| Board
of
Directors David Henkin (Earthjustice Attorney) Kapua Sproat (Richardson Law School Professor) Art Mori (Chaminade Professor of Chemistry Emeritus) Fred Madlener (Hawaii's Thousand Friends) Anne Sturgis (LCSW, Director of Behavioral Health, Bay Clinic (Hawai'i Island)) Miwa Tamanaha (KAHEA Executive Director) Carrie Ann Shirota (Soros Justice Fellow) ................................. ........................ |
Life of the Land is a Hawaii-based
Environmental and Community Action Group. Founded in February 1970. The mission of Life of the Land is to preserve and protect the life of the land through sustainable land use and energy policies and to promote open government through research, education, advocacy and, when necessary, litigation. Life of the Land: A Brief History Please support our work Make a Tax Deductible Donation to Keep Our Island Clean, LLC The donation goes to Life of the Land, fiscal sponsor for Keep Our Island Clean, LLC |
... | Puna Geothermal
Ventures -
HELCO Power Purchase Contract (Docket 2011-0040) Recent Victories Public Utilities Commission rejection of HECO 3-year palm oil biofuel contract. HECO pronuncement that global warming is real (PUC Evidentiary Hearing) Feed-In Tariffs (the rates needs adjusting) ........................ |
... | Major
Campaigns Energy: Party in numerous Public Utilities Commission regulatory proceedings on biofuels, generation, feed-in tariffs, planning, reliability Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Sustainable Agriculture: Video: Timothy LaSalle, Ph. D. was the Keynote Speaker at the Hawai`i State Agricultural Conference held at the Ihilani Resort and Spa, Ko 'Olina, Oahu (September 23-24, 2010). ..................... HECO_Docket_2009-0162_Big_Wind Life of the Land Letter dated May 13, 2011 to the PUC re Docket 2009-0162 |
... | Hawai`i
State
Legislature
(2011) Overhauling Environmental Impact Statements (HRS Chapter 343) Big Wind (Islands should be self-sufficient; O`ahu should not require industrialization of Lana`i and Moloka`i) Protection of Agricultural Lands ........................ |
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| Staff Executive Director Henry Curtis (Secretary, Ka Lei Maile Ali`i Hawaiian Civic Club; `Olelo Director; Ililani Media Blogger) Assistant Executive Director Kat Brady (Ka Lei Maile Ali`i Hawaiian Civic Club; `Olelo Director; Citizens for Equal Rights; Chair Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women; UH Institutional Review Board Committee on Human Subjects. |
... | Publications Life of the Land's Motion to Intervene in PUC Docket 2011-0112. The regulatory proceeding focuses on HECO's attempt to get ratepayers to pay for Big Wind Studies that refused to examine alternatives Life of the Land’s Energy Independence for Hawai`i (2030): An Integrated Approach to Economic Revitalization in a Culturally and Environmentally Sensitive Way. Written by Henry Curtis (February 25, 2011) Life of the Land Comments for the Big Wind EISPN (December 11, 2010) Community Alliance on Prisons (CAP) Publication: SMART JUSTICE: How Hawai`i Can Have Fewer Inmates and Safer Communities, July 2010) |
Member Pa`a Pono Aquaculture Alliance Save Our Seals Working in coalition with Friends of Lana`i in opposition to "Big Wind" |
Justice:
Civil
Unions,
Inclusion
of
Cultural
Impact
Statements
(CIS)
and
Environmental
Justice
(EJ)
in
regulatory
and
legislative
proceedings Toxics: Chromium 6 in Drinking Water. Henry Curtis appeared on Hawai`i Public Radio's Town Square (January 6, 2011) MP3 Recording (59 minutes) Land Use: Mauna Kea: Oppose Telescope expansion. Rail: If built, it should be at ground level wherever possible. Agricultural Land: food self-reliance before biofuels. Aina Koa Pono .Life of the Land's Economic Comments Life of the Land's Environmental Comments
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Current
Fiscal
Sponsor
for Keep Our Island Clean (Hawai`i Island) Donate to Keep Our Island Clean, LLC Community Alliance on Prisons Recent Fiscal Sponsor for Paumalu Press Lawai’a Cultural Practice Network (Ka`ena Point, O`ahu) |
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| Life
of
the Land's Youtube Channel Videos by Henry Curtis |
Land
Use Transportation Toxics, Pesticides, Clean-up |
Genetic Engineering
Good Government Community Alliance on Prisons |
Hawaii Climate Change Blog Hawaii Biofuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel) Blog Hawaii Energy Blog |
Hawaii Energy
Self-Reliance Palm Oil for Electricity Generation HECO Proposed 2009 Power Plant HECO's Biofuel Docket re 2009 Power Plant and HECO-Imperium Contract |