On Tuesday night, at Church of the Crossroads, organizers held a first organizational meeting towards forming a islands-wide Food Policy Council. What is a Food Policy Council? Food Policy Councils (FPCs) bring together individuals and community members from diverse food-related sectors to examine how the food system is operating and to develop recommendations on how [...]
Posts Tagged ‘land and cultural rights’
Get Involved! Growing a Food Policy Council for Hawai`i
Posted in activism, Aquaculture, food sovereignty, gmo, island sustainability, kalo, land and cultural rights, taro, tagged agricultural lands, food sovereignty, kalo, land and cultural rights, taro on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Three Facts, Three Questions
Posted in mauna kea, tagged land and cultural rights, mauna kea on November 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago, the TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope) Corporation submitted their application for a Conservation District Use Permit for their proposed telescope development, and accompanying office building, road and parking lot. If approved, this development will represent the largest expansion of industrial land use on Mauna Kea’s summit in 15 years. You can download [...]
Update: Conservation Rules Rollbacks
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, tagged conservation, land and cultural rights on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mahalo to EVERYONE who came out to make their voice heard on proposed changes to rules governing conservation and coastal lands in Hawai`i. On relatively short notice, nearly 700 individuals and 34 organizations representing thousands more put down their name to tell the Lingle Administration and DLNR, “Hey, not so fast!” on these proposed rules [...]
Ahi Feedlot Abandons Ship!
Posted in Aquaculture, fisheries, food sovereignty, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged Aquaculture, food sovereignty, land and cultural rights, ocean protection on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mahalo to all who took action in the last few months, asking the Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing on a permit to allow Hawai’i Ocean Technology, Inc. (HOTI) to build a proposed 247-acre ahi tuna feed lot off the Kohala Coast. 100% of the feed for this project would be imported [...]
No Public Speaking Allowed?
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, military toxics, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, tagged land and cultural rights, militarization, navy, NWHI, ocean protection, whales on September 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We attended the Honolulu scoping meeting on the Navy’s planned expansion of sonar and underwater munitions testing and training activities two weeks ago. We’re still working on processing the information and our thoughts about the process. In the meantime, we thought we’d share these thoughts from Uncle Jim on Moku o Keawe about their experience [...]
Screening of Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
Posted in activism, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, tagged land and cultural rights, mauna kea, sacred summits on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Aloha `ohana, Last week Wednesday, a group of about 25 or 30 people came together for a screening of the film Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege from Puhipau and Joan at Na Maka o ka Aina. Mahalo also to Native Books/Na Mea Hawai`i for hosting us, to Rey for mixing the `awa for us, and [...]
Community Greets Land Use Commission
Posted in environmental justice, tagged environmental justice, industrialization, land and cultural rights, Waianae on August 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Wednesday (8/18/2010) about 25 Wai`anae residents and supporters came out to wave signs expressing their opposition to a proposed industrial park in Lualualei Valley. People, young and old, and of all different walks of life stood side by side, sharing messages of strength and solidarity. The mission was really two fold–yes, we were [...]
Reading: Environment Hawai’i, August Issue
Posted in activism, environmental justice, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, other, tagged environmental justice, land and cultural rights, NWHI, ocean protection on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We got our August issue of the excellent Environment Hawai’i in the mail the other day! On DAR’s proposed list of activities that they believe should be exempted from doing environmental assessment, they write, “DAR’s proposed list appears to exempt every type of permit and license issued by the division.” Including live rock and coral [...]
Super Intervenors: An Update
Posted in activism, environmental justice, tagged environmental justice, industrialization, kaolae, land and cultural rights, Waianae on August 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(Mahalo to the talented Mark Fiesta for the picture) The latest scoops from legal intern Tyler on legal proceedings around the push to protect agricultural and preservation lands in Waianae currently threatened with industrialization. Fenceline to farms and homes, an industral park and new landfill are proposed on this area in the middle of one [...]
Exemptions Gone Wild
Posted in activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, ocean protection, telescopes, tagged Haleakala, HEPA, land and cultural rights, mauna kea, NWHI, process on August 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Generally, under today’s environmental laws, certain kinds of projects have to do an environmental review (Like an EIS). Other kinds of projects can be exempted. The BP oil spill at Deepwater Horizon has been a sobering reminder of why these kinds of environmental reviews and exemptions are so critical. (Can you believe THIS was exempted [...]
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 [...]
Tell ‘um, Chris Lee!
Posted in activism, tagged ceded lands, land and cultural rights on May 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We’re liking this op-ed by Rep Chris Lee, in Tuesday’s Advertiser, on why selling state lands to fix the state budget is an exceptionally bad idea. An excerpt: The sale of state land makes exceptionally poor financial sense and cheats taxpayers out of billions of dollars. More important, it defies our constitutional obligation to hold [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Hawaiʻi Undersea Military Munitions Assessment
Posted in activism, environmental justice, military toxics, tagged healthy hawaii, human health and justice, land and cultural rights, military, military toxics on May 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Video and article on the Hawai’i Undersea Military Munitions Assessment–the search to find legacy dumped munitions around Hawai’i, in the UH Malamalama: “…the first study of possible chemical weapons sites in Hawaiʻi and the most comprehensive study ever taken in U.S. waters…” http://www.hawaii.edu/malamalama/2010/04/underwater-ordnance/
NRC admonishes U.S. Army for DU Monitoring Plan
Posted in activism, environmental justice, military toxics, tagged human health and justice, land and cultural rights, toxic hawaii on May 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Now that the U.S. Army has admitted to the presence of depleted uranium at its Hawaiʻi live fire training ares, the Army has applied to the NRC for a permit to possess DU at Pohakuloa Training Area. If granted, the permit would allow remains of depleted uranium spotter rounds from the Army’s cold-war-era Davy Crockett [...]
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 [...]
Conservation Fund Raid?
Posted in activism, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, tagged land and cultural rights on April 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great piece of investigative reporting by local journalist Ian Lind yesterday, on push by Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Mufi Hanneman to raid a public fund dedicated to conservation lands for rail development projects. That means diverting approximately $3 million+ dollars intended for important agricultural lands, conservation lands, and sacred cultural sites. The Mufi administration is [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
More Like Department of Health-Right-to-Know Act
Posted in 1, activism, environmental justice, island sustainability, land and cultural rights, legislature, tagged activism, environmental justice, land and cultural rights, legislature on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From: Andrea Sparked by curiosity about the legal procedure for chemical spills and releases, I have been researching the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community-Right-to-Know Act. After days picking apart the details of this Act and related regulations, I am left to wonder where I may find the “Community-Right-to-Know” aspect. It seems like it should be [...]
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