Paul Arinaga
David Croxford/CivilBeat/2022
Hawaiʻi’s Charitable Sector Urgently Needs Assistance
Perhaps the value that we need most of all at this moment in history is lōkahi — unity and harmony.
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Let’s Create An Urban Forest Network Of Native Plants
Within a generation, we can grow a wealth of native micro-forests within our urban and suburban cores.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Dear Saiki And Kouchi: Please Help Save Hawaii From Ige
An open letter to the leaders of the Hawaii Legislature on grave concerns about the governor.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018
Virus Exposes Fundamental Flaws In Our Thinking
In fact, the greatest lesson of all is that we really are all in this together.
Paul Arinaga
When Traffic Safety Gets Really Personal
A horrific car accident on Oahu underscores just how much we need safer streets.
Natanya Freidheim/Civil Beat
Hawaii’s Primary Was Business As Usual
How best to describe the election? How about “pathetic”?
Flickr: Kevin McCarthy
How To Make Hiking In Hawaii Safer
The state could start by providing a website that is the official, definitive source for useful, accurate information about hikes.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2013
Social Media Inspires Unnecessary Risk-Taking By Climbers, Hikers
A blogger may tell you a particular trek is a piece of cake, but such assurances are no substitute for preparation and good judgment.
PF Bentley/Civil Beat
Cloud Over Hawaii: The Need for Truth and Reconciliation
Living under a cloud of resentment can never be good for us. In the end, resentment is self-destructive.