From Tyler, our summer fellow from the Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law at the UH Richardson School of Law: My time here at KAHEA has come to an end. School’s about to start back up, which means I’m unavailable until next break. I’ll miss you all. I know what you’re thinking, but who [...]
Posts Tagged ‘activism’
A few last words…
Posted in activism, tagged activism on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Manufacturing Consent
Posted in activism, Haleakala, mauna kea, tagged activism, Haleakala, mauna kea, sacred summits on August 3, 2010 | 3 Comments »
The UH Board of Regents made big “TAH-DAH!” over approving their giant Thirty Meter Telescope project for Mauna Kea this summer. Plenty press releases, plenty press. KAHEA staff tend to kind of shrug over this kind of “approval”, but after hearing so many comments and questions from all of you, we decided we should address [...]
Action Alert: Haleakala Solar Telescope
Posted in activism, Haleakala, tagged action alert, activism, astronomy, Haleakala on August 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On August 26, the BLNR will hear public testimony on the 14-story telescope proposed for Haleakala. We really need community members to show up early, sign up to speak, and give testimony on this giant telescope proposal. You can read the flyer here. From Kilakila Haleakala: All studies done for the proposed project indicate that [...]
Spreading the Word
Posted in environmental justice, food sovereignty, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, cultural rights, environmental justice, landfills, Waianae on July 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Shelley: This weekend we hosted our fourth Environmental Justice Bus Tour–this time with an added stop at the Farmer’s Market. Mahalo to everyone who came out to learn more about Wai`anae! We had a great mix of people hailing from far and wide. Groups represented were Nakem Youth (from Kalihi), CEJE, Hawai`i Farm Union, [...]
Come Talkstory – Shoreline Fishing Issues at Ka‘ena – June 27th
Posted in conservation, environmental justice, fisheries, food sovereignty, tagged activism, fishing on June 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Marti: On Sunday June 27th starting at about 2:00 pm, fishers and ‘ohana will be gathering in Waiawa to discuss issues surrounding the management of Ka‘ena Point on O‘ahu. (Click to see map) Located at the most northwest point of O‘ahu, Ka‘ena is one of the last relatively wild shorelines left on the island. [...]
Tight fit at the LUC
Posted in environmental justice, land and cultural rights, tagged activism, environmental justice, land and cultural rights, LUC on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Shelley: Last month, we went to the Land Use Commission for the proposed rezoning of agriculture land to industrial land in the back of Lualualei Valley. From the moment I got there I felt lost–the actual hearing room is tucked away on the 4th floor with very little signage. The building is set with [...]
Riding the Justice Bus
Posted in activism, environmental justice, tagged activism, environmental justice, human health and justice, land and cultural rights, Waianae on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Shelley: Last weekend we hosted the third Environmental Justice tour of Wai’anae. We had a nice mix of people hailing from different parts of the island and from many different backgrounds–professors, students, locals, newcomers, young, and not so young–it was great. Before I begin the breakdown of what we saw, I just have to [...]
Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae
Posted in activism, tagged activism, environmnetal justice, human health and justice on May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at AFSC, about a great summer learning opportunity for high-schoolers on O’ahu: We are Ka Makani Kaiaulu o Wai’anae. We are learning how to promote environmental justice in Wai’anae. We know there is a problem – environmental racism. We swim and play in these waters. We eat food from the land and [...]
A tale of two cities?
Posted in conservation, tagged activism, conservation, land and cultural rights, maui, NAR on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A tale of two cities? One protected, one destroyed. Comments were due today on a proposal to protect 1,500 arces of a rare leeward koa forest on Maui. The Nakula NAR is a small, but important subset of the huge Kahikinui Forest Reserve. It is home to rare native plants and trees… what is more [...]
Thousands March Against Fish Farms in B.C.
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, tagged activism, Aquaculture, fish, ocean protection on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Close to 5,000 people gathered this past weekend, the culmination of a 500 km march, led by biologist Alexandra Morton, to protest open ocean fish farms and the impacts they are having on wild fish in British Columbia. As we open our doors to open ocean farms for ahi in Hawai’i, do we have something [...]
Action Alert: Save East Maui Streams!
Posted in activism, conservation, kalo, taro, tagged action alert, activism, taro, water rights on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at NHLC: The State Water Commission meets on May 19, 2010 May 26th (UPDATE: Date change!) to act on the latest round of petitions by East Maui residents seeking to restore stream flow to 19 East Maui streams, when HC&S is WASTING water being diverted. Na Moku Aupuni O Ko`olau Hui is [...]
April Round-up on Pono Aquaculture
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, fisheries, food sovereignty, ocean protection, tagged activism, Aquaculture, ocean protection on April 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mahalo to Rob Parsons (our amazing Food and Water Watch Hawaiʻi Outreach Coordinator and our friend and fellow member of the Pono Aquaculture Alliance) for this April round-up on efforts towards sustainable, pono aquaculture in Hawai’i: The month of April has been full-tilt on the forefront of aquaculture issues in Hawaii, and beyond. We announced [...]
Farms, Not Dumps for Wai’anae Coast
Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, food sovereignty, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged action alert, activism, agricultural lands, agriculture, environmental justice, land and cultural rights, landfills, sustainability on April 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Action Alert! Today, despite overwhelming community support for protecting local farm lands, developers are pushing Honolulu Councilmembers to approve a “purple spot,” a new industrial zone in the middle of green Lualualei Valley on the Waianae Coast. This industrial zone would urbanize precious agricultural and preservation lands, paving the way for industrial parks, landfills, and [...]
Turtle Bay Win!
