen cupboards. A booklet of natural cleaning recipes will also be shared.
The Green House
Saturday, April 2nd
2:00-3:30pm
Fee: $20Advanced registration required for all workshops.
Go to www.thegreenhousehawaii.com to register online, or call (808) 524-8427.
Grow Hawaiian Festival 2011
It’s time for the Grow Hawaiian Festival again 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Bishop Museum.The HECO-sponsored festival celebrates Hawaiian culture, native plants, and sustainable lifestyles with demonstrations and keiki activities, food, a hula performance by Ka Pa Hula O Ka Lei Lehua under the director of kumu hula Snowbird Bento, and music by Weldon Kekauoha, Waipuna and Kaukahi.
See a special presentation on Hawaiian banana varieties at 11 a.m. by Dr. Angel Kay Kepler, take a guided tour of the museum’s garden of native and indigenous plants, or buy a native plant from Hui Ku Maoli Ola.
Learn to beat kapa, weave lau hala, and make lei. Learn about climate change and clean energy. Sample some ‘awa, too.
Entry fee is $14.95-$17.95, free for kamaaina, military and ages 3 and under. Call 543-7511 or visit www.heco.com for more information.
