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Picks of the Week 2
Hookele Waa Turning The Canoe
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January 05, 2011 | 03:10 PM Green. If that's a word you've heard so many times you're about to become it, we understand. Not to belittle the importance of sustainability, but what good is the word if it's not backed up with action? Enter Ho'okele Wa'a: Turning The Canoe: Navigating a Sustainable Future for Maui and the World, a film project by the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM) at UH Maui College, and Maui Film Festival audience award-winner. The doc highlights the passionate efforts of our Valley Isle brethren who are joining forces to—as the title describes—change the direction of our long-adrift ship. Narrated by Kapena Boyd with original music by James "Kimo" West, the film was directed by Hawaii Islander Danny Miller, co-produced and written by Dr. Janet Six and produced by former SLIM executive director Alex de Roode. We caught up with current SLIM e.d. Jennifer Chirico, who's finishing up her Ph.D. in environmental policy and writing her dissertation about sustainability on remote islands. "This film really highlights community involvement — and that idea of a collective is often left out of the definition of sustainability," she says. "Being successful requires integrating all of its components, and it takes the community coming together to make it possible." Turningthecanoe.org, sustainablemaui.org
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