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The sustainability radio show airs every other Friday from noon - 1:00 PM on KKCR. Tune to 91.9 FM island wide or you can stream the show via the internet at www.kkcr.org.
Today we talk with in-studio guest Ken Stokes (www.Kauaian.net) about ecological footprinting, a method to measure your impact on the environment. Tune in to understand how you measure up to the rest of the world! For more information on ecological footprinting check Ken's Sustainability Blog Article on the subject or visit The Global Footprint Network's website.
The Kauaian Institue's
F. Kenneth Stokes
Executive Director
MBA, Stanford
Mr. Stokes is a seasoned economist, strategic planner, and entrepreneur with business, government, and social sector experience. An island resident since 1987, Ken has been living on Kaua`i and active in community-based orgs since 1991.
He is the author of “Tending the Garden Island (Kauaian Press, 2002), and “Kaua`i Towns” (forthcoming).
His recent research has included creating sustainable development indicators, assessing ecotourism prospects in Hawai`i, forecasting local real estate market activity, designing a community development indicators project, mapping town demographics, and assessing the market size for recreation.
He has worked in Hawaii's technology and tourism sectors as an entrepreneur and strategy consultant. In the late 1980s, he managed the islands’ first technology incubator, the Kaimuki Technology Enterprise Center (KAITEC). He also successfully launched AlohAmenities, Inc., an upscale guest services firm in Honolulu, which he sold in 1991 upon moving to Kaua`i.
In the early 80s, he served as senior strategy consultant for McManis Associates in Washington DC before starting his own San Francisco firm, StratEcon, Inc., to provide economic strategy consulting for clients throughout the West.
Prior to his consulting career, he served as Chief Economic Planner for the City of New Haven, CT, where he was also elected to two terms on the Board of Aldermen in the late 1970s.
Stokes completed 3 years of doctoral study in Urban Economics at Syracuse University in the early 1970s, and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1986.
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