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Red Alert: Swine Flu Hoax

This is a red alert... serious!!!!

All of we advocate groups need to look quickly at the swine flu hoax that is going toward Mandatory

Vaccinations world wide as you read this.

A heroine, Jane Burgermeister, who saw what Baxter, a drug and biowarfare company, did in Austria

in Jan 2009 has moved on to a lawsuit filed with FBI naming World Health Organization as defendent.

I don't want to repeat all her good work here. I have produced 5000 copies of a flyer… Continue

Added by Ray Songtree on October 1, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

KOKUA WAILUA BEACH

Aloha kakou Kauai Round Table Hui,

Before I go on I would like to send my Mahalo to all who are in support of native issues and ask that you Kokua

This important issue;

The County of Kauai Intends to build a boardwalk over Wailua Beach Park Sand dunes. Building this boardwalk could cause erosion since it will definitely disturb the many native salt tolerant plants that hold these sand dunes intact during high surf. These plants also act a filter that protects Wailua… Continue

Added by Noelani Josselin on July 21, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING INK AND TONER LOCALLY!

Aloha friends! We all know that recycling anything is very important, especially for those of us living on a small island. I can't think of any business, or most homes for that matter, that does not print documents at some point. The ink and toner business is a multi-billion dollar a year industry and most people don't realize how much waste is involved with the process of buying ink and toner, again, especially when you live on an island. Most people go to their local department store or… Continue

Added by Spencer Scamen on July 18, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

5th Annual Kauai Healing Garden Festival - August 22

A Community Festival for Sustainability & Natural Health!

KAUAI – August 22

Kilohana Plantation

August 23-27 - workshops & tours

Educational events, a "Healthy Hawaii Expo", healthy food and cultural entertainment. The festivals are family friendly events, with programs for adults, young adults and kids.

New in 2009: All Local Meal Contest & Eco-Fashion Show!

The days following the… Continue

Added by Anandra on July 17, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Greening your Business on Kauai

If you operate a business on Kauai and would like to a) get certified as a green business, and b) promote your business on Hawaii Health Guide (30,000,000 hits per year), check out: http://hawaiihealthguide.com/healthtalk/display.htm?id=744

We're offering a 2-for-1 deal where if you purchase an ad package starting at $500/year, you can get your green business certification fee (through Malama Kauai- normally $200/year), for FREE. Contact me about how to get a booth at our Hawaii… Continue

Added by Anandra on May 27, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Map The Fallen

In honor of those who have served to preserve our freedoms.

Added by Jeff - LightLine on May 25, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Buy our campaign tshirts now

you can now go to zazzle.com to view our tshirts for the campaigns, HUD OK NOW!. Most of the money goes to the company, but i get a buck 60 cents per shirt. I will put it towards the coalitions efforts. check out the site. I also have designed two OBAMA MAMA cofee mugs. more coming so check back often.

Added by Anne Punohu on December 27, 2008 at 7:47am — No Comments

Freedom for Security?

Anyone who read the Garden Island’s two-part series on teen drug use could not help but feel tremendous sadness and compassion for the Matthews family. Most of us cannot even imagine the weight of such a loss.

Yet this should not stop us from forming a critical analysis of the information in the articles, particularly since media attention to issues is often the pre-curser to the formation of public policy.

What, exactly, did we learn from these articles? That youthful… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on May 19, 2008 at 8:42am — No Comments

"Civil Unrest," Riot Gear and Social Justice

"Civil unrest" - the purported justification for the acquisition of riot gear - is caused by social injustice.

Where there is more equitable distribution of wealth and power in a community, more people feel inclined to adhere to "social norms." As people begin to feel that an elite is increasingly taking more than their share and making it more difficult for average people to make a comfortable living, exercise self-determination and have their voices heard and respected in the… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on May 10, 2008 at 3:24pm — No Comments

"Ola Na Iwi: The Bones Live" By Hale Mawae

Ola Na Iwi: The Bones Live

By Hale Mawae

In caring for my ancestors, I know that it is within the bones of our people, na o‘iwi o Ko Hawai‘i Pae ‘Aina, that our ancestors live. Ku‘u ewe, ku‘u piko, ku‘u iwi, ku‘u koko. My umbilical cord, my navel, my bones, my blood. All the elements of our body that constitute us as kanaka maoli. All cherished pieces of ourselves that connect us to that iwi. Ola na iwi. The bones live.

Here… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on May 6, 2008 at 10:23pm — No Comments

SPEAKER EVENT: WHAT IS LIFE IN OCCUPIED IRAQ REALLY LIKE?

WHAT IS LIFE IN OCCUPIED IRAQ REALLY LIKE?

ASK IRAQI JOURNALIST RAED JARRAR!

Take part in this once-in-a-lifetime chance to hear an Iraqi journalist's personal

account of living through Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Bring your questions and let's talk story!!

TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008

7-10 PM

KAUA'I COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS CENTER

Sponsored by:

Kaua'i Alliance for peace and Social Justice

Associated… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on May 6, 2008 at 10:14pm — No Comments

carpenters union video about globalization

This is a pretty good video put out by the carpenters union that explains how globalization

is impacting workers. I like how it breaks it down in simple terms that even I

can understand. I also appreciate its message about immigrant and foreign workers

(solidarity!) and the way our broken health care system impacts our standard of

living. Even though my husband is a proud carpenters union member we are critical

of the carpenters union for alot of reasons. (I think we… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on May 3, 2008 at 7:06am — No Comments

Hawai'i Superferry and Workers' Rights

In Hawai'i, there is a long tradition of respecting the rights of workers to decent pay, benefits and working conditions.

That's why many here - whether they are in favor of the Superferry or not - would be interested to know that both the ferry's shipbuilder (AustalUSA) and its operator (Hornblower) are engaged in bitter labor disputes.

HORNBLOWER YACHTS – UNION-BUSTING SUBCONTRACTOR

Hornblower Yachts is the subcontractor that Hawai'i Superferry uses to staff… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on April 18, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Is a "Living Wage" Campaign in Order? Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains

Small Retailers Being Forced Out By Government Subsidies to Big Chains

by Sherwood Ross / March 25th, 2008

Small retailers the nation over are being pushed out of business by government subsidies to chain competitors such as Wal-Mart and Target through a variety of “corporate socialism” schemes, taxation authority David Cay Johnston says.

Municipalities are permitting “tax increment financing” that allow the big chains “to keep the sales taxes that you are forced to… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on March 26, 2008 at 5:31am — No Comments

Carbon Output Must Near Zero by 2050 To Avert Danger, New Studies Say ~March 10 '08

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/09/AR2008030901867.html?sub=AR

"People aren't reducing emissions at all, let alone debating whether 88 percent or 99 percent is sufficient," said Gavin A. Schmidt, of NASA

By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, March 10, 2008

Scientists from US, Canada and Germany, published separate journals over the past few weeks, that suggest both industrialized and developing nations must wean… Continue

Added by Kurtis Kunesh on March 23, 2008 at 9:41am — No Comments

Protest Iraq War This Wednesday 5-6PM in Lihue!

Demonstration Will Highlight the Cost of 5 years of War in Iraq

The March 19 Organizing Committee, or M-19, an ad-hoc citizens alliance, is calling for an observance of the fifth anniversary of the War in Iraq Wednesday from 5 to 6 PM at the intersection of Kuhio Highway and Hardy Street in Lihue, on the sidewalk fronting the Army Recruiting Station.

The action will highlight the cost of the war, and contrast it with the unmet social needs resulting from war… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on March 15, 2008 at 9:40pm — No Comments

Press Conference: Stop the OHA Settlement Bill

Press Conference: Stop the OHA Settlement Bill

Monday 3/17, 1:30 pm at the Queen Liliuokalani statue

(prior to a 2:45 pm hearing on the OHA settlement bill)

Speakers:

Mililani Trask, Former OHA Trustee

Moanikeala Akaka, Former OHA Trustee

Clarence Ku Ching, Former OHA Trustee

Written Messages from:

Walter Ritte, Former OHA Trustee

Jon Osorio, UH Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies

The OHA settlement agreement… Continue

Added by Katy Rose on March 15, 2008 at 9:34pm — No Comments

MEET STATE REPS! IMPORTANT CHANCE TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR OPINION ON BILLS!

Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Location: Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall, Conference Room

This is an opportunity to let our state representatives, Speaker of the House Calvin Say, and Vice-Speaker Pono Chong know how important the moratorium on GMO Taro, the Koke'e bills, pesticide spraying on the westside, and bunker fuel burning at Nawiliwili are to Kaua'i people. There are many other important bills to both support and oppose as they cross… Continue

Added by Andrea on March 9, 2008 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment

GREED IN THE NAME OF GREEN--To Worshipers of Consumption: Spending Won't Save the Earth

Greed In the Name Of Green

To Worshipers of Consumption: Spending Won't Save the Earth

By Monica Hesse

Washington Post Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 5, 2008; Page C01

Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy.

Let us buy Anna Sova Luxury Organics Turkish towels, 900 grams per square meter, $58 apiece. Let us buy the eco-friendly 600-thread-count bed sheets, milled in Switzerland with U.S. cotton, $570 for… Continue

Added by Andrea on March 5, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Critical Bills on Land Use Policy

From Jeff Mikulina of the Hawai'i Sierra Club:

> Farmland sprawl bills pass at legislature

> Votes today move energy package forward, but support for developer-friendly land use bills belie opening day “sustainability” mantra

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> STATE CAPITOL – Dozens of measures to increase Hawaii’s energy security, improve recycling, and provide protection for Hawaii’s unique species received the ‘green’ light to continue at the legislature today. But lawmakers also… Continue

Added by Andrea on March 5, 2008 at 11:45am — No Comments

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