Jack Johnson sings the 3 R's Song to an elementary school class.
Our Mission
The Kokua Hawai'i Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawai'i. Our mission is to provide students with exciting and interactive encounters that will enhance their appreciation for and understanding of their environment so that they will be lifelong stewards of the earth.
We support hands-on learning activities that engage their senses and make lasting impressions on children’s minds. We believe our keiki are the seeds of change to preserving and protecting our beautiful islands.
Our goals this year are to support and expand our recycling program in the schools, to sponsor environmental education field trips and curriculum development, as well as to develop the 'AINA In Schools program to 5 pilot schools.
If you would like to learn more about the Kokua Hawai'i Foundation mission and programs please peruse our site. You can also view a slideshow featuring our recent projects and the many faces that have made them possible.
http://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/index.php?id=42
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ECO-WARRIORS
Spawned by an on going article in the Surfer's Path, Eco-Warriors is the collaborative effort of William Henry and James Pribram, both of whom are accomplished surfers and environmentalists. Together they tackle unique and engaging issues side by side with local grass roots organizations from places like the Canary Islands, New Zealand, South Africa, Chile and more all in order to save a perfect wave from extinction. Propelled by a mission to give back to the ocean that taught them basic, eternal lessons in life… these Eco-Warriors are determined to ensure that future surfers remain as stoked as their 20th century ancestors.
http://ecosurfwarrior.blogspot.com/
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Gregor Hodgson, PhD. – Founder & Executive Director
Gregor Hodgson is the Executive Director of Reef Check. Dr. Hodgson is a coral reef ecologist, who received his bachelors in 1979 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. From 1980-1982, he volunteered with the US Peace Corps in the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Cebu City, Philippines, and earned a PhD in zoology in 1989 from the University of Hawaii. Subsequently, Dr. Hodgson worked in Hong Kong where he served as the Environmental Sciences Manager for Binnie Black & Veatch, carrying out environmental impact assessments and baseline ecological surveys of coastal and marine areas. He designed and led integrated coastal management projects in China and Vietnam and also taught at two Hong Kong universities. From 2000 to 2004, Dr. Hodgson was a visiting professor at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and taught Environmental Science, International Coastal Management and Marine Conservation. He now works full time on marine conservation through Reef Check.
http://reefcheck.org/about_RC_Reef/staff.php
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I've never respected the profession... You can if you're Yvon Chouinard. ... YVON CHOUINARD is the founder and owner of Patagonia Inc. ...
http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200510/yvon-chouinard-1.html
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The Global Hero's leading the race to save the planets oceans, from global warming, pollution, over fishing, reef bleaching to coastal development. 
