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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.
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.
Monk Seals Should be Saved, Not Shot!
The recent killings of Hawaiian monk seals on Kauai and Molokai have highlighted the divide in our community over the role of this endangered animal. There are monk seal enthusiasts who see them as cuddly cuties on one end and monk seal haters who are killing them on the other extreme. I'd like to think most people are somewhere in the middle (but hopefully not apathetic). I think it's undeniable that seals are nuisances to fishermen, and no doubt they can be aggressive--but that doesn't mean we should condone wiping them off the face of the earth.
"The Economy of Aloha" by Kealoha Pisciotta
"The Economy of Aloha" by Kealoha Pisciotta, KAHEA's new Board President
In live color!
We've been working hard to get holiday cards out the door and in to your mailboxes. This year we featured a collage of some of the work over the last year, view this blog to see the collage in full color.
Ask and we shall receive!
Creative ways to give to KAHEA and support the effort to protect Hawaii's natural and cultural resources.
Aloha a hui hou, Aunty Marion
Celebrating the life of the late, great Marion Kelly. A woman who will be greatly missed. Mahalo Aunty for your many years of fighting for Hawaii and its people.
