Decision low-balls water returned to stream, ignores its cultural significance

If perhaps the tides are beginning to turn for communities suffering public health impacts from dangerous pesticides, Hawaiʻi is the fringe on the wave of change.

Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Hawai'i made history today when Governor David Ige, watched by representatives of the community from across the islands, signed into law Senate Bill 3095, banning all uses of chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxin that has been banned for home use for over 10 years because of its known impacts on the developing brains of children.

Reflection's from HAPA Board President Gary Hooser on the November 9th ruling in Ke Kauhulu o Mana versus the State Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) and Syngenta. 

A Kaua`i-based community group, Ke Kauhulu o Manu, filed a lawsuit against the State and Syngenta Corp. to enforce a Hawai`i law requiring environmental review for any significant action or development proposed on publicly-owned, coastal and conservation-zoned lands. In this instance . . . READ MORE.

Are you or someone you know interested in serving in public office? Want to grow as a leader in your community? Apply to HAPA Kuleana Academy today! READ MORE.

In these times, it is important to find beacons of hope. The graduates of HAPA’s second Kuleana Academy class shine a very welcome and bright light. By nurturing a community of thoughtful and accountable leaders, we are investing in a pono future for Hawai‘i. READ MORE