Posted in land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, EIS, ocean protection on April 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You’ve probably seen in the papers over the last few days, news of the Supreme Court win for Keep the North Shore Country and Sierra Club Hawaii Chapter. The ruling states that the 1985 EIS developed for a massive proposed development (5 hotels and 1,000 resort condos) on O’ahu’s North Shore, indeed does need an [...]
No Property, No Say, and No Plan
Posted in land and cultural rights, mauna kea, tagged activism, mauna kea, mauna kea CMP on February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
From Miwa: Back in January, we posted here about some disappointing news: the denial by the Hawai’i State Board of Land and Natural Resources (Land Board) and Judge Hara (3rd Circuit) of our right to a administrative review (contested case) on UH’s new “management plan” for Mauna Kea. We have now waded through the findings [...]
Amazing Turn-out, But Commission Disappoints.
Posted in ocean protection, tagged activism, kawela bay, ocean, ocean protection, shoreline protection on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On the morning of Thursday, February 4th, the State Land Use Commission hearing was a packed house–wall to wall green shirts as over 60 people literally “stood up” for protecting some of O’ahu’s last wild shoreline. After 23 years of inaction by developers, Defend Oahu Coalition filed a motion with the State Land Use Commission [...]
“Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection, tagged activism, conservation, cultural rights, fisheries, legislature, ocean protection on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Alana: As a result of many letters being sent to state representatives, Rep. Mazie Hirono has decided to co-sponsor the “Offshore Aquaculture is not Fishing Act of 2009″. The bill asserts that under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and regional fishery [...]
Hawaii’s aqua culture
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, conservation, fisheries, food sovereignty, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged activism, conservation, cultural rights, endangered species, fisheries, hawaii, island sustainability, sustainability on August 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
From Alana: From “Hawai’i has a lot to gain from open ocean aquaculture” in today’s Honolulu Advertiser: Just as we need to be off imported oil, we need to be off imported seafood. This opportunity can be an economic engine for Hawai’i, and hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake.Let’s not stand in our [...]
Hawaii’s Renewable Portfolio Standards: Aggressive But in Need of Qualification
Posted in 1, activism, climate change, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, biofuels, cap and trade, climate change, climate justice, conservation, energy, energy independence, energy law, environmental justice, fossil fuels, global warming, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, management, northwestern hawaiian islands, ocean, oceans, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standards, sustainability on July 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
From: Andrea Just last month, Act 155 was passed in the Hawaii Legislature, amending Hawaii’s renewable energy law. One of the highlights of this amendment was the strengthening of Hawaii’s Renewable Portfolio Standards (often abbreviated as RPS). These standards are binding for electric utility companies, which must satisfy the specified percentage of their net electricity [...]
KAHEA Lawsuit Makes Headlines
Posted in activism, conservation, fisheries, Hawaiian Monk Seal, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, culture, fisheries, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection on July 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
HONOLULU ADVERTISER, ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS WIRE REPORT ON CONTROVERSY by Stewart: KAHEA’s complaint asking a Hawaii court to require the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to follow state law concerning permits for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Monument has made news, as Hawaii’s largest newspaper and a national environmental wire service both published [...]
Draft Science Plan Public Hearing: Grandfathering-in Permitted Activities
Posted in activism, conservation, Hawaiian Monk Seal, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, beaches, conservation, coral, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, hawaii, hearing, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, malama, management, marine protected area, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, superferry, sustainability, whales on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Last night at the public hearing on the Draft Science Plan for Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, held at the monument office in Hawaii Kai, a troubling consequence of the lack of environmental review was elucidated. One of the Science Plan authors stated that research activities that have already been permitted are assumed to [...]
KAHEA SUES STATE TO PROTECT NWHI
Posted in conservation, fisheries, Hawaiian Monk Seal, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged activism, coral, cultural rights, culture, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“This is not the wild west; there are laws here. Laws that are meant to protect our natural resources and the best interests of Hawaii’s people. DLNR must follow these laws.” — Kumu Hula Vicky Holt-Takamine, KAHEA’s Board President.
Natural Rights: Not Ours, But Nature’s
Posted in activism, climate change, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged activism, conservation, corporations as persons, cultural rights, endangered species, environmental justice, ethics, extinction, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legal rights, legislature, monk seals, natural rights, nature, ocean protection, sustainability on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From: Andrea Most people are familiar with our inalienable natural rights, as John Locke summed up as life, liberty, and property. But what about nature’s right to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve? These are the inalienable legal rights that the town of Shapleigh, Maine, voted to grant to nature last February. Now, in the town [...]
Got Input for the Army on its Environmental Investigations? Apply by August 14!
Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, military toxics, other, tagged activism, conservation, cultural rights, development, environmental justice, island sustainability, malama, militarization, military, military toxics, sustainability on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii is soliciting community interest in creating a Restoration Advisory Board as part of the Military Munitions Response Program for two sites near the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area. The motivation for the Restoration Advisory Board is to enable community participation in environmental issues on previously used military training sites. Currently, [...]
32 Tons of Marine Litter Removed: Sadly, the Tip of the Iceberg
Posted in activism, conservation, environmental justice, Hawaiian Monk Seal, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged access, activism, beach access, beaches, conservation, cultural rights, development, environmental justice, hawaii, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, marine protected area, marine reserve, monk seals, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, ocean protection, oceans, shoreline, sustainability on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea The U.S. Coast Guard removed 32 tons of debris from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the Fourth of July weekend. Much thanks to the Coast Guard for ameliorating the health of our oceans! See the Honolulu Advertiser article: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090713/BREAKING01/307130004/U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20removes%2032%20tons%20of%20debris%20from%20Northwestern%20Hawaiian%20Islands?GID=e/Si+j1sOYkNlMXAMxQScaqw1wgB5/Nurtn+5iNvNh8%3D While I am glad that efforts to clean up marine litter are taking place, [...]
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