Program Guide 2011

January 5-9, 2011 Waimea, Mauna Kea + Kohala Coast

January 13-15, 2011 Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

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4 Host Venues 5 Map 6 About the Festival 8 Films venue sponsor 20 Schedule 24 Breakfast Talks 28 Guest Speakers and Presentations 48 Artists and Exhibits 56 About Our Sponsors food & Beverage sponsor 62 Thank You to Our Contributors

Photo courtesy Mauna Kea Resort sponsors and patrons about our area big island | $25,000+ Five volcanoes comprise the Big Island, Spinner dolphins rest in shallow bays, including the still active Kilauea, which and during winter months, humpback sits at the heart of Volcanoes National whales delight visitors and locals alike with their acrobatic displays and kohala coast | $15,000+ Park. Together, Mauna Kea, Muana Loa and Hualalai form the backdrop beautiful song. of the Kohala Coast, where stark lava fields meet turquoise waters and sandy The town of Waimea, also known as beaches. Kamuela, sits in the saddle between coral reef | $5,000+ the dry and green sides of the island. The Kohala Coast is an area rich in both It is known as much for the paniolo Ken Ransford Law Hawaiian history and sea life. Tropical culture that lends character to the town fish, many of which are found nowhere as for the weather patterns ever shifting yellow tang | $1,000+ else in the world, inhabit these reefs, between rain, mist and sun. along with Hawaiian hawksbill turtles, Bryce Groark Photography octopus, eel and smaller reef sharks.

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Parker School Theatre host venues 65-1224 Lindsey Road Originally built in 1920 on the Parker WAIMEA Ranch as an entertainment center for Kawaihae Harbor Mauna Kea Beach Hotel ranch residents and workers, the 280- Kawaihae Road and Highway 270 62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive Hawaiì Preparatory Academy seat Parker School Theatre has been The first ships to bring horses and The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, built 65-1692 Kohala Mountain Road renovated over the decades but still cattle to the Big Island docked at in 1965 by Laurance S. Rockefeller, The Gates Performing Arts Center at maintains its charms of old. Festival Kawaihae Harbor. Today, the harbor epitomizes the beauty of Hawaiì and the Hawaiì Preparatory Academy is attendees may enjoy film screenings permits much larger sea craft and is the spirit of aloha. Breakfast talks will a 360-seat theatre at the heart of the and presentations at this venue. home to the Kawaihae Canoe Club and take place in the Garden Room, and Academy’s performing arts program. the Makaliì. Visit the canoe club just sunrise activities, a cultural evening, Film screenings, presentations, and PIKO Gallery past the harbor for outrigger canoe and the closing luau will take place on tours of the Energy Lab are scheduled 67-1185 Mamalahoa Highway paddling lessons, and the halau within the Mauna Kea grounds. throughout the festival weekend. Space H-148 the harbor for a breakfast talk around The PIKO Gallery and Hawaiian Ohana the Makaliì. Kahilu Theatre for Education in the Arts space, 67-1186 Lindsey Road projects of the Keomailani Hanapi The Kahilu Theatre, a 490-seat Foundation, present an exhibit with performing arts theatre in the center the work of the National Geographic of Waimea town, provides a home for photographer that was on the 1976 the presentation, support, education voyage of Hokulea. Participants are and promotion of the performing arts invited to hear voyagers from the and is billed as the Big Island’s premier trip talk about their experiences on cultural resource. The theatre will host Thursday at 4pm, and to view the the festival Hospitality Center, breakfast exhibit Friday and Saturday from 10am talks, film screenings, presentations, to 4pm. and a Meet the Artists gathering.

Parker School Art Room KOHALA COAST 65-1224 Lindsey Road Festival participants are invited to stop Four Seasons Resort Hualalai by the Parker School Art Room from 1 72-100 Ka`upulehu Drive to 2pm each day to experience the art The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai of Aurora Robson in progress. The final at Historic Ka`upulehu captures the piece will move to Four Seasons Resort essence of Hawaiian design, culture Hualalai. and tradition and radiates understated elegance. The resort will host the gala opening on January 5th, as well as the festival itself again Jan. 13-15.

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Theatre Entry about the festival Wear your pass with pride! You’ll need Using the Program this for films and events. Also, theatre Check the map and the Host Venues staff will not be able to allow people page for venue locations (including to enter once a program starts. Queue address) and descriptions. early in order to assure seating. If you are seeing two consecutive programs in All film screening, presentation, a row, you will need to exit the theatre and special event times are listed between screenings. by day and venue in the festival schedule. Each Breakfast Talk location TBAs is listed along with its description Flyers announcing TBAs and special in the Breakfast Talk section of the screenings will be available at each program. Date, time, and location of Barbara A. Schaefer theatre and at Hospitality. presentations and special events are listed additionally with the respective sunrise/morning activities full-length program description. Getting Around The Kahilu Theatre, PIKO Gallery, Parker School Theatre and Parker Art Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Kawaihae Canoe Club Hospitality Room are all within walking distance Join fellow festival attendees every The Kawaihae Canoe Club was formed in Hospitality and Will Call is located in of each other. We suggest carpooling morning during the festival (Thursday 1972 by a group of athletic and civic- the main gallery of the Kahilu Theatre. between the Kohala Coast, Waimea through Sunday) from 6:30 to 7:30am minded individuals from Waimea, and Purchase and/or pick up festival passes, Town, and the Hawai`i Preparatory to kick start your day. Planned activities has been instrumental to the revival grab an additional program, and learn Academy. It takes approximately 20 range from yoga to beach jog to of the ancient Hawaiian tradition of about scheduled morning activities and minutes to drive between the Kohala morning swim (conditions dependent). outrigger canoe racing on the Big Island. TBA film announcements here. Coast and Waimea Town. If you would like to participate in our The Club’s dedication to promoting and Hours of Operation: early-morning activities – given that perpetuating outrigger canoe racing Things to Remember brings participants ranging in age from Wednesday: 9am – 3pm Always wear your pass there’s nothing quite like starting Thursday: 9am – 6:30pm Sunrise / morning activities start at your day with the sunrise – check with ten to seventy, and helps challenge kids Friday: 9am – 6:30pm 6:30am Hospitality to find out which activities by giving them a sense of direction and Saturday: 9am – 3pm Breakfast talks start promptly at 8am – are scheduled each day. developing their discipline. come early to get coffee and a seat Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Hapuna Beach Waimea Ocean Film Festival attendees Prince Hotel, the Fairmont Orchid, and are invited to join the Kawaihae Canoe the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai are all Club on Thursday and Friday mornings in offering steep room discounts to festival Kawaihae Harbor from 6:30 to 7:30am to attendees – treat yourself to a night learn how to paddle an outrigger canoe. or two at one of our luxurious sponsor Participation is limited: come early and hotels dress to be on the water.

