From Shaka Movement on Maui… http://www.shakamovement.org/ Five Maui County citizens are going toe-to-toe with Hawaii’s mammoth agricultural biotech industry with the submission of a new ordinance, written by the people, for the people and voted on by the people, as a ballot initiative in the 2014 November general elections. This first-of-its-kind on Maui […]
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Comments Off on Pesticide corporations bully Kaua’i Continue Reading...Action requests below : Email Maui Council member Hokama in support of their pesticide disclosure bill, 2 online petitions. Information below : 3 Pesticide & GMO stories, 2 related to Kaua’i specifically. Hope everyone is doing well , we certainly have exciting times in the movement for a cleaner Kaua’i and state of Hawai’i. Maui has begun […]
Comments Off on Action Alert! & Infos Continue Reading...Yesterday, three of the world’s largest agrochemical companies filed a lawsuit against the County of Kauaʻi to block implementation of the recently passed Kauaʻi Ordinance 960 (formerly known as Bill 2491). Syngenta, DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred, and a Dow Chemical subsidiary filed the lawsuit in federal district court on Oahu. Ordinance 960 establishes buffer zones around […]
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Comments Off on Big Island Passed GMO Bill 113 Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana,Yes we did it! We the people of Kaua’i stood up to 4 of the worlds largest chemical companies doing GMO seed experiments on our island, and passed bill 2491 yesterday! The final vote was 5-2, with Gary Hooser, Tim Bynum, JoAnn Yukimura, Jay Furfaro, and Mason Chock voting for the […]
Comments Off on YES! Bill 2491 passes into law with 5-2 vote! Continue Reading...details (to download as pdf) and statement: http://www.kauai.gov/Kamaaina/PressReleases/tabid/346/Default.aspx Hawaii News Now: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23845280/kauai-mayor-vetoes-controversial-gmo-bill-details-at-hawaiinewsnowcom Garys Blog before we knew: http://garyhooser.wordpress.com/2013/10/31/bill-2491-veto-no-veto-what-is-next/
Comments Off on Mayor Vetoed Kaua’i Bill 2491 today Continue Reading...source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrea-brower/protecting-health-and-life_b_4172050.html Andrea Brower & Co-authored by Elijah Frank, ʻOhana O Kauaʻi DirectorAccording to Hawaii State law, each county has the “power to enact ordinances deemed necessary to protect health, life and property…” (HRS 46-1.5). Earlier this year in the form of Senate Bill 727, a quiet attempt was made at the State Capitol to simply strike the words “health” […]
Comments Off on Protecting Health and Life: Kauai Must Lead, Continue Reading...Aloha GMO Free Kaua’i Ohana, So today I am writing everyone to share a explanation statement from JoaAnn Yukimura about what happened at 3am Wednesday morning in the council chambers , about her testimony regarding the question of the bill’s deferral. This has come about because I got into a conversation with her husband after […]
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