The annual Great American Cleanup is ready to get off to a strong start this year with national and local support systems working together to design a fun, effective community work day program.  The Community Work Day Program, which is launched every year in March across the nation, takes advantage of the good will of local residents and helps organize them to beautify their community.
Their are two main components that make this program such a success (estimated 3 million volunteers).  First of all, the individuals who are inspired by the landslide …

In Hawaii, land is our greatest gift, and therefore becomes also our most valued commodity.
Whoever controls the land itself has far-reaching power over the direction our islands take.  After 97 years of Maui Land and Pineapple dominating Maui’s land, protecting it as an agricultural zone, the closing of the company presents the island with the possibility of development; an idea which is faced with fear by many.  In this day in age, it simply makes more economical sense to cater to upper-class tourists than it does to sell pineapples – …