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It took 28 weeks to capture Oceans unprecedented footage of the mythic blue whale, feeding on clouds of krill, French directors Jacques Perrin and creating startling intimacy with one of Jacques Cluzaud filmed around the the most compelling creatures of the globe for almost five years, traversing deep. “The blue whale is an almost the earth’s oceans to capture the mythical animal,” said Perrin. “Furtive, heights and depths of the ordinary fast, and discreet, it is the largest and the extraordinary, in an attempt to animal ever to exist on Earth, and has answer a simple question: almost never been filmed underwater What is the ocean? and never, to our knowledge, while The answer is the ocean is epic, feeding.” Filming other species, such fantastic, and magical. It lies beneath as the mola mola, or the sheepshead in a never-never land of coral, blue rasse, or the blanket octopus were whales, armies of crabs, and moments just as challenging, and the results of stillness as a man swims alongside a just as remarkable. The ocean and great white shark. It lies at the surface, its inhabitants became characters in racing with schools of tuna, herds of an epic story of renewal and survival, dolphins, and flocks of birds. It lies all moving together in the harmonic with a rare Galapagos Islands marine orchestra of life. iguana as it dives up to 50 feet to eat seaweed. Executive Producer Jake Eberts, who has been involved with a long list of Perrin and Cluzaud were able to use award-winning films, including Chariots ingenious new technologies and an of Fire, Gandhi, Driving Miss Daisy, unrestricted timeframe to build an Dances with Wolves, and A River Runs emotional bridge between the ocean Through It, will attend the screening and audience. of Oceans and will be present for a Q&A session following the film. Said “We took the time to allow the animals Eberts: “The purpose of Oceans is to invite us in. We waited to become not only to educate but to show what fish among fish,” said Cluzaud. beautiful creatures live with us, what extraordinary things they can do, and why we should join with them to protect the ocean.”

“We took the time to allow the animals to invite us in. We waited to become fish among fish.” — Jacques Cluzaud

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CLIMATE REFUGEES the films Michael Nash In person: Michael Nash Climactically induced environmental disasters displace thousands of persons causing mass global migration and border conflicts 180˚ SOUTH that shift the world balance and force the Chris Malloy Pentagon to rethink global warming. Past and present entwine as adventurer (USA, 89 minutes) Jeff Johnson treks from California to deep Patagonia, retracing the steps of one of the most unique and prolific environmentalists of our time—Yvon Chouinard. (USA, 84 min) THE END OF THE LINE Rupert Murray In person: Dr. Jim Beets From the Straits of Gibraltar to the coasts of Senegal and on to the Tokyo fish market BAG IT – The End of the Line investigates the Suzan Beraza unprecedented decimation of ocean fish In person: Suzan Beraza stocks. Jeb Berrier, an average guy, makes a pledge (UK, 85 min) to stop using plastic bags. One bag leads to the next, and Jeb embarks on a global quest to unravel the complexities of a plastic world. (USA, 74 min) FIBERGLASS AND MEGAPIXELS Craig Hoffman and Derek Hoffman In person: Derek Hoffman Fiberglass and Megapixels shines the light on Hawaii’s north shore winter surfing scene and exposes what it takes to get that epic shot. CALL OF LIFE (USA, 48 min) Monte Thompson and Chera Van Burg Human activities are pushing the Earth toward a mass extinction not known since the disappearance of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. (USA, 60 min)

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IN THE WAKE OF GIANTS the films Lou Douros In person: Ed Lyman Ed Lyman of the Hawaiian Island Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and several volunteers free the magnificent humpbacks HAWAII’S UNDErSEA OHANA from deadly human debris. Charles Fasano (USA, 16 min) In person: Charles Fasano Come join Big Island filmmaker Charles Fasano as he follows and showcases the beauty of Hawaii’s Marine family (USA 60 minutes) ISLAND OF THE SHARKS Howard Hall Filmed in spectacular IMAX format, the audience swims and hunts with a dazzling array of hammerhead, black-tip, silky, and HUMPBACKS FROM FIRE TO ICE white tip sharks off the coast of Cocos Island. Ross Isaacs (USA, 40 min) In person: Michelle Addington Travel alongside a baby humpback and his mother as they migrate from the volcanic fire of the Hawaiian Islands to the majestic glaciers of Alaska. (USA, 53 min) LAST PARADISE Clive Neeson Through stunning original footage, we relive the journey of some maverick kids on roads less traveled to paradises that have long I AM since vanished—except one. Tom Shadyac (New Zealand, 100 min) In person: Tom Shadyac Comedy blockbuster director Tom Shadyac documents his introspective passage to new paradigms of personal happiness and global consciousness as he downsizes his life and interviews great minds of the day. (USA, 76min)

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OCEAN VOYAGERS the films Feodor Pitcairn & Joe Kennedy Ocean Voyagers provides a startlingly intimate portrait of humpback life through the eyes of a mother whale as she teaches her baby all he will need to know to survive in MELALI: THE DRIFTER SESSIONS the ocean. Rob Machado (USA, 50 min) Scored by Machado’s band The Drifters, Melali returns to “pure surf” cinematography as Rob embraces the surfing experience, the artful relationship between man and wave, and good friends. (USA, 35 min) PAPA MAU: THE WAYFINDER Na’alehu Anthony In person: Na’alehu Anthony Sail along on this remarkable journey of Papa Mau, the master wayfinder who breathed life Ocean Monk back into the sails of Polynesia’s voyaging Sanjay Rawal tradition. This meditative piece shadows the lives (USA, 57 min) of New York City monks who discover enlightenment in the beauty and power of the ocean. In the waves there is tranquility and perfection, an energy that “continues past the physical.” PELAGIC MAGIC (USA, 20 min) Matthew D’Avila In person: Matthew D’Avila The evolutionary timeline of deepwater gelatinous pelagic animals unfolds as they OCEANS come to the surface to feed off the coast of Jacques Perrin & Jacques Cluzard Kona, Hawai`i. In person: Jake Eberts (USA, 30 min) The ocean and its inhabitants became characters in an epic story of renewal and survival, all moving together in the harmonic orchestra of life. (USA, 104 min)

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SHARKWATER the films Rob Stewart Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater debunks stereotypes of sharks as monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. PHYSICS OF SURFING (USA, 90 min) Greg Passmore Explore the science of ocean waves and learn about surfing’s deep influence on modern culture as Julie Cox and Kyla Langen surf Hawaii’s North Shore and the California coast. (USA, 26 min) A SHELTERED SEA: JOURNEY William Bayne In person: Dr. Jim Beets A diverse group of ocean-loving citizens join hands in a groundbreaking effort to create REQUIEM marine refuges along California’s coast. Bryce Groark (USA, 23) In person: Bryce Groark Meet the infamous Requiem Family and discover the true nature and purpose of one of the most misunderstood predators on our planet. (USA, 40 min) A SHELTERED SEA: THE SOUTHERN PASSAGE William Bayne In person: Dr. Jim Beets Southern California celebrities Lauren Hutton and Rob Machado negotiate the obstacles A SEA CHANGE facing the creation of marine protection Barbara Ettinger areas. Sven Huseby’s love for his grandson and (USA, 25 min) the sea spurs a quest for answers to ocean acidification. He travels as far as Norway to question experts in hopes that knowledge is the key to the future. (USA, 83 min)

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the films THE WATERMEN EXPERIENCE In person: Duane Desoto and Thierry Daupin OXBOW presents the stories of five watermen including Laird Hamilton, Kai Lenny, and Jason Polakow and their unique THE SHOREBREAK ART wave-riding styles as they chase the big OF CLARK LITTLE waves of Maui. Clark Little (USA, 48 min) In person: Clark Little Watch Clark Little tame the Hawaiian shore breaks as he surfs and shoots North Shore waves. Learn how he captures stunning images on camera. WAVERIDERS (USA, 30 min) Joel Conroy Join Gabe Davies, Kelly Slater, and the Malloy brothers in this beautiful film about the Irish-Hawaiian background to modern SOMEWHERE NEAR TAPACHULA surfing, and the awe-inspiring nature of Jonno Durrant and Stefan Hunt surfing in Ireland today. In person: Jonno Durrant (IE, 88 min) An Australian couple volunteers at a children’s refuge in Tapachula, Mexico, and create a true sanctuary of hopes, dreams, and surfing. (AU, 30 min) WILD OCEAN Luke Cresswell & Steve McNicholas Each year a massive feeding frenzy takes place in the oceans of South Africa as billions of fish migrate up the KwaZulu- Natal Wild Coast. SUN COME UP (USA, 39 minutes) Jennifer Redfearn As rising seas threaten the survival of Carteret Islanders, the islanders go in search of a new home, in this beautiful, poignant, and thought-provoking film. (USA, 38 min)

