From Marti: Late in the day on December 23rd, the final version of the Monument management plan was quietly published on the Papahānaumokuākea website. No press release. No email to the list serv. Just a quick post on the eve of the Eve of Christmas, which just happened to get picked up in a google [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Are they hoping nobody would notice?
Posted in climate change, land and cultural rights, ocean protection, tagged coral, management plan, marine habitat, monk seal, Monument, northwestern hawaiian islands, NWHI, ocean, Papahanaumokuakea, turtle on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Petition for Sustainable USDA
Posted in activism, food sovereignty, gmo, tagged action, activism, gmo, sustainable agriculture on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From guys at Roots of Change: Friends: Signing this petition is important if we are going to have sustainable and urban health leadership in the Department of Agriculture. At the end are some of my thoughts why we need this. Michael Dimock, president of Roots of Change http://www.rocfund.org/ reports that he was on a conference [...]
Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary = Bad News for Organic
Posted in food sovereignty, gmo on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Organic Consumer’s Association: The announcement that former Iowa Governor, Tom Vilsack, has been selected as the new Secretary of Agriculture sent a chill through the sustainable food and farming community who have been lobbying for a champion in the new administration. “Vilsack’s nomination sends the message that dangerous, untested, unlabeled genetically engineered crops [...]
State Auditor Criticizes Superferry Exemption
Posted in ocean protection, tagged ocean protection, superferry on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Front page news: “Allowing ship to sail without EIS sets risky precedent, auditor says.” Nice to have it affirmed, but isn’t that what we all knew LAST year? Sigh. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081218/NEWS09/812180367
Lubchenco to head NOAA
Posted in ocean protection, tagged noaa, NWHI, oceans on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From todayʻs Washington Post, looks like Oregon Professor will be tapped to head up the National Ocean and Atospheric Administration. NOAA is one of three co-trustees (the other two are the Department of Interior and the State of Hawaii) entrusted with conservation of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/18/lubchenco_will_helm_national_o.html
No Poke Pele!
Posted in 1 on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From Marti: It was a surprise to me that there are still geothermal speculators on the Big Island. I thought the community ran them out of town long ago. And for good reason, too, according to this story. Super offensive! And they did it more than once! Do they have a permit for this sort [...]
Taro and Coffee are safe on Hawai’i Island
Posted in 1 on December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lele ka houpo i ka ʻoliʻoli! The heart leaps for joy! In November, Hawaii Island County Council passed a visionary law to ban GMO-taro and coffee on Hawaii Island. For the 1st time in world history, and thanks to your overwhelming support, the public has successfuly supported protections of a sacred, indigenous plant from dangerous, [...]
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