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Solutions or Just M ore Problems?: A Call For True Climate Justice For Kanaka Maoli Lehua Kaʻuhane May 24, 2012. ʻO w ai ʻoe : Who you?. Ōpūkahonua Genealogy . Papahānaumoku - Wākea 1) Hawaiʻi 2) Maui 3) Hoʻohōkūkalani – Wākea 4) Hāloanakalaukapalili
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Solutions or Just More Problems?: A Call For True Climate Justice For Kanaka MaoliLehua KaʻuhaneMay 24, 2012
Ōpūkahonua Genealogy Papahānaumoku - Wākea 1) Hawaiʻi 2) Maui 3) Hoʻohōkūkalani – Wākea 4) Hāloanakalaukapalili 5) Hāloa (first man)
Hawaiʻi Energy Use Policy 70% by 2030 “clean energy” goal Renewable = “indigenous energy” Commitments to develop energy projects on rural neighbor islands for use on Oʻahu
Large Scale Wind Farms Lānaʻi: 67 wind turbines 5,500 acres Molokaʻi: Potential lease agreement of Hawaiian Home Lands Community Opposition Located in areas of cultural importance, alters traditional subsistence lifestyles to meet urban demand, neighbor islands as an industrial park for urban Honolulu
Renewable Energy DevelopmentCommunity Solutions Least amount of impact on future generations Not solely profit motivated, but a commitment to community Decentralized and community controlled • Does not view natural environment as mere “resources” for consumption • Allows continuation of native belief systems- fulfilling kuleana • Ensures availability of lands & resources
Policy Solutions or Just More Problems? • Root of CC and “solutions” both = • Loss of land and resources • Commodification of nature • Threats to cultural survival • Communities with “real” solutions are burdened with “false” solutions • A global conversation: Can the power structure that created the problem, solve the problem?