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)


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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

  
Life of the Land is a 501(c)3

Charitable Organization.



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)

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... 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 AgricultureVideo: 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).

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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
filed with the Public Utilities Commission (Aug 1, 2011)

Life of the Land's Environmental Comments

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
filed with the Public Utilities Commission (Aug 1, 2011)

Life of the Land's Environmental Comments
filed with the Public Utilities Commission (Aug 3, 2011)





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)

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

Contact Information: Henry Curtis, Executive Director, Life of the Land, 76 N. King Street, Suite 203, Honolulu, HI  96817. phone: 808-533-3454. cell: 808-927-0709. Web Site: http://www.lifeofthelandhawaii.org/  email:henry.lifeoftheland@gmail.com