Hawaii Archives - Shaping Youth

Culture Clash: STD App’s Naming Gaffe Goes Viral

April 3, 2014 by Amy Jussel 6 Comments

July 19, 2014 Update: Mahalo and 'Ho'omaika'i 'ana (thank you and congratulations) for the corporate social responsibility exhibited by the Hula app founders and developers who have officially renamed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Branding & Consumerism Tagged With: behavior change, campus safety apps, CDC Teen Sexual Health, Change the name of the STD alert, college STD clinic finder, cultural appropriation, diversity and health, hapa haole, Hawaii, Hawaiian culture, Hawaiian heritage, history of hula, Hula, Hula app, Hula app petition, Hula is sacred, hula stereotypes, kamaaina, Merrie Monarch Hula Festival, mHealth, mobile apps, napalapalaiolaka, Native Hawaiians, Ramin Bastani, sexed, sexual health, STD-prevention, STDs, STDS/HIV-exposure, youth apps, Youth public health, YTH, YthLive

Green Toys and Fun Finds With Big Kid Appeal: Ten Under $10 Pt. 2

December 22, 2009 by Amy Jussel 4 Comments

Dec. 23, 2009 Shhhhhh...I'm snagging one of the new "Smencils" that just arrived today 'cause I figure 'less is more' and 'variety is the spice' when it comes to stocking stuffers...She doesn't need a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Interactive Games, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Nutrition & Wellness, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 10 eco-friendly toys, adventure trading cards, anti-consumption, Baby Honu, budget, children, Digital, eco, eco literacy, eco-friendly, EcoChilds Play, edu tech, education, Elf-Island, Everett Peacock, frugal, geckos, Get 'Em Outside, Gill McBarnet, Good Quests, green, green goods, green shopping, green toys, Hawaii, islanders, kidlit, leatherback turtles, literacy, migration, My Daddy Taught Me to Surf, Nature-Deficit-Disorder, NCLI, New Dream, outdoor play, penguin, Plan Toys, reach and teach, Richard-Louv, Room to Read, stocking stuffers, surf, Sustainability, Tammy Yee, Teens Turning Green, Ten under $10, The Goodnight Gecko, The Great Turtle Race, The Parrot Talks in Chocolate, TikiBar, Tiwaka, Toys, TTG, Turtles, Xeko

REVERB Rocks The Eco-Concert Scene: Green Teens?

August 3, 2009 by Amy Jussel 13 Comments

Update: April 20, 2012 With Outlands SF tickets going on sale yesterday and Earth Day on Sunday, it's the perfect time to 'show and tell' why concerts are the perfect venue to teach stewardship of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, EcoKids-Environment, Emerging trends & STEM, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Mobile Media, Apps & Gaming, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: 21st century concert experience, Advertising, aging, antitrust, audience engagement, Black Eyed peas, Bridge School Benefit, carbon offsets, child exploitation, Dave Welsh, Digital, DMB, eco, eco rideshare, ecorazzi, entertainment, environmental, fans, Fergie, green concerts, Green-Teens, Grey's Anatomy, growing older with concerts, guitarist, Hawaii, hipster, How to Save a Life, Isaac Slade, Live Nation, merchandising, merger, mobile, New Media Academies, OxFamAmerica, participatory texting, Peapod Foundation, PickupPal, power of big media, renewable energy, REVERB, reverbrock.org, rock concerts, Save the Music Foundation, SMS Text, social justice, Stonyfield Farm, sustainable economies, that was then this is now, The Fray, The Killers, Ticketmaster, VH1, youth, Zippo lighter app

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