Written by Anthony Aalto | Published in AgriculturE If you can live on air alone – don’t read this! But if you need food, then you need to check this out: We have a real chance to commit Hawai‘i to substantially increase the amount of food we grow – which would help preserve farmland and boost our economy. At the moment, according to the USDA, we import at least 90% of everything we eat. Let’s … Read more
Legacy Lands…Why Restrict Us? Written by Diana Kucmeroski | Published in Resilient Habitats & Healthy Communities Tweet The Legacy Lands fund — which allows the state to protect and acquire environmental, cultural, and agricultural important lands — is under attack. This posting is courtesy of Lea Hong from Trust for Public Land on SB2378 SB 2378 Relating to Legacy Lands will be heard on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 2:45 p.m. before the Senate Agriculture and Senate … Read more
Japan Tsunami Marine Debris Bulletin January 2012 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 9 and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) continue to collaborate with Federal and State partners as well as external stakeholders to assess and monitor the movement of the Japan tsunami marine debris. Because computer models predicted that debris may begin impacting Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge now (January/February 2012), our recent efforts have focused on monitoring strategies in the vicinity of … Read more
Annual Meeting Feb 4 11am Kaunoa Senior Center in Pa’ia Potluck, Panel on the Northshore Park. EVENT DATE: sat feb 4th 11am Kaunoa Center— please forward!! Some of Maui’s unsung heros will be honored this Saturday February 4th at the Sierra Club Maui Annual meeting at Kaunoa center in Spreckelsville. UH Maui Biology professor Ann “Frannie” Coppersmith, state biologist Dr. Fern Duvall and environmental advocate Irene Bowie, executive director of Maui Tomorrow Foundation will all … Read more
Looting the Seas is an award-winning project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists looking at forces that are rapidly emptying oceans of fish. In its first installment ICIJ documented the massive black market in threatened bluefin tuna. In the second, it revealed that billions of dollars in subsidies flow into the Spanish fishing industry despite its record of flouting rules and breaking the law. For the last of the three-part investigation, ICIJ reporters focused … Read more
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North Shore Town Clean-Up! Surfrider Foundation in partnership with Maui Sierra Club, Maui Tomorrow, Positive H2o & Community Work Day present the Annual Town Clean-Up at Baldwin Beach Park Sunday, October 16 • 9 am -1 pm Check in by Paia Bay Park 8 am Come malama ka aina at Baldwin Beach, Paia Bay and other north shore locations. Last year’s clean up event brought together over 1,200 volunteers that collected 30,000 pounds of litter … Read more