Episode #43: Cesspools & Wastewater Management For Hawaii's Clean Water, Stuart Coleman

Smart Living Hawaii

Today we will continue our Sustainable Leaders series and have a Talk Story with Stuart Coleman the Executive Director of WAI, Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations. We will go over cesspools & failing septic tanks and how they harm our oceans and drinking water. 53 million gallons of raw sewage is dumped into our oceans and drinking water everyday! If you know nothing about what I just said, keep listening, you will learn so much in an hour and hopefully feel compelled to share with others! Working to reduce sewage pollution and restore healthy watersheds and coral reefs!

Stuart Holmes Coleman is a writer, speaker and environmental advocate. Coleman is the award-winning author of three books (Eddie Would Go; Fierce Heart; and Eddie Aikau: Hawaiian Hero) and the recipient of the Eliot Cades Award for Literature. As a keynote speaker, Coleman has given talks about Hawaiian history and culture, environmental issues, transformational leadership and sustainable development at events in Hawaii, across the United States and in countries like Costa Rica and China. As the former Hawaii Manager of the Surfrider Foundation, he helped pass landmark laws to reduce plastic pollution, create smoke-free beaches & parks and protect water quality. After being selected as an Omidyar Fellow in 2018, Coleman went on to create an environmental non-profit called WAI: Wastewater Alternatives & Innovations, where he serves as the Executive Director. (For more info, go to www.Stuart-Coleman.com or www.WaiCleanWater.org.)

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