'O wai kou inoa? What's your name?
KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance
E ho`omalu kakou i ka pono, ke `ano o ka nohona a me ka `aina mai na kupuna mai.
No hea mai 'oe? Where are you from?
Ko Hawaii Pae Aina!
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KAHEA means "The Call"- the calling is to protect Hawaii Nei.
KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance is a taro-roots network that brings together concerned community members, kupuna, cultural practitioners and environmental experts. Together we develop coordinated strategies, share expertise, build networks and focus campaigns in order to become more effective in protecting Hawai'i's fragile environment, resources and culture.
By joining forces, Native Hawaiians, environmental activists and the concerned public can have a much greater impact on issues that affect us all.
KAHEA works from Mauka to Makai to:
- Protect public & cultural access to beaches & mountains threatened by private commercial & military development,
- Stop genetic modification of Hawaii's most sacred plant, Kalo (taro),
- Ensure the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), now known as Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, are fully protected,
- Stop the unregulated dumping of waste water into our oceans by the cruise ship industry,
- Protect the sacred summit of Mauna Kea from uncontrolled development,
- Advocate for the clean up of Hawaiian communities contaminated by landfills, weapons dumping, and other abuses of native lands & waters.
ʻO wai ke ahupuaʻa āu e noho nei? Where do you live?
Kou (Chinatown)... “He aloha no ‘o Honolulu i ka ua Kukalahale” ~click for a lil' history of Kou!
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~ JNTalaugon
Mahalo for adding me on and the work you do..
Aloha,
Momi
"...this doesnt happen to be in kaneohe is it??? we just found out about plans to expand the cemetery on top a heiau luakini over there... then saw this picture and made me wonder...
No, this is somewhere in the middle of the island of Oahu. Near Waialua.