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🚌 Back to school means busier roads—but your commute doesn't have to be a headache! 🌿Choosing shared transportation help...
08/21/2026

🚌 Back to school means busier roads—but your commute doesn't have to be a headache! 🌿

Choosing shared transportation helps cut down traffic, reduce climate emissions, split costs, and build a more connected community.

Check out these options for the 2026–2027 school year:

🎟️ EXPRESS County Bus Pass
Eligible HIDOE middle/intermediate and high school students can receive free county bus passes valid Aug. 1, 2026 – May 31, 2027 (includes TheBus and Skyline on Oʻahu!). Apply through HIDOE to see if you qualify.

Link: https://hawaiipublicschools.org/school-services/express-county-bus-pass-program/v

🚗 HIRideshare
Heading the same way as a coworker or neighbor? Hawaiʻi DOT’s free statewide service matches you with carpool options to save gas money and take cars off the road.

Link: https://hirideshare.qryde.com/

🏫 School Carpooling (GoKid)
Save time on the school run by coordinating rides with other local families. Check with your school or HIDOE for program availability in your complex.

Link: https://hawaiipublicschools.org/2025-hidoe-partners-with-gokid-to-pilot-carpooling-option-for-school-families/

Every shared trip makes a difference for our islands and our climate! 🤙

Welcome to the team, Salena! 🌊🌺We are thrilled to welcome Salena Ohta as our new Coastal Resilience VISTA with the Hawai...
08/19/2026

Welcome to the team, Salena! 🌊🌺

We are thrilled to welcome Salena Ohta as our new Coastal Resilience VISTA with the Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission!

Born and raised on Oʻahu, Salena recently graduated from the University of Portland with a B.S. in Environmental Science and a minor in Communication. She brings a deep passion for climate education, coastal hazard adaptation, and community-driven solutions back to her home islands.

In her role, Salena will support our team with outreach, partner collaboration, and vital sea level rise adaptation efforts—including our upcoming Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report! 📊 coastal

Join us in giving Salena a warm welcome in the comments below! 👇✨


Breathe easier in your kitchen and support a clean energy Hawaiʻi! 🌿🍳Did you know? A recent landmark study published in ...
08/14/2026

Breathe easier in your kitchen and support a clean energy Hawaiʻi! 🌿

🍳Did you know? A recent landmark study published in The Guardian found that replacing gas stoves with electric models led to a 70% drop in asthma hospitalizations and emergency visits, along with an 80% decrease in missed school or work days.

Why the change matters:
1️⃣ Indoor Health: Gas stoves burn fossil fuels inside your home, releasing toxic $NO_2$ pollution that triggers asthma in keiki and kupuna. Switching to electric or induction slashes indoor pollution by up to 70%!
2️⃣ Climate Action: Gas cooking relies on imported fossil fuels and releases methane.

Pairing electric stoves with Hawaiʻi’s renewable grid brings us closer to our 100% clean energy goal by 2045.
Protect your ʻohana and our islands—one appliance at a time. Keep in mind, Natural gas must be shipped in or manufactured here, switching to renewable energy is the best for our ʻāina.

Link to article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/24/replacing-gas-stove-can-help-asthmatics-as-much-as-some-drugs-us-experts-find

💕 $1.8 million for wildfire mitigation projects! 🔥☀️ 🌡️ Climate Change is Increasing the Frequency and Intensity of Wi...
08/13/2026

💕 $1.8 million for wildfire mitigation projects! 🔥

☀️ 🌡️ Climate Change is Increasing the Frequency and Intensity of Wildfires in Hawai‘i. This is due to better conditions for invasive species, increased drought intensity, and increased wind speeds during more frequent storms. All of these factors provide perfect conditions for wildfires. ⚠️

💰 What Organizations are Getting Funding? 💰

🏝️ Kaua‘i: ‘Āina Alliance - $300k

🏝️ O‘ahu: Mālama Learning Center - $298,828 & Waialea Iki Ridge & Waialea Iki V - $47,588

🏝️ Moloka‘i: ‘Āina Momona- $228,584

🏝️ Maui: Waiohuli Hawaiian Homesteaders Association - $300K

🏝️ Hawai‘i Island: Kailapa Community Association $300k

What Types of Projects?
🔥 Fire Breaks
🔥 Vegetation & Invasive Species Management
🔥 Improve Emergency Access
🔥 Improve Community & Wildlife Evacuation
🔥 Fire Behavior & Traffic Capacity Studies
🔥 Native Species Restoration
🔥Helping Residents Create Defensible Spaces

💕 What You Can Do:
🧳 Prep emergency supplies for fires.
🪏 Remove invasive vegetation from your yard to reduce fuel for fires.
🎗️ Volunteer for community workdays & nonprofits to remove invasive species & plant natives.
🌱 Plant native plants in your yard to help retain soil moisture.
🆘 Know your evacuation route & make a plan with your family.