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Start your day with light fare, coffee, THURSDAY wrote and directed Climate Refugees Linda Elliott and compelling conversation. Note that in an attempt to capture this human At the Kahilu Theatre breakfast talks start at 8am – please Tom Shadyac fallout of climate change, and will Linda Elliott, Founder, President, and arrive early to be seated before they At the Mauna Kea Garden Room speak about climate refugees and his Center Director of the Hawai`i Wildlife begin. Tom Shadyac earned fame and work capturing their untold story. Center, has directed and supervised fortune as the director of films like oil spill response missions around the Special thanks to Mauna Kea Beach Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor, FRIDAY world for agencies ranging from the Hotel, Starbucks Coffee and HPA for and Bruce Almighty. His latest film, I International Fund for Animal Welfare fueling our attendees for their days of Am, is an introspective foray into the Terry Temescu to the U.S. Navy. She will talk about the film and discussion. documentary genre, addressing the At the Mauna Kea Garden Room Hawai`i Wildlife Center’s work, animal question: What is wrong with our world, Terry Temescu has an extensive rescue in oil spills, and how you can and what can we do about it? background in the financial world, help when a crisis arises like last year’s including stints in the upper echelons BP spill. Michael Nash of investment banks and private equity At the Kahilu Theatre funds. His latest venture is in the avant If global warming is our planet’s garde of green investment; his global most pressing issue, large-scale acquisition company, the Tanager population displacement is the human Group, is focused on the Resource consequence. Filmmaker Michael Nash Reduction and Sustainable Building sectors of the Cleantech industry.

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Chadd Paishon SUNDAY At Makaliì in Kawaihae Harbor Chadd Paishon, crew member of Flip Nicklin Hokuleà and Captain of Makaliì, is the At the Mauna Kea Garden Room Executive Director of Na Kalai Waà Widely regarded as the premier whale and one of only five Hawaiians to have photographer in the world, National earned Master Navigator distinction. Geographic contributing photographer Join Chadd and crew to learn about Flip Nicklin has worked with Dr. Jim voyaging, the canoe Makaliì and how Darling in a study of humpback whales it was built. off the coast of Maui, Hawaiì since 1996. His breakfast talk coincides with the onset of the winter season and SATURDAY the arrival of humpback whales in the waters off the Kohala Coast. Jake Eberts At the Mauna Kea Garden Room Joe Chisholm Jake Eberts’ film resume reads like a At the Kahilu Theatre list of the most important films of the Join Production Manager Joe Chisolm past thirty years. Driving Miss Daisy, as he returns to the island to discuss Chariots of Fire, Ghandi, The Killing what has happened since the Oscar- Fields, Dances with Wolves, and A winning film The Cove premiered. River Runs Through It are only a few among the many projects with which he Dr. Roderick Nash has been involved. Recently, he served At the Gates Performing Arts Center / as Executive Producer for Oceans, Hawaiì Preparatory Academy the third installment in Disneynature’s Dr. Roderick Nash, Professor Emeritus documentary series. of History and Environmental Studies at University of California Santa Suzan Beraza Barbara, is one of the pioneers of At the Kahilu Theatre environmental history. He has written a Suzan Beraza’s award-winning film dozen books including Wilderness And Bag It takes a look at our society’s use The American Mind, noted as a book and abuse of plastic, focusing on the that changed our world. His breakfast ubiquitous substance as it relates to our talk asks the question: What are throwaway mentality and our culture of environmental ethics and how do they convenience. Her thought-provoking relate to oceans? films challenge viewers to examine Artwork by Charlotte Nairn their lives and consider the impact of their choices, and Suzan will continue the call to action in her talk.

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“The purpose of Oceans is not to educate but to show Jake Eberts what beautiful things live with us, what extraordinary things they can do, and why we should be joined with them to protect the ocean.” Waimea Ocean Film Festival is —jake eberts pleased and proud to host one of the preeminent producers of our time, in 1985. Since then he has served as the Jake Eberts. executive producer or producer of such distinguished films as The Name of the Award-winning March of the Penguins Q&A session after screening Oceans. Eberts began his career not in film, but Rose, Hope and Glory, Driving Miss was released in 2005, and is Trustee Eberts will also show clips from his as a start-up engineer for L’Air Liquide Daisy, Dances with Wolves, A River Runs Emeritus of the Sundance Institute. past and future films, lend insight into in Spain, Italy, Germany and France. Through It, Chicken Run, The Legend of Eberts also serves as Media Advisor to his background, discuss his current After three years on Wall Street, in Bagger Vance, Open Range, Journey to Participant Media and the Abu Dhabi projects, and talk about what we must 1971 he joined Oppenheimer & Co. in Mecca, and Oceans. Media Company. do to save the oceans. London, England, where he became Eberts is currently serving as Executive Managing Director in 1976. Films with which Eberts has been Producer of Peter Weir’s The Way involved have received 65 Academy Back, Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, JAKE EBERTS Making the leap to film production in Award nominations, including nine Louis Schwartzberg’s two films Hidden Oceans Screening and Q&A 1977, Eberts founded Goldcrest Films for Best Picture, winning four Best Beauty and Hidden Worlds, Geoff Thursday and Saturday, 9:30am in London, financing the development Picture awards. Eberts continues this Lindsay’s The Flying Machine, Ben Kahilu Theatre and/or production of Chariots of tradition of excellence as Executive Stassen’s African Safari, Rob Stewart’s Fire, Gandhi, The Killing Fields, and Producer of Oceans, the latest chapter Dragon Reef, and the giant screen Discussion and Q&A The Dresser, among others. Having in Disneynature’s visually stunning documentary Jerusalem. He also serves Sunday, 12pm established himself as a producer of documentary series. He will host as non-executive Chairman of National Kahilu Theatre high caliber films, Eberts founded Allied breakfast talks and participate in a Filmmakers, based in London and Paris, Geographic Films, whose Academy-

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Tom Shadyac

A onetime actor/comedian and the A Virginia native, Shadyac has received youngest writer to work for comedy four People’s Choice Awards, including legend Bob Hope, Tom Shadyac’s three for Best Comedy (Liar Liar, The writing/directing career was launched in Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty) and 1994 with the Jim Carrey smash hit Ace one for best new Television Comedy, Ventura: Pet Detective. with 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. With Patch Adams, In the years that followed, Shadyac Shadyac earned his first Golden Globe would establish himself as one of nomination, also for Best Comedy. the most prolific comedy directors in Hollywood while working with In his latest project, a documentary TOM SHADYAC some of the biggest names in the entitled I Am, Shadyac asks some of I Am Screening and Q&A business. Huge hits such as Liar Liar, today’s most profound thinkers two Thursday, 12pm The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty, questions – What’s wrong with our and Saturday, 2pm Patch Adams, Accepted, and I Now world, and what can we do about Kahilu Theatre Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, have it? This moving, inspiring film won Friday, 6:30pm helped establish Shadyac as one of the Audience Choice Award and HPA Gates Hollywood’s most successful writer/ the Student Choice Award at the director/producers. Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Discussion and Q&A Colorado, where it premiered in May. Friday, 12pm HPA Gates

