Your Aloha Connection

Museums on the Big Island of Hawaii

The Big Island of Hawaii offers many museums for the visitor and for locals alike. Here are some popular ones.
Hulihe’e Palace
75-5718 Ali’i Drive Kailua-Kona
(808) 329-1877
A Victorian style building built in 1838 for Hawaii’s first governor and was the vacation residence of Hawaiian royalty. The Palace contains period furnishings and artifacts. This building received some damage [...]

HPD Considers Hybrids

With the high cost of fuel the Honolulu Police Dept. wants to save themselves and you the taxpayer some money by going green.
The police chief wants to purchase a seven-car test fleet of hybrids, including six sedans and one sport utility vehicle like a Ford Escape Hybrid. It has two power plants, a 4-cylinder [...]

Renewable Energy From the Deep Ocean

Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) is a method for generating electricity which uses the temperature difference that exists between deep and shallow waters of the ocean to run a heat engine.
Almost all of the major U.S. OTEC experiments have taken place in Hawaii. The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) has been recognized as [...]

Hawaii Solar Water Heater Bill

The Hawaii state legislature passed a bill on May 1 that would make Hawaii the first State in the nation to require solar water heaters as a standard feature on all new homes. The Solar Roofs Bill received unanimous support in the House and only two opposing votes in the Senate.
Earlier this year Hawaii [...]

Ultimate Hawaii Vacation Sweepstakes

Visitor Magazine’s Ultimate Hawaii Vacation Sweepstakes
Complete the survey and you could win the ultimate Hawaii Vacation package worth $10,000.
Prizes include:
Airfare for 2 (US mainland and Canada only)
Activities
Hawaiian Luaus
Dinners
Rental Car
Inter Island Flights

All contest entries must be received by August 1, 2008.
Must be 21 years or older to enter.
(be sure in complete ALL the fields to be [...]

Read Hawaii Blogs at the Blog Carnival

Evelyn over at Homespun Honolulu has posted the newest Blog Carnival of Aloha Chapter 9.
Read the other Hawaii blogs with articles related to all things Hawaii and Aloha.
Mahalo for including us Evelyn.