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50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save Hawaii is a book by Gail L. Grabowsky (ISBN 1-57306-277-4) and is published by Bess Press. The book describes 10 environmental challenges facing Hawaii: the loss of pristine places; coral reef degradation; overharvesting of marine resources; solid waste management; hazardous waste management; water consumption; energy; pollution; global warming; and the loss of culture.

The book has sold out its first printing and resulted in multiple TV interviews and newspaper articles.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/May/07/ln/FP705070343.html

The Honolulu Weekly (http://honoluluweekly.com/cover/story-continued/2007/04/sustainability-made-simple/)
states, "Gail L. Grabowsky penned her recent release, 50 Simple Things You Can Do To Save Hawai‘i, with the aim to inspire readers to malama ka‘aina (care for the land). Her handbook (printed on recycled paper of course) is unique in that she focuses solely on sustainability practices relevant to Hawai‘i".

50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save Hawaii has also been endorsed (and listed) by the prestigious Mālama Hawai‘i organization. http://www.malamahawaii.org/maction.html

Dr. Grabowsky (PhD in botany - Duke University) is Director of Environmental Studies at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii and serves on the Hawaii State Environmental Council. She is also a longstanding member of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Monument (formely the CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM RESERVE) Advisory Counsil. In 1994, Dr. Grabowsky (by her married name, Gail L. Grabowsky Kaaialii) starred in the PBS documentary, "The Shape of Life" http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/explorations/bio_kaaialii.html. Dr. Grabowsky is also a multiple Waikiki Double Rough Water Swim winner as well as a champion outrigger canoe paddler.