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Flip Nicklin “I never expected to spend my life working with whales.” —flip nicklin Flip Nicklin shot his first humpback Nicklin’s passion for diving and whale photo off the coast of the photography has led him on a life-long Hawaiian Islands in 1979 while crewing journey underwater. For the past 30 Through his father’s business, Flip Flip and his wife Linda, a naturalist for the IMAX film Nomads of the Deep. years, he has dived over 6,000 times, learned the art of marine photography with a degree from Stanford, have It was at this point that his career often free-diving remarkable depths of and met famed Bates Littlehales of co-authored two children’s books filming whales emerged. up to 90-feet. Unencumbered National Geographic, an important life- on marine mammals: Face to Face by tanks and breathing long mentor. In 1976, Flip became with Whales and Face to Face with “I thought it was a devices, Flip can swim Littlehales’ deckhand and diving Dolphins. two-month job. I never alongside a giant humpback assistant for a three-month shoot, expected to spend whale as if he were merely a jump-starting his career with National my life working with fish, sometimes even resting Geographic. whales,” said Flip. by its pectoral fin. Since 1996, Flip has spent his winters Now a world premier His success is rooted in researching humpback whales with Dr. whale photographer, a lineage of divers. His Jim Darling and Dr. Meagan Jones off author, and co-founder grandfather was a hard-hat the coast of Maui, Hawai`i. Together HUMPBACK WHALES, of the Whale Trust diver and his father operated they founded Whale Trust, a nonprofit 1979-2011 organization, Flip Nicklin is credited a diving business specializing in research and education organization with Flip and Linda Nicklin with twenty National Geographic underwater cinematography. that promotes the protection Saturday, 9:30am feature stories and several books. His and conservation of the marine HPA Gates most recent book Among Giants: My environment. booksigning to follow Life with Whales will be released in March 2011.

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Dana Edmunds Photography Matthew Millman Photography

Energy Lab “We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us” —Winston Churchill The Energy Lab at Hawai`i Preparatory and electricity another third. Building Academy (HPA), opened in January of smarter and more efficient buildings, 2010, is the first facility of its kind in the then, is a key component in solving our HPA students build, monitor, and Waimea Ocean Film Festival world: a lab developed for students by energy needs. analyze the lab’s alternative energy passholders will have the unique students that allows them to research technologies to model best practices privilege of visiting the HPA Energy Lab sustainable living. The school itself Beyond offering a place for students and share what they learn with the and learning about the research being is known for its unique curriculum and researchers to explore sustainable community under the tutelage of performed there. – ranging from SCUBA courses to energy practices, the HPA Energy Lab the Director of the Energy Lab, Bill sea turtle research. The Energy Lab itself is a paradigm of green building. Wiecking. expands upon this creative approach The building relies solely upon to education by engaging students rain, sun, and wind to operate and Dr. Bill Wiecking has been teaching with hands-on research into alternative combines both low-tech and high-tech about sustainable energy for over energy. innovations to power the facility with twenty years and was intimately minimal energy. To evaluate these involved in the development and HPA ENERGY LAB Heating technologies, extensive monitoring design of the Energy Lab. Wiecking has Student-run Tours and cooling systems identify exactly how much a strong technology background. His Thursday, 3pm and 4pm buildings energy is being used at any moment. first job was at Apple in 1978 where he Friday, 3pm account for The lab’s energy efficiency has made it modified Airport units that still function one-third of a candidate to become the first K-12 as wireless networks over 800 miles Presentation with Bill Wiecking the energy facility in the world to meet the Living of Hawaii’s Big Island. Bill is an Apple Saturday, 2:15pm we consume Building Challenge, a criteria that Distinguished Educator and frequent as a nation, exceeds LEED Platinum Certification. presenter at MacWorld conferences. Dana Edmunds Photography

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Na Kalai Waà “He waà he moku, he moku he waà” “The canoe is an island and the island a canoe.”

The canoe occupies an integral part navigation used to voyage thousands of of Hawaiian culture. Having brought miles across the open ocean, and was over the first settlers of the Hawaiian employed thousands of years before of wayfinding is underway. The revival ancient sea voyaging and wayfinding Islands and served as a means to the invention of European navigational first began with the 1979 voyage of techniques of their ancestors. survival, sustenance, and ceremony instruments. The wayfinder does not Hokuleà from Hawaiì to Tahiti, and since then, the canoe occupies a central use instruments of any kind, but instead continues today with Makaliì. Na Kalai Waà, which manages Makaliì, and prominent position in Hawaiian depends solely on observations of the continues to perpetuate, protect lore. It remains a symbol of community, sun, stars, ocean swells, weather, and In the mid-90s, Waimea brothers Clay and preserve Hawaiian culture and of combining strengths and pooling other signs of nature to determine the and Shorty Bertelmann, along with local traditions through education for future individual talents to complete the tasks direction and location of a vessel at sea. community and cultural organizations, generations. at hand. Naturally, there would be those initiated efforts to construct Hawaiì who would use these canoes to venture Beyond a mere navigational system, Island’s first voyaging canoe in far from sight of the shore. For them, wayfinding is a way - a combination centuries. The result was Makaliì, wayfinding of philosophy and religion, a way of built by the non-profit organization NA KALAI WAÀ was an life. The true navigator reaches a point Na Kalai Waà Moku o Hawaiì under Breakfast Talk essential where he does not go out in search the guidance of Clay and Shorty. On Friday, 8am skill to be of the island; instead, he points his February 4, 1995, Clay served as Makali‘i, Kawaihae Harbor learned and boat in the right direction, and the Captain and Shorty as Navigator for developed. island comes to him. Though this way the maiden voyage of Makaliì from Cultural Evening of life and the traditional knowledge Hawaiì to Tahiti. Then and now, Makaliì Saturday, 6pm Wayfinding is and techniques are in danger of being provides the children and community of Mauna Kea Beach Hotel a system of lost, a revival of the art and science the Big Island the opportunity learn the

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The Waimea Ocean Film Festival is “The national park idea and the concept of designated proud to host Dr. Roderick Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and wilderness are among America’s best, and they should Environmental Studies at the University be extended to the maritime environment.” of California Santa Barbara, as one of —rod nash the festival speakers.

