RALLY FOR SB 3095 SD1 HD1 ON APRIL 9TH! Hawaiʻi State Capitol Rotunda 12-2pm. Grassroots lobbying from 2-3pm. The current draft of this bill includes: 1) mandatory disclosure 2) no spray zones around schools and 3) a ban on the use of the neurotoxin chlorpyrifos. Hawaiʻi could make history by being the first state to […]
Comments Off on April 9, 2018 – Keiki First: Rally for Historic Pesticide Regulation Continue Reading...Hawai’i SEED hosted a panel at the July 2017 Hawai’i Conservation Alliance annual conference. Here is the abstract proposal: At this critical juncture, should Hawaiians allow our fragile ecosystems to be used for testing unproven, genetic engineering technologies? Or should we explore how Hawaiians together can develop holistic strategies and responses to environmental crises built upon indigenous knowledge, techniques […]
Comments Off on July 2017 – Hawai’i Conservation Alliance Conference Panel Continue Reading...In response to upcoming proposals to release gene drive organisms in Hawaii, in September of 2016 Hawai’i SEED organized an educational session “Gene Drives: Who Decides for Hawai’i” the week of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress. Here is the livestream of the event. The panelists were Hokulei Lindsey, Native Hawaiian Advocate; Walter […]
Comments Off on Video – “Gene Drives: Who decides for Hawai’i?” Continue Reading...O’AHU EVENT: Please join the North Shore community for the Hawai’i release of Pesticide Action Network’s new report, Kids on the Frontline, How Pesticides are Undermining the Health of Rural Children. The report highlights the growing case of the impacts of pesticides on children’s health, specifically on children living in agricultural communities. Pupus created by […]
Comments Off on May 26, 2016: “Kids on the Frontline” Continue Reading...Friday, November 6, 2015 at 6:30 PM Patagonia – 66-250 Kamehameha Hwy, Hale’iwa, HI Please join us at Patagonia Hale’iwa on Friday, November 6 at 6:30pm, the evening before our Waimea Valley Seed Exchange! Learn how to grow food in the space you occupy from innovative Hawaii Island farmer Anna Peach from Squash & Awe. Learn […]
Comments Off on Nov. 6, 2015: Farming Outside the Box Continue Reading...Corporations Expose Our Children to Dangerous Agricultural Pesticides By Mercy Ritte, Kaliko Amona and Malia Chun POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 04, 2015 A Mother’s Open Letter We mothers have been testifying for over two years now about our concerns that pesticides are endangering our children at school and at home. We are both […]
Comments Off on Honolulu Star Advertiser: Mother’s Letter, Corporations Expose Our Children to Dangerous Agricultural Pesticides Continue Reading...Calling everyone from across Hawai’i! Save the date! January 21, 11:00am State Capitol Rotunda Opening Day at the Legislature Make your voice heard! We hope to start this new year with some kind of a focus and momentum, and it starts with coming together and being educated! “It’s not the corporation’s hale, Its the PEOPLE’S HALE!” […]
Comments Off on The People’s Hale 2015 Opening Day at the Legislature Continue Reading...#wearethemovement by We are asking each person who watches the video to take a picture of themselves with a sign that says “#wearethemovement” Post to social media with the hashtag #wearethemomvent (twitter, instagram, facebook…) or you can upload the Photo or Link to your work here:
Comments Off on We Are The Movement !!! Continue Reading...Filipino leaders Dr. Romeo Quijano, MD and Gilbert Sape are coming to Hawaii to share their experiences organizing in the Philippines and empower communities with resources to take control of their health, workplace, and food systems. They will share their international experience and expertise in toxicology, pharmacology, toxic chemicals, and how the precautionary principle applies to agricultural practices and […]
Comments Off on Filipino Activists Statewide Tour Continue Reading...Hawai’i SEED Raise Awareness Inspire Change Speaker Series presents: DR. TYRONE HAYES – SILENCING THE INDEPENDENT SCIENTIST Honolulu, HI-May 2, 2014 Hawai’i SEED today announced the state-wide speaking tour of world-renowned University of California Berkeley Professor of Integrative Biology Dr. Tyrone Hayes. Dr. Hayes will be joined by local food advocates from each island community. […]
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