👇 To learn more, visit this link! 👇
https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawaii-wildfire-grant-recipients/






Mahalo nui loa, Megan! 🌺✨A huge mahalo to Megan Kelley, who joined us this summer as a Hele Mua Intern with the Hawaiʻi ...
08/12/2026

Mahalo nui loa, Megan! 🌺✨

A huge mahalo to Megan Kelley, who joined us this summer as a Hele Mua Intern with the Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission!

Megan brought dedication, passion, and fresh insight to our team's work advancing island climate resilience. It has been a joy working alongside her, and we can’t wait to see all the incredible things she accomplishes next in climate action as she continues her educational pursuit at American University.

Swipe to read a few words from Megan as she reflects on her time with the Commission! 👇

🌡️ WHEN IT GETS TOO HOT FOR THE BEES 🐝🔥Climate change and severe heatwaves are pushing honeybees and wild pollinators to...
08/07/2026

🌡️ WHEN IT GETS TOO HOT FOR THE BEES 🐝🔥

Climate change and severe heatwaves are pushing honeybees and wild pollinators to their absolute limit.

🚨 How Extreme Heat Threatens Hives?
When temperatures surge, worker bees must stop gathering food and switch entirely to survival mode:

🪭 Constant Fanning: Bees rapidly beat their wings to circulate air and cool the comb.
-Company of Biologists journals

💧 Fetching Water Over Food: Foragers collect water for evaporative cooling instead of gathering nectar and pollen.

🥀 Timing Mismatches: Unpredictable heat throws plant bloom cycles out of sync with pollinator schedules.

🍽️ The Risk to Our Food Supply:
Bees pollinate 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat. When heat forces them to spend their energy cooling hives rather than visiting crops, pollination drops and local food security suffers.

🐝Hawaiʻi’s only native bees are the yellow-faced bees of the genus Hylaeus, which evolved in isolation and are found nowhere else on Earth. While there are 63 species in the genus, seven are federally listed as Endangered. These solitary bees are keystone pollinators for native Hawaiian plants such as naupaka, ‘ōhai, and Euphorbia degener. They have co-evolved with these species, making them essential for the reproduction of many rare and endemic plants. Without them, parts of Hawaiʻi’s unique flora could collapse.

🌺 How You Can Help

👣 Reduce your Carbon Footprint

🪴 Plant Native Flowers: Provide year-round, heat-hardy forage.

💧 Add a Shallow Water Dish: Put rocks or marbles in a water bowl so bees can drink safely without drowning.

🚫 Avoid Chemical Pesticides: Synthetic chemicals hit heat-stressed bees harder.

🌳 Provide Shade: Keep wild, shaded garden spots for pollinators to rest.

Every small effort helps safeguard local food systems! 🐝

Read more here: https://ecrotek.com.au/blogs/articles/how-climate-change-is-affecting-bees?srsltid=AfmBOorFootFyyIZTgzlQM54TeIpYmh3D4qF3ogk3BLIFppakznF8viO

Or: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/28/weather/video/even-honeybees-are-struggling-with-the-heat-waves-weather-vrtc


⚠️ The Dry Season is here and 2026 will be a hot one! ☀️☀️ Our summers and dry seasons keep getting hotter and hotter th...
08/06/2026

⚠️ The Dry Season is here and 2026 will be a hot one! ☀️

☀️ Our summers and dry seasons keep getting hotter and hotter thanks to climate change. This year there's an added impact to our heat problem. It's an El Niño year and it's predicted to be one of the strongest on record. What this means for Hawai'i are weaker trade winds, warmer ocean currents, and overall much hotter. 🌡️ This will have health impacts for all, especially for keiki, kapuna and others who have pre existing health issues.

Here are Some Tips for Staying Cool This Summer:

💧 Drink plenty of water! Be proactive, by the time you're thirsty, you're most likely already dehydrated. This is especially important when outside and exercising.

💊 Alcohol, drugs and some medications can affect your body's ability to cool down. Consult with your doctor if any of your medications may put you more at risk. Use caution with alcohol and drugs this summer.

☂️ Shade is your friend! Hang out in the shade and bring tents and umbrellas.

⛺️ Camping and setting up on a beach can be fun! But remember to open tent windows and doors to increase airflow. Try and set up tents in shady areas.

💕 Take care of eachother! Make sure your friends and family are keeping cool and drinking enough water.