Dr. Nash has written over a dozen boards of the following publications: and that of Santa Barbara in the late 60s. books and over one hundred and Journal of Environmental Education, fifty essays. His most influential work, Environmental Review, Journal of During the festival, Dr. Roderick Nash Wilderness and the American Mind, American Culture, Environmental will give presentations on “Black has undergone over twenty-five Ethics, and Pacific Historical Tides, from Santa Barbara to the Gulf reprintings and has sold over a quarter- Review. He is associate editor of the Mexico” and “Ocean as the Ultimate million copies. One of his later books, International Journal of Wilderness, Wilderness” and will give a breakfast The Rights of Nature: A History in and teaches on occasion for the talk on “The Rights of Nature.” Environmental Ethics (1989), is the first Aspen Institute. He has been text to offer a comprehensive history of Dr. Nash’s professional resume is long president of the Wilderness Public the rights of nature with a focus on the and prestigious. He served as the Rights Fund and has helped direct changing attitude toward nature in the 1983 Henry David Thoreau Lecturer the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, United States. and in 1982 the Charles A. Lindbergh the Yosemite Institute, the American Fund named him a Lindbergh Fellow. Studies Association, the Southern Utah His interest in the wilderness began The award recognizes “individuals Wilderness Association, and in 1988 he in 1957 when he became one of the whose research strives to create a served the Rockefeller Foundation as nation’s first professional river guides, better balance between technological a consultant on global environmental plying his trade on the Snake River in progress and the preservation of the problems. He is presently a member of Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. environment.” His previous research Harvard University’s Committee on the He has logged over 40,000 river miles and writing have been supported Environment. including over fifty runs of the Colorado by Resources for the Future, the River through the Grand Canyon of Rockefeller Foundation, the American Today, Nash navigates the Pacific Coast Arizona as well as first descents on Academy of Arts and Sciences, and from the Sea of Cortez to Alaska in rivers in Alaska, Peru, and California. his tugboat Forevergreen, studying the National Endowment for the DR. RODERICK NASH the impact of diverting rivers, over- Humanities. He is a frequent consultant Breakfast Talk In 1969, Rod Nash played a leading fishing, and pollution. He believes and expert witness to the National Sunday, 8am role in Santa Barbara’s response to the Park Service, the United States Forest our reliance on quick “techno-fixes,” HPA Gates oil spill. Spurred by this experience, he Service, the Department of Justice, the rather than prevention and alteration founded and chaired the Environmental of human behavior, has caused “deficit Bureau of Land Management, the State Presentations Studies program at UCSB, environmental financing.” Nash coined of Alaska, National Geographic, and Thursday, 12pm and Sunday, recognized as one of the first and this term to describe the costs of the Rockefeller Foundation. 9:30am most comprehensive undergraduate negative human impact, particularly HPA Gates programs of its kind. Dr. Nash serves on the editorial events like BP’s 4.9 billion barrel oil spill

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NOAA MMHSRP (permit # 932-1905)

The inspiration for the film came Most researchers recognize that Ed Lyman from Mara Kerr and Mark DiOrio, the disentanglement is not the solution to Executive Producers of In the Wake whale entanglement. To this end, Lyman of Giants. The film was written and has also conducted studies of fishing Prior to the mid-1980s, volunteer successfully disentangle large marine directed by Lou Douros, a filmmaker gear and practices and has worked with marine animal stranding networks, mammals. who has thirty years of experience fishermen to devise “whale-safe” gear ill-equipped to safely handle free- in bringing stories to life through and fishing strategies. The follow-up swimming live entanglements, were In the Wake of Giants is a documentary film and video. Douros’ eldest son, of this study included public outreach the only organizations involved with about freeing humpback whales Blaise, an accomplished composer to educate maritime users about marine animal rescues. This gap in in Hawai`i from life-threatening for independent films and computer endangered and protected species expertise in conjunction with increased entanglements. The film features games, scored the film. Much of the conservation and methods to reduce entanglements from increased fishing NOAA’s Hawaiian Islands Humpback footage showing the dangerous nature injuries and mortality of protected made it apparent something more Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s of the effort was filmed within arm’s marine species. needed to be done to assist entangled rescue experts, some of the few trained reach of the distressed mammals from whales. in such response, working with the helmet-mounted cameras. on-water community to free large In 1984, the NOAA Fisheries Service, whales from entangling gear. The Ed Lyman is the Marine Mammal in partnership with the Provincetown forty-ton mammals often drag gear Response Manager at the Hawaiian IN THE WAKE OF GIANTS Center for Coastal Studies, developed for thousands of miles to Hawai‘i and Islands Humpback Whale National Screening and Q&A a technique to disentangle free- the sanctuary where more than 10,000 Marine Sanctuary. In short, he is with Ed Lyman swimming large whales from potentially humpback whales migrate every year. the man who is called upon when Saturday, 11:45am life threatening entanglements. Over Entanglement is one of the primary humpback whales are entangled, ship- HPA Gates the ensuing decades, NOAA and human-caused sources of serious injury struck, or stranded. He also advises Saturday, 2pm partner organizations have collaborated and mortality to whales and dolphins large whale response efforts for NOAA Parker School Theatre to improve upon techniques and with an estimated 300,000 dying world- Fisheries in Alaska and along the west train organizations and individuals to wide every year. coast of the United States.

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Clark Little “One of the world’s most amazing water photographers.” —jack johnson Clark Little was born in Napa, California started snapping away, recording the in 1968. Two years later, a move to beauty and power of Hawaiian waves. the North Shore of O`ahu (Hawai`i) Geo, Geo International, Nature’s to music, in-water video footage of dramatically changed his future. In Clark’s view is a unique and often Best Photography, Nikon World, Clark capturing his images, older the 80s and 90s he made his name dangerous perspective of waves from Rangefinder, Photo Life, Surfer’s Path, footage of Clark surfing Waimea Bay as a pioneer of surfing the inside out, captured Surfer’s Journal, Surfer Magazine, and shorebreak, and insight from Clark on at the Waimea Bay in photos for all to enjoy Hana Hou (Hawaiian Airlines) among how he captures his stunning images. shorebreak. Clark had a from the safety of dry others. Following the presentation, Clark will unique talent for taking land. In four years, Clark answer questions and sign calendars, off on hopeless closeout has gained national and Achievements this year include the prints and his debut coffee table book, shorebreak waves and international recognition for 2010 Oceans Photography Award by The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. surviving in one piece. his North Shore shorebreak Windland Smith Rice International wave photography with Awards. His award-winning images In 2007, Clark appearances on television will also be exhibited in 2011 at the discovered his ability shows Good Morning Smithsonian National Museum of and passion to capture America, Inside Edition, Natural History in Washington DC. CLARK LITTLE the extraordinary beauty The Today Show, and The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little of the shorebreak when ABC World News Now. Clark will appear at Kahilu Theatre on Screening and Q&A his wife asked him for a picture of the Clark’s work has been published Friday night at 6:30pm to show his film, Friday, 6:30pm ocean to decorate a bedroom wall. with National Geographic, Paris The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. The Kahilu Theatre With the confidence of an experienced Match, Sierra Magazine, Stern-View, 30-minute short film includes slideshow booksigning to follow surfer, Clark jumped in the ocean, and segments of North Shore waves set

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The Hawaiian Islands have more in sight. The work-in-progress sits endangered species per square mile on two acres of land in Kapaàu that than anywhere else on the earth. were donated by the Kohala Surety Because of the isolated island ecology Corporation. The building’s exterior of the islands, most of these species are as well as paved parking and access birds. areas have been completed. Building of the interior will commence once the Over 14 million sea birds depend on remaining funding is obtained. the Hawaiian archipelago, yet out of 100 endemic avian When the doors of the species, more than HWC open, the Center two-thirds are extinct. will accommodate three Eighty percent of the integrated facilities: a Andy Carlson and Team Livestrong remaining species are near wildlife care and response extinction. unit, an interpretative and outreach courtyard, Outrigger canoes have been an integral test the limits of physical and mental The Hawaiì Wildlife Center will and an education pavilion. The facility part of Hawaiian culture for time strength and endurance, courage, be the first facility in the state of will provide medical and husbandry immemorial. They once provided a way determination, and teamwork. Hawaiì designed for emergency care for sick, injured, and orphaned for island inhabitants to travel, explore, wildlife response and treatment, and native wildlife in hopes of successfully and trade and transport goods, and they Andy Carlson, a native of the Big Island construction is underway. Linda Elliott, returning them to the wild. continue to exert their vital presence in and an accomplished photographer President of the Hawaiì Wildlife Center, modern-day racing and surfing. and surf video producer, joined by Odie an organization that protects threatened Elliott hopes to eventually reverse the Sumi of Pure Paddles, members of Team native wildlife populations of the prevalent extinction trends of native The Molokaì Hoe is the world’s most Livestrong, and Kahu Billy Mitchell will Hawaiian Islands, has spearheaded the species. Healing and returning wildlife prestigious outrigger canoe race, and present film clips from Team Livestrong’s undertaking since 2004. to their natural habitat is the first step. celebrates the historic cultural traditions crossing of the channel in the Molokaì Research, education, and community surrounding the outrigger canoe. Hoe and will speak on innovations in Elliott started her career at the Honolulu outreach magnify the impact. canoe building at the Kahilu Theatre on Zoo and later initiated the native wildlife Crossing the treacherous Kaìwi Channel Thursday evening at 6:15pm. rehabilitation programs in Hawaiì. Due The HWC will be the primary training between Oàhu and Molokaì islands to her extensive experience with wildlife center for all response personnel and each year, disaster response programs across volunteers and will be an important more the globe, Elliott was acutely aware of source for native species and than one MOLOKAÌ HOE the need for a similar program in the conservation research and education. thousand Film Clips and Discussion isolated Pacific Island Region. Elliott also plans to collaborate with the paddlers Thursday, 6:15pm Kohala Schools on future science and from around Kahilu Theatre The realization of her dream is literally civic education programs. the world

