Anima/Soul

So, dear readers of Kuehu Lepo, the wiliwili is in blossom (which traditionally meant that it was also the time that the sharks were having their babies, so not a good time to go swimming, since mama shark in mother bear mode, not good) and I have started a new blog collective thingy called Anima/Soul: A Gathering Place. Come on over, check it out, and contribute a comment or a blog post or a quote or a photo.  No sked, do it!  :)

George Helm

Nohealani Kaʻawa in testimony supporting the preservation of Waikapuna quoting George Helm at the PONC (Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resouces) Commission:

A native Hawaiian man can sit on a spot at the beach and feel the ocean and the wind and sky and sense their ancestors there in that place with them, and know that they must care for the place so that their descendants can also experience these things.

A Western man will sit in the exact same place and say: “How can I make this work for me?”

(my paraphrase)

Henry Curtis in the House!

I was super-honored that Henry Curtis (who is an all-around legendary force to be reckoned with in the sustainability and energy arena here in Hawaii) attended the session I moderated at the Hawaii Ag Conference, but not only that he wrote a blog post about it.  You should read it because the three panelists that I had the honor of introducing are amazing young thinkers and do-ers. Thank you, Henry! Thank you, Life of the Land for always showing up with the hard questions for the powers that be!

http://www.ililani.media/2017/08/climate-change-and-indigenous.html

Also, if you are a Ka'u person, please testify in support of the Ka'u CDP (Community Development Plan) on Wednesday, September 6 at 9:15 in person at the County Council Chambers in Hilo or by video-conference at the State Office Building in beautiful downtown Na'alehu.  The CDP will help to keep Ka'u's coastline undeveloped and its lands in agriculture.