Nella Media Group has introduced the first ever coupon book and resource guide for sustainable living in Hawai‘i entitled The Honu Guide. Founder Tyler Mongan hopes that the 50 page eco‐friendly savings book will connect the local, healthy lifestyle and green living community, while providing information and resources for creating a more sustainable Hawai‘i. The HonuGuide is Hawai’i’s first and only green fund‐raising option and 5% of all proceeds are donated to local non‐profits.

2009 HonuGuide Purchase Options

2009 HonuGuide w/Shipping to my location $25.00 2009 HonuGuide w/pick-up (Ecolounge or HawaiiHealthGuide Event) $20.00

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“We want to make Hawai‘i more sustainable. We envision a healthy and sustainable future for Hawai‘i, where individuals and organizations work in creative and synergistic relationships to offer simple solutions to environmental, economic, and community issues,” stated Mongan. Mongan, who has spent the last 10 years studying and applying sustainable living concepts, began his career as an intern at Guidestone Farm & Center for Sustainable Living in Loveland, CO. He studied environmental ethics, medical ethics, and business ethics as a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Tennessee and spent two years in naturopathic medical school at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine exploring the concept of ecologically sustainable medicine. He is currently studying Chinese medicine and working for the Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology at Moku O Lo‘e (coconut island), where he is researching the impact of global warming on coral reefs.

Co‐founder and sister to Tyler, Tarolyn Mongan Robinson, has over 10 years of sales and business experience and has worked in the medical and technology
industries, as well as owning her own business. “We believe fund‐ raising should be educational and valuable and should support the local community, local economy, and local environment,” stated Robinson.  

Co‐founder and partner of the Honu Guide, Jason Cutinella, feels that th book offers a simple, fun, and creative way to raise funds for local schools or nprofit organization. “What we are trying to accomplish with The Honu Guide is simple. We want to promote sustainability and green living while helping out fundraising and non‐profits in the process. It’s a win‐win situation for all of us as a community,” stated Cutinella. Cutinella is the founder of Nella Media Group, a specialty media company that focuses on action sports and sustainable goods with expertise in all aspects of media planning and marketing.   

Hawaii Health Guide is one of the founding sponsors along with Nella Media Group. "We’re excited to sponsor the Honu Guide resource." said Michael Saiz development director of Hawaii Health Guide. "Hawaii Health Guide has been supporting personal, community and environmental health in Hawaii since 2001, and our core values are based on supporting healthy & green sustainable services and products. It’s a perfect collaboration and we’re excited to be a part of it."

The first edition of the The Honu Guide was released in mid December of 2008. It is a yearly publication that offers over $3,500 in savings. A book signing party with the participating author is planned for January 28, 2009
Hawaii Lifestyle store in Ala Moana.

Contact: Tyler Mongan at (808) 688-8459 • info@honuguide.com  •  www.honuguide.com

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Visonary Artist’s Alex and Allsyon Grey will present workshops on Maui, at the Mystic Garden Party event Feb 12-15, and will also hold a Drawing in Paradise - Retreat Feb 19-21, 2009.

Mystic Garden Party - Workshop

The Maui Mystic Garden Party is held on Maui, February 12-15, 2009 at Camp Keanae. The event combines inspired and conscious music along with workshops, art & speakers to "To advocate healthy culture & community through music, arts & education…". The Alex and Allyson Grey workshop will be held Saturday Feb 1, 2009 at 1:30 pm. Tickets & more info for the Mystic Garden Party are available at www.mysticgardenparty.com or call 888-966-2568

Drawing in Paradise - Retreat

Visionary artists Alex Grey and Allyson Grey will lead a three-day workshop retreat on Maui at Camp Maluhia, February 19-21, 2009. This three-day workshop, primarily focused on drawing, is open to all levels of artistc ability. The workshops will include vision practices that facilitate glimpses of divine imagination, chakra drawing with yogic models, inner self-portraiture, studies in sacred geometry, and slide show talks on the history of visionary and spiritual art. Please bring your own art supplies, sketch pads, colored pencils, watercolors or favorite medium of your choice.

The retreat offers a unique opportunity to immerse ones self in creativity realm of these acclaimed artists, at one of the most beautiful places in the world. The days will start with Yoga and movement classes, creating all day, and descend into night with sacred groves from the CoSM crew, guest DJ’s and musicians. Participants will experience beautiful panoramic ocean views, vision quest walks to a waterfall close by, and a large swimming pool with night time swimming available. Camp Maluhia is located 20 minutes from the airport. The retreat includes raw and organic meals, and 2 nights accommodations. Cabin sleeping for all. Space is limited to 50 registrants. Workshop fee’s are $495 and includes meals & 2 nights lodging. A special discounts of $395 is available for Mystic Garden Party attendees.