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Terry Temescu

Terry Temescu is the founder, Chairman position of Editor of the Business and and CEO of The Tanager Group, a Finance Section of the International unique global acquisition company Herald Tribune in Paris, France. He has whose aim is to become the world’s also written for Time Magazine, Dow largest enterprise focused on the Jones, Inc., Institutional Investor, and Sustainable Building and Resource numerous other publications. Reduction sectors of the Cleantech residents and island leaders to create industry. It has operations in New York, He served for ten years on the Board Jim Beets greater educational and employment London, Washington D.C., Silicon of Directors and audit committee of opportunities by caring for—and Valley, the United Salary.com, celebrating—Hawaiì Island’s natural Arab Emirates Inc. He is also Dr. Jim Beets is the head of the Marine and cultural landscape. and Singapore. on the board Sciences Department at the University of the Aspen of Hawaiì at Hilo and is a marine field Dr. Beets will host a Q&A following Temescu has Brain Forum, ecologist who focuses on fish/fisheries the film The End of the Line, will extensive an organization ecology. He has extensive research lead a panel of University of Hawaiì experience in involving many experience in coral reef community at Hilo graduate students on the financial of the world’s ecology and tropical marine fisheries. sustainable fishing, community based world. Prior to leading brain Since his arrival at UH-Hilo in 2004, management, traditional fishing the development researchers. Dr. Beets has initiated research on methods, and issues surrounding fish of Tanager, he recruitment patterns of corals and farming, and will host a Q&A following founded Lyric Temescu will host reef fishes around the big island of the films A Sheltered Sea: Journey of Capital in 1998, a breakfast talk Hawaiì, resource utilization projects, the Marine Conservation Act and The which managed at the Mauna and inventory projects within National Southern Passage. two venture Kea on Friday Parks units. Dr. Beets has published capital funds and will participate in the Energy Panel numerous scientific papers and reports focused primarily on technology, at HPA Gates on Sunday. on reef ecology. health and sustainability. From 1985 to 1998, he was an investment banker Dr. Beets is also working in conjunction JIM BEETS at Goldman Sachs & Co. and Smith TERRY TEMESCU with the Kohala Center to teach Screenings and Q&A Barney, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Breakfast Talk traditional and sustainable fishing Thursday, 9:30am and 1:30pm Financial Officer and a director of Friday, 8am practices. The Kohala Center is Parker School Theatre Concord General Corporation, and Mauna Kea Garden Room an independent, not-for-profit, Managing Director of Eldon Capital. community-based center for research, Fishing Panel Energy Panel conservation, and education. The Thursday, 11:45am He spent 10 years, from 1973 to 1983, Sunday, 2:15pm Kohala Center was established in Parker School Theatre as a financial journalist for a variety Parker School Theatre direct response to the request of island of publications, culminating in the

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seascape encounters. Trio of Local Artists Contrast, shadows, and silhouettes Charlotte Nairn empower the canvas. “The vast diversity and beauty of His art embodies the creation is a constant source of pulsing oceanic world amazement to me . . . I have found that of Hawaiì. art simply can’t compete.” Charlotte Nairn was born in Delaware Mike’s art is deeply He has come a long way since his Charlotte’s work in landscapes, and raised in Pennsylvania and the inspired by his life in the surf. He is a boyhood on Hu’e Hu’e Ranch on the seascapes, skies and flora are striking Channel Islands. For the past six years, swimmer, surfer, paddler, and canoe Big Island where his love of the lens impressionistic portraits of the natural she has lived on the Big Island and keeps sailor. He can be found in the water, on bloomed. As a child, Anders and world. She uses light, vivid colors, and an art studio in New York. the sand, or at home on Mount Hualalai his friends often experimented with contrast to instill a sense of the divine. with his wife and two children, paint photography and making videos in the Perhaps it is the spontaneity of her loose She studied Art History in Europe and brush in hand in the midst of surfboards backyard and at the beach. brush strokes or the translation of the Fine Art at the National Academy of and canoe paddles. image pressed from printing plate to Design in New York. Her works have Anders is now an accomplished paper that conveys her deep feelings of been featured at numerous exhibitions Mike is an Oàhu native and only left the photographer as well. He captures the beauty and diversity in nature. in New York, the Contemporary Museum Hawaiian Islands briefly to pursue a BFA unique Hawaiian sea and landscapes at First Hawaiian Center, and throughout from Loyala Marymount University in Los with still photography. Using a wide- Since the late 1980s, the United States. Angeles, California. His area of focus is angle lens and special software, Anders monotypes have been fine art, both giclée and painting, and he can stitch frames together to create Mike Field Charlotte’s primary has also designed graphics for Starbucks, remarkable 360° images. Red Race—A black medium. Transferring Java Juice, and Surf International. silhouette of a man with After graduating from Hawaiì ink or paint from a Anders Carlson angled jaw clenched, Preparatory Academy in Kamuela, he smooth, non-absorbent Six shoulders swing forward, six oars cut arms extended, and attended Menlo College in Silicon plate to paper produces the water in unison, and the synchronized muscles flexed as Valley where he received a degree in monotypes is appealing beauty of the centuries old Hawaiian strong hands grip the Communications with an emphasis because it allows for art of outrigger canoeing is captured in paddle, pushing the Digital Technology. He currently resides great freedom and a wonderfully crafted video by Anders racing canoe through in Kona with his wife Victoria and son experimentation. Carlson called Olamau. the red surf and sky. Oland. Depending on the The strength and Hawaiì born Carlson continues to make technique and materials beauty of Hawaiì exceptional films. His first co-produced used, colors may become steps out through video The Fifth Symphony Document local artist display more luminous, light Mike Field’s bold, won Surfer Magazine’s Video of the Year Kahilu Theare January 6-9, during more enhanced, and richly-colored images of surfers, sunsets, award in 2001. His next film A Common festival theatre hours, and January delineations more obscure. The and canoe paddlers. The characters are Thread was nominated for the same 10 & 11, from 9 to 3pm. Come possibilities are infinite. alone but at ease, deeply immersed in award in 2003. meet the artists Thursday 5-6pm.

