With thanks to Kevin Chang, Co-Executive Director of Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo (KUA) for permission to repost this from the KUA blog. Hurry! Get your tickets now! Two shows only! “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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GUEST POST: Paul Simon’s special Maui concerts to support biodiversity conservation and ʻāina momona.
Tagged with: Auwahi Forest Restoration Project, Kevin Chang, KUA Hawaii, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Paul Simon
Posted in Environment, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Environment, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Keiki before corporations: Hawai‘i bans chlorpyrifos
Scientists raised the alarm. Doctors raised the alarm. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) raised the alarm, warning that “the risk to infant and children’s health and development is unambiguous.” Sickened teachers and schoolchildren raised the alarm. Mothers who found…
Tagged with: Anne Frederick, Autumn Rae Ness, chlorpyrifos, Dr. Virginia Rauh, Gary Hooser, GMOs, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keani Rawlins-Fernandez, Lauryn REgo, Restricted IUse Pesticides
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
Posted in Children's health, Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Pesticides, Uncategorized
A chance to make history in Hawai‘i | Pesticide Action Network
Source: A chance to make history in Hawai‘i | Pesticide Action Network
Tagged with: Dr. Virgina Rauh, Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Keiki First Rally
Posted in Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Environment, Environmental Justice, Healthcare, I BLOG, Uncategorized
A Path to Justice and Survival: Divestment from Fossil Fuels
. . .until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. Is. 42: 1-4 It was a good way to begin the New Year: testifying before the Budget and Finance Committee of the University…
Tagged with: Divestment, fossil fuels, Regents, University of Hawaii
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Environment, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Environment, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized
Women: Instruments of a Franciscan World
More than once in Paul Vallely’s excellent book, Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, the writer quotes a former long-time aide who describes Jorge Mario Bergoglio’s irritation with the high-handed advice of Rome. He had no patience, we are told, for…
Tagged with: Argentina, Jorge Bergoglio, Leonardo Boff, liberation theology, Mother of God, Paul Vallely, Solemnity of Mary, St. Austin's Church, St. Francis of Assisi, Women
Posted in Environment, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women in the Church
Posted in Environment, I BLOG, Uncategorized, Women in the Church
Zen in Hakalau: Akiko’s Prayers
Wondrous Prayer We live in modesty and simplicity, palms together, head bowed in gratitude, giving thanks for each inhale and each exhale. We settle deeply, surrendering our bones and our being to the earth, grounded deeply in our precious Hawaii.…
Tagged with: Akiko Masuda, bamboo, bananas, Big Island, Breadfruit, Buddhism, Hakalau, Hawaii, Peace, prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Zen
Posted in Environment, Grace, I BLOG, Peace, Spiritulaity, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Environment, Grace, I BLOG, Peace, Spiritulaity, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Zen: Buddhist B & B in Hakalau
No TV. Limited Wi-Fi. No cell phone coverage unless you walk down the road to find a hot spot. Silence from 6.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m. No microwave. No shoes in the house: a sunny yellow and white relic of…
Tagged with: Akiko, Akiko Masuda, Big Island, Buddhism, Buddhist Retreat, Foodshare, Hakalau, Hamakua, Hawaii, Hilo, Meditation, Miyo Harumi, United States, Wailea Valley, Zen
Posted in Big Island, Coqui Frogs, Environment, Hamakua, Hawaiian Values, I BLOG, Listening, Mochi-pounding, Seniors, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Posted in Big Island, Coqui Frogs, Environment, Hamakua, Hawaiian Values, I BLOG, Listening, Mochi-pounding, Seniors, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Raising Holy Hell about Mountaintop Removal is “Holy Spirit Work.”
Environmental activists in Massachusetts plan to publicly express their solidarity with the people of Appalachia and others who are protesting the destructive coal mining practice of mountain top removal. Pat Gozemba, a member of Salem Alliance for the Environment invites…
Tagged with: 350.org, Appalachia, Catholic Committee of Appalachia, Fr. John Rausch, Kentucky, Mountaintop Removal, Pat Gozemba, SAFE, Salem
Posted in Care of Creation, Coal Mining, Environment, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Uncategorized
Posted in Care of Creation, Coal Mining, Environment, Environmental Justice, I BLOG, Uncategorized
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