Part of our shift toward less unsustainable ways of living, traveling, and doing business in the islands involves mitigating our footprints. Another part involves adapting our systems. These threads are interwoven. Our island living is threatened by global warming, resource wars, and social unrest, just like everywhere else. And our way of doing things in business, households and governance must change to fit the special challenges of our tropical islands.
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worst case scenario: why sustainability matters for Hawaii
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Submitted by kauaianken on Tue, 2007-09-25 16:05. | Tags: take action | adaptation | climate change | hawaii | mitigation | sustainability