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Aurora Robson “The ocean currents have delivered the materials I have to work with.” —aurora robson New York artist Aurora Robson loves to Robson creates colorful installations evoke reactions of surprise and wonder. out of garbage. Her art is visually She applies imagination, whimsy, and a seductive, luring observers away from She focuses her energies to shift near Kamilo Point on the the southeast philosophy of positive transformation to the inimical. Only upon close inspection negative trajectories like nightmares coast of Hawai`i Island. This garbage, an unusual medium. do they discover the logo or insignia of and garbage into works that are collected by volunteers from the Hawai`i a commercial brand, revealing positive. Wildlife Fund, washes ashore regularly Hues of red, pink, the raw material she works from the Pacific gyre. orange, and lavender air- with. Robson grew up on the island of Maui brushed on translucent and it was here that she developed her “The ocean currents have delivered spheres transform Reusing plastic bottles adds appreciation for the positive natural the materials I have to work with,” says discarded plastic bottles a new dimension to Robson’s rhythms of the Earth. Robson. “It will be an immediate, fresh, into intricate micro- art, sharing the diaphanous, and pivotal piece responding to the systems of the human curvilinear qualities she was “I remember the natural magnificence current state of affairs in our oceans and body that resemble an working with in her paintings, of the Haleakala Crater, eucalyptus on our shorelines.” underwater play land. adding new depth both forests, black sand beaches, and picking physically and philosophically. Lilikoi off the vine,” says Robson. “It This is a description of instilled a sense of honor in me, not AURORA ROBSON The Great Indoors, a 44 x 40 x 16 foot Ironically, her creativity is born out of just for the Hawaiian Islands but for the Work-in-Progress Open Studio sculpture Robson created in 2008. The childhood nightmares. Increasing plastic entire planet.” Thurs through Sat, 1–2pm piece was made from 15,000 used wastes are becoming the nightmare Parker School Art Room plastic drinking bottles. of modern day. Robson believes in Robson will be creating a work-in- change and the malleability of matter. progress from plastic debris collected

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Celebrate the Hokuleà and the revival Hokuleà of Polynesian seafaring heritage with the Hawaiian Ohana for Education in the Arts at the PIKO Gallery. The first settlers of the Hawaiian On May 1, 1976, Hokuleà set sail from Photographs taken during the maiden Islands are thought to have sailed Honolua Bay to begin the 2,300-mile voyage of the Hokuleà by the National from the Marquesas Islands using journey to Tahiti. On June 4, 1976, Geographic photographer on the trip Polynesian navigation methods. To thirty-four days after departing Maui, will be on display in the PIKO Gallery test the feasibility of such a journey, Hokuleà arrived into Pape’ete Harbor, on Friday and Saturday from 10am to the Hawaiian Polynesian Voyaging Tahiti. Hokuleà and her crew were 4pm. Voyagers from the trip will be on Society was established in 1973. The met by more than 17,000 people, hand for a special opening ceremony organization constructed a replica of who celebrated the voyage as the first on Thursday at 3pm, and to talk about an ancient double-hulled canoe, which in over 600 years navigated without their experience. they named Hokuleà, and planned instruments on this ancestral Polynesian to sail to Tahiti using traditional sea route. wayfinding techniques under the guidance of Micronesian Master Until recently, traditional wayfinding Navigator Mau Piailug. Their aim was to knowledge and techniques were in determine whether ancient Polynesians danger of being lost. The success of had the equipment, knowledge and Hokuleà’s maiden voyage sparked skill to sail purposefully over the vast pride in Hawaiian and Polynesian hokuleà photo sea distances between Pacific islands, culture and led to a renaissance of exhibit or whether they stumbled upon the voyaging, canoe building, and non- Friday and Saturday Hawaiian Islands by accident. instrument navigation that continues to 10am – 4pm grow across Polynesia, creating a family PIKO Gallery of Pacific voyagers.

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Kenji Williams Kenji Williams is re-shaping the context of communication arts.

BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth) is a Copenhagen Climate Change Summit ‘Living Atlas’ multimedia journey of and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. our world that expresses the deeply encounter an awe-inspiring perspective Kenji Williams will perform at the moving beauty of planet Earth as Bringing together the power of art, in which national boundaries vanish opening night gala, January 5th, at the seen through the eyes of astronauts. technology, and space science, BELLA and the conflicts that divide us become Four Seasons Resort, and again January Created by GAIA provides a less important. 13th when the Waimea Ocean Film award-winning portal for audiences Festival moves to the Four Seasons director and to develop a deeper Kenji Williams is re-shaping the Resort. classically connection and context of communication arts by trained violinist empathy with our pioneering new worlds of musical Kenji Williams planet and conveys composition and performance and in collaboration a broader world pushing the boundaries of film and visual communication. He has earned with NASA, view that the destiny BELLA GAIA international film awards, is frequently BELLA GAIA of humans and our Kenji Williams featured in prestigious media outlets features a live planet Earth are Opening Gala including BBC radio and NPR, and performance inextricably linked. Wednesday, January 5 by Williams In experiencing the collaborates with the most respected Four Seasons Resort Hualalai with orbiting visualizations of Earth Overview Effect, a paradigm-shifting artists of our time. Considered by many as a “next level” multimedia artist, from space. The performance, often sense of universal connection reported Thursday, January 13 received by standing ovations, has by astronauts during spaceflight, Williams delivers a unique and out- Four Seasons Resort Hualalai been featured at venues and events audiences are reminded of the of-this-world experience to audiences worldwide, including the COP15 smallness and fragility of Earth, but also worldwide.

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“Good food, good fun, and good wine at a good price.”

Abrahams sees local restaurants as the “Good food, good fun, and good wine future, with a focus on locally grown at a good price,” is the Red Water foods and flavor. His management of Café’s driving philosophy, and local the Red Water Café embodies this sourcing has proved no bar to menu philosophy, combining home-grown variety, where traditional island fare sourcing with green principles to like Saimin is served alongside VSOP produce dishes that are local through flambéed ribeye and patrons can order their entire value chain. “We stay from the restaurant’s traditional sushi as green as we possibly can,” says bar. The Red Water Café provides a Abrahams. holistic experience, leaving customers satisfied, and feeling good. All of the fish come from sustainable sources - most from Hawaiian waters de Cuisine for the Fairmont Orchid’s and none from long-lining, purse Chef operations. His latest endeavor is the seining, or gill netting - and Abrahams opening of his restaurant, The Red David Abrahams estimates that 90% of his produce Water Café, in the Big Island town of comes from the Big Island. They use and the Waimea. corn-based plastics whenever possible. Even table scraps and production Red Water Café The Red Water Café first came to local trimmings find their way back into prominence in the 70s as a restaurant/ the food chain – they go to local pig watering hole with live music acts Chef David Abrahams began his farmers who provide the smoked pork like Taj Mahal and Cat Stevens. Since culinary journey at the California that features in the Red Water’s Warm then it has changed ownership and Culinary Academy, now Le Cordon Spinach Salad. names several times, but has always Bleu College of Culinary Arts, in San remained the Red Water Café in many Francisco, where he graduated in 1995. locals’ minds. Abrahams brought the He worked as lead cook at Beverly restaurant back to its original location Hills Hotel’s famous Polo Lounge, at in November of 2010, where the Merriman’s, and at The Grill at the newly re-envisioned Red Water Café Fairmont Orchid, where he earned pays homage to the original with live the restaurant its second five-diamond music performances while acting as rating and was promoted to Chef a showcase for Abrahams’ extensive culinary background.

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The Fairmont strives to offer experiences that are authentic, extraordinary and green.

