Na Moku Aupuni o Ko‘olau Hui – The long road to water The first water meeting I went to was 32 years ago. My high school boyfriend asked me to go with his grandfather, the legendary, James Keolaokalani Hueu Jr. Back then the little Ke‘anae School cafeteria meetings were standing room only, spilling out on […]
Posts from 2017
East Maui Contested Case Hearing Final Arguments Monday
East Maui Contested Case Hearing Final Arguments Public Meeting: Monday October 9th at 5pm Ha‘iku Community Center, Maui Commission on Water Resource Management will hear oral arguments Monday. It has been learned that each lawyer will have 30 minutes to present their reaction to findings. Updates can be see at East Maui Water facebook event […]
SenesTech Answers Regarding ContraPest
The following questions were sent to SenesTech on June 23rd, 2017 regarding the safety of their ContraPest product. Their answers were sent in red, as you see below, 10+ weeks later, September 6th, 2017. SenesTech came to Hana School on a reconnaissance trip to learn more about the degree of rat problem on the […]
East Maui Water Study
Our story begins in the heart of Maui, where Hawaiian traditions and values are practiced daily by the kuaʻāina of Nā Koʻolau. Nā Koʻolau region currently holds the second wettest place on Earth. For the past 120 years the farmers of East Maui have been in battle with one of Hawaiʻi’s largest commercial land owners, […]
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Where’s The Beef? A&B Jeopardizes a Natural Industry
When I heard it I could hardly believe it. I got in my car and drove straight to the young woman who went on a recent tour with A&B to hear about recent agriculture activities. Baffling news regarding Bt corn, Genetically Modified Maize. CRITICAL TESTIMONY TO TRUTH FROM AUTUMN NESS HERE: My mind swims with […]
STOP A&B from Stealing Water for Bt Corn
CRITICAL TESTIMONY VIDEO MADE AVAILABLE: UPDATE: Must Watch suggestions inserted throughout this announcement. Full Sept. 5th, 2017 Maui County Council Policy, Economic Development & Agriculture Committee Meeting Here On Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 at 9am real estate investment corporation, Alexander & Baldwin (A&B), will propose their “diversified agriculture” plan to the Maui County Council Policy, Economic […]
Turn Green Waste Into Fuel
THiS WEDNESDAY Attention Hawai‘i Island Residents: HOFA Biodigester Workshop Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:00 am – 12:00 pm South Kona Farmer Doug Pittman will lead participants in making a biodigester to create fuel from green waste on their farms. Pittman will demonstrate how to construct the digester, feed it with vegetable matter, inoculate the slurry, […]
Hawaii State Senate
2017 Hawai‘i Senators, Phone List Here Hawaii State Senate The Hawaii State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state legislature is a bicameral body consisting of a lower house, the Hawaii State House of Representatives, with 51 representatives, and an upper house, the 25-member Hawaii State Senate. There are […]
Hawaii Senator Phone List
Action alerts demand that Hawai‘i residents have tools for Calls to Action Provided here is the Hawaii State Senator Phone List: Hawaii Senator Telephone List
Straight Up Moloka‘i Good News
Moʻomomi North Coast of Molokaʻi Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area Proposal Key species in the north coast of Moloka`i such as moi, uhu, and kole are declining, while kūmū and ula (lobster) populations have nearly disappeared. In 1994, the Moloka`i Subsistence Task Force report showed that Moloka`i relies heavily on subsistence fishing and gathering. Resource health […]
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