BEST ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT SURFRIDER FOUNDATION MauiTime readers vote Surfrider Foundation’s Maui Chapter as this year’s favorite environmental nonprofit! They’re dedicated to protecting Maui’s oceans, waves, and beaches by advocating on a county level and taking action in the community. “Rise Above Plastics” is one of their current campaigns that includes … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2018: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Surfrider Foundation
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MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Shaka Movement
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT Shaka Movement Oh, how our readers love the Shaka Movement. After all, they did deliver Maui County’s first-ever citizen-inspired ballot measure, which they also won. Though that measure, which seeks to halt all GMO agriculture in the county, was initially thrown out of court, the matter remains on appeal. Shaka’s a powerful movement in Maui … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2016: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Shaka Movement
MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Shaka Movement
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL NON-PROFIT ON MAUI Shaka Movement It’s hard to argue against this one. In the span of just a year or two, this grassroots organization grew to do something no one had ever succeeded in doing before in Maui history: gather enough signatures of registered voters to put an initiative on an election ballot. There is no question they organized huge numbers of … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2015: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Shaka Movement
MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: SHAKA Movement
Best Environmental Nonprofit* SHAKA Movement Interesting choice, MauiTime readers. The SHAKA Movement managed to get the first ever ballot initiative approved on a Maui County ballot (though it had to resort to the Mainland tactic of employing paid signature gatherers to do so). The SHAKA Movement is a strong opponent of the biotech industry in general and Monsanto’s … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2014: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: SHAKA Movement
MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Pacific Whale Foundation
For most people, Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) is probably just a kickass whale watch service (they did also win BEST ACTIVITY, after all) but this non-profit organization also does what it can to help the endangered sea giants. Founded in 1980, PWF carries out research, but does its best work educating the public about the threats facing whales and the critical need to keep … [Read more...] about MauiTime Best of Maui 2012: Best Environmental Non-Profit on Maui: Pacific Whale Foundation