One of our favorite quotes comes from one of our favorite people, Dr. Jane Goodall, who said: Everything you do makes a difference. Only you can decide what kind of difference you want to make. We were impressed when we first met artist Calley O’Neill because one of the first things she saidContinue reading “Everything We Do Matters!”
Category Archives: Special Events
Encouraging a Community of Arts
Today we stopped by the Donkey Mill Art Center just south of Holualoa, Hawaii, and enjoyed a small but fascinating exhibit based on area artists taking the challenge of creating a unique work of art from one eight foot two by four, the most basic unit in wood home construction. The variety of results achievedContinue reading “Encouraging a Community of Arts”
Thematic Events
Last weekend we attended the 11th Annual Grow Hawaiian Festival at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. It was a celebration of Hawaiian culture and traditional foods. Almost everything at the event supported the theme. They made a point of focusing on the original 27 “canoe plants” known to have come withContinue reading “Thematic Events”
Talking Story
I was walking back down the hill to our home in Hawaii after running, when a new neighbor smiled and said hello from her lanai just behind her house. She held a bunch of bananas and a shrink-wrapped package of macadamia nuts, gifts to a new neighbor. Flora and her husband have a family-run coffeeContinue reading “Talking Story”
Branding a Region – Kona Coffee Cultural Festival
The coffee tree (Coffea arabica) was brought to Kona in 1828, now flourishing on more than 800 farms on the rich volcanic soils of Mauna Loa and Hualalai on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is one of the most expensive coffees in the world due to its rich flavor, very limited growing area andContinue reading “Branding a Region – Kona Coffee Cultural Festival”
Seven Reasons to Fly Your Banner High
I try to photograph interpretive media wherever we travel to serve as an idea file. In recent years I’ve seen some really creative uses of banners at varied sites, but especially at zoos and aquariums. Banners are usually long strips of fabric or weatherproof vinyl with a verbal or visual message. As interpretive mediaContinue reading “Seven Reasons to Fly Your Banner High”
Light Up People’s Brains with Music
When I was in the third grade, Lloyd Higgerson, the music teacher, came to our class and introduced the opportunity to be in the band. I wanted to play trumpet and my parents bought the instrument and encouraged me to practice. And practice. And practice some more. It was lots more pressure than IContinue reading “Light Up People’s Brains with Music”
13 Reasons to Take Our 2015 Tanzania Ecotour
Join us for this exciting opportunity from January 22nd to February 1st in Tanzania. Download the itinerary and TANZANIA REGISTRATION If you want to see lions, leopards, cheetah, elephants, cape buffalo, black rhinos, hippos, monkeys and diverse kinds of birds in their natural savannah habitats, you cannot do better than visiting the national parks andContinue reading “13 Reasons to Take Our 2015 Tanzania Ecotour”
5 Ways to Turn T-shirts into Memorabilia with a Message
I love owning, wearing and buying t-shirts. They are comfortable, usually inexpensive, and serve as a palette for art and messaging. I can think of five good reasons to use them at interpretive sites and in social marketing campaigns as a way to promote your mission and message. Brand Recognition – At its simplest,Continue reading “5 Ways to Turn T-shirts into Memorabilia with a Message”
70th Anniversary of D-Day – A Time to Remember
Seventy years ago today Allied forces hit the beaches of Normandy, France, at Utah and Omaha Beaches after an early assault by Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc. The date was June 6, 1944. More than one million people annually visit Normandy Cemetery where 9,387 of the U.S. military are buried, mostly casualties of D-Day.Continue reading “70th Anniversary of D-Day – A Time to Remember”
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