January's Wailuku First Friday town party has been cancelled due to rainy weather, said County of Maui spokesperson Brian Perry. The Small Town Big Art event in Kipuka Square on Market Street next to the Iao Theater will be held, as scheduled, at 6pm. Artist Jessica Bodner will unveil her hina`i (fish-catching basket) sculpture. Weather permitting, Wailuku First Friday will … [Read more...] about Wailuku First Friday Cancelled, Small Town Big Art Event Scheduled as Planned
For the Community, By the Community: Endemic Hawai‘i Artists unveil a new Wailuku mural
There are places we can pass by every day and still not know exist. A modest wall, on the side of the quaint one-story Omura Building and bordering the defunct Old Wailuku Pool, is one such place. It’s like many in Wailuku Town: discreet, timeworn and forgotten, shadowed by surrounding change, and cut from the tunnel vision of busy daily life. This is a relic, covered in a … [Read more...] about For the Community, By the Community: Endemic Hawai‘i Artists unveil a new Wailuku mural
Honolulu Takes on the Plastic Problem: Will their leadership encourage Maui to do the same?
If there’s one thing I took away from PBS NewsHour’s special feature, “The Plastic Problem,” (other than, Here’s yet another way we humans have screwed ourselves and our planet) it’s that plastics are everywhere, from the tops of mountains to the depths of ocean trenches. One scene in particular sticks out in my mind: A plastic researcher is asked by a reporter if she still … [Read more...] about Honolulu Takes on the Plastic Problem: Will their leadership encourage Maui to do the same?
‘Criminal Disregard’: Attorney representing Maui families responds to Monsanto’s admission of guilt
An attorney representing two Maui families in a lawsuit against Monsanto responded Tuesday to the company’s recent admission of illegally using, transporting, and storing the banned pesticide methyl parathion, also known as Penncap-M, at locations in Maui County in 2014. “Monsanto’s illegal conduct in spraying a banned pesticide at its Kihei facility in 2014 clearly … [Read more...] about ‘Criminal Disregard’: Attorney representing Maui families responds to Monsanto’s admission of guilt
Monsanto to Pay $10.2M for Illegal Pesticide Use: Kihei residents and activists warned about violations for years
The year was 2014, and Maui was in the middle of a political revolution: For the first time in the county’s history, a voters’ initiative made it onto the ballot, signalling an unprecedented effort of grassroots activism to directly govern with community-drafted and -approved legislation. The issue was genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the … [Read more...] about Monsanto to Pay $10.2M for Illegal Pesticide Use: Kihei residents and activists warned about violations for years