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News, updates, finds, stories, and tidbits from staff and community members at KAHEA. Got something to share? Email us at: kahea-alliance@hawaii.rr.com.
Keeping the Call Alive: Makana, Monk Seals and Mauna Kea Fundraiser
Please join us on May 26th from 6-9pm at Calvary by the Sea for an evening of food, fun, and music! We'll have art by Ed Greevy, Meleana Meyer and other local artists for sale. There will be `ono smoke meat plates available for purchase as well as other pupu. Featured artists include Makana with special guest Lono, Jon Osorio and friends, Kawika Kahiapo and Bobby Moderow.
Poli'ahu i ke kapu Mahalo
Hawane extends her gratitude to everyone who voted for Poli’ahu i ke kapu, a tribute to the divine snow goddess of Mauna Kea which recently won in the category of Single, Hawaiian Language for this year’s Big Island Music Awards.
Oppose Unqualified Political Appointee to the Water Commission
Hearing Thurs. Apr. 5 @ 1:15 pm
GMO Labeling Rally
Whether you love them or hate them, why not label Genetically Modified Organisms? Uncle Walter Ritte, longtime activist from Moloka`i organized an event on February 21st to bring attention to both GMO labeling issues and the fact that none of the bills that would require such labeling will be heard this session. Uncle Walter reminded us all that it is our job to pressure lawmakers to take seriously this issue. Read more about Kukunaokalā's (our intern) experience--he went the day they built the ahu for Hāloa on the lawn as well as the day of the consecration and rally. See you next year at the capitol for this issue!
Sierra Club comments to the NSF Portfolio Review Committee
A letter from the Moku Loa Group of the Sierra Club sent to the National Science Foundation to dissuade them from funding the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Save O'ahu Farmlands - Protest and March
This Tuesday, Februrary 21, farmers from across O'ahu will send ten farm tractors on flatbed trucks to circle through the city throughout the lunch hour to protest the loss of farmlands. Two large farms that produce 40% of our locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables are under grave threat of urbanization for the Ho'opili and Koa Ridge projects. Others in Wai'anae and Kahuku-Laie are also in great danger. Farmers know that if these lands are lost, no farm is safe. This "Protest of the Farm Tractors," sponsored by Save O'ahu Farmlands Alliance, is to make the public aware of this crisis. On the following Saturday, February 25, the Save O'ahu Farmlands Rally, March, and Farm Festival will take place at Kaka'ako Waterfront Parks, starting with the Rally at 9:00 a.m., and ending at 2:00 p.m.
Reasons to be hopeful after the ICAʻs decision on UHʻs CMP for Mauna Kea
Courtʻs decision confirms that UHʻs management plan does nothing in itself to protect Mauna Keaʻs resources. The National Science Foundation decides not to fund the TMT.