Hawai`i golf course where ocean Guests can wake up to a cup of hot surf sprays up against the fairways. locally grown coffee and a delicious To prevent dangerous run-off and breakfast with fresh apples and leaching, the golf greens are irrigated bananas grown in the hotel gardens. with potable water and weeds are Later, they can take a guided snorkel controlled organically. In addition, tour of one of the healthiest coral all Fairmont golf courses must meet reef systems in Hawaii and learn reef high standards set by the Audubon etiquette. In the evening, guests relax International Cooperative Sanctuary. with a bottle of organic wine and enjoy four star cuisine created with fresh Shrinking its global carbon footprint is organic produce from local farms and a continuing enterprise for Fairmont herbs grown on-site. Hotels. The installation of water- Under the Fairmont Green Partnership efficient showerheads, toilets, and The Fairmont Orchid’s philosophy The Fairmont program, all 50 Fairmont hotels tap aerators has allowed Fairmont is reflected in a client relationship worldwide are committed to Orchid to reduce its water use by 31%. founded in trust and stewardship. The minimizing environmental impact Retrofitting lighting with low-wattage Fairmont strives to offer experiences through local programs and franchise or LED bulbs and updating air that are authentic, extraordinary and green programs that address habitat The Fairmont Orchid graces Pauoa Bay, conditioning, pool heating, and pump green. and species protection, resource a green-blue cove where guests can systems has also significantly lowered conservation, waste reduction, and swim with sea turtles, snorkel among energy consumption at its resorts local sustainability. coral reefs teeming with colorful fish, worldwide. and walk along sugar white sands. The Fairmont Orchid’s Room to Reef Guests are encouraged to pursue project recognizes the impact of hotel To maintain this pristine ecosystem, environmental stewardship through the operations on the marine ecosystem. the Fairmont Orchid partnered with towel and sheet exchange program, Rooms are cleaned with non-toxic, the University of Hawai`i-Hilo in 2003 choosing Eco-Meet solutions for biodegradable products, the grounds to launch the Reef and Fishpond conferences and Green Cuisine for are landscaped organically, and the Monitoring Signature Project. This meals as well as recycling. collaborative effort monitors the pools are treated with low-impact chemicals. presence of nitrates from fertilizers and At the Fairmont Orchid, it’s easy to be a run-off that encourages algae growth, part of the Green Partnership program. which smothers coral. Ecological balance is especially crucial for the Fairmont Orchid’s 36-hole

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Starbucks has made a commitment to be part of a sustainable planet.

use and by 2015 will offer 100 percent keeping Starbucks on target to achieve reusable or recyclable cups. Customers its goal of purchasing 50 percent can help by bringing in their own re- of total energy use from renewable usable mugs or tumblers for a 10-cent energy resources in 2010. Plans are in discount. progress to achieve LEED certification for all new company owned stores, with Currently, 70 percent of Starbucks ten pilot projects underway. stores recycle. Within the next five years, recycling will be available in all Starbucks has also implemented a stores that control waste collection. program that sets the baseline for Landfill wastes are also diminished air conditioning units at 75°, which when customers take advantage of the reduces energy usage while keeping Grounds for Your Garden program. customers comfortable and allowing Last year Starbucks worked with them to leave their jackets at home in Starbucks Coffee Conservation International and The next time you visit Starbucks, sit the summer. Earthwatch Institute to reduce down and look around. emissions from forest burning and Like a cup of coffee, Starbucks’ mission So for each drop of water, each kilowatt clearing, replant rainforests, and teach is based on a small but wholesome Lights in over a 1,000 stores were of light, each joule of energy that brews sustainable coffee farming in Sumatra, concept: “To inspire and nurture the switched to highly efficient LED, your coffee, Starbucks has made a Indonesia, and Mexico. human spirit— one person, one cup, after Starbucks and GE partnered to commitment to be part of a sustainable and one neighborhood at a time.” create an LED solution that fit with the planet. In 2009 eighty-one percent of all coffee feel and ambiance of the Starbucks purchased was certified by C.A.F.E. Back in the 70s, Starbucks sought out experience. Many stores have installed Starbucks is powering the Waimea Practices, a comprehensive set of the finest fresh-roasted beans and cabinets made of 90% post-industrial Ocean Film Festival with coffee, is social, economic, environmental, and provided even part-time baristas with materials with no added formaldehyde helping to host breakfast talks, has quality guidelines developed with stock options and medical insurance. and flooring made of recycled tiles. contributed to the aloha welcome bags Conservation International. Coffee not Employee incentives and quality When available, Starbucks use wood for our filmmakers and speakers, and verified as C.A.F.E Practices was largely continue but Starbucks’ scope has products certified by the Forest is helping to support the event with certified as Fair-trade. grown. Stewardship Council. volunteer staff. And those shiny-metered faucets? They Here in the USA, Starbucks launched Today the corporation boasts over replaced water guzzlers, saving each the first paper coffee cup made with 15,000 stores in 50 countries, and store 150 gallons of water per day, recycled content in 2006. They have shoulders global responsibility. made substantial reductions in plastics

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The Waimea Ocean Film Festival Patrons Mahalo to all of the local businesses Advisory Board depends on the generous support of its Sculpt the Future Foundation who contributed to the auctions to Joe Fagundes sponsors and patrons in order to bring April and Glenn Bucksbaum - make these events so much fun for Cory Van Arsdale together so many films, filmmakers, The Baum Foundation everyone who participated! Irwin Federman speakers and participants into one Sarah and David Woodward Jon Gersonde cohesive event. A big mahalo to all of Irwin and Ceppie Federman Volcano Mist Cottage these businesses and individuals for Anonymous Fairmont Orchid their support. Susanna and Terry Temescu Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Resort A big Thank You to everyone who has Malcolm MacNaughton The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai contributed time and effort to this Dave and Traci Gale Maile Charters event. And to all the volunteers for Sponsors Flip Nicklin staffing the theatres and making the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Ocean Sports event happen. Mauna Kea Resort Special event sponsors Captain Zodiac The Fairmont Orchid Red Water Café Jack’s Dive Locker Of special thanks, this festival would Hawaiì Preparatory Academy Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Starbucks Coffee not have happened without the tireless The Parker School Kona Brewing Company Green With Envy support of Sarah Douglas and Gaia Red Water Café Wallis Estates Fairwind Charters Creative in providing her time and skill Kona Brewing Company Milsal + Partners Traditional Chinese Medical sets for all of the festival design needs Wallis Estates Sarah and David Woodward College of Hawaiì over the past six months. This was a Gaia Creative Four Season Resort Hualalai Kona Boys tremendous effort. Thank you Sarah! Maile Charters Melissa and Cory Van Arsdale Josh Lambus Photography Kona Law Charles Fasano Underwater Video As well, a special thank you to David Ken Ransford Law Services Byars and Jenny Jacobi for diving Milsal Partners Sleek to Chic Salon in to provide a month of their time, Starbucks Coffee Company Canada France Hawaiì Telescope overtime, to Jessica Henley for Corporation providing PR support and time, to Snorkel Bobs Jim Zampanthas for volunteering to Food & Beverage Sponsor Hale Ho’onanea Bed and Breakfast provide production assistance, to Lori Redwater Cafe Beauty by Waimea Magnolias Glover for the work she has done, Kona Brewing Company to Joe Fagundes with Kona Law Wallis Estates for background support, to Muffet Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Calendar for her planning assistance Mauna Kea Beach Resort Board and to Ken Ransford, P.C. for all of his Balbi Brooks work above and beyond. Melissa Yeager Susan Nixon Ceri Whitfield Tania Howard Callie Khourie

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