More info & Registration Contact: Corrine Feldman (808) 357-4400 • coryglory@yahoo.com

Alex Grey (born November 29, 1953) is an American artist specializing in spiritual and psychedelic art (or visionary art) that is sometimes associated with the New Age movement. Grey is a Vajrayana practitioner. His oeuvre spans a variety of forms including performance art, process art, installation art, sculpture, visionary art, and painting. Grey is a member of the Integral Institute. He is also on the board of advisors for the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, and is the Chair of Wisdom University’s Sacred Art Department. He and his wife Allyson Grey are the co-founders of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, a non-profit institution supporting Visionary Culture in New York City.

Grey’s paintings can be described as a blend of sacred, visionary art and postmodern art. He is best known for his paintings of glowing anatomical human bodies, images that “x-ray” the multiple layers of reality. His art is a complex integration of body, mind, soul, and spirit.

The Sacred Mirrors, a life-sized series of 21 paintings, took 10 years to complete, and examines in detail the physical and metaphysical anatomy of the individual. "The inner body is meticulously rendered - not just anatomically precise but crystalline in its clarity" . Many of his paintings include detailed representations of the skeleton, nervous system, cardiovascular system, and lymphatic system. Grey applies this multidimensional perspective to paint the universal human experience. His figures are shown in positions such as praying, kissing, copulating, pregnancy, birth and dying. His work incorporates many religious symbols, including auras, chakras, and iconsgeometric shapes and tessellations in natural, industrial, and multicultural situations. Grey’s paintings are permeated with an intense and subtle light that is rare in art history. “It is the light that is sublime in Grey’s oeuvre - which is the most important innovation in religious light since the Baroque - and that makes the mundane beings in them seem sublime, in every realistic detail of their exquisite being” 

Grey has also made his own contribution to the philosophy of art in his book The Mission of Art (1998). Therein, he promotes the possibility of the mystical potential of art: he argues that the process of artistic creation can (and should) play a role in the enlightenment of the artist. For him, the process of artistic creation holds the potential of transcending the limitations of the mind and more fully expressing the divine spirit. He also believes that art can induce within the viewer an elevated state wherein spiritual states of being are attained.

In an interview with Ken Wilber for Integral Naked, Grey described an experience of the shared hallucination between him and his wife, which led him to believe in spirituality and spiritual practice.

Alex Grey website: www.AlexGrey.com

More on Alex Grey at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Grey

 Alex Grey Google image search: Google Search - Alex Grey

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January 21, 2009, Kahului—Key Ingredients: America by Food, a renowned Smithsonian traveling art exhibition, will be on display at University of Hawaii-Maui Community College (UH-Maui CC) from February 14th through April 11th marking the first time a Smithsonian exhibition has ever been displayed at UH-Maui CC. Key Ingredients explores the connections between Americans and the foods they produce, prepare, preserve, and present at the table. Admission is free.

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A parasitic worm that lives in the hearts of rats and is transmitted to humans via an invasive slug from Southeast Asia is to blame for several people in Hawaii coming down with a rare form of menengitis, an infection of the cerebral-spinal fluid. Several people in Hawaii have reported severe symptoms from the parasite requiring hospitalization. Two of them remain in a coma in Hilo. Big island residents are cautioned to take care in the washing and preparation of garden greens in areas affected by rats or slugs.

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Five people have been named Living Treasures of Hawaii for their contributions to Hawaii’s distinctive cultural and artistic heritage.

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While much of the East Coast is under ice, Hawaii too has been experiencing a version of winter cold. 53 degrees that is, at the Kahului airport. Of course the top of Mauna Kea reports snow, but it is unusual for shoreline temperatures to dip even into the 60’s. Folks on the Big Island reported that it was so cold, that even the Coqui Frogs were quiet.

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Kaua’i at the 5th Annual Inspiration Kaua’i Wellness Expo January 24-26, 2009 at the Lihue War Memorial Convention Hall and will feature Deepak Chopra.

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New statewide Online Care service available to all Hawaii residents.HONOLULU, Hawaii is now the first state in the nation to try a new technology to connect patients to their doctors physicians via the Internet or telephone. American Well and their partners The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) today announced the launch of its new Online Care. HMSA’s Online Care is now available to everyone in Hawaii and may be accessed by visiting hmsa.com. Residents do not have to be an HMSA member to use the service.

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Have a business that supports HEALTH in Hawaii? Get your own page on our website: images, links, and unlimited text, and unlimited categories for just $500/year. Our site gets 30,000,000 hits per year! Let our visitors find YOU!

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Vog is Air Pollution produced by Volcanic activity. Volcanos can produce gases and acidic aerosols that contain Hydrogen Sulfides and acid forming Sulfur compounds.

The Big Island is an active volcano. Diifferent phases of volcanic activity cause changing air quality. For some people Vog is a serious health challenge.

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