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Last call for applicants for Kupu ‘Āina Corps Wildfire Recovery Initiative

Kupu, a conservation and youth education nonprofit, is accepting applicants for its Kupu ʻĀina Corps Wildfire Recovery Initiative dedicated to wildfire recovery and resilience work on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island, until the deadline on March 1, 2024.

Application Deadline Approaching for ʻĀina Corps’ 130 New Positions

The State of Hawaiʻi is using $5 million in federal funding to support a new Green Job Youth Corps with 130 new positions designed to help both the environment and the economy. Applications are due Jan. 7.

Haleakalā is “Clean Green Fuel” for Local Economy

A new report shows that 1,105,606 visitors in 2010 spent nearly $75 million in Haleakalā National Park and in surrounding communities. That spending, Park officials say, supported 861 jobs in the local area.

Pacific Biodiesel Receives National Green Jobs Award

Pacific Biodiesel is one of just seven companies in the nation to be recognized by the SJF Institute as a 2011 Green Jobs Award honoree.

Sustainable Living Institute Keeps Pace with Green Jobs Growth

With more than 2,500 “green” jobs on Maui, and an estimated additional 437 more jobs by 2012 coming from “green job” fields, UH Maui College’s Sustainable Living Institute of Maui (SLIM) and VITEC are partnering to prepare Maui’s workforce to make the transition.

Movie Producer Ryan Kavanaugh to Keynote Annual Counties’ Conference in Wailea

Every year government officials, business, nonprofit and community leaders and members of the public gather for the Hawaii State Association of Counties Annual Conference (HSAC). This year the event will be held June 22-23 at the Grand Wailea Resort

Symposium To Explore Maui County’s Growing Green Workforce

The County of Maui’s Office of Economic Development and the Hawaii State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) are co-sponsoring a Green Workforce Development Symposium on March 30, 2011.