Archive for July, 2008
Breakfast with Mineta
So from time to time, the Fellows are fortunate to gain access to noteworthy folks who are in town for one reason or another to listen to their wisdom and learn. You never know who or when, but if you get the email or the call, it’s be there or be square. [...]
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Tags: Hawaii, Honolulu, Norman Mineta, Pacific Century Fellows, PCF, Sam Choy's Breakfast Lunch and Crab
It’s Easy Being Green
March brought our next adventure, Environmental Day. First thought that comes to mind… “I love the smell of raw sewage in the morning.” Yep, that’s right, we started at the Honoulului Wastewater Treatment Facility. And yes, I’m kidding about the smell. It was HORRIBLE, especially in certain areas we toured, though [...]
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Tags: City Mill, H-POWER, Hawaii, Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park, Honouliuli Wastewater, Jim Banigan, keepinghawaiiclean.com, landfill, opala.org, Pacific Century Fellows, PCF, recycling, Rene Mansho, renewable energy, Russell Nanod, Schnitzer Steel, Suzanne Jones, Waimanalo Gulch, Waste Management, waste to energy, WTE
Book ‘Em Danno!
(**Warning – this is a LONG post, but there’s a lot to say. This might be par for the course as we go, but I figured I should warn you to grab your coffee and settle in for a tale.)
Our first big adventure was Criminal Justice Day. I was recovering from a really [...]
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Tags: Criminal Justice, Halawa, Hawaii, Honolulu, HPD, Morgue, Pacific Century Fellows, PCF
Sweet Retreat
Okay, so now that you know how to become a fellow, I’m going to work my way through our adventures from the first activity to now. I have to warn you, I didn’t have my camera with me for the first few adventures so it’s not nearly as visually exciting for a bit. [...]
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Tags: David Heenan, Dick Gushman, Evan Leong, Flight Capital, Glenn Furuya, Greater Good Radio, Hawaii, Kari Leong, Mayor Hannemann, Pacific Century Fellows, PCF, Ramsay Taum, Turtle Bay Resort
So I said I would go back and enter more of the fun stuff we’ve gotten to do this year as part of the PCF program, so here goes.
First, I think I should explain how it works. To become a fellow, you have to apply by Oct. 31 with the application you can download [...]
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Tags: Pacific Century Fellows, PCF
Highway to the Danger Zone!
Cue the music, I got a real live glimpse of Top Gun today aboard the USS Kitty Hawk as part of the Pacific Century Fellows program and it was so awesome that it inspired me to start this blog. I wish I’d thought of this sooner, so I might do retro-posts for the other [...]
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Tags: Kitty Hawk, Pacific Century Fellows, PCF
