An inspiring progress report on community-building that integrates recent work in "social capital" and "ecological economics" and applies it to the Kauaian style of living in ecosystems and a history of initiative in this isolated rural place.More than a first-hand account of one plantation-cum-resort island on the edge of over-development, this forward-looking assessment charts a course for dramatic change in how Kauaian community resources are managed and island sustainability attained.