ThinkTech Hawaii

A care model that has both in-person and virtual care can carry many benefits, and this episode speaks to this.

Show Guest Don Wallace is contributing editor of Honolulu Magazine. He has worked 40 years in journalism in New York and Hawaii covering business, culture, food, sports, politics, and written four books. The Guest  discusses Hawaii's persistent sense of equilibrium in spite of being among the top three most expensive places to live in the US and distant from the nation's major economy-driving centers. Labor history from a plantation society has kept down wages, and even college-educated workers have lesser salaries compared to the mainland. Hawaii's inflation rate usually slightly exceeds that of the mainland, while the state's economic growth lags a point behind.  However, the pandemic has revealed a different side of the state than we are all used to.  The question is: Why does it feel different now?  Is Hawaii's equilibrium now gone?

Protected areas are considered one of the leading strategies to counter climate change. Scientists advocated for 30% of the Earth’s surface to become protected by 2030, thereby preventing the 1.5°C temperature increase. Historically, protected areas have been problematic, given that they have usually been created on Indigenous Peoples’ ancestral lands, invoking processes including land dispossession, human rights violations, and the commission of foreseeable violent crimes. All of these elements threaten the survival of Indigenous Peoples, who were once the guardians of the coveted lands.   Read PEJ's full report - 'Trapped Outside the Conservation Fortress: The Intersection of Global Conservation Efforts and Systematic Human Rights Violations' - here: https://www.projectexpeditejustice.org/post/indigenous-peoples-subject-to-systematic-human-rights-abuses-in-protected-areas-worldwide

Maui’s New Water BureaucracyThe Hawaii Commission on Water Resource Management recently designated West Maui as a 'Surface Water and Ground Water Management Area,' which could delay finding new sources of water and make it harder to build more homes, according to Eva Blumenstein, planning program manager at the Maui County Department of Water Supply. Host Ted Kefalas talks with Blumenstein about how the new ruling will affect Valley Isle residents.

We discuss personal, professional, and community perspectives concerning current events in the World, the United States, and Texas & Illinois, and what provides hope for the future.

The usually resilient flow of nature is in peril, as exhibited by Senator Joe Manchin's staunch anti-clean energy suddenly shifting to clean energy support.  Guest Ghissou Rosala's perspective unveils the inextricable dance between often irrational human behavior and the tie between civilization, culture, habit, tradition and the flow of nature.  She weaves together those elements and points to a greener future.

We talk with Stacey about the reasons why Accumulus is successful in helping many businesses perform at a much higher level, and how she has built a culture of excellence with her team and clients.

Truth is known as the first casualty of war. In Ukraine, women in the war are making sure truth is alive and well. Dattalion was born with bold vision to create an Ukraine Data Battalion to inform people in conflict and the entire world with what's really happening in the senseless war. Dattalion ensures truth is an important home grown weapon in fighting Russian aggression and disinformation campaigns targeting Ukraine.

Financial Education with the Prince.  The host for this show is Prince Dykes.  

Representing McCully, Kakaako and Downtown.  The host for this show is Jane Sugimura.  The guest is Scott Saiki.