Hiʻilei Aloha is non-profit organization with a mission to identify, promote, develop, and support culturally-appropriate, sustainable opportunities that benefit Native Hawaiians. One of Hiʻilei Aloha’s programs supports capacity-building of Native Hawaiian small businesses. In June 2015, Sustainable Pacific’s CRO, Kainoa Casco, facilitated a social enterprise workshop for the current cohort of enterprises participating in the program. He conducted a World Cafe’ session and p

The Hawaii State Association of Counties (HSAC) conference was held this year on Maui with the theme, “Why invest in our counties? Counties Move Hawaii Forward.” HSAC’s membership consists of the legislative bodies and mayors of each county. Topics included how counties will move Hawaii forward by stimulating investment in island communities. Dr. Chirico presented on sustainable land use planning and highlighted several sustainable development projects that Susty Pacific is h