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On todayʻs show we have Miku Lenentine from CERENE, the Lāhui Foundation, and the Hub Learning Community, here to talk about building and supporting the resilience hub network throughout Hawaiʻi.
First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. This week she talks about MozFest.
Then on todayʻs show we have Meli James from Mana Up and sheʻs brought a couple of cohort 11 companies. Taleea Carvalho, founder of Wailua Granola Co. & Chad Cleveland, founder of Ahualoa Family Farms.
On todayʻs show weʻll talk to Mitch Steffey, Program Director at Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation about their food waste to compost system.
On today’s show weʻll talk to Thelma Alane, HAIC consultant about the new and improved Hawaii Annual Innovation Challenge. Kick off happens on Saturday, Oct 24, 2026.
First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. In this segment she talks about genemapping the mamaki plant.
On todayʻs show we have Representative Della Au Belatti, here to talk about civic engagement, life after the legislature, and disaster preparedness. For more information and to register for the disaster preparedness event on October 19th click here.
On todayʻs show we have Kim Davidson, Co-founder and Program Director of Piʻiku and Ethan-James Gaspar, software engineer, join me to talk about workforce development and cohort 5. The Piʻiku Hoʻike happens on Sat. Oct 24, where they demo their new Maikaʻi Rewards App for Foodland. Learn more here.
First up, let’s welcome back The Catalyst by Leimomi Bong. In this segment she talks about the Hawaiian board game called Konane.
Then on todayʻs show we have Thomas Lee, Director of Government Partnerships at the Hawaii Data Collaborative, here to talk about a county charter amendment to establish the Chief Data Officer and the Office of Data and Innovation. Check out the Charter Amendment, Question 5 on the ballot.
On todayʻs show we have Monique Tate, Co-Director of Community Tech New York and John Kealoha Garcia, Minister of Commerce at the Nation of Hawaiʻi, who recently conducted a Portable Network Kit training in Hawaiʻi. Together we talk about building and supporting community broadband networks.
During this special fall membership drive, we have Paul Higashino, Natural Resouces Specialist for the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, here to tell about how efforts are going to restore the native ecosystem of Kahoʻolawe.
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An added note: 2026 is the 50th anniversary of the Stop the Bombing campaign for Kahoʻolawe. You can find a calendar of events at Kahoolawe.org.
On todayʻs show we have Ron da Silva, Board Member of ARIN, co-Chair of the Internet Society DC Chapter and Steering Committee lead for the IGF-USA.