Yoga For The Not-So-Young
It’s no secret that humans develop aches and pains in the normal course of spending time on the planet, but while many people pooh-pooh it and carry on, Lulu Bhanda yoga teacher Kira Ryder notes that sometimes these changes can have a big impact. “The small details we...
Time For A Typewriter Renaissance?
Salon IT WAS 4 P.M. ON A THURSDAY, two hours until the end of Jesse Banuelos’ workday. He was standing behind the front counter of Berkeley Typewriter, his trademark green apron tied around his waist. A dozen broken typewriters — some electric, but most of them manual...
Cool It Down
Kevin McCallum walks carefully across the flat roof of the three-story walkup apartment building in Makiki. The founder of Cool Roof Hawaii is no stranger to rooftops and he's not surprised by the deep cracks he finds in the black tar and gravel surface. The owner of...
Higher Education
Hawai’i's sustainable workforce is growing faster than you think --Published in Green Magazine, Vol. 3, Issue 3, May-June 2011-- Like many transplants from the mainland, Shanah Trevenna moved to Hawai'i sight-unseen. After a four-year stint as a mechanical...
Could the newest trend in Bay Area food be… edible insects?
Their table was a tableau of a meal interrupted: a platter of half-eaten roast chicken, a bowl of Jap chae noodles, a can of Diet Coke tipped over on its side, and dishes slick with the residue of dipping sauces, kimchi, and pickled vegetables. They...