Covered Button Hair Ties for the Children of Fukushima  – Kira Lira Life – Shine From Within くるみボタン After the devastating earthquake in Japan in 2011, Akiyo Murata on Maui started making blankets for the people of Japan. At that time, a Hawaiian clothing company called Sig Zane donated their artistically printed fabric to Akiyo.After … Read more

March 7 Taste of School Gardens — Buy Tickets Click Here: 2015 Taste of School Gardens Menus Announced! You are invited to the 3rd Annual Grow Some Good: Taste of School Gardens event March 7, 2015 at the Hotel Wailea! Local chefs and school garden supporters will celebrate all the good things growing for more … Read more

We need at least 4,000 people to submit testimony opposing Carleton Ching’s nomination to chair Dept. of Land and Natural Resources. This testimony must go through the legislative system. Writing the senators directly won’t count. The bill number is GM514. For those who have already created a Hawaii legislative account, go to http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx?billtype=GM&billnumber=514 Don’t forget … Read more

ASK THAT SB793 BE HEARD CALL: 808-586-6070 EMAIL: senbaker@capitol.hawaii.gov Here’s Roz’s twisted response to concerns over the HC&S 2015 Burn Permit: From: Sen. Roz Baker senbaker@capitol.hawaii.gov Subject: Sugar Cane Permit on Maui Mahalo for your e-mail and taking time to weigh in on this measure. My research indicates that the DOH has the authority to … Read more

HB 1514 would have established buffer zones for schools and disclosure of the pesticides used near them. Our hope was that we could stop kids from getting sick from pesticide drift from bordering fields or at least know what they are exposed to so Doctors know how to treat them. Scott Enright, Chairperson for the … Read more

Governor Ige seems to be giving control of the state to corporate interests. First Ige nominated Carleton Ching to head the Department of Land and Natural Resources, a body he has spent his entire career trying to weaken. And today he’s chosen Monsanto subcontractor Lynn DeCoite to fill Mele Carroll’s vacancy in the State House. … Read more

Join Medical Marijuana Activist Mary Whispering Wind, Kevin Lash and Sam Small of Maui Causes on Akaku channel 55 Today at 5 And watch our first show from Feb 12th 2015 below: Click Here to Sign the Petition to Get Brian Murphy Released From Jail   We’ve collected over 10,000 petition signatures – Please add your … Read more

Scientifically Speaking is a new LIVE Stream Google Hangout series that provides an international forum for.experts to discuss current events, news articles, research papers, political policy that related to US health and pesticides in/on food. Panelists: Kathleen Hallal, moderator and mother of three boys Dr. Don Huber, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University Anthony Samsel, Research Scientist / Consultant … Read more

Agricultural researchers rattled by demands for documents from group opposed to GM foods As reported by American Association for the Advancement of Science.    Action taken by  U.S. Right To Know GM food opponents, like these in Los Angeles, are adopting new strategies that put academics on the spot. The fierce public relations war over genetically … Read more

The 12 most likely causes of the Apocalypse, according to scientists A team from Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute and the Global Challenges Foundation has come up with the first serious scientific assessment of the apocalyptic risks we face. Few of the 12 scenarios arise from situations that out of our control Others emerge … Read more

Support Lucienne De Naie to replace District 13 state Rep. Mele Carroll.  CALL THE GOVERNOR (808) 586-0034 De Naie, Buchanan, DeCoite nominated for state House seat February 14, 2015 The Maui News Republished without permission 🙂 Three candidates have been nominated to replace District 13 state Rep. Mele Carroll. The candidates are Lucienne De Naie … Read more

Proposal aims to implement district voting Proponets commission poll that says county residents back idea May 9, 2010 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer Reprinted without permission 🙂 WAILUKU – Sixty-five percent of Maui County voters would favor changing the current system of electing County Council members to one that would create “nine single-member districts,” according … Read more

OVER 1,000 SIGNATURES SO FAR – ADD YOURSELF TO THE CHOIR, PLEASE ASK YOUR FRIENDS TOO!! Petitioning Hawaii Governor This petition will be delivered to: Hawaii Governor Please Commute Brian Murphy’s Prison Sentence Justice For Brian Murphy From 2005 to 2008, Brian Murphy, Director of the medical marijuana cooperative Patients Without Time, helped hundreds of … Read more

Donations for the legal defense of Maui’s GMO Moratorium should go to The SHAKA Movement’s Legal Defense Fund “It is the SHAKA Movement that is funding this really important litigation. They need your support to continue this litigation forward.” For updates and to donate go to: http://www.mauigmomoratoriumnews.org

Who are Hawaii’s elected representatives listening to? The House Ag Committee approved a “Revised Monsanto Protection Act” after receiving 175 testimonies opposing it and only 17 in favor. The “Oppose” testimonies included: the Hawaiʻi Farmers Union United, Rep. Cynthia Thielen, several County Council Members, quite a few small scale farmers and farmersʻ initiatives, with the … Read more

As much as many of us would like to see a recall of Mayor Alan Arakawa, Maui’s recall process requires a level of voter participation that is not reasonably achievable. However, changing Maui’s charter IS within our reach. Around 8,500 petition signatures would get a charter revision before the county council where at least five … Read more