The Next Generation of Zero Waste: How Recycle Hawaiʻi, Mālama ʻĀina Compostables, and Kaʻū Global Learning Lab Are Raising the Bar
The young people growing up on Hawaiʻi Island today will inherit both the beauty and the burden of decisions being made right now — about waste, climate, land use, and the future of these islands. That is not a rhetorical point. It is a material reality. And it is why investing in youth leadership in the Zero Waste movement is not optional. It is essential. Recycle Hawaiʻi has long believed that meaningful youth engagement looks different from a classroom worksheet or a single beach cleanup. It looks like young people doing real work,...
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Youth from Hawaii and Louisiana Unite to Tackle Plastic Pollution
When negotiators met to finalize the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty in mid-August, the desperate need to stem the growth of toxic plastic pollution rested on the promise that a binding agreement could finally curb the petrochemical industry’s destruction. But as the talks collapsed under the weight of corporate lobbying, youth movements around the world felt what many already knew: Governments aren’t going to save us from plastic. The treaty’s watered-down language — stripped of enforcement mechanisms and loopholes for “recycling...
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