📞 Keep emergency and health care service numbers readily available and don't hesitate to call if you're worried.

🛡️ Small habits formed now to combat the heat will become more valuable as climate change makes our summers hotter and hotter. 💕

This summer will be a hot one! Look out for yourself and others!

👇 To learn more visit this link! 👇
https://www.resilientoahu.org/keepcooloahu






NEW EVENTS CALENDAR!!Looking for ways to get involved, but don’t know where to start? 📍🌱Our new EVENTS page is now out a...
08/06/2026

NEW EVENTS CALENDAR!!

Looking for ways to get involved, but don’t know where to start? 📍🌱

Our new EVENTS page is now out and ready for you to use!

The Hawaiʻi State Climate Commission is proud to host this collaborative State-Wide Events Calendar. This resource isn’t just ours—it belongs to our partners in conservation, renewable energy, and climate advocacy. Our Online Climate & Conservation Calendar is the central hub for events across the islands—from beach cleanups and native plantings to renewable energy webinars and policy town halls.

We’ve partnered with organizations across the state to bring every opportunity to your fingertips.

How to use it:
1️⃣ Participate: Browse the calendar to find events near you: https://climate.hawaii.gov/events/
2️⃣ Contribute: Are you or your Org Hosting a sustainability event? We want to help you spread the word!

You can now submit your EVENT via our easy to submit page, even upload a flyer of the event or your logo!

Follow this link:
https://climate.hawaii.gov/add-your-event/

Or just follow the "Add Your Event" link on our calendar, its that easy!

Please pass the word along to other Orgs and encourage them to submit their events!

Let’s build a resilient Hawaiʻi, one event at a time. 🌊🤝


08/05/2026

❗️☠️ Hawai‘i is known as the extinction capital of the world. ☠️❗️
Why?
💔 Because we’re losing our native and endemic species at an alarming rate. We have lost ~70 of our native bird species. 😢
When the native Hawaiians first arrived on the Islands, they were full of native birds and their sounds. Now, most of the forests are silent. People are lucky to see or hear them in remote high-elevation forests.
💔 What happened? 💔
🚜 Western Agricultural Practices: Native forests were clear-cut for agriculture in the 1700s, removing native bird habitat.
🦟 Invasive Mosquitoes and Avian Malaria: Mosquitoes arrived in the 1800s, on whaling ships. One of the invasive species carries avian malaria, deadly to native birds.
☀️🔥 Climate Change is Making Things Worse 🔥☀️
⛰️ The remaining native birds are able to avoid mosquitoes by staying at higher elevation, where it’s too cold for mosquitoes. 🥶 These safe areas are shrinking as Hawai‘i warms. 🔥☀️ Soon there will be no more mountains for native birds to move up to.
There is Hope 💕❗️❗️
🦠 There is a bacteria found in mosquitoes that makes the females lay unfertilized eggs. Releasing male mosquitoes with the bacteria can prevent new mosquitoes from being born. This method has had success in controlling mosquito populations worldwide. Hawai‘i is currently in the early phases of this project.
What You Can Do to Help:
- Lower your carbon footprint
-Avoid any standing water on your property. Mosquitoes breed in standing water.
- Volunteer for native forest restoration workdays.
- Learn more about mosquitoes and native birds.

Watch the documentary: Vanishing Voices: Saving Our Hawaiian Forest Birds, to learn more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLkLOeGHaDY
Read more here! 📚👇👇👇👇
https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2026-07-21/native-birds-suffer-dramatic-decline-on-kauai

What if borrowing a takeout container became as normal as borrowing a library book? 🍱♻️Hilo is launching Hoʻi, the natio...
08/03/2026

What if borrowing a takeout container became as normal as borrowing a library book? 🍱♻️

Hilo is launching Hoʻi, the nation's first citywide reusable takeout container program. Instead of throwing away your takeout box after one meal, you'll borrow a stainless steel container, return it to a collection site, and have it washed and reused.

Backed by more than $3 million in startup funding and strong community support, Hoʻi is helping Hawaiʻi County reduce landfill waste ahead of its phaseout of single-use plastic food service ware this December.

Rather than investing in composting infrastructure for single-use packaging, Hoʻi is investing in reuse. Stainless steel containers can be washed and reused hundreds of times, preventing waste before it's created.

If successful, Hilo could become a model for reusable takeout systems across Hawaiʻi and beyond.

Would you use a reusable takeout container if it was this easy? 👇

📸/📰: Honolulu Civil Beat
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/07/takeout-boxes-are-filling-landfills-this-town-has-a-plan-to-phase-them-out/


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