Florida

Florida and Hawaii both have environmental and sustainability problems. Populations of both places is rising and for hawaii, the issue is the availability of land. Other problems for Hawaii are the high cost of living and loss of traditional culture. With people moving to the islands there is also environmental damage. A huge problem is the energy dependency issue. The entire island uses abundant amounts of electricity.

South Atlantic

The South Atlantic has many different regions that are known for different foods. Hawaii is known for many different foods as well, like coffee, macadamia nuts, and taro. There are many coffee farms in the Kona area and they are a large tourist trade item. Taro is a crop grown by native farmers and has been a traditional item in Hawaiian diet.

Appalachia

Hawaii has many waterfalls with small rivers that lead to the ocean. Appalachia has massive rivers throughout, which run for many miles. Something they have in common are large valleys or canyons. The water off shore is warm and clear with coral reefs. Wiapio Valley is shown below with may waterfalls that fall into the canyon and then a river out to the ocean.  

http://www.piratecharterskona.com/terrestrialgallery/1.htm

http://www.123rf.com/photo_2415749_beautiful-valley-on-the-oldest-side-of-the-big-island-hawaii.html

Megalopolis

Megalopolis are completely opposite from the Big Island of Hawaii when it comes to cultural perspectives like urban density. Hawaii is not densely populated at all. There are two towns that are the most populated, being Hilo on the Eastern side, and Kona on the Westward side. Both of these places are known for tourism. The types of places are very different, but many travel to these hot spots.











http://www.hellomagazine.com/travel/201106035522/hawaii-photo-gallery/

The North Atlantic Provinces and Northern New England

The geography of this Northern area is completely opposite from the tropical Island of Hawaii. Hawaii was shaped by volcanic activity, and the North Atlantic providences and New England were created by glaciers. As for the climate of this region, it never gets above 90 degrees fahrenheit and winters are long with continuous snow with its lowest temperature at -17 degrees fahrenheit. Hawaii's climate, however,    is consistently warm ranging between 85 degrees and 78% with relatively high humidity.

Population

Hawaii's Big Island of Hawaii has a population of just over 185,000. The population is very diverse with Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Portuguese. Asians are the largest ethnic group at about 40%, whites at about 25%, native hawaiians at 10%, hispanics about 9%, and blacks about 2%. Many are multiracial because of the large numbers of interracial couples.

Sustainability

The Big Island of Hawaii is 95% nonrenewable energy. Fossil fuels are used mostly adn also some coal. There is a new shift in thinking about renewable resources though. Firm renewables, like geothermal energy, comes from the steam from the lava from the volcanoes. Wind farms have also been used as a renewable source of energy, along with hydro dams. Hawaii's air is one of the cleanest in the nation because of the strict laws and regulations on emissions. The Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative is just one of the renewable energy programs.


  
Map of Hawai‘i's Big Island showing the locations of existing renewable energy generation, including solar, ocean, wind, hydroelectric, biomass, and geothermal.

http://www.hawaiicleanenergyinitiative.org/projects-hawaii/

The Nonhuman World

The Hawaiian Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean, just over 2,000 miles southwest of the U.S mainland. The islands are made from a stationary hot spot in the mantle below the Pacific Plate. The Big island is the youngest of the islands which is 400,000 years old. There are 5 volcanoes on the Big Island, some of which are extinct, inactive, active. The lava flows have created the unique shape of the island.

Regions and Ecoregions

The Big Island of Hawaii has many different ecoregions and subregions. The ecoregions of the island are very diverse ranging from snow in the winter at the top of the volcanoes, to hot and humid at the beaches. The island has two very different sides to it. On one side its very dry and barren, and on the other its extremely wet and also humid. 

Big Island of Hawaii

   

References

Mayda, Chros. A Regional Geography of the united states and canada. Lanham, Marylanf: Rowman &   Littlefield, 2013. Print.