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	<title>A Kauai Blog &#187; Activism</title>
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		<title>Hands Across the Sand</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, at beaches all over the US and in places around the world, people joined hands to protest the BP Gulf disaster. By extension, people were also showing their support for using less oil and more renewable energy, hopefully reversing America&#8217;s oil addiction. This demonstration was organized and publicized by Hands Across the Sand, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wailua Falls Fenced Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then, I like to visit the tourist spots on Kauai, the places locals almost never go anymore. So back in January when I had an hour in Lihue between appointments, I drove to the famous Wailua Falls overlook. The falls were as pretty as ever, with plenty of runoff from the winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moloaa Trail Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other post about the trail&#8217;s history got too long, so I&#8217;ll put the maps and photos in this new post.
I first walked the trail in September 2005, when it&#8217;s future was uncertain. I mapped the trail with my GPS to record its exact location.  I didn&#8217;t blog about the path at the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Moloaa Trail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hawaiians historically had footpaths for getting about on land. On Maui and the Big Island, some of those paths that traverse ancient lava flows have been preserved, but on Kauai, vegetation and erosion have erased all the paths that fell out of use. So, several years ago, I was excited to hear that one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Made the Front Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>

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Source: The Garden Island newspaper (I hope it&#8217;s not considered bad form to lift the newspaper&#8217;s masthead&#8211;I won&#8217;t do it again).

Sorry for the lack of posting here, I&#8217;ve been busy with other projects. One of those came to fruition in a big way yesterday, if you consider being quoted on the front page of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opaekaa Falls Trail Still Closed</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/opaekaa-falls-trail-still-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waterfalls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul writes to ask:
We were also hoping to hike to the bottom of Opaeka&#8217;a Falls via the short, standard trail/route that starts just upstream of the falls. However, I recently found out that the state closed this trail because two women fell to their deaths from the top late last year.  Are folks still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kauai Protestors Block Ferry</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/ferry-blocked-by-protestors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a continuation of &#8220;Why I Support a Ferry EIS.&#8221;
With the ferry scheduled to arrive at 6 pm last Sunday, opponents organized a press conference at Nawiliwili park at 4 pm. I arrived in time to hear a native Hawaiian blessing and short speeches by a county council member, Jo Ann Yukimura, and by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Support a Ferry EIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In two evenings of protest, demonstrators and activists on Kauai blocked the channel of Nawiliwili harbor, forcing the ferry to turn around without docking. This is the culmination of months of efforts to force the so-called Hawaii &#8220;super&#8221; ferry to perform an environmental impact statement (EIS), during which time grass-roots activism on Kauai and Maui [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stupid Ferry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighbor Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One unique character of Hawaii is that each island has evolved in the motoring age without the benefit of vehicular passage between the islands. This makes each island so much more independent and unique due to the limited movement of people and goods. For example, there are very few RVs (camping-cars) blocking the roads on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Hot Water</title>
		<link>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-hot-water/</link>
		<comments>http://great-hikes.com/blog/solar-hot-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeowner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We finally had a solar hot water system installed in July, and I&#8217;m finally getting around to writing about it. 
Solar hot water is just a no-brainer in Hawaii. Electricity and propane cost 2-3 times as much as the mainland, and we probably receive 2-3 times as much solar radiation (I don&#8217;t have the exact [...]]]></description>
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