1. Solutions or Just More Problems?: A Call For True Climate Justice For Kanaka Maoli Lehua Kaʻuhane May 24, 2012

2. ʻO wai ʻoe: Who you?

3. Ōpūkahonua Genealogy Papahānaumoku - Wākea  1) Hawaiʻi 2) Maui 3) Hoʻohōkūkalani – Wākea  4) Hāloanakalaukapalili 5) Hāloa (first man)

4. How is climate change Affecting Hawaiʻi?

5. Decreasing Rainfall

6. Sea Level Rise

7. Ocean Acidification

9. 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

10. 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

12. Geothermal Development

13. Renewable Energy Development Community Solutions Does not view natural environment as mere “resources” for consumption Allows continuation of native belief systems- fulfilling kuleana Ensures availability of lands & resources Least amount of impact on future generations Not solely profit motivated, but a commitment to community Decentralized and community controlled

14. 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?