Earth Day is Saturday, April 22, and communities around the globe will be gathering to participate in a March for Science. On Maui, the University of Hawaii's Student Ohana for Sustainability (SOS) club will be hosting the march, beginning at the UH Maui College campus at 9am, and following a route up and down Queen Ka`ahumanu Avenue. "It is really exciting to have the … [Read more...] about Maui Marches for Science this Earth Day
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Hawaii Signs Onto Majuro Declaration On Climate Change
On Monday, Sept. 27, the United Nations released a new 2,000-page report on climate change. The verdict, is that it’s “extremely likely” that human activity (read: industrialization) is causing our planet’s climate to change in ways that will be destructive to life everywhere around the world. “Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the … [Read more...] about Hawaii Signs Onto Majuro Declaration On Climate Change
Possible End Game For WMSA While We Get More Climate Change Bad News
END GAME FOR WMSA? And now friends, it seems that we’ve finally come to the closing act of that great Shakespearean tragedy known as the Wailuku Main Street Association (WMSA). At 8:30am on Wed., Sept. 4, Deputy Attorney General Hugh Jones and architect Tom Cannon–the last man standing from the old WMSA hierarchy–are scheduled to appear in Judge Joseph Cardoza’s Second Circuit … [Read more...] about Possible End Game For WMSA While We Get More Climate Change Bad News
Our Readers Sound Off On Climate Change
[Ed. note: the following letters are in response to our Aug. 15, 2013 cover story “UH Professor Richard Zeebe Says Climate Change Is More Severe Than We Thought”] Thank you for a good, mostly heartfelt article on climate change. You obviously know we must do something. But then, I don’t know why Maui Time Weekly bothers with these and past Rob Parsons articles on climate … [Read more...] about Our Readers Sound Off On Climate Change
Lauren Campbell Of Pacific Whale Foundation Talks Climate Change
Climate change is one of those issues that only affects certain people. Lauren Campbell, the Pacific Whale Foundation’s Conservation Director, knows exactly which people. “If you eat, you breathe, or you drink water,” Campbell said, “you need to be concerned about climate change.” She has the facts and knows the science to back it up, too. On Wednesday, May 29, Campbell spoke … [Read more...] about Lauren Campbell Of Pacific Whale Foundation Talks Climate Change