The Making of Opalavision

Watch new episodes of Opalavision monthly.
The channel launches featuring these stories:

  • Mayor Mufi Hanneman talks to our hosts about why Opalavision is so important to the City and County of Honolulu.
  • There’s No Power Like H-POWER – We take a behind-the-scenes look at how the H-POWER plant on Oahu takes waste and converts it to energy to power Oahu’s homes.
  • Pimp My Ride, City and County Edition – Think that recycling truck is just a giant tub with a driver up front? Our Trash Investigative Reporter hops in for a ride in the big truck.
  • Henry Kapono’s commitment to recycling – Our own Opala expert, Jonah, interviews Henry Kapono about his decades-long commitment to preserving our island paradise through his support of the City and County of Honolulu’s recycling efforts.
  • Food For Worms – The Opalavision team shows how some elementary school students get their hands dirty in the name of recycling – elbow deep in an 18-foot worm composting bin!
  • It’s Cool for Condos – Opalavision’s Cody Cool takes a look at Chateau Waikiki and points out just how easy it is for a condo building to get a recycling program started with the City’s help.
  • Did you know? – A regular segment in which our own Opala expert, Jonah, gives us some facts about recycling that can keep us all motivated to help sustain a greener Hawaii.
About Opalavision
The City’s Department of Environmental Services (ENV) was invited by Oceanic Time Warner Cable to pioneer programming for The Green Channel (332). The Green Channel is an interactive television channel for digital cable subscribers, plus online viewing through a web interface on opala.org.

ENV’s programming is called “Opalavision,” a play on “opala,” the Hawaiian word for garbage, which has been the focus of many ENV public awareness campaigns and branding for our website. Opalavision will be a recycling resource complementing opala.org.

Opalavision presents informative messages about recycling programs on Oahu in entertaining three-minute episodes. The hosts are young, local actors, who take viewers on journeys about how refuse travels from home to the processing centers or how schools make a difference through recycling projects such as food waste composting with worms.

Their characters are recycling akamai, or like Ari, just think they are. Each episode will inspire action and show how each of us can make a difference to our environment.

About The Green Channel
Oceanic Time Warner Cable is producing The Green Channel (332), the first eco-conscious television network in the nation. The locally produced channel will provide viewers a single source to explore information about eco-friendly initiatives aimed at preserving Hawaii’s island paradise.

The Green Channel is being designed around genres of programming that will be developed and introduced incrementally in partnership with businesses, organizations and individuals, covering energy, water, transportation, etc. The Green Channel launches with focus on one of today’s most important environmental issues about how recycling and intelligent waste management contribute to our island’s sustainability.
© 2005